Bach: Actus Tragicus - Cantatas BWV 106, 150, 131, 12 / Meunier, Vox Luminis

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January 27, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Vox Luminis, Meunier
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 27, 2017
    • UPC
      3760014192586
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA258
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Sonatina

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    2. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    3. Arioso: Ach Herr, lehre uns bedenken (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Philippe Froeliger

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    4. Aria: Bestelle dein Haus (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Tomáš Král

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    5. Es ist der alte Bund (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    6. Aria: In deine Hande befehl ich meinen Geist — (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Daniel Elgersma

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    7. Aria: Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein (Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Tomáš Král

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    8. Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit. (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    9. Sinfonia

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    10. Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    11. Aria: Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnugt (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Kristen Witmer

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    12. Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    13. Aria (Terzett): Zedern mussen von den Winden (Alto, Tenor, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Daniel Elgersma, Robert Buckland, Lionel Meunier

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    14. Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    15. Ciacona: Meine Tage in dem Leide (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    16. Sinfonia - Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    17. Arioso: So du willst, Herr, Sunde zurechnen (Bass, Soprano) - Chorale: Erbarm dich mein in solcher Last

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Zsuzsi Tóth, Kristen Witmer, Sebastian N. Myrus

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    18. Ich harre des Herrn (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    19. Aria: Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn (Tenor, Alto) - Chorale: Und weil ich denn in meinem Sinn

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Daniel Elgersma, Barnabás Hegyi, Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    20. Israel, hoffe auf den Herrn (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    21. Sinfonia

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    22. Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    23. Recitative: Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Daniel Elgersma

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    24. Aria: Kreuz und Krone sind verbunden (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Daniel Elgersma

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    25. Aria: Ich folge Christo nach (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Sebastian N. Myrus

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    26. Aria: Sei getreu (Tenor) - Chorale: Was Gott tut

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier


The Belgian group Vox Luminis, directed by the bass Lionel Meunier, is now acknowledged as belonging among the world’s elite vocal ensembles, especially for its interpretations of German Baroque sacred music. The group's program of Bach cantatas are among the composer’s earliest, having been written in 1707/1708. Notable among them is the poignant cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (God’s time is the best of all times) BWV 106, also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed by the 22-year old composer for a funeral ceremony.

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REVIEWS:

There are many beautiful moments in this program of four early cantatas by Bach. The seriousness with which Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis approach these works is evident, and the forces are ideal.

– BBC Music Magazine

Vox Luminis live up to their name with clear, soft textures redolent of 17th-century devotional rhetoric. The single voices and instruments constitute a remarkably crystalline landscape. Emotional restraint also offers some ear-pricking moments.

– Gramophone