Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Sophie Klußmann soprano
Alice Lackner soprano and mezzo-soprano
Michael Taylor contralto
Stephan Gähler tenor
Christian Oldenburg baritone
Tobias O. Hagge bass
Staats- und Domchor Berlin choir
Members of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
Kai-Uwe Jirka chorus master
Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat D-Dur BWV 243
Johann Sebastian Bach
Canonic Variations on “Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her”, BWV 769 (arr. for choir and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky
Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Christmas Night, a masque loosely based on Dickensʼs “A Christmas Carol” for mezzo-soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Christmas Cantata on “Vom Himmel hoch” for Soprano, Baritone, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
Otto Nicolai
Christmas Overture on the Choral on “Vom Himmel hoch” for Chorus and Orchestra