CLASSIC AL A UDI O JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH CHRISTMAS ORATORIO CKD499 | 691062049924 2 CD | SRP: US $34.99 CA $41.99 COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach ARTIST: Dunedin Consort • Joanne Lunn • Mary Bevan (soprano) • Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) • Ciara Hendrick (alto) • Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) • Thomas Hobbs (tenor) • Matthew Brook • Konstantin Wolff (bass) • John Butt (conductor) TRACK LIST: Cantata 1: First Festival Day in Christmas Cantata 2: Second Festival Day in Christmas Cantata 3: Third Festival Day in Christmas Cantata 4: Festival of the Circumcision of Christ Cantata 5: Sunday After New Year Cantata 6: Festival of Epiphany • This release is following the massive success of 2015’s Magnificat & Christmas Cantata. Dunedin Consort is excited to release their follow-up album, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. • Conductor John Butt applies his extensive knowledge of Bach’s performing practices to present the range of choral scoring that Bach seems to have used, realizing something of the implications of the composer’s performing conditions and decisions. • The Dunedin Consort ahs established a reputation as one of the finest period performance choirs around. ALSO AVAILABLE: Dunedin Consort CKD469 691062046923 CKD449 691062044929 DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 10/14/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 66