‘Puer Natus est’: A child has been born – Christmas music.
We start with a cantata from Christoph Graupner. He wrote the cantate “Machet die Tore weit” for the first Sunday of the Advent in 1727.
Then, “Simphonies des Noëls” follows, from Michel Richard de Lalande, and we end this episode with a Christmas cantata from Christian Friedrich Ruppe.
Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)
1. Cantate “Machet die Tore weit”
– Concerto (tenor and alto)
– Aria: affetuoso
– Choral: vivace (melody: Nun kommt der heiden Heiland)
– Aria (soprano and bass)
– Recitative (tenor)
– Choral
Charmian Harvey, soprano. Claudine Ledoux, alto. Nils Brown, tenor. Les Idées heureuses conducted by Geneviève Soly
(CD Christmas in Darmstadt. Analecta AN 29115, 2004)
Michel Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)
2. ‘Simphonies des Noëls’
– Andante
– Trio
– Simphonie
Les Violons du Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie
(CD Simphonies des Noëls. Dorian Records Dor 90180)
Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753-1826)
3. Christmas cantata
– Psalm 98
– Adagio
– Cantate Andante Maestoso
– Aria. Larghetto con espressione
– Coro Larghetto
– Recitativo
– Duetto
– Recitativo
– Coro
– De Lofzang der Engelen
– Coro Finale Maestoso
Francine van der Heyden, soprano. Karin van der Poel, mezzo-soprano. Otto Bouwknegt, tenor. Mitchell Sandler, bass. Ensemble Bouzignac and Musica Ad Rhenum conducted by Jed Wentz
(CD Ruppe – Christmas Cantata. NM Classics 92067)
In addition:
Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
4. “Concerto pastorale”
Les Violons du Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie
