J S Bach - Cantatas Vol.12: Cantatas for 22/23 Sunday After Trinity
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Label: SDG
Cat No: SDG171
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 27th September 2010
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV52 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'Cantata BWV55 'Ich armer Mensch, ich sundenknecht'
Cantata BWV60 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'
Cantata BWV89, 'Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?'
Cantata BWV115 'Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit'
Cantata BWV139 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott'
Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme'
Cantata BWV163 'Nur jedem das Seine'
Artists
James GilchristPeter Harvey
Joanne Lunn
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor
John Eliot GardinerWorks
Cantata BWV52 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'Cantata BWV55 'Ich armer Mensch, ich sundenknecht'
Cantata BWV60 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'
Cantata BWV89, 'Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?'
Cantata BWV115 'Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit'
Cantata BWV139 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott'
Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme'
Cantata BWV163 'Nur jedem das Seine'
Artists
James GilchristPeter Harvey
Joanne Lunn
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor
John Eliot GardinerAbout
John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists performed both of these programmes in England: at All Saints church in Tooting and at Winchester Cathedral, in November 2000.
The soloists include James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey and Joanne Lunn.
The highlight of this album is Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (“Sleepers, wake”) – one of Bach’s best known cantatas, and one that has long been part of the Monteverdi Choir’s repertoire. It is described as “a cantata without weaknesses, without a dull bar, technically, emotionally and spiritually of the highest order”.
Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht (“I, wretched man, I slave to sin”) is Bach’s only cantata for solo tenor still in existence. It is sung movingly by James Gilchrist.
Of three cantatas on the parable of the unjust steward (BWV 55, 89, 115), Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (“Prepare yourself, my soul”) is considered to stand out for its subtle instrumental writing and spellbinding arias, which evoke the yearning of the soul for divine mercy.
The recording in Tooting (CD1) is the only one in the whole series that wasn’t recorded live: the original concert took place in Eton chapel, right under the Heathrow airport flight path, so we had to try and recreate the same conditions in a quieter place!
This album is packaged with a separate index sheet of the Cantata series.
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