Since you are interested in Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / etc Nelson Freire (piano), Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Lionel Bringuier [ Decca / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "The recording is at its best wherever Nelson Freire is ravishing the ear with showers of notes that glisten with precision." (Financial Times) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16 / Carnaval, Op.9 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'I have the impression that her aim was to make them wholly and uniquely her own...much of what we hear is as refreshingly imaginative as it is pianistically exemplary...she relishes the fantasy and caprice of Carnaval with an arrestingly vivid... |
HANDEL
Saul (complete oratorio) Nancy Argenta / Donna Brown / Lynne Dawson / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca Originals / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] '...it is not likely to be surpassed on disc for a long time.' The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Disc |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (Complete opera) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Francisco Araiza (baritone) Evgeny Nesterenko (bass) Andreas Schmidt (tenor) / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Philips Originals / 3 CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] 'Let me say at the outset that this is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era.' (Gramophone) |