When Christmas Comes #2450

Hour 1

J. S. BACH:  4 Advent Chorales, fr Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599, 600, 601, & 602 –Simon Preston (1942 Marcussen/Sorø Abbey, Denmark) DG 431 816

G. F. HANDEL:  Sinfonia, fr Messiah (HWV 56) & Fugue fr Suite in e (HWV 429)–David Yearsley (2010 Yokota-Parsons/Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY) False Azure Records 3

PAUL TREPTE:  People, look east.  THEODORE DUBOIS:  Fiat lux –St. Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir/Timothy Parsons; Richard Cook (2010 Harrison/St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, England) Regent 591

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: I waited for the Lord, fr Symphony No. 2, Op.52.  JEFFREY MAKINSON:  The Spirit of the Lord –Lucy Ormrod. Sophie Taylor-Davies & George Herbert, trebles; Phillip O’Connor, tenor; Manchester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Stokes; Jeffrey Makinson (1957 Harrison/Manchester Cathedral, England) Regent 443

BROOKE JOYCE:  4 Advent Meditations (Ad te levavi - Sion species decoris - Qui sedes, Domine-Rorate Coeli) –Robert Ragoonanan (1998 Casavant/Church of St. Louis King of France, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 12/3/21)

JOHANN PACHELBEL:  Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland.  MARCEL DUPRÉ:  Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, Op. 28, no. 59.  GREGOR SIMON:  Veni, veni Emmanuel.  BERNARD WAYNE SANDERS:  A Candle for Advent/Rorate Caeli –Gregor Simon (1780 Holzhey/Obermarchtal Münster, Germany) Ambiente Audio 1092

HARALD GENSMER:  Introduction & Improvisation on an Advent Theme (Wachet auf) –Joachim Vetter (1938-1983 Sauer/St. Mary’s Church, Rostock, Germany) Motette 11651

Filler – DUBOIS (see above)

Hour 2

GOTTFRIED HOMILIUS:  Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, HoWV 38 –Felix Marangoni (2007 Zanin/Sant’ Antonio Abate Church, Padua, Italy) Brilliant Classics 94458

TRYGVE MADSEN:  Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1999) –Marcus Alexandersson, Teddy Ezra, Shelly Ezra, Jøran Hatten, clarinets; Nikolas Fehr (1945 Jørgensen-2009 Rieger/Alesund Church, Norway) Euridice 110624

DOMINIQUE BERGER:  Creator Alme Siderum Versets –Burgundy Region Women’s Choir/Roger Toulet, director; Michel Chapuis (1863 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Martin Collegiate Church, Clamecy, France) Euromuses 2003

MAX REGER:  Chorale-fantasy, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op. 52, no. 2 –Roberto Marini (1957 Steinmeyer-2002 Klais/Ottobeuren Basilica, Germany) Brilliant Classics 97066/6

Filler – HOMILIUS (see above)

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