J S Bach - Cantatas Volume 15 | SDG SDG127

J S Bach - Cantatas Volume 15

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Label: SDG

Cat No: SDG127

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 19th October 2006

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This second special single-cd release for Christmas in the award-winning series of recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, includes BWV 151, one of his most intimate cantatas.
 
Opening with a hauntingly beautiful and consoling soprano aria, it has pre-echoes of both Gluck and Brahms. First heard on Boxing Day 1725, BWV 57 provides us with another opportunity to enjoy Bach, who never wrote an opera, as the best writer of dramatic declamation since Monteverdi. His response to the text is highly personalised, and sparing in its modest forces although strongly expressive.
 
A movement of infectious rhythmic élan, the opening chorus of BWV 133 conveys the exuberance and sheer exhilaration of Christmas. The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Solists give their customary brilliant performances, making this release the must-have issue of this year’s Christmas season.
 
Once again, Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir is the jewel in the crown of each cantata performance. Add to that Gardiner’s dramatic, electric response to music he clearly loves and you have a set that rivals his Gramophone Record of the Year Award winning disc that launched this incredible series.” (James Jolly, Editor’s Choice, Gramophone)
 
Soloists: Gillian Keith, Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn, Robin Tyson, William Towers, James Gilchrist , Peter Harvey

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