Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Extraits de "Le Messie"

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto Grosso, op. 6/8

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave Verum Corpus, K 618
Laudate Dominum, K 339
Exsultate, jubilate, K 165

Leonhard Schröter (1532-1601)
Ein Kindlein

Johann Strobäus (1580-1646)
Nun lasst uns mit den Engelein

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469

Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
O Freude über Freud

Herbert Paulmichl (1935-)
Es hat sich halt eröffnet

Carl Thiel (1862-1939)
Adeste fideles

anonyme
Carols de Noël a cappella

Helen Donath, soprano
Regensburger Domspatzen
Munich Radio Orchestra
Kurt Eichhorn, direction

This recording retains the impact that is often lost during a broadcast of a performance. It’s the pre-Christmas programme from the Munich Sunday Concert Series featuring Helen Donath, one of the most distinguished lyric sopranos of her time, the Regensburg Cathedral Boys Choir (the Sparrows) and the Munich Radio Orchestra under the musical direction of Kurt Eichhorn. On this special occasion, recorded live in 1988, the programme comprises excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, Corelli’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8 Concerto per la notte di natale, Mozart’s motet Ave verum corpus, K. 618 and his Laudate Dominum from the Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339, a group of mostly 17th- and18th- century Christmas carols performed a cappella by the Regensburg Cathedral Boys Choir (the Sparrows) and Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165. The recording is from the archives of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation.