Bach: Cantatas Vol 34 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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Label
BIS
Release Date
January 1, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Carolyn, Suz, Peter, Sampson, Robin, Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Blaze
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2007
    • UPC
      7318599915517
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-SACD-1551
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. Recitative: Du wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Gerd Türk

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. Aria: Erfullet, ihr himmlischen gottlichen Flammen (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. Recitative: Ein ird'scher Glanz, ein leiblich Licht (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. Aria: Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Gerd Türk

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. Choral: Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. Aria: Sende deine Macht von oben (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Gerd Türk

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. Recitative: Der Menschen Gunst (Alto, Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. Aria: Sturze zu Boden, schwulstige Stolze! (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. Recitative: So wird dein Wort und Wahrheit offenbar (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Gerd Türk

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    12. Choral: Verleih uns Frieden gnadiglich (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    13. Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    14. Recitative: Wenn alles sich zur letzten Zeit entsetzet (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Gerd Türk

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    15. Aria: Die Seele ruht in Jesu Handen (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    16. Recitative: Wenn einstens die Posaunen schallen (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    17. Choral: Ach, Herr, vergib all unsre Schuld (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki


The three cantatas on Volume 34 were first performed in February and March 1725, in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where Bach was employed. The first one, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, was composed for the Feast of the Annunciation, and celebrates the joyous news brought to Mary of the coming birth of Christ in a suitably jubilant manner. A particular feature is the unusual scoring - as well as a string orchestra there are two horns, two oboi da caccia (ie. alto oboes) and two solo violins. BWV126 (Erhalt uns, herr, bei deinem Wort) is in a rather more dramatic vein, with its exhortation to God to support mankind against the enemies of the faith. the recitative 'Der Menschen Gunst und Macht' for alto and tenor is particularly noteworthy: Bach has cast the entire movement in the form of a dialogue, creating a fusion of recitative, arioso and chorale that is without equal in its era. The disc ends on a more resigned note with BWV127, based on a hymn which is in fact a song of death, ending with a plea for the forgiveness of sins. The soprano aria 'The soul will rest in Jesus' hands' combines a certainty of belief and a longing for death are combined in one of Bach's most beautiful and individual cantata movements, and the simple four-part final chorale concludes with an exquisite sequence of harmonies that lends a dreamlike quality to the words 'until we slumber blessedly'.