Classical Music In Concert: Netherlands Bach Society

Showing posts with label Netherlands Bach Society. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Netherlands Bach Society. Show all posts

Friday, 3 April 2026

Passion Week (6) - Bach: St Matthew Passion - Masaaki Suzuki

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St Matthew Passion

(BWV 244)

Alison Lau, soprano (I)

Miku Yasukawa, soprano (II)

Alexander Chance, alto (I)

Christopher Lowrey, alto (II)

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Evangelist)

Raphael Höhn, tenor (I)

Shimon Yoshida, tenor (II)

Stephan MacLeod, bass (Jesus) (I)

Toru Kaku, bass (II)

Kampen Boys Choir

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR: MASAAKI SUZUKI

recorded: March 29, 2026, Grote Kerk, Naarden (NL)

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

programme (NL) included [pdf]

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(01) [Part 1] [69'00"]

(02) [Part 2a] [50'04"]

(03) [Part 2b] [45'05"]

Picture: Mocking of Jesus Christ

(Martin Schongauer (ca 1445-1491) & Atelier, c1480)

links:

St Matthew Passion

text & translation

Alexander Chance

Christopher Lowrey

Nicholas Mulroy

Stephan MacLeod

Kampen Boys Choir

Netherlands Bach Society

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Thursday, 25 December 2025

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (cantatas 1 - 3) - Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248)

cantatas 1 - 3

Viola Blache, soprano

Sofia Gvirts, contralto

Bernadett Nagy, contralto

Daniel Johannsen, tenor

Matthias Helm, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR: SHUNSKE SATO

recorded: Dec 16, 2022, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

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Gottfried Heinrich STÖLZEL (1690-1749)

Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme:

(01) Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme (chorus) [02'41"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

Christmas Oratorio:

(02) Jauchzet, frohlocket (BWV 248,1) [25'12"]

(03) Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (BWV 248,2) [27'18"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (c1637-1707)

(04) In dulci jubilo (BuxWV 52) [06'45']

Johann Sebastian BACH

Christmas Oratorio:

(05) Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen (BWV 248,3) [23'21"]

Picture: Nativity (Federico Barocci, 1597)

links:

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

JS Bach, Christmas Oratorio - score

Buxtehude, In dulci jubilo - score

Daniel Johannsen

Netherlands Bach Society

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Thursday, 27 November 2025

Funeral music - Netherlands Bach Society (Lionel Meunier)

Funeral music

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: Nov 4, 2025, Musis, Arnhem (NL)

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

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Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Hear my prayer, O Lord (Z 15) [02'02"]

Henry PURCELL / Thomas MORLEY (1557/58-1602)

Funeral Music for Queen Mary

Henry PURCELL

(02) The Queen's Funeral March (Z 860) [06'12"]

Thomas MORLEY

(03) [The First Dirge Anthem] [05'23"]

I am the resurrection and the life

I know that my Redeemer liveth

We brought nothing into this world

[The Second Dirge Anthem]

(04) Man that is born of a woman [01'13"]

(05) In the midst of life we are in death [01'38"]

Henry PURCELL

(06) Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our heart (Z 58b) [01'56"]

(07) Canzona (Z 860) [01'46"]

[The Third Dirge Anthem]

Thomas MORLEY

(08) I heard a voice from heav'n [01'41"]

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Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(09) Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt (JMB 4) [03'22"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(10) Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren (JCB 5) [04'05"]

(11) Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig (JCB 14) [13'15"]

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Johann Joseph FUX (1660-1741)

Requiem in c minor 'Kaiserrequiem' (K 51-53) [40'25"]

(12) Introitus [06'28"]

(13) Kyrie [03'16"]

(14) Sequenza [15'19"]

(15) Offertorium [04'49"]

(16) Sanctus - Benedictus - Hosanna [03'28"]

(17) Agnus Dei [01'53"]

(18) Communio [05'12"]

links:

Funeral Music for Queen Mary

Johann Michael Bach

Johann Christoph Bach

Johann Joseph Fux

Netherlands Bach Society

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Thursday, 16 January 2025

Bach, Telemann & Vivaldi - Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt

† 16 Jan 2012

Johann Sebastian BACH,

Georg Philipp TELEMANN & Antonio VIVALDI

Overture & concertos

Baroque orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society

Marten Root, transverse flute

Johannes Leertouwer, violin

Lucia Swarts, Viola de Hoog, cello

Siebe Henstra, Menno van Delft, Richard Egarr, harpsichord

DIR: GUSTAV LEONHARDT

recorded: Nov 10, 1996, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL)

