Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Bach: Weihnachts-Magnificat; Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (CD)

For their liturgical debuts in London and Leipzig respectively, Handel and Bach played the card of vocal and orchestral splendor. Whether celebrating the Peace of Utrecht (Handel's Te Deum) or the Nativity (Bach's Magnificat, performed here in it's original version), the RIAS Kammerchor offers us a flamboyant interpretation of these seminal works.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": I. Magnificat anima mea
2. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": II. Et exsultavit spiritus meus
3. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": III. Vom Himmel hoch
4. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": IV. Quia respexit
5. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": V. Omnes generationes
6. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": VI. Quia fecit mihi magna
7. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": VII. Freut euch und jubiliert
8. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": VIII. Et misericordia
9. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": IX. Fecit potentiam
10. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": X. Gloria in excelsis Deo
11. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": XI. Deposuit potentes
12. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": XII. Esurientes implevit bonis
13. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": XIII. Virga Jesse
14. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": XIV. Suscepit Israel
15. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": XV. Sicut locutus est
16. Bach: Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243.1 (BWV 243a) "Weihnachts-Magnificat": XVI. Gloria Patri
17. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": I. We praise thee, O God
18. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": II. To thee all angels cry aloud
19. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": III. To thee cherubin and seraphin
20. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": IV. The glorious company of the apostles
21. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": V. When thou took’st upon thee to deliver man
22. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": VI. We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge
23. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": VII. Day by day we magnify thee
24. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": VIII. And we worship thy name
25. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": IX. Vouchsafe, O Lord
26. Handel: Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "for the Peace of Utrecht": X. O Lord, in thee have I trusted