Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part II: Sinfonia

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Concerto Köln

Conductor: Ralf Otto

Kindelein zart, von guter Art

Composer: Michael Praetorius

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter): II. Largo (arr. for flute and harp)

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Performer: János Bálint, Deborah Sipkai

Jesu, meines Herzens Freud, BWV 361

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Rostock Motet Choir, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia

Conductor: Hartwig Eschenburg

Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3, No. 12: I. Pastorale: Andante

Composer: Francesco Onofrio Manfredini

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

Pueri, concinite

Composer: Johann Ritter von Herbeck

Ensemble: Wiener Sängerknaben, Studio ensemble

Conductor: Peter Marschik

Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. for trumpet and organ)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performer: Reinhold Friedrich, Martin Lücker

Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Academy of London

Performer: Max Emanuel Cenčić, Charles Humphries

Conductor: Peter Marschik

Fantasia ottava

Composer: Vincenzo Galilei

Performer: Jürgen Rost

Die Kindheit Jesu, W. XIV/2, B. D5: Hirtenlied: Holde, hohe Wundernacht

Composer: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Ensemble: Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert

Conductor: Hermann Max

Sacrae symphoniae (1597): Sonata pian' e forte, alla quarta bassa, a 8

Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli

Ensemble: HR Brass

Conductor: Edward Tarr

Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Dresdner Kreuzchor

Conductor: Martin Flämig

Concerto Pastorale: I. Larghetto

Composer: Johann Melchior Molter

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

Gott hat dich, Maria erwählt

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

Conductor: Roland Buechner

Oboe Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059: II. Adagio

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Performer: Burkhard Glaetzner

Conductor: Max Pommer

O Jesulein zart

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Divertimento da camera No. 6 in C Minor: I. Lento

Composer: Giovanni Bononcini

Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Soloists

Performer: Eckart Haupt

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143: Chorale: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig, New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Organ Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 6, HWV 294: II. Larghetto (version for harp and orchestra)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Performer: Andrea Vigh

Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part II: Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Concerto Köln

Performer: Monica Groop

Conductor: Ralf Otto

Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Pastoral Symphony, "Pifa"

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

Stille, stille, lasst uns lauschen

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Dresdner Kreuzchor

Conductor: Martin Flämig

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": VI. Pastorale ad libitum: Largo

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

Ensemble: L'arte del mondo

Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt

God rest you merry, gentleman

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: soloist Vienna Boys Choir

Conductor: Peter Marschik

Partita da antiche danze ed arie, per liuto di autori anonimi del secolo XVII: III. Pastorale: Andantino dolce e scorrevole

Composer: Alberta Suriani

Performer: Andrea Vigh

Heil'ge Nacht auf Engelsschwingen

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Flute Sonata in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 4: III. Siciliana: Largo

Composer: Francesco Barsanti

Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Soloists

Performer: Eckart Haupt

Süßer die Glocken nie klingen

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Philharmonic Art Ensemble

Performer: Jochen Kowalski

Conductor: Frank Böhme

Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 3: II. Adagio

Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Performer: Lajos Lencsés

Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi

Oh quam jubilat: Ritornello: Popule Bellule - Dulcis tenellule

Composer: Giuseppe Maria Po del Finale

Ensemble: L'arte del mondo

Performer: Ruth Ziesak, Ingeborg Danz, Reinhold Friedrich

Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt

Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3, No. 12: II. Largo

Composer: Francesco Onofrio Manfredini

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

O admirabile commercium

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Schola Hungarica

Conductor: László Dobszay

Canzoni et sonate (1615): Canzon III a 6

Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli

Ensemble: HR Brass

Conductor: Edward Tarr

Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, "Largo" (arr. for string orchestra)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi

Ave, maris stella, EG 150 (version for choir)

