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Praetorius: Mass (Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning) /Gabrieli Consort & Players · McCreesh [Import]

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh | Format: Audio CD
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  • Performer: Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir & Congregation
  • Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort
  • Conductor: Paul McCreesh
  • Composer: Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein
  • Audio CD (1 Nov 1994)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Archiv Produktion
  • ASIN: B0000057EH
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Christmas Mass - Processional:"Christum wir sollen loben schon" - arranged by Michael Praetorius / Har. Lucas OsianderAnders Engberg-Pedersen 3:14£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Puer natus in Bethlehem - Ein Kind geborn zu BethlehemSusan Hemington Jones 7:29£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Kyrie (Missa: gantz Teutsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -Angus Smith 4:31£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Gloria (Missa: gantz Teudsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -Tessa Bonner 7:35£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Collect: "Der Herr Sei Mit Euch" - Source (Responses): Musae Sioniae VIII (1610) -Anton Pauw 1:07£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Epistle: "So schreibt der heilig Propheten Jesajas"Raimund Nolte 2:01£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Organ prelude: Praeambulum "Vom Himmel hoch" (Source: Lüneburg, Stadtarchiv, Musikabt.,Mus.ant.pract.KN208.2)Timothy Roberts 1:09£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Gradual hymn: "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" - Musae Sioniae V (1607)/ Urania (1613)Donald Greig 4:03£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Gospel: "So schreibt der heilige Lukas"Raimund Nolte 3:50£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Credo: "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" (1524) - Tabulatur-Buch hundert geistl. Lieder u. Psalmen - - Harmonization: Samuel ScheidtRaimund Nolte 5:11£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Organ prelude: "Resonet in laudibus" source: Lüneburg, Stadtarchiv, Musikabt., Mus.ant.pract.KN208.2Timothy Roberts 1:08£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Pulpit hymn: "Quem pastores laudavere" Source: Puericinium (1621)Lasse Overgaard Nielsen 4:36£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Sonata: Padouana a 5 - Banchetto musicale (Leipzig, 1617)Gabrieli Players 3:04£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen14. The Lord's Prayer: "Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel" Words of Institution: "Unser Herr Jesus Christus"Raimund Nolte 2:35£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Sanctus motet: "Jesaja dem Propheten das geschah" Source: Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619)Tessa Bonner 6:24£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen16. Organ prelude: "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" - "Görlitzer Tabulatur-Buch" (1650) -Timothy Roberts 1:35£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Communion motet: "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -Susan Hemington Jones 3:26£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen18. Communion motet: "Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn" - Musae Sioniae VI (1609) -Sarah Pendlebury 2:11£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Post-Communion: "Der Herr Sei Mit Euch" - Musae Sioniae VIII (1610) -Anton Pauw 1:18£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen20. Benediction: "Der Herr segne dich und behüte dich" - Missodia Sionia (1611) -Anton Pauw 1:01£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen21. Final hymn: "Puer nobis nascitur" - Musae Sioniae VI (1609) -Gabrieli Players 2:56£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen22. Organ voluntary: "Nun lob mein Seel"Timothy Roberts 3:04£0.79  Buy MP3 
Listen23. Recessional: "In dulci jubilo" - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -Susan Hemington Jones 5:22£0.89  Buy MP3 

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This exhilarating disc is arguably the most important record Paul McCreesh has made. Praetorius, the first great composer of Lutheran church music, wrote countless pieces based on popular Lutheran chorale tunes, ranging from simple harmonizations to flamboyant fantasias for multiple choirs with instruments. He also provided detailed instructions regarding various performance options--including ways to involve the congregation. Here, for the first time, McCreesh puts these instructions into practice, reconstructing an extravagant Christmas service. We hear elaborately scored Mass movements, simple harmonizations, the Creed (with Luther's own music), lusty congregational singing, and spirited organ improvisations. Many of the Christmas chorales Praetorius used are still well-known today, including Wachet auf (Sleepers wake) and In dulci jubilo, which gets a magnificent setting with trumpet-and-drum fanfares. --Matthew Westphal

