"Cantatas from ... cycles VIII and IX performed in Sondershausen yield a 'fictive Christmas oratorio' analogous to Bach's famous Christmas oratorio and its cantata design"--Notes.
Compact disc.
Program notes in English, French, and German, and texts with English translations in container.
Recorded May 1999, Weimar, Redout.
Sung in German.
Cantatas for the first Day of Christmas. Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme (12:02) ; Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (12:39) -- Cantatas for the Second Day of Christmas. Ich sehe den Himmel offen (10:30) ; Ihr sollt nicht wähnen (11:58) -- Cantata for the Third Day of Christmas. Kündlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis (11:25)