Composer: Edvard Grieg

Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

Conductor: Roland Buechner

Harp Sonata in C Minor: II. Andante espressivo

Composer: Giovanni Battista Pescetti

Performer: Andrea Vigh

Es ist ein Reis entsprungen

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Wiener Sängerknaben

Conductor: Peter Marschik

Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4, HWV 292: II. Andante

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Performer: Erzsebet Achim

Conductor: Károly Botvay

Gesang der heiligen drei Könige (Song of the Three Magi), Op. 21

Composer: Max Bruch

Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Cologne Radio Orchestra

Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer

Ave Maria (version for orchestra)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod

Ensemble: Simhah Chamber Collegium

Conductor: Jules Levy

Den die Hirten lobeten sehre

Composer: Michael Praetorius

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": I. Grave (arr. for trumpet and organ)

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

Performer: Wolfgang Steiner, Georg Hintermeier

Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben, BWV 356

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Rostock Motet Choir

Conductor: Hartwig Eschenburg

Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565: II. Adagio e spiccato

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: János Rolla

Auf dem Berge, da wehet der Wind (arr. H. Froschauer for vocal duet and orchestra)

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Cologne Radio Orchestra

Performer: Axel Köhler, soloist Vienna Boys Choir

Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. J. Levy for guitar, piano and orchestra)

Composer: Richard S. Willis

Ensemble: Simhah Chamber Collegium

Performer: Georgy Moravsky

Conductor: Jules Levy

O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild, BWV 493

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Dresdner Kreuzchor

Performer: Ulrich Schicha

Conductor: Martin Flämig

12 Solos: Sonata No. 9 in F Minor: III. Largo

Composer: Francesco Mancini

Performer: Eckart Haupt, Christine Schornsheim

Es blühen drei Rosen

Composer: Karl Norbert Schmid

Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

Conductor: Roland Buechner

Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (arr. for brass quartet)

Composer: Martin Luther

Ensemble: Murau Christmas Brass Quartet

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: Chorale and Recitative: Er ist auf Erden kommen arm (Chorus, Bass)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Concerto Köln

Performer: Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Ralf Otto

Sonata à 3, "Lanterly"

Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

Pastori o voi: Aria: Gesú mio caro ben

Composer: Francesco Maria Benedetti

Ensemble: L'arte del mondo

Performer: Ruth Ziesak

Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt

Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op. 6, No. 12, HWV 330: III. Aria: Larghetto e piano

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Conductor: Max Pommer

Es kommt ein Schiff geladen

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Wiener Sängerknaben

Conductor: Peter Marschik

18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, "Leipziger Chorale": Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performer: Matthias Eisenberg

Jesu meine Gabe, Sein ist, was ich habe

Composer: Johann Wolfgang Franck

Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

Performer: Axel Köhler

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part III: Aria: Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder - Part I: Chorale: Wie soll ich dich empfangen

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Concerto Köln

Performer: Monica Groop

Conductor: Ralf Otto

Concerto Grosso in F Minor, Op. 1, No. 8, "Christmas": VII. Pastorale - Largo andante

Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

Ecce virgo concipiet

Composer: Jacobus Handl

Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

Conductor: Roland Buechner

Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (arr. for flute and harp)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performer: János Bálint, Deborah Sipkai

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) (arr. for counter-tenor, chorus and harp)

Composer: Adolphe Adam

Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkchor Köln

Performer: David Cordier, Ulla van Daalen

Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer

3 Sacred Songs, Op. 69: No. 3. Abendlied, "Bleib bei uns, es will Abend werden" (arr. for violin and organ)

Composer: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

Performer: Ernö Sébestyen, Andreas Juffinger

8 Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 138: No. 4. Unser lieben Frauen Tranen

Composer: Max Reger

Ensemble: Dresdner Kreuzchor

Conductor: Martin Flämig

Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg's Time), Op. 40: IV. Air (version for orchestra)

Composer: Edvard Grieg

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi

Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Part I: Double Quartet: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen uber dir

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Ensemble: Dresdner Kreuzchor

Conductor: Martin Flämig

Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61, "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera: Andante non tanto

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Ensemble: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Schlaf wohl, Du Himmelsknabe (arr. F. Böhme for voice and orchestra)

