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1. Christmas Mass - Processional:"Christum wir sollen loben schon" - arranged by Michael Praetorius / Har. Lucas Osiander - Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort	Listen
2. Puer natus in Bethlehem - Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem - Susan Hemington Jones, Constanze Backes, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald	Listen
3. Kyrie (Missa: gantz Teutsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) - - Angus Smith, Tessa Bonner, Sarah Pendlebury, Tom Phillips, Anton Pauw, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
4. Gloria (Missa: gantz Teudsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) - - Tessa Bonner, Robert "Bob The Builder" Horn, Angus Smith, Stephen Charlesworth, Sarah Pendlebury, Julian Podger, Tom Phillips, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort	Listen
5. Collect: "Der Herr sei mit euch" - Source (responses): Musae Sioniae VIII (1610) - - Anton Pauw, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort	Listen
6. Epistle: "So schreibt der heilig Propheten Jesajas" - Raimund Nolte	Listen
7. Organ prelude: Praeambulum "Vom Himmel hoch" (Source: Lüneburg, Stadtarchiv, Musikabt.,Mus.ant.pract.KN208.2) - Timothy Roberts	Listen
8. Gradual hymn: "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" - Musae Sioniae V (1607)/ Urania (1613) - Donald Greig, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen	Listen
9. Gospel: "So schreibt der heilige Lukas" - Raimund Nolte	Listen
10. Credo: "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" (1524) - Tabulatur-Buch hundert geistl. Lieder u. Psalmen - - Harmonization: Samuel Scheidt - Raimund Nolte, Paul McCreesh, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald	Listen
11. Organ prelude: "Resonet in laudibus" source: Lüneburg, Stadtarchiv, Musikabt., Mus.ant.pract.KN208.2 - Timothy Roberts	Listen
12. Pulpit hymn: "Quem pastores laudavere" Source: Puericinium (1621) - Lasse Overgaard Nielsen, Asser Oppfeldt, Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen, Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen	Listen
13. Sonata: Padouana a 5 - Banchetto musicale (Leipzig, 1617) - Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
14. The Lord's Prayer: "Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel" Words of Institution: "Unser Herr Jesus Christus" - Raimund Nolte	Listen
15. Sanctus motet: "Jesaja dem Propheten das geschah" Source: Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) - Tessa Bonner, Don Greig, Mark le Brocq, Sarah Pendlebury, Susan Hemington Jones, Simon Grant, Constanze Backes, Angus Smith, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
16. Organ prelude: "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" - "Görlitzer Tabulatur-Buch" (1650) - - Timothy Roberts	Listen
17. Communion motet: "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) - - Susan Hemington Jones, Tessa Bonner, Julian Podger, Angus Smith, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
18. Communion motet: "Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn" - Musae Sioniae VI (1609) - - Sarah Pendlebury, Hannelore Devaere, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort	Listen
19. Post-Communion: "Der Herr sei mit euch" - Musae Sioniae VIII (1610) - - Anton Pauw, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort	Listen
20. Benediction: "Der Herr segne dich und behüte dich" - Missodia Sionia (1611) - - Anton Pauw, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort	Listen
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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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