trad.: Verbum caro factum est
1:01
Aki Matsui (soprano)
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
3:45
Masato Suzuki (organ)
No. 1, Noël sur les jeux d'anches sans tremblant
3:45
trad.: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
3:20
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
4:17
No. 2, Noël en dialogue, duo, trio, sur le cornet de récit, la tierce du positif et la pédalle de flûte
4:17
Bach, J S: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV469
2:32
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
6:13
No. 3, Noël en musette, en dialogue, et en duo
6:13
Gruber, F: Silent Night, GWV 145
3:19
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Aki Matsui (soprano)
trad.: In Dulci Jubilo
1:36
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
trad.: The First Nowell
4:01
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
trad.: Festgesang, WoO 9, MWV D4
4:42
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Aki Matsui (soprano)
No. 2, Lied (Adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) - Verbum caro factum est [Arr. M. Suzuki for Voice & Choir]
4:42
Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful
2:28
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Masato Suzuki (organ)
Kirkpatrick: Away In a Manger - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily On High
3:58
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Masato Suzuki (organ)
Away in a Manger - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir)
3:58
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
8:53
Recorded: February and March 2018
Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel
No. 6, Noël sur les jeux d’anches, sans tremblant, et en duo
4:54
No. 7, Noël en trio et en dialogue, le cornet de récit de la main droite, la tierce du positif de la main gauche
3:59
Scheidt: O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild
2:53
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
2:53
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
5:14
No. 10, Noël grand jeu et duo
5:14
trad.: O come, o come, Emmanuel
4:10
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Masaaki Suzuki
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
4:01
No. 12, Noël grand Jeu et duo "Suisse"
4:01
trad.: Trent Codices: Verbum caro factum est (arr. for 3 voices)
1:46
Aki Matsui (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (counter-tenor), Toru Kaku (bass)
Verbum caro factum est (Arr. M. Suzuki for 3 Voices)
1:46
Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bach’s cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handel’s Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensemble’s founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquin’s noëls variés – keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.