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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 16 - Bwv 28, 122, 152, 190, 225

Monteverdi Choir

Classical - Released January 1, 2000 | SDG

As in his previous volumes of Bach cantatas in this series, John Eliot Gardiner brings a velvet-gloved, yet iron-fisted approach to Bach. His tempos are supple and his lines are radiant, but the singleness of vision and strength of will are inflexible. As always, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are both formally and expressively under his firm control. This doesn't mean Gardiner won't allow his vocal soloists considerable interpretive leeway. Soprano Gillian Keith and bass Peter Harvey are marvelously free in the duet between the Soul and Jesus in Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn (Walk the Path of Faith) (BWV 152). But the musical context is wholly Gardiner's. The packaging and production values are, as always, superlative. Recorded live in St. Bartholomew's in New York on the Sunday after Christmas, December 31, 2000, the sound here is ideally balanced, perfectly clear, and utterly natural. Unlike most volumes in this series, however, this is a single-disc package, and so it makes a good introduction to both Bach's cantatas and to Gardiner's approach to them for buyers who would like to test the waters without investing too much money. © TiVo
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Motets

Monteverdi Choir

Sacred Vocal Music - Released April 30, 2012 | SDG

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John Eliot Gardiner literally has a lifetime of intimate familiarity with J.S. Bach's six motets without independent instrumental accompaniment; he reports that as a boy chorister of 11 or 12 he knew the treble lines to all of them. That familiarity is evident in these exceptionally insightful and exceptionally well-sung performances with the Monteverdi Choir. The group lives up to its reputation as being in the very highest echelon of choirs worldwide, singing these especially treacherous works with almost superhuman precision, immaculate tone and balance, and infectious, unguarded passion. The singers handle Bach's exquisitely interwoven counterpoint with apparent ease even at the outrageously fast but emotionally appropriate tempos that Gardiner takes. He avoids the academic rigidity that can easily prevail in performances of counterpoint this intricate by always maintaining a dancing sense of lightness and buoyancy. The performances are also characterized by a warm intimacy. That's due at least in part the choir's remarkable control of dynamics; at its quietest moments the music comes across as an almost hushed whisper. That, in combination with the stellar engineering, creates the impression that the listener is being treated to a private performance by singers nearly close enough to reach out and touch. At the same time there is no sense of crowding and the performers have plenty of room for their singing to ring out brilliantly. Gardiner deploys a small continuo group colorfully but discreetly, offering an ideally balanced underpinning for the choir. Listeners who want to hear these small masterpieces need look no further than these exemplary and thoroughly engaging performances. Highly recommended. © TiVo
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J. S. Bach: The Motets

Rias Kammerchor

Choral Music (Choirs) - Released November 17, 2023 | EuroArts Music International

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Bach Motets

Valentin Tournet

Classical - Released July 1, 2022 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Valentin Tournet and his choral and instrumental ensemble, La Chapelle Harmonique (founded in 2017), are newcomers to the French Baroque scene. Here they offer their second recording dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach. This stunning album was recorded in the—almost too—generous acoustics of the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles, where this style would have been unheard of in the time of Louis XV.This joyous and original Latin take on Bach’s Motets contrasts with more introspective listening habits. The six Bach Motets are difficult to define. They evoke searching questions with regard to their attribution and interpretation. Were they all truly composed by Bach? Are they intended for an acapella choir (i.e., unaccompanied)? Should they be supported by basso continuo, or even an organ and instruments?Commonly composed to honour the memory of the deceased and to accompany the raising of the corpse, they are works of incredible musical depth that were admired by Mozart. They combine a certain succinctness with a complexity of writing that specifically enhances the vocal text. The present programme also contains echoes of other works, particularly two choral compositions (composed by Bach’s predecessors and reworked by Bach). © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Motets

Vocalsonsort Berlin

Sacred Vocal Music - Released March 22, 2011 | harmonia mundi

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Bach : Motets BWV 225-231, Cantatas BWV 50 & 118

John Eliot Gardiner

Sacred Vocal Music - Released January 25, 2019 | Warner Classics

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Bach Motets

Johann Sebastian Bach

Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released September 1, 2010 | Signum Records

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J.S. Bach : Motets

René Jacobs

Sacred Vocal Music - Released February 28, 1997 | harmonia mundi

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Bach: Jesu, meine Freude (Motets)

Sette Voci

Classical - Released November 1