Impressive and peaceful alternative to sweet Weihnchtskitsch

Fortunately, this recording has, thanks to its magnificent achievements already found considerable and mainly cater finished attention. Although it according to the relevant documentation at Amazon almost superfluous appears virtually to carrying coals to Newcastle because of a positive response, I would not leave it at a small post missing. The playing time belauft to almost 76 minutes includes the following CD
Recordings:

- Camille Saint-Saens:. Oratorio Noel op 12/40 minutes.
- Camille Saint-Saens:. Quam Dilecta op 148 / motet for choir, organ and harp
- Cesar Franck: Panis Angelicus from the Mass Op 12 for tenor, choir, organ, harp, etc..
- Cesar Franck: Psalm 150 for choir, organ and symphony orchestra
- Charles Gounod Noel Chant des relgieuses for soloists, female choir, piano and organ
- Bach / Gounod: Ave Maria for alto and harp
- Gabriel Faure Noël op 43 for soprano, piano and organ.
- Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine for choir and symphony orchestra

The photo was taken in 2008 in the Church of St. Kilian in Wiesbaden, a relatively young and intact church. Favored by the acoustics of the church building and the skill of the engineer was an annoying reverberation be completely avoided. Only two tiny little things can be observed in nörglerischer fussiness: The tenor sings beautifully in the expression, but with a slightly throaty voice in some places. However, this is far from being dumplings, which can be caused by ingestion of syllables when exaggerated phrasing. The tenor sings in this recording with a large and powerful voice, which is impressive in the room (at comparable shooting himself with renowned artists seem to be the tenor Timmer pushed into the background, likely due to older sound technology constraints). The more tiny little thing to do with pitfalls of Church Latin together by a church Latin word that I will deliberately call here in detail, slightly discolored with the French pronunciation was (who does not notice however: So much the better).

All in all, a clear and excellent alternative to the sweet Christmas music the usual way. Each sweet alienation and kitsch was consistently avoided. Even with the internalized passages always clear and pure transmission. Even the famous Ave Maria is in the present interpretation again worth listening to, without having to break out in tears along with the performers.
Again: My little restrictions justify any points deduction. Therefore, the Buy rating is absolute. And finally, I would like to highlight the achievements of the choir, already alone justify the purchase of this recording. The sound also captivates with an impressive plasticity.