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Program: #00-50 Air Date: Dec 11, 2000
Featuring an exclusive recording of a Gregorian mass for Christmas Day from the monastery of Einsiedeln.
NOTE: This program was made possible in part by a grant from PRS, Presence Switzerland, with support from Swiss Radio International, Switzerland Tourism, and the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.
I. Anon.: Mass for Epiphany. (Choralschola Einsideln/Fr. Roman Bannwart). Private recording.
- Introit: Ecce advenit.
- Graduale: Omnes de Saba.
- Alleluia: Vidimus stellam.
- Offertorium: Reges Tharsis.
- Communio: Vidimus stellam.
II. Gregorian Chant from St. Gall (Die Singphoniker/Godehard Joppich). CPO CD 999.267.
- TUOTILO of St. Gall: Christmas trope: Hodie cantandus.
- Anon.: Introit: Puer natus.
- Anon.: Sequence: Natus ante saecula.
III. Christe, qui lux es et dies (Basler Madrigalisten/Ensemble Galliarda Basel/Fritz Naef). Cantate CD 580.002.
- ROBERT WHITE: Christe, qui lux es et dies.
- SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht.
IV. Natus est Jesus: Baroque Christmas Music (Rosemarie Hofmann, soprano/Rene Jacobs, counter-tenor/Gottfried Bach, organ/Konrad Junghaenel, lute/Roel Dieltiens, cello/Basler Madrigalisten/Orchestra of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/Fritz Naef). EMI/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi CD CDC-7-49139 (not in print).
- GIUSEPPE GIAMBERTI: O belle lagrimette.
- GIACOMO CARISSIMI: Magnificat.
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