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J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 · Weihnachts-Oratorium

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6

Ferdinand Grossmann

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Wiener Symphoniker

Tenor: Erich Majkut; Contralto: Dagmar Hermann-Braun; Soprano: Elisabeth Roon; Bass: Walter Berry; Soprano [Echo]: Laurence Dutoit

Vox / Membran

Early 1950's ?

2-CD / TT: 145:46

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Bach: Oratorio de Noël - 2 Cantate

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/2

Fritz Münch

Chorale St-Guillaume de Strasbourg / Orchestre Municipal de Strasbourg

Soprano: Eugénie Lorentz; Alto: Lucie Rauh; Tenor: Hugues Cuénod; Bass: Dominique Weber

Lumen

Early 1950's ?

LP / TT:

Recording by André Charlin

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J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Kurt Thomas

Detmold Academy Chorus & Orchestra / Collegium Pro Arte

Soprano: Gunthild Weber, Contralto: Lore Fischer, Tenor: Heinz Marten, Bass: Horst Günther

L'Oiseau-Lyre

1951

3-LP / TT:

1^st recording of Weihnachts-Oratorium by K. Thomas.
See: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 - conducted by Kurt Thomas

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J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester (or Bayerisches Staatsorchester)

Tenor [Evangelist]: Gert Lutze, Soprano: Cloë Owen, Alto: Hertha Töpper, Basses: Horst Günther & Kieth Engen

Teldec / Membran

1955

3-CD / TT: 169:26

1^st recording of Weihnachts-Oratorium by K. Richter.
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J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium [Unreleased]

August Langenbeck

Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben / RSO Stuttgart

Tenor [Evangelist, Arias]: Fritz Wunderlich; Soprano: Friederike Sailer; Contralto: Erika Winkler; Bass: Hannes Swedberg

1955

Excerpts; SDR recording. Rec. at Markuskirche Stuttgart; Not yet released

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J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium [Unreleased]

Hans Gebhard

St.-Michaelis-Kantorei Hof / Hofer Symphoniker

Soprano: Hannelore Leibinger; Contralto: Irene Luber; Tenor: Fritz Wunderlich; Bass: Rudolf Schellhammer

1955

TT: 83:13

Abridged version; rec. at St.-Michaeliskirche, Hof (Oberfranken, Bavaria); Not yet released

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J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6

Fritz Lehmann [1-4], Günther Arndt [5-6]

Berliner Motettenchor & RIAS Kammerchor (Einstudierung: Günther Arndt) / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Alto: Sieglinde Wagner; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Heinz Rehfuss

Deutsche Grammophon

Aug 1955 [1-4]; Jun, Sep 1956 [5-6]

3-LP / TT: 163:03 (or 159:16)

Conductor of No. 59: Günther Arndt. The notes state Lehmann conducted parts 1-4 ( in August 1955); and after his death Günther Arndt recorded parts 5 and 6 in June and September 1956.
Cantatas 1 & 2 from this recording were issued by Deutsche Grammophon on CD (TT: 61:57)

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J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium

Günther Ramin

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Hamburg Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Helga Gabriel; Alto: Ursula Boese; Tenor: Leo Larsen; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli

MMS (Jazztone)

Dec 1955

LP / TT:

First 3 Cantatas. The text says: "G.R., whose untimely death only a few months after this recording was made etc."

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Bach Made in Germany Vol. 2 - Weinhanchtsoratorium

Kurt Thomas

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Alto: Marga Höffgen; Tenor: Josef Traxel; Baritone: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Leipzig Classics / Seraphim

1958

3-CD / TT: 170:26

2^nd recording of Weihnachts-Oratorium by K. Thomas. Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
See: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 - conducted by Kurt Thomas
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