Vom Himmel hoch... - Christmas Carols Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

• 1 Es blüh'n drei Rosen auf einem Zweig 02:57
• 2 Da droben auf dem Berge, da weht der Wind 01:56
• 3 Und unser lieben Frauen, der träumete ein Traum 02:06
• 4 Maria durch ein'n Dornwald ging 02:01
• 5 Maria auf dem Berge 02:12
• 6 Schlaf, mein Kindelein 01:58
• 7 Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du 02:04
• 8 Stille Nacht: Die Frucht ist längst ins Haus gebracht 02:36
• 9 Die Himmelsbotschaft ist erklungen 02:47
• 10 Joseph, lieber Joseph mein 02:23
• 11 Zu Bethlehem geboren 02:41
• 12 Christlied 02:16
• 13 Es wird schon gleich dunkel 02:11
• 14 Das himmlische Menuett: Es tanzen die Englein im himmlischen Saal 03:50
• 15 O Jesulein zart, dein Kripplein ist hart 02:33
• 16 Wiegenlied in der Weihnacht 01:44
• 17 Kommt all herein, ihr Engelein 02:45
• 18 O Jesulein mild, o Jesulein zart 03:18
• 19 Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich 02:40
• 20 Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 03:40
• 21 Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ 03:08
• 22 Vom Himmel hoch, ihr Engel kommt 02:58
• 23 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen 02:30
• 24 Ave Maria zart, du edler Rosengart 02:09
• 25 Süßer die Glocken nie klingen 03:50
• 26 Vom Himmel hoch 01:55
• Total Runtime 01:07:08

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Producing atmospheric Christmas programmes in the 1950s fell into the remit of radio stations: records with festive music were not available during the early post-war years. For RIAS, the Berlin radio station under American control, the early 1950s were the heyday in this respect. Year after year, distinguished singers, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Rita Streich, Erna Berger, Elisabeth Grümmer and many others, were engaged to perform for these radio shows. This disc presents the impressive results of these recordings made between 1950 and 1964.

Most carols on this disc are folksongs or folk-like. Their simple, catchy tunes, setting words from Martin Luther's time through to the twentieth century, tell of naïve piety. Renowned composers and church musicians of the 1950s produced, mostly for such Christmas programmes, tasteful arrangements of these carols. The spectrum of arrangements on this disc stretches from sparing but emphatic lute dabs right up to the onomatopoeic expansion of orchestral sonorities which do not shy away from a nod towards Puccini. The fact that all these diverse Christmas offerings were produced without the slightest whiff of sentimentality is largely due to the performers who transformed these miniatures into little gems.

„Post-war austerity hit the record industry hard in Germany, and in the 1950s the Berlin radio station RIAS began making programmes to brighten up the…“ (BBC Music Magazine)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, tenor
Rita Streich, soprano
Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Berliner Streichquartett
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester Berlin

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