McCreesh/Gabrieli Consort & Players - M.Praetorius: Christmas Mass - Import CD

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McCreesh/Gabrieli Consort & Players

Description:

MacLeish's restoration of a Lutheran Christmas service from circa 1620As per the 1569 Wolfenbüttel Service Formula, this is a restoration of a Christmas morning service as it would have been held in a major Lutheran church in central Germany circa 1620. In addition to the music included in Praetorius' work, some of the music is by Zamuel Scheidt (1587-1654) and Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630). At Mass, many of the songs are sung in German, and a few are sung in Latin. Unlike the monastic Mass of "Christmas in Rome," the Mass at that time was celebrated with congregational participation. MacLeish chose Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark as the recording location, and the actual congregation participated in the recording. The congregational singing brings a remarkable uplifting feeling and leads the listener into a wonderful world of music that praises God and Christ, even if the words are not understood. Universal Music/IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Christum wir sollen loben schon
2.Puer natus in Bethlehem
3.Missa gantz Teudsch: Kyrie
4.Missa gantz Teudsch: Gloria
5.Derr Herr sei mit euch
6.Scripture Reading, Bible: Epistle: So schreibt der heilig Propheten Jesajas
7.Preambulum (Luneberg, Stadtarchiv)
8.Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (from Musae Sioniae)
9.Scripture Reading, Bible: Gospel: So schreibt der heilige Lukas
10.Wir glauben all an einen Gott
11.Resonet in laudibus (Luneberg, Stadtarchiv)
12.Quem pastores laudavere (Puericinium)
13.Banchetto musicale: Unspecified Sonata: Padouana a 5
14.Lutheran Service: The Lord's Prayer: Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel / Words of Institution: Unse
15.Jesaja dem Propheten das geschah
16.Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, SSWV 516
17.Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, a 4
18.Uns is ein Kindlein (from Musae Sioniae)
19.Der Herr sei mit euch
20.Der Herr segne dich und behute dich
21.Puer nobis nascitur
22.Nun lob mein Seel
23.In dulci jubilo