Bach: Cantatas Vol 15 / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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Label
SDG
Release Date
June 20, 2006
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Monteverdi Choir
    • PERFORMER
      English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 20, 2006
    • UPC
      843183012725
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SDG 127
    • LABEL
      SDG
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt, BWV 151

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

      Performer: Katherine Fuge (Soprano), James Gilchrist (Tenor), Peter Harvey (Bass), Gillian Keith (Soprano), Joanne Lunn (Soprano), William Towers (Countertenor), Robin Tyson (Countertenor)

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    2. Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

      Performer: Katherine Fuge (Soprano), James Gilchrist (Tenor), Peter Harvey (Bass), Gillian Keith (Soprano), Joanne Lunn (Soprano), William Towers (Countertenor), Robin Tyson (Countertenor)

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    3. Selig ist der Mann, der die Anfechtung erdulet, BWV 57

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

      Performer: Katherine Fuge (Soprano), James Gilchrist (Tenor), Peter Harvey (Bass), Gillian Keith (Soprano), Joanne Lunn (Soprano), William Towers (Countertenor), Robin Tyson (Countertenor)

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    4. Sehet, welch eine Liebe, BWV 64

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

      Performer: Katherine Fuge (Soprano), James Gilchrist (Tenor), Peter Harvey (Bass), Gillian Keith (Soprano), Joanne Lunn (Soprano), William Towers (Countertenor), Robin Tyson (Countertenor)

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner


This second special single-CD release for Christmas in the award-winning series of recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, incudes 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 personalized, 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 Soloists give their customary brilliant performances, making this release the must-have issue of the year's Christmas season.