Composer: Carl Neuner

Ensemble: Philharmonic Art Ensemble

Performer: Jochen Kowalski

Conductor: Frank Böhme

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Aria: Lascia ch'io pianga (arr. for harp)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Performer: Andrea Vigh

O ce veste minunata

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Bucharest Madrigal Choir

Conductor: Marin Constantin

Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performer: Dietrich Kollmannsperger

Dies est laetitiae

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Schola Hungarica

Conductor: László Dobszay

Trumpet Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio

Composer: Alessandro Marcello

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Performer: Reinhold Friedrich, Jürgen Hübscher

Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi

Der Herr ist König, TWV 8:6: Aria: Zion liegt zu deinen Füßen

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert

Performer: Ann Monoyios

Conductor: Hermann Max

Recorder Sonata in D Minor, RV Anh. 69: III. Largo

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Performer: Eckart Haupt, Christine Schornsheim

Deutsches Salve regina, D. 379, "Hymne an die heilige Mutter Gottes"

Composer: Franz Schubert

Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

Conductor: Roland Buechner

Trumpet Sonata in G Major: III. Lento dolce

Composer: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet

Performer: Wolfgang Steiner, Georg Hintermeier

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part IV: Aria: Flößt, mein Heiland - Part VI: Chorale: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble

Performer: Ruth Ziesak

Conductor: Ralf Otto

Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on the G String"

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble: German Bach Soloists

Conductor: Helmut Winschermann

Schlaf, mein Kindelein

Composer: Michael Praetorius

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Concerto Grosso in F Minor, Op. 1, No. 8, "Christmas": I. Largo - II. Grave

Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

Ensemble: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Erxleben

Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12: Air: Domine, ego credidi

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Ensemble: Dresdner Kreuzchor, Dresdner Philharmonie

Performer: Armin Ude

Conductor: Martin Flämig

Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9, No. 2: II. Adagio (arr. for trumpet and strings)

Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Performer: Reinhold Friedrich, Jürgen Hübscher

Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi

Christkindlieder (Songs of the Christ Child), Op. 92: No. 2: Christi Geburt (arr. H. Froschauer for choir and orchestra)

Composer: Max Bruch

Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer

Concerto for Recorder and Flute in E Minor, TWV 52:e1: I. Largo

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis

Performer: Günther Höller, Konrad Hünteler

Conductor: Georg Fischer

Oh quam jubilat: Duet: O quam jubilant

Composer: Giuseppe Maria Po del Finale

Ensemble: L'arte del mondo

Performer: Ruth Ziesak, Ingeborg Danz

Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt

In dulci jubilo, BWV 751

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performer: Felix Friedrich

Masses, Book 1: Missa Gabriel Archangelus: Et incarnatus est

Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

Conductor: Roland Buechner

Overture in F Major, TWV 55:F7, "A la pastorelle": I. Overture (excerpt)

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

Ensemble: Capella Savaria

Conductor: Pál Németh

Joseph, lieber Joseph mein

Composer: Traditional

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Harp Concerto in G Major: II. Andante

Composer: Georg Christoph Wagenseil

Ensemble: Budapest Strings

Performer: Andrea Vigh

Conductor: Károly Botvay

Harmonia caelestis: No. 7. Cur fles, Jesu

Composer: Pál Esterházy

Ensemble: Capella Savaria

Performer: Mária Zádori

Conductor: Pál Németh

Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performer: Gábor Lehotka

Heilige Nacht (arr. F. Böhme for voice and orchestra)

Composer: Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Ensemble: Philharmonic Art Ensemble

Performer: Jochen Kowalski

Conductor: Frank Böhme

Flute Concerto in E Minor: II. Andante

Composer: Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin

Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Soloists

Performer: Eckart Haupt

Die Flucht nach Ägypten, Op. 31, No. 1

Composer: Max Bruch

Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

Performer: Dorothe Jansen

Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer

Suite for Violin and Organ in C Minor, Op. 166: II. Canzone

Composer: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

Performer: Ernö Sébestyen, Andreas Juffinger

Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

Ensemble: Thomanerchor Leipzig

Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch