Bach: Cantatas Vol 12 / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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SDG
Release Date
October 26, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Monteverdi Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 26, 2010
    • UPC
      843183017126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SDG 171
    • LABEL
      SDG
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Aria: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    2. Recitative: Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    3. Aria: Erbarme dich! (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    4. Recitative: Erbarme dich! (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    5. Chorale: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    6. Aria: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    7. Recitative: Ja, freilich sollte Gott (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    8. Aria: Ein unbarmherziges Gerichte (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    9. Recitative: Wohlan! Mein Herze legt (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    10. Aria: Gerechter Gott, ach rechnest du? (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    11. Chorale: Mir mangelt zwar sehr viel (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    12. Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    13. Aria: Ach schlafrige Seele (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    14. Recitative: Gott, so vor deine Seele wacht (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    15. Aria: Bete aber auch dabei (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    16. Recitative: Er sehnet sich nach unserm Schreien (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    17. Chorale: Drum so lasst uns immerdar (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    18. Aria: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (Alto, Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    19. Recitative: O schwerer Gang (Alto, Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    20. Aria: Mein letztes Lager (Duet: Alto, Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    21. Recitative: Der Tod Bleibt doch (Alto, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Robin Tyson, Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    22. Chorale: Es ist genung (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    23. Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    24. Aria: Gott ist mein Freund (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: William Kendall

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    25. Recitative: Der Heiland sendet ja die Seinen (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Hilary Summers

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    26. Aria: Das Ungluck schlagt auf allen Seiten (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    27. Recitative: Ja, trag ich gleich den grossten Feind in mir (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Gillian Keith

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    28. Chorale: Dahero Trotz der Hollen Heer! (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    29. Aria: Nur jedem das Seine! (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: William Kendall

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    30. Recitative: Du bist, mein Gott (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    31. Aria: Lass mein Herz die Munze sein (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    32. Recitative: Ich wollte dir (Soprano, Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Susan Hamilton, Hilary Summers

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    33. Aria : Nimm mich mir und gib mich dir! (Soprano, Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Susan Hamilton, Hilary Summers

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    34. Chorale: Fuhr auch mein Herz und Sinn (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    35. Sinfonia

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    36. Recitative: Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht! (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Gillian Keith

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    37. Aria: Immerhin, immerhin, wenn ich gleich verstossen bin! (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Gillian Keith

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    38. Recitative: Gott ist getreu! (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Gillian Keith

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    39. Aria: Ich halt es mit dem lieben Gott (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Gillian Keith

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    40. Chorale: In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    41. Chorale: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    42. Recitative: Er kommt, er kommt (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: William Kendall

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    43. Aria Duet: Wenn kommst du, mein Heil (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Susan Hamilton, Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    44. Chorale: Zion hort die Wachter singen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    45. Recitative: So geh herein zu mir (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    46. Aria Duet: Mein Freund ist mein (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

      Performer: Susan Hamilton, Peter Harvey

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    47. Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner


SDG is delighted to release Volume 12 - Cantatas for the twenty-second and twenty-third Sundays after trinity.

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.