Weihnachts-Oratorium = Christmas Oratorio = Oratorio de Noël - Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750; Picander 1700-1764; Lehmann, Fritz 1904-1956; Arndt, Günther 1907-1976; Demmler, Fritz 1916-; Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin, Germany); Berliner Motettenchor (Germany); RIAS Kammerchor (Berlin, Germany) (Germany Archiv Produkion, 1958)
Recorded in 1955 and 1956. Parts I-IV are conducted by Fritz Lehmann, who passed away on 30 March 1956 and was substitued by Günther Arndt. This record won the Grand Prix du Disque in Paris.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Oratorio; Christmas; Lutheranism; Germany