Verbum caro factum est: A Christmas Greeting Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Masaaki Suzuki & Masato Suzuki

• Traditional:
• 1 Verbum caro factum est 00:57
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772):
• 2 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 1, Noël sur les jeux d'anches sans tremblant 03:38
• Traditional:
• 3 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 03:13
• Louis-Claude Daquin:
• 4 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 2, Noël en dialogue, duo, trio, sur le cornet de récit, la tierce du positif et la pédalle de flûte 04:07
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 5 Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 02:24
• Louis-Claude Daquin:
• 6 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 3, Noël en musette, en dialogue, et en duo 06:04
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863):
• 7 Silent Night, H. 145 (Arr. M. Suzuki for Voice & Choir) 03:15
• Traditional:
• 8 In dulci jubilo (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 01:29
• Traditional:
• 9 The First Noel (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 03:54
• Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847):
• 10 Festgesang, WoO 9, MWV D4: No. 2, Lied (Adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) - Verbum caro factum est [Arr. M. Suzuki for Voice & Choir] 04:36
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786):
• 11 Adeste fideles (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir & Organ) 02:23
• William J. Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921), Traditional, Richard S. Willis (1819 - 1900):
• 12 Away in a Manger - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 03:51
• Louis-Claude Daquin:
• 13 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 6, Noël sur les jeux d’anches, sans tremblant, et en duo 04:50
• 14 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 7, Noël en trio et en dialogue, le cornet de récit de la main droite, la tierce du positif de la main gauche 03:53
• Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654):
• 15 O Jesulein süss! O Jesulein mild! (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 02:48
• Louis-Claude Daquin:
• 16 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 10, Noël grand jeu et duo 05:08
• Traditional:
• 17 Veni, veni Emmanuel (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir) 04:04
• Louis-Claude Daquin:
• 18 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 12, Noël grand Jeu et duo "Suisse" 03:56
• Anonymous:
• 19 Verbum caro factum est (Arr. M. Suzuki for 3 Voices) 01:17
• Total Runtime 01:05:47

Info for Verbum caro factum est: A Christmas Greeting

Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bach’s cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handel’s Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensemble’s founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquin’s noëls variés – keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.

Aki Matsui, soprano
Hiroya Aoki, counter-tenor
Toru Kaku, bass
Masato Suzuki, organ
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

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