Christmas Meditation

Track Listing

1. Ave Maria, for voice & piano, CG 89e (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
2. Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn)
3. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Pastorale
4. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4): Largo
5. Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian)

1. Ave Maria, for voice & piano, CG 89e (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
2. Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn)
3. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Pastorale
4. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4): Largo
5. Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian)
6. Sonata for flute & keyboard in E flat major, BWV 1031: Siciliano
7. Pueri concinite, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
8. Concerto Grosso in F minor ("Christmas Concerto "), Op. 1/8: Pastorale
9. Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 6: Sonata pian e forte for 8 parts, C. 175
10. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: He Shall Feed His Flock
11. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (II), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 659 (BC K82) (Achtzehn Choräle No. 8)
12. Concerto for harp, 2 oboes, 2 horns & string orchestra in A major: Larghetto
13. Heil'ge Nacht auf Engelsschwingen
14. Divertimento da camera No. 5 for violin (or flute or recorder) & continuo in B flat major, Op. 7/5: Lento dolce
15. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus
16. Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 565, Op. 3/11 ("L'estro armonico" No. 11): Siciliano
17. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
18. Kindelein zart, von guter Art
19. Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3/12 "Christmas Pastorale": Pastorale
20. Jesu, meines Herzens Freud', chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 361 (BC F117.1)
21. Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294: 2. Larghetto
22. Sonata for trumpet & organ in G major: Lento
23. O Jesulein zart, carol (German)
24. Sonata for recorder in E minor: Siciliano
25. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Largo
26. Stille, stille laßt uns lauschen
27. Sonata No 8 in C major: Andante espressivo
28. Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8: Grave
29. Cantata No. 143, "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele," BWV 143 (BC T99) (doubtful): Choral: Du Friedenfürst, Herr Jesu Christ
30. Concerto for recorder, flute, strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 52:e1: Largo
31. Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg?s Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40: Air. Andante religioso
32. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Aria: Schließe, meine Herze ... Choral: Wie soll ich dich empfangen
33. Concerto pastorale for strings & harpsichord in G major: 1. Larghetto
34. Dies est laetitiae (Piae Cantiones)
35. Concerto à cinque, for oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 7/3, (T. 7/3): Adagio
36. Vesperae solennes de confessore, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
37. Water Music Suite No. 1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: Air
38. Schlaf, Mein Kindelein
39. Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C minor, BWV 546 (BC J12, 53, 69): Prelude
40. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4): Largo
41. O admirabile commercium, Christmas Motet
42. Concerto for flute, strings & continuo in E minor: Andante
43. Unser liebe Frauen Traum (Our Dear Lady's Dream), sacred song for chorus, Op. 138/4
44. Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c): 2. Andantino
45. Laudate pueri ("O praise the Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in E flat major, Op. 39/2
46. Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8: Allegro - Pastorale
47. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Aria: Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen
48. Concerto for organ (or harpsichord), 2 horns, strings & continuo in E flat major, H. 446, Wq. 35: Adagio sostenuto
49. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement
50. Ecce virgo concipiet
51. Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 3: Canzon septimi toni for 8 parts, C. 172
52. Ave Maria (II), motet for chorus in F major, WAB 6
53. Abendlied, for chorus, Op. 69/3
54. Cantique de Noël, for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")
55. Concerto for oboe (or violin), strings & continuo in G m