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings and bc in C (BWV 1064) [16'53"]

(01) allegro [06'26"]

(02) adagio [05'42"]

(03) allegro [04'45"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

Concerto for transverse flute, violin, cello, strings and bc in A (TWV 53,A2) [20'15"]

(04) largo [05'08"]

(05) allegro [05'36"]

(06) grazioso [03'50"]

(07) allegro [05'40"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Concerto for 2 cellos, strings and bc in g minor (RV 531) [10'54"]

(08) allegro [03'30"]

(09) largo [04'10"]

(10) allegro [03'14"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

Overture in D (BWV 1069) [20'32"]

(11) ouverture [08'48"]

(12) bourrée I/II [02'50"]

(13) gavotte [01'46"]

(14) menuet I/II [03'56"]

(15) réjouissance [03'13"]

links:

Johannes Leertouwer

Menno van Delft

Netherlands Bach Society

Gustav Leonhardt

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Sunday, 1 September 2024

A Scarlatti: Davidis pugna et victoria - Jos van Veldhoven

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Davidis pugna et victoria

dramma sacrum in two parts (Rome, 1700)

libretto: anonymous

Maria Keohane, soprano (David)

Johannette Zomer, soprano (Jonatha)

William Towers, alto (Saul)

Marcel Beekman, tenor (Testo)

Harry van der Kamp, bass (Golia)

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: JOS VAN VELDHOVEN

recorded: May 16, 2010, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio) (podcast)

programme (NL) & libretto (IT/E) included [pdf]

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(01) Prima Pars [44'10"]

(02) Secunda Pars [34'06"]

[encore]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Gloria in D (RV 589):

(03) Et in terra pax [06'00"]

links:

Scarlatti, Davidis pugna et victoria

Johannette Zomer

Harry van der Kamp

Netherlands Bach Society

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Monday, 9 October 2023

Bach Cantata Week (1): Cantatas BWV 69, 119 & 137 - Peter Dijkstra

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas BWV 69, 119 & 137

Miriam Feuersinger, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

Peter Kooij, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: PETER DIJKSTRA

recorded: Feb 17, 2017, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Johann Sebastian BACH

(01) Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn (BWV 119),

cantata for the Council Election (Leipzig, 1723) [23'32"]

Johann Ernst ALTENBURG (1734-1801)

(02) Quadricinium [01'21"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(03) Lobe den Herrn, den mächtigen König der Ehren (BWV 137),

cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity [13'54"]

[N.B. Some scholars assume that this cantata may have been performed

at the occasion of a Council Election.]

(04) Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (BWV 69),

cantata for the Council Election (Leipzig, 1748) [20'44"]

links:

Cantata BWV 119

Cantata BWV 137

Johann Ernst Altenburg

Miriam Feuersinger

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 23 April 2023

Graupner: 'Messiah' - Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato)

Christoph GRAUPNER

(1683 - 1760)

'Messiah'

cantatas about birth, passion, death & resurrection of Christ

Carine Tinney, soprano

Michaela Riener, contralto

Eric Stoklossa, tenor

Dominik Wörner, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: SHUNSKE SATO

recorded: April 22, 2023, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

Programme (NL) with lyrics included [pdf]

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Christoph GRAUPNER

(01) Jauchzet ihr Himmel, freue dich Erde (GWV 1105/43),

cantata for the first day of Christmas [19'54"]

Overture in B flat (GWV 484):

(02) air [03'54"]

(03) Christus, der uns selig macht (GWV 1121/41),

cantata for Sunday Reminiscere [24'10"]

(04) improvisation [02'07"]

[Mike Fentross, lute]

(05) Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen (GWV 1127/31),

cantata for Good Friday [18'05"]

Jacob HANDL-GALLUS (1550-1591)

(06) Ecce quomodo moritur justus [03'10"]

Christoph GRAUPNER

(07) Erschrockens Zion, seid erfreut (GWV 1128/24),

cantata for Easter Sunday [21'33"]

links:

catalogue of Graupner's sacred works

Michaela Riener

Dominik Wörner

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 2 April 2023

Bach: St Matthew Passion - Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St Matthew Passion (BWV 244)

Marie Luise Werneburg, soprano

Lucia Caihuela, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Christopher Ainsley, alto

Daniel Johannsen, tenor (Evangelist)

Zachary Wilder, tenor

Benedict Hymas, tenor

Dominik Wörner, bass (Jesus)

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass

Kampen Boys Choir

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: SHUNSKE SATO

recorded: April 8, 2022, De Doelen, Rotterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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(01) Part 1 [70'34"]

(02) Part 2a [54'12"]

(03) Part 2b [41'17"]

links:

Marie Luise Werneburg

Christopher Ainsley

Daniel Johannsen

Dominik Wörner

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Netherlands Bach Society

download:

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Tuesday, 30 August 2022

CPE Bach: Magnificat - Netherlands Bach Society

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)

Magnificat

Kristen Witmer, soprano

Reginald Mobley, alto

Marcel Beekman, tenor

Felix Schwandtke, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: SHUNSKE SATO

recorded: August 26, 2022, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2022]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Mass in b minor (BWV 232):

(01) Credo in unum Deum - Patrem omnipotentem [04'47"]

(02) Et in unum Dominum [04'14"]

(03) Et incarnatus est [02'37"]

(04) Cruxifixus [02'51"]

(05) Et resurrexit [04'13"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(06) Symphony in b minor (Wq 182,5 / H 661) [09'18"]

Magnificat in D (Wq 215 / H 772) (2nd version) [36'04"]

(07) Magnificat anima mea [02'55"]

(08) Quia respexit [05'02"]

(09) Quia fecit [04'01"]

(10) Et misericordia [03'27"]

(11) Fecit potentiam [03'56"]

(12) Deposuit potentes [05'11"]

(13) Suscepit Israel [04'00"]

(14) Gloria patri [07'32"]

links:

CPE Bach, Magnificat

CPE Bach, scores

Reginald Mobley

Felix Schwandtke

Netherlands Bach Society

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Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Bach: Chorale Cantatas - Netherlands Bach Society (Jos van Veldhoven)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Chorale Cantatas

Marta Paklar, soprano

Franz Vitzthum, alto

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

Felix Schwandtke, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: JOS VAN VELDHOVEN

recorded: July 10, 2022, Église du Collège St-Michel, Fribourg

[Festival International de Musiques sacrées de Fribourg 2022]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Martin LUTHER (1483-1546)

(01) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [01'00"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(02) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BWV 80),

cantata for Reformation Day [25'00"]

Heinrich ISAAC (1450/55-1517)

(03) [In allen meinen Taten] (text: Paul Fleming, 1609-1640) [00'58"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(04) In allen meinen Taten (BWV 97),

cantata for an unknown occasion [26'49"]

Paul SPERATUS (1484-1551)

(05) [Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut] (text: Johann Jakob Schütz, 1640-1690) [00'55"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(06) Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut (BWV 117),

cantata for an unknown occasion [22'31"]

Johann CRÜGER (1598-1662)

(07) Nun danket alle Gott (text: Martin Rinckart, 1586-1649) [00'49"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(08) Nun danket alle Gott (BWV 192),

cantata for Trinity Sunday [11'14"]

links:

Cantata BWV 117

Cantata BWV 192

Martin Rinckart

Johann Jakob Schütz

In allen meinen Taten

Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut

Nun danket alle Gott

Felix Schwandtke

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 27 March 2022

Lamentations of Jeremiah - Netherlands Bach Society (Paul Van Nevel)

Lamentations of Jeremiah

Choir of the Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: Feb 22, 1996, Grote Kerk, Naarden

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (podcast)

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Tiburtio MASSAINO (c1550-c1609)

Musica super threnos Ieremiae prophetae a 5:

(01) Feria V. In coena Domini [18'25"]

José DE VAQUEDANO (c1642-1711)

(02) Lamentaciones a 8 [20'03"]

Marbriano DE ORTO (c1460-c1520)

(03) Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae a 4 [09'51"]

Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae a 5 (1585):

(04) Feria sexta in Parasceve [24'09"]

links:

Tiburtio Massaino

José de Vaquedano

Marbriano de Orto - score

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 20 March 2022

Graun: Der Tod Jesu - Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato)

Carl Heinrich GRAUN

(1703/04 - 1759)

Der Tod Jesu

Passionskantate, 1755 (GraunWV B:VII,2)

libretto: Karl Wilhelm Ramler

Rachel Redmond, soprano

Marcel Beekman, tenor

Matthias Winckhler, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: SHUNSKE SATO

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

programme (NL) & libretto (E) included [pdf]

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(01) [Part 1] [52'57"]

(02) [Part 2] [38'49"]

links:

Carl Heinrich Graun

Karl Wilhelm Ramler

Matthias Winckhler

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 5 December 2021

Bach: Cantatas BWV 10, 63 & 147 - Netherlands Bach Society (Marcus Creed)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas BWV 10, 63 & 147

Griet De Geyter, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Guy Cutting, tenor

Matthias Winckhler, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: MARCUS CREED

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Johann Sebastian BACH

(01) Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (BWV 63) [28'10"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in E 'Il Riposo per il Santissimo Natale' (RV 270):

(02) allegro [04'07"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(03) Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (BWV 10) [19'15"]

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (BWV 147)

(04) [Prima parte] [18'48"]

Antonio VIVALDI

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in E 'Il Riposo per il Santissimo Natale' (RV 270):

(05) adagio; allegro [03'06"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

Herz und Mund und Tat und Lebem (BWV 147)

(06) [Secunda parte] [11'42"]

links:

Cantata BWV 147

Griet De Geyter

Matthias Winckhler

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 29 March 2020

Bach: St Matthew Passion - Netherlands Bach Society/Philippe Herreweghe

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St Matthew Passion

(BWV 244)

Jakob Pilgram, tenor (Evangelist)

Hana Blažíková, Grace Davidson, soprano

Alex Potter, David Erler, alto

Julian Habermann, Benedict Hymas, tenor

Krešimir Stražanac (Jesus), Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass

Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society

Kampen Boys Choir

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: April 10, 2019, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

(01) Part 1 [65'41"]

(02) Part 2 (1) [51'21"]

(03) Part 2 (2) [37'45"]

links:

Hana Blaziková

Julian Habermann

Krešimir Stražanac

Wolf-Matthias Friedrich

Netherlands Bach Society

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Wednesday, 1 January 2020

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine - Netherlands Bach Society/Andrew Parrott

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(1567 - 1643)

Vespro della Beata Vergine

(SV 206)

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: ANDREW PARROTT

recorded: Dec 13, 2019, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: NPO 4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder

N.B. The radio website did not specify the order of the pieces and the titles of the plainchant and the instrumental items. Because of that the recording is split into two large parts.

vocal ensemble:

Griet De Geyter, soprano
Isabel Schicketanz, soprano
Victoria Cassano, soprano
Rodrigo Del Pozo, tenor
Kevin Skelton, tenor
Zachary Wilder, tenor
Joao Moreira, tenor
Victor Torres, baritone
Joep van Geffen, bass
Joel Frederiksen, bass

(01) [Part 1] [54'35"]

(02) [Part 2] [42'51"]

links:

Vespro della Beata Vergine

Netherlands Bach Society

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Sunday, 15 December 2019

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Veldhoven

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano
Barnabás Hegyi, alto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: JOS VAN VELDHOVEN

recorded: Nov 29, 2013, Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht

period instruments

lossless

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

programme included [pdf]

anon

(01) Veni redemptor gentium [00'37"]

Martin LUTHER (1483-1546)

(02) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [00'34"]

Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)

(03) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [00'35"]

Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(04) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [03'53"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(05) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 62) [18'58"]

(06) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) [16'24"]

Philipp NICOLAI (1556-1608)

(07) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [01'00"]

Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621)

(08) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [01'09"]

Dirck Jansz. SWEELINCK (1591-1652)

(09) Hoe schoon lichtet de Morgenster [01'15"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

Schwingt freudig euch empor (BWV 36)

(10) 1. Teil [14'58"]
(11) 2. Teil [16'28"]

links:

Johann Hermann Schein

Philipp Nicolai

Michael Praetorius

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Barnabás Hegyi

Nicholas Mulroy

Netherlands Bach Society

Jos van Veldhoven

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