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Bach: Cantatas Vol 26 / Suzuki, Nonoshita, Et Al

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Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Masaaki, Travers-Br, Makoto, Suzuki, Yukari, Sakurada, Peter, Nonoshita, Bach Collegium Japan, Kooij
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Dec 01, 2004
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1401
UPC
7318590014011

About

The 26th Volume of Bach Cantatas with Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan consists of three works composed for performances during the last three months of 1742. They are part of the composer's projected (but discontinued) Chorale Cantata Year, in which every cantata for a whole year was to be based on a well-known chorale rather than on the traditional gospel reading for the Sunday in question. The text of the chosen hymn was thus reworked by the librettist into poems suitable for setting into recitatives, arias, duets etc. Of the three works in question, BWV 180 (Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele) is the most famous -- based as it is on a communion hymn by Johannes Crüger. Among Bach connoisseurs, its opening chorus -- which also opens the disc -- has long been regarded as one of the most beautiful in any of the cantatas. ('One can tell from the composition that the master was working on one of his favourite melodies', wrote Albert Schweitzer.) BWV 122 (Das neugeborne Kindelein) was intended for the Sunday after Christmas, which in 1742 was also New Year's Eve, and is a meditation on the future, seen in the light of the recent birth of the Saviour. The BIS Cantata Cycle has recently been earning even more praise than usual. In the yearly best-of-lists of the critics of the German magazine Fono Forum, the whole series is put forward as Edition des Jahres, and Volume 24 was named Choc de l'année in the influential French review Le Monde de la musique, while Diapason gave it their November Diapason d'Or. In the same month Volume 25 was chosen as Disc of the Month by BBC Music Magazine, while in the December issue the Gramophone critic wrote: 'Suzuki projects the unity of each work with carefully sculpted opening choruses, well-leavened recitatives and urgent, radiant orchestral playing -- a recording series, reaching near its mid-point, of outstanding consistency.' This the 26th volume will surely be seen as a worthy successor!

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele (Chorus) 05:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  2. 2 Aria: Ermuntre dich; dein Heiland klopft (Tenor) 05:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Aria: Ermuntre dich; dein Heiland klopft (Tenor)
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. 3 Recitative and Chorale: Wie teuer sind des heilgen Mahles Gaben! (Soprano) 02:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    Recitative and Chorale: Wie teuer sind des heilgen Mahles Gaben! (Soprano)
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 4 Recitative: Mein Herz fuhlt in sich Furcht und Freude (Alto) 01:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    Recitative: Mein Herz fuhlt in sich Furcht und Freude (Alto)
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. 5 Aria: Lebens Sonne, Licht der Sinnen (Soprano) 04:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    Aria: Lebens Sonne, Licht der Sinnen (Soprano)
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. 6 Recitative: Herr, lass an mir dein treues Lieben (Bass) 00:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Recitative: Herr, lass an mir dein treues Lieben (Bass)
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  7. 7 Chorale: Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens 01:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    Chorale: Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. 8 Das neugeborne Kindelein (Chorus) 02:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    Das neugeborne Kindelein (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  9. 9 Aria: O Menschen, die ihr taglich sundigt (Bass) 05:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Aria: O Menschen, die ihr taglich sundigt (Bass)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  10. 10 Recitative: Die Engel, welche sich zuvor (Soprano) 01:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    Recitative: Die Engel, welche sich zuvor (Soprano)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  11. 11 Aria and Chorale: Ist Gott versohnt und unser reund (Soprano, Tenor, Alto) 01:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    Aria and Chorale: Ist Gott versohnt und unser reund (Soprano, Tenor, Alto)
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  12. 12 Recitative: Dies ist ein Tag (Bass) 01:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    Recitative: Dies ist ein Tag (Bass)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  13. 13 Chorale: Es bringt das rechte Jubeljahr 00:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Chorale: Es bringt das rechte Jubeljahr
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  14. 14 Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (Chorus) 04:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  15. 15 Recitative: O Wunderkraft der liebe (Alto) 01:17
    Track
    15
    Title
    Recitative: O Wunderkraft der liebe (Alto)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  16. 16 Aria: Ach, ziehe die Seele mit Seilen der Liebe (Tenor) 06:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    Aria: Ach, ziehe die Seele mit Seilen der Liebe (Tenor)
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  17. 17 Recitative: Ach, fuhre mich, o Gott, zum rechten Wege (Soprano) 00:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    Recitative: Ach, fuhre mich, o Gott, zum rechten Wege (Soprano)
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  18. 18 Aria: Bald zur Rechten, bald zur Linken (Bass) 03:01
    Track
    18
    Title
    Aria: Bald zur Rechten, bald zur Linken (Bass)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  19. 19 Chorale: Ertot uns durch dein Gute 00:47
    Track
    19
    Title
    Chorale: Ertot uns durch dein Gute
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach