Religious music. This hour is devoted to festive Baroque music centred on the celebration of Christmas. At its heart is a Christmas Mass by Giovanni Alberto Ristori.
Playlist
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Sebastian Knüpfer (1660-1725) – Christmas motet: ‘Machet die Tore weit’
Antonia Bourvé, soprano / Simone Schwark, soprano / Johanna Krell, mezzo-soprano / Florian Cramer, tenor / Markus Flaig, bass / Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble / Kammerchor der Erlöserkirche Bad Homburg, Arno Paduch, conductor
CD: Christophorus CHR78004 -
Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692-1753) – Messa per il Santissimo Natale
with, between the Mass movements Et resurrexit and the Sanctus, the motets:
– ‘O admirabile mysterium’
– ‘Ad cunas Jesu parvuli’
– ‘Alleluja’
Christine Wolff, soprano / Britta Schwarz, alto / Martin Petzold, tenor / Körnerscher Sing-Verein Dresden / Dresdner Instrumental-Concert, Peter Kopp, conductor
CD: Carus 83.169Addition:
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Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750) – Pastorale in G major
The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock, conductor
CD: Archiv 435262-2
