Bach: Cantatas Vol 45 / Suzuki, Nonoshita, Blaze

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Label
BIS
Release Date
October 1, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Yukari, Su, Peter, Nonoshita, Robin, Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Blaze
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2009
    • UPC
      7318599918013
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-SACD-1801
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Brich dem hungrigen dein Brot (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. Part I: Recitative: Der reiche Gott wirft seinen Uberfluss auf uns (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. Part I: Aria: Seinem Schopfer noch auf Erden (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. Part II: Aria: Wohlzutun und mitzuteilen vergesset nicht (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. Part II: Aria: Hochster, was ich habe (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Yukari Nonoshita

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. Part II: Recitative: Wie soll ich dir, o Herr, denn sattsamlich vergelten (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. Part II: Chorale: Selig sind, die aus Erbarmen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. Es wartet alles auf dich (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. Recitative: Was Kreaturen halt (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. Aria: Du Herr, du kronst allein (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. Aria: Darum sollt ihr nicht sorgen (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    12. Aria: Gott versorget alles Leben (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Yukari Nonoshita

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    13. Recitative: Halt ich nur fest an ihm (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Yukari Nonoshita

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    14. Chorale: Gott hat die Erde zugericht' (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    15. Gelobet sei der Herr (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    16. Aria: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, mein Heil (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Peter Kooij

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    17. Aria: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, mein Trost (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Yukari Nonoshita

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    18. Aria: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, der ewig lebet (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    19. Chorale: Dem wir das Heilig itzt (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    20. Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 1045

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Natsumi Wakamatsu

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki


During the period from which these three cantatas come, Bach no longer presented a new cantata of his own every Sunday. Instead he made extensive use of compositions by others, including his own second cousin Johann Ludwig Bach, court composer at Meiningen. In several instances, Bach also reused texts set by Johann Ludwig for his own compositions, including two of the cantatas here, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot and Es wartet alles auf dich. Both of these follow a pattern which falls into two parts, with the opening text of each section being taken from the Old and the New Testament respectively. The third cantata, Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, is also unusual in its structure, in that it utilizes five strophes of a single hymn, word for word. The hymn strophes are respectively used for an opening chorus, three arias and a closing chorale, with the first and fifth movement - resplendently scored with trumpets and timpani - utilizing the same hymn melody, although in very different ways. The three arias (for bass, soprano and alto) are more intimate in size, but also highly varied, addressing in turn Christ, the Holy Spirit and the full Trinity. The disc closes with a movement for solo violin and orchestra, thought to be an opening sinfonia for an unknown cantata. It is possibly a late arrangement of an early work, as the highly virtuosic solo part seems to suggest influences from the Italian violin concertos that were making such an impact in Germany during the first decades of the 18th century. With this disc the cantata series of Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki reaches its 45th instalment, to ever-growing acclaim, as exemplified by a recent review regarding Volume 42: 'a recording which shows Suzuki maturing along with Bach ... another fine instalment in this most consistent of series' (International Record Review).