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Bach - Christmas Oratorio / Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0807280123791
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Arthaus Musik
Languages:
Manufacturer: Arthaus Musik
MPN: 101237
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Arthaus Musik
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Running Time: 198 minutes
Studio: Arthaus Musik
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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- If you love Bach, you HAVE to have thisThis was the kick-off concert for the 2000 Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. Formerly, I regarded Gardiner's CD version of the Christmas Oratorio as the best, but this one is better. Perhaps it's the joy of seeing a crack ensemble at work or Gardiner having an absolute ball (he clearly loves the work). I know audiophiles who stop watching after about 10 minutes and just listen, but for me there's a real fascination of watching it all happen in front of you and marvelling that one single man wrote all this ... Read More
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- Visually and auditorily satisfying.I have just watched and listened to the whole Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio) on DVD, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque Soloists.
The soloists are excellent.
The Alto, Bernada Fink, has a nice, warm voice, perfect diction, and gives a beautiful, vehement performance. Sometimes just a little too dramatic for my tastes, actually.
The Soprano, Claren McFadden, is a lovely African-American woman whose voice suits the soprano ... Read More
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- The best performance I have ever heardThis is a great performance.
Two discs with the complete
Christmas Oratorio, each disc
come come with a documentary,
one about the recording and
another about Mr. Gardiner in
Germany in 1999. After watching
the DVD for several days, I
came to the conclusion that
this is an oratorio to be seen
as an opera. Very much like
Monteverdi's vespers of 1610,
there is a universe here that
one can listen to, and study
forever. Mr. ... Read More
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- Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 - A natural trumpeter's view.Gardiner is REALLY on top of this oratorio! The singing, playing, location is all superb and meticulous. He has also done well to hire a trumpet section that is, well not to offend any, NOT British. Playing the first (uncredited) trumpet parts on this DVD are none other than world reknown Baroque trumpeter, Niklas Eklund (see his Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vols 1-5 available on Naxos). Now, to defend my comment of the British, Eklund is Swedish and performs on a 3-hole short model Baroque trumpet (whereas ... Read More
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- Bach's Christmas Oratorio from John Eliot Gardiner and ColleaguesAs most music-lovers know, John Eliot Gardiner gave himself the remarkable task of performing and recording all of Bach's sacred choral/orchestral works in one year, going from church to cathedral to kirk throughout Europe. Not only that, he and the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists did the entire church calendar of cantatas on the Sundays for which they were intended. And, when the original recording company pulled out of the project, he arranged to bring out all the cantatas on his own label. Those ... Read More
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