Starring: Christine Schafer, Anna Korondi
Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. A fantastic concert celebrating the coming of Christmas, recorded live at the Kloster Melk Benedictine Monastery in Austria. The musical selections are: Cantata BWV 61, "Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland" ("Come Redeemer of the Gentiles"), Cantata BWV 147, "Herz und Mund" ("Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"), and Magnificat in D Major BWV 243. Soloists are Christine Schafer, Anna Korondi, Bernarda Fink, Ian Bostridge, Christopher Maltman. With the Concentus Musicus Vienna and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir.
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