Clematis - O Jesulein: A German Baroque Christmas Oratorio (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 71:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC444 | Recorded: 2021
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 71:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC444 | Recorded: 2021
This innovative programme presents an imaginary Christmas oratorio made up of works by German composers of the 17th century. Many of these works are unpublished and come from the splendid Düben collection in the library of the University of Uppsala; they are arranged here in a sequence that introduces the scenes and the principal characters of the Nativity: Mary, Joseph, the Archangel Gabriel, the angels, the shepherds, the Magi and Simeon. These works belong to the genre of the historia sacra and depict the dialogue of the Annunciation between the archangel Gabriel and Mary, the arrival of the Magi — guided by angels — at the manger, and the scene where Mary and Joseph look for Jesus in the Temple.