Bach's Christmas Oratorio is undeniably the number ONE in the Christmas repertoire of choirs as well as in popularity with audiences. The Christmas story, according to the Gospels of St. Luke and St. Matthew, combined with free poetry and individual chorale stanzas attains, together with the clearly structured, festive Baroque music, an eloquent radiance of timeless beauty. To confidently keep up with the frequent, sometimes very rapid sixteenth-coloraturas – for example in the "herrliche Chöre" (no. 1), the "Wohlgefallen" (no. 21, Vivace!), and the "Schnauben der stolzen Feinde" (no. 54) – practicing with the Slow Mode of the app is particularly recommended.
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Performers: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Andreas Scholl (alto), Werner Güra (tenore), Klaus Häger (basso) – RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – René Jacobs
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Ensemble
RIAS Kammerchor
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Ensemble
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
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Conductor
René Jacobs
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Soloist - soprano
Dorothea Röschmann
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Soloist - alto
Andreas Scholl
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Soloist - tenor
Werner Güra
Werner Güra studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum. He continued his vocal training with Kurt Widmer in Basle and Margreet Honig in Amsterdam. He has appeared as a guest singer in operas in Frankfurt, Basle, Dresden, Paris and Brussels, and has sung regularly at the Staatsoper in Berlin since 1999. As a concert and oratorio singer he frequently appears with leading orchestras and renowned conductors. He has made a number of tours to Japan. Werner Güra also has a reputation as a Lied interpreter, which is reflected in concerts for international promoters and in his numerous recordings, which have won prestigious awards like the “Diapason d’Or.” Personal details
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Soloist - bass
Klaus Häger
Klaus Häger was born in Wuppertal. After completing his Abitur, he studied music education and later singing with Franz Müller-Heuser, Ingeborg Most and Jürgen Glauß (lied interpretation) in Cologne and Freiburg. He took part in master classes with Sena Jurinac, Ernst Haefliger and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. As a student, he gave lieder recitals and performed in orchestral concerts and numerous oratorios, both in Germany and abroad. Klaus Häger’s artistic activities include radio, television and CD recordings. He is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the “Bundeswettbewerb Gesang” in 1990 in Berlin (1st prize in the category “concert” and two special prizes.) Klaus Häger has participated in several festivals, e.?g., the Salzburg Festival, the Schwetzingen Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and has collaborated with renowned conductors. From 1991–1997, Klaus Häger was a member of the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera, and from 1998–2003, he was a member of the ensemble of the Berlin State Opera. In 2002, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under Christian Thielemann. In 2004, Klaus Häger was appointed professor at the Rostock University of Music and Drama. Personal details