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Bach at Christmas

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2/5. John Eliot Gardiner introduces music written by Bach for 26 December, including cantatas for the Thomaskirke, Leipzig.
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Bach Cantata No 40: Dazu ist erschienen der
Sohn Gottes ; Cantata No 121: Christum wir sollen loben schon Katharine Fuge (soprano), Robin Tyson (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Cantata No 57: Selig ist der
Mann Joanne Lunn (soprano), Peter Harvey (bass)
Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend
(Christmas Oratorio, Part 2) Anthony Rolfe -Johnson (tenor: Evangelist), Nancy Argenta
(soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Olaf Bar (bass)

Contributors

Introduces:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Unknown:
Sohn Gottes
Soprano:
Katharine Fuge
Soprano:
Robin Tyson
Tenor:
James Gilchrist
Bass:
Peter Harvey
Soprano:
Mann Joanne Lunn
Soprano:
Peter Harvey
Unknown:
Anthony Rolfe
Soprano:
Nancy Argenta
Tenor:
Peter Blochwitz
Tenor:
Olaf Bar
Source: Radio Times

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