Description
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 2 DVD Set / Sir John Elliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Including Two Documentaries / Recorded at the Herderkirche, Weimar 23 & 27 December 1999 / DVD
Format: NTSC
Running time: 194 Minutes
UPC: 880242450982
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.39 x 0.67 x 7.6 inches; 0.01 Ounces
- Director : __
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, Color, NTSC
- Run time : 3 hours and 14 minutes
- Release date : September 30, 2014
- Actors : Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, Bernarda Fink
- Subtitles: : English, German, French, Japanese, Korean
- Studio : EuroArts
- Number of discs : 2
In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists perform Gardiner's new interpretation of this classic piece. For the renowned conductor, this Weimar concert is a special performance, marking the start of his Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. With this new interpretation of the Christmas Oratorio, Gardiner shows himself once again to be an incontestible specialist of Bach's music. Including two complementary documentaries: J.S. Bach: Jauchzet, frohlocket! An Introduction to the Christmas Oratorio presenting the best performers in their field, including John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir founded by him, the English Baroque Soloists, as well as other internationally-known vocal soloists. Bach revisited - J.E. Gardiner in Saxony and Thuringia, in which the British conductor has set his mind on performing all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas. Several of these concerts take place in Saxony and Thuringia, where Bach lived. This offers Gardiner the opportunity to discover Bach, his life and work in his own, very personal way.
Against the dramatic backdrop of the historic Weimar Herder Church, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists found the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. This Weimar concert was a special performance, marking the start of his Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. Also included are two complementary documentaries: “J.S. Bach: Jauchzet, frohlocket! An Introduction to the Christmas Oratorio”, and “Bach revisited - J.E. Gardiner in Saxony and Thuringia”, in which the British conductor sets his mind to performing all of Bach's cantatas.