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Amazing 21 Feb 2009
By Mr. P. M. Allam
Format:Audio CD
I first heard this just before Christmas 2008 on Radio 3 and was absolutely bowled over; I was driving at the time but remembered enough to track it down here and immediately put it on my Christmas list. The final version of 'In Dulci Jubilo' is unbelievably stunning. an incredible constantly changing wall of sound from sparkling solo voices to massed choirs and then drums trumpets and organ, utterly amazing. I've raved about it to all my friends and subjected my neighbours to it at high volume. I just wish I could have been present in Roskilde to take part in such a performance. This is the first time I've ever felt moved enough to write such a review and I recommend this without reserve.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! 15 Dec 2002
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This is a synthesis of bits and pieces, to show what a Lutheran mass may have sounded like on Christmas morning. Paul McCreesh employs his own singers and players, plus the choir of Roskilde Cathedral, plus every amateur choir and choral society in the district to sing the part of the congregation. The results are spectacular, with a capital S; marvellous singing and playing. And when that big choir and all the instrumentalists and the fanfare trumpeters and drummers light up in the final great rendition of "In dulci jubilo" (Good Christian men, rejoice), you get goosebumps on your goosebumps - and then you have to dive behind the sofa to avoid being hit by the speaker cones as they come flying across the room.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Joy is not just for Christmas it is a constant balm for the soul. 7 May 2012
By Captain Chaos (Semper Vigilans)
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If ever a man deserved a knighthood it is Paul McCreesh, any of the early music works to which he applies himself becomes ethereally transcendant and in this he is superlatively assisted by the magificent Gabrielli Consort and Players, paragons everyone.
Anything I could add to the words of previous reviewers would merely be gilding the lily, thus I can only add that this is not just for Christmas, this should be played at moments of great stress or melancholy, in fact at any time. I played this early on Easter morning and despite the greyness outside I felt a great glow within.
I have made this recording a part of a playlist on my iPod which, together with 'A Venetian Christmas', 'A Venetian Coronation' and 'Music for the Duke of Lerma' give a playing time of approximately five hours and forty minutes, enough time to cruise to West Sussex from oop north in a state of almost sublime grace, untroubled by snarling, gesticulating idiots in an assortment of maniacally driven conveyances. I know I have just done it, a round trip of 594 miles with a beatific smile upon my visage, and oh doesn't that upset the nutters on the M62; M1; and M25 ; ).

This is not just for novice monks/nuns; clergymen/priests; religious maniacs; Giralamo Savonarola or the like but for anyone with an ear for beautiful music.

It's a shame they can't give six stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
this is brilliant , moving music....takes you back in time....very spiritual, powerful and warms the soul. if you like choral music and medieval history, then you will love this.
Published 3 months ago by linda lancashire
5.0 out of 5 stars All I expected
All I expected it to be, I used to have the same CD some years ago but lent it and never got it back.
Published 3 months ago by J. Membrey
5.0 out of 5 stars Music for all seasons
I can only agree with all of the other reviewers. Fantastic music. Its always a must for Christmas Day - before or after church. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2011 by JMBS
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting recording - well worth hearing
I have owned this CD since it was first released in 1994/5.

Many listeners will be familiar with the music on this recording (In dulci jubilo, resonet in laudibus, quem... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2010 by Bacchus
5.0 out of 5 stars Praetorius Nass
Starting quietly with a Processional in the same way as the tradional Nine Lessons and Carols, the music soon develops into a richly varied succession of the stages of the Mass. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by J. Wilkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Magic
I'm reviewing this now because I've just bought it for a friend. I've had my own copy for over 10 years and it's my favourite disc in a very large collection. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by Colman O. Criodain
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Christmas
I have a few classical Christmas albums acquired over the years and dutifully dip into them each year, but this stunning performance by the Gabrieli Consort and Players and Danish... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by Green Man
5.0 out of 5 stars Praetorius:Mass for Christmas morning.
If faced with the choice of a single Desert Island Disc, this would be it! The music in turns is joyful and exquisite, and the whole atmosphere celebratory. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by David Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for Christmas
I must confess that this recording is not entirely to my personal taste, but it would be churlish to deny it a five star rating. Read more
Published on 17 July 2005 by Budge Burgess
5.0 out of 5 stars If it's Christmas, you NEED this recording!
Quite simply, if it's approaching Christmas, you have to have this CD. It's a recreation of a Lutheran Christmas Day Mass as it might have been around 1620. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2003 by Jagsta
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