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| Christmas Music: Emma Kirby & London Baroque | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Phillip Friedrich Boddecker, Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Pachelbel, Alessandro Scarlatti, Emma Kirkby
Label: Bis
Category: Music
Buy New: $19.98
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Sales Rank: 301908
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 675754278526
EAN: 0675754278526
ASIN: B0000508S0
Release Date: October 17, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Natus Est Jesus | | • | Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: I. Recitativo: 'Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra...' Allegro | | • | Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: II. Aria: 'Che Sara? Chi A Me Lo Dice?...' | | • | Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: III. Recitativo: 'E Nato, Al Fin Mi Dice...' | | • | Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: IV. Aria Pastorale: 'Nacque, Col Gran Messia...' Moderato | | • | Canon And Gigue: Canon | | • | Canon And Gigue: Gigue | | • | Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV61: Offne Dich Mein Ganzes Herze | | • | Orchestral Ste In D Major, BWV1068: Air | | • | Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, BWV147a: Bereite Dir, Jesu, Noch Itzo Die Bahn | | • | O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: I. (Recitativo): 'O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta... | | • | O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: II. (Aria): 'Dal Bel Segno D'una Stella...' Andante | | • | O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: III. (Recitativo): 'Presa D'uomo La Forma...' | | • | O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: IV. (Aria): 'L'autor D'ogni Mio Bene...' Andante | | • | O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: V. (Recitativo): 'Fortunati Pastori!...' | | • | O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: VI. (Pastorale): 'Tocco La Prima Sorte A Voi, Pastori...' | | • | Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8: 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale': I. Vivace - Grave - Allegro | | • | Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8: 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale': II. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio | | • | Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8: 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale': III. Vivace - Allegro... |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
A disc of Christmas chestnuts would seem to be almost obligatory for any classical recording star. How odd that, after 20 years and almost 100 records, Emma Kirkby has only now, in the year 2000, made her very own Christmas album. It's admirably free of kitsch as holiday collections go--even the title is unassuming--and the few chestnuts there are (Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue, Corelli's "Christmas" concerto grosso, Bach's "Air on the G String") get alert, gracious, and thoroughly winning performances from the seven instrumentalists of London Baroque. The Divine Miss Em herself sounds just a bit quavery in two Advent-themed arias from Bach cantatas, but she brings to two solo cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti the silvery tone, intelligent musicianship, and generally enchanting quality her many admirers have always prized. Perhaps the nicest treat of all is on the disc's opening track: a captivating arrangement by one Phillip Friedrich Boeddecker of the German chorale tune "Resonet in laudibus / Joseph lieber, Joseph mein"--in a performance that demonstrates why Emma Kirkby is a treasure. --Matthew Westphal
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