Joy to the World : A Baroque Christmas.

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Call Number: CD Christmas Joy 1992B
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
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Compact disc.
Sinfonia from "Christmas oratorio" / Bach (6:09) -- Winter from "The four seasons" / Vivaldi (8:49) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring / Bach (3:51) -- Canon in D major / Pachelbel (4:43) -- Sinfonia from "Messiah" / Handel (8:19) -- Sheep may safely graze / Bach (6:31) -- Air on a "G" string / Bach (3:15) -- "Awake the trumpets lofty sounds" from "Samson" / Handel (2:36) -- Allegro from "Brandenburg" concerto no. 2 in F major / Bach (5:33) -- Fanfare (Masterpiece Theatre theme) / Mouret (1:56) -- Arioso for brass / Bach (3:37) -- Rondeau / Purcell (2:16) -- Table music overture / Telemann (13:52) -- A mighty fortress is our God / Luther (2:57) -- Joy to the world / Handel (1:25).
Various performers.
Contents: Weihnachts-Oratorium. -- Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. -- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, -- Canon, -- Messiah. -- Jagdkantate. -- Suites, -- Samson. -- Brandenburgische Konzerte. -- Fanfares avec une suitte de simphonies.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Not Just for Christmas Anymore submitted by Meginator on August 22, 2020, 9:38pm This compilation’s title is a bit of a misnomer, as many of these compositions are famous well beyond any associations they may share (or have once shared) with the holiday season, but it nonetheless does offer a strong selection of Baroque classics played ably by talented ensembles. The editors do rely awfully heavily on stalwarts Bach and Handel, who comprise over half of the tracks between them, but the selections emphasize musical variety (even within the era’s strictures). Aside from “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”, a movement from Handel’s “Messiah”, and “Joy to the World” (and possibly Vivaldi’s “Winter”), these songs don’t particularly evoke Christmas to modern ears, but the compilation is a fairly good representation of the Baroque period; it just suffers from the gap between the expectations bestowed by its title and its actual contents.