by Münchener Bach-Orchester · Deutsche Grammophon Classics · CD · EAN 0028942723627
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«Bach: Christmas Oratorio» is the album by Johann Sebastian Bach, released in 1988 by Deutsche Grammophon Classics on CD.
Bach's Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 is a sacred work celebrating Christmas with choruses, recitatives, arias and chorales. The performance includes the opening chorus «Jauchzet, frohlocket», the aria «Bereite dich, Zion» and the bass aria «Großer Herr, o starker König».
Performers are Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich and Franz Crass, with the Münchener Bach-Chor and the Münchener Bach-Orchester conducted by Karl Richter. Three-CD edition.
For fans of Baroque music and Bach's great choral oratorios.
