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Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10: Cantatas of Contentment / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
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Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10: Cantatas of Contentment / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki, Sampson, Blaze, Sakurada, Worner, Suga, San?Nomiya, Wakamatsu
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Sep 07, 2018
Catalog #
BIS-2351
UPC
7318599923512

About

Robert von Bahr, CEO of BIS Records, writes of this release: “When we finished the Bach Sacred Cantatas there was an emptiness with us all participants, which was - partly - alleviated by the fact that there were several records of secular Cantatas still to be recorded. And now we are at the bitter end of those as well, and there are no more Bach Cantatas to be recorded. After 23 years of a steady diet of Bach Cantatas, to be without them is brutal and cruel. All the better, then, that we have finished on a high point. Carolyn Sampson’s singing in the solo cantata BWV 204 beggars belief - it is as close to Heaven one can hope to come on this Earth. Big words, and yet too small for what she does. This is the crowning glory of a series that has transformed my life and given me so much more fulfillment that I could possibly have hoped for. Thank you, Masaaki and your faithful BCJ, for creating a musical treasure possible to be treasured by a grateful mankind.”

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REVIEWS:

This issue completes one of the great modern recording odysseys, being the final disc of complete surviving secular cantatas from Bach Collegium Japan. The Bach Collegium Japan sing and play as satisfyingly as they have done since their foundation in 1990 and the hero of the disc, as ever, is Masaaki Suzuki. His sense of the tempo giusto in this music is unerring, and his response to the sprightly dance measures is always infectious.

– MusicWeb International

We celebrate here, as always, many of Suzuki’s finest qualities of expressive lucidity, unforced coherence, and the quiet nobility of one serving the music as the most natural of reflexes.

Carolyn Sampson’s ever-inspiring contributions close the project with Ich bin in mir vernügt, a little-known solo soprano cantata compared to the Nos 51, 199, and 210s of this world. Just when one thought it impossible to hear Bach sung any better than in her recent performance of No 105 (arr. Schumann—Ondine, 8/18), she brings an Arcadian coloration to ‘Meine Seele sei vernügt’, placing her among the finest exponents on record of this composer’s peerlessly demanding soprano-writing.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Chorus: Angenehmes Wiederau 03:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chorus: Angenehmes Wiederau
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  2. 2 Recitative: So ziehen wir in diesem Hause hier (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) 00:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Recitative: So ziehen wir in diesem Hause hier (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Dominik Wörner
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  3. 3 Aria: Willkommen im Heil (Bass) 04:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Aria: Willkommen im Heil (Bass)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Dominik Wörner
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  4. 4 Recitative: Da heute dir, gepriesner Hennicke (Alto) 00:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Recitative: Da heute dir, gepriesner Hennicke (Alto)
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Robin Blaze
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  5. 5 Aria: Was die Seele kann ergötzen (Alto) 05:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    Aria: Was die Seele kann ergötzen (Alto)
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Robin Blaze
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  6. 6 Recitative: Und wie ich jederzeit bedacht (Bass) 00:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Recitative: Und wie ich jederzeit bedacht (Bass)
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Dominik Wörner
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  7. 7 Aria: Ich will dich halten (Bass) 05:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    Aria: Ich will dich halten (Bass)
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Dominik Wörner
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  8. 8 Recitative: Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand (Soprano) 00:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    Recitative: Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand (Soprano)
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  9. 9 Aria: Eilt, ihr Stunden, wie ihr wollt (Soprano) 04:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Aria: Eilt, ihr Stunden, wie ihr wollt (Soprano)
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  10. 10 Recitative: So recht! ihr seid mir werte Gäste (Tenor) 00:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Recitative: So recht! ihr seid mir werte Gäste (Tenor)
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Makoto Sakurada
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  11. 11 Aria: So wie ich die Tropfen zolle (Tenor) 02:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Aria: So wie ich die Tropfen zolle (Tenor)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Makoto Sakurada
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  12. 12 Recitative: Drum, angenehmes Wiederau (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) 01:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Recitative: Drum, angenehmes Wiederau (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Dominik Wörner
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  13. 13 Chorus: Angenehmes Wiederau 03:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Chorus: Angenehmes Wiederau
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  14. 14 Recitative: Ich bin in mir vergnügt 01:35
    Track
    14
    Title
    Recitative: Ich bin in mir vergnügt
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  15. 15 Aria: Ruhig und in sich zufrieden 06:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    Aria: Ruhig und in sich zufrieden
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  16. 16 Recitative: Ihr Seelen, die ihr außer euch stets in die Irre lauft 02:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    Recitative: Ihr Seelen, die ihr außer euch stets in die Irre lauft
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  17. 17 Aria: Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden 04:44
    Track
    17
    Title
    Aria: Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  18. 18 Recitative: Schwer ist es zwar, viel Eitles zu besitzen 01:55
    Track
    18
    Title
    Recitative: Schwer ist es zwar, viel Eitles zu besitzen
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  19. 19 Aria: Meine Seele sei vergnügt 06:48
    Track
    19
    Title
    Aria: Meine Seele sei vergnügt
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  20. 20 Recitative: Ein edler Mensch ist Perlenmuscheln gleich 02:08
    Track
    20
    Title
    Recitative: Ein edler Mensch ist Perlenmuscheln gleich
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  21. 21 Aria: Himmlische Vergnügsamkeit 03:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    Aria: Himmlische Vergnügsamkeit
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Carolyn Sampson
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki