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.
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