J S Bach - Cantatas Vol.27: for Whit Tuesday & Trinity Sunday
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Label: SDG
Cat No: SDG138
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 28th January 2008
Contents
Works
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major, BVW1048Cantata BWV129 'Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott'
Cantata BWV165 'O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad'
Cantata BWV175 'Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen'
Cantata BWV176 'Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding'
Cantata BWV184 'Erwunschtes Freudenlicht'
Cantata BWV194 'Hochsterwunschtes Freudenfest'
Artists
The Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque Soloists
Conductor
John Eliot GardinerWorks
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major, BVW1048Cantata BWV129 'Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott'
Cantata BWV165 'O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad'
Cantata BWV175 'Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen'
Cantata BWV176 'Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding'
Cantata BWV184 'Erwunschtes Freudenlicht'
Cantata BWV194 'Hochsterwunschtes Freudenfest'
Artists
The Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque Soloists
Conductor
John Eliot GardinerAbout
This new release combines cantatas for Whit Tuesday and Trinity Sunday.
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 precedes the two surviving Cantatas for Whit Tuesday. Pressed for time at the end of a busy Whit weekend during his first year in Leipzig, Bach based BWV 184 Erwünschtes Freudenlicht (1724) on a hasty revision of a lost Cöthen secular cantata. One might momentarily mistake the second movement of this cantata as the origin of the celebrated duet from Lakmé, before considering the long odds of Delibes ever having clapped eyes on this obscure piece.
The pastoral mood continues a year later in BWV 175 Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen (1725). This is a more elaborate work, the eighth of the nine consecutive texts Bach set by Christiane Mariane von Ziegler.
Recorded in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall after one of the more dramatic journeys on the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, the first cantata for Trinity Sunday, BWV 165 O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, was composed in 1715 in Weimar. It is a true sermon-in-music, based on the Gospel account of Jesus’ night-time conversation with Nicodemus on the subject of ‘new life’.
A grand French-style overture heralds the start of BWV 194 Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest. The cantata seems to have begun life as a secular Cöthen piece some time between 1717 and 1723, and was then adapted for the dedication of the new organ at Störmthal (2 November 1723).
The programme ends with the genial and uplifting work, BWV 129 Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott.
“These performances do full justice to such genius.” - George Pratt, BBC Music
“Gardiner’s Bach is in a class of its own for colour, drama and rhetorical subtlety. His choir and instrumentalists respond with breathtaking virtuosity…” - Richard Wigmore, The Daily Telegraph
Contents:
Cantatas for Whit Tuesday
- Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048
- Erwünschtes Freudenlicht BWV 184
- Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen BWV 175
Soloists: Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Stephen Loges
Recorded: Holy Trinity, Blythburgh
Cantatas for Whit Tuesday
- Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048
- Erwünschtes Freudenlicht BWV 184
- Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen BWV 175
Soloists: Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Stephen Loges
Recorded: Holy Trinity, Blythburgh
Cantatas for Trinity Sunday
- Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest BWV 194
- Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding BWV 176
- O heil’ges Geist- und Wasserbad BWV 165
- Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott BWV 129
Soloists: Ruth Holton, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey
Recorded: St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
- Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest BWV 194
- Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding BWV 176
- O heil’ges Geist- und Wasserbad BWV 165
- Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott BWV 129
Soloists: Ruth Holton, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey
Recorded: St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
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