Historia der Geburt Christi 'The Christmas story', SWV435
Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten, SWV395
Ave Maria, SWV334
Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV384
Magnificat, SWV468

Schütz’s ‘Christmas story’ is an absolute delight from beginning to end, its charming tableaux of angels, shepherds and wise men completely belying the composer’s old age and constrained circumstances. Here it’s the jubilant climax to a programme of Christmas motets from the 1640s.

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Recorded in St Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 24-27 January 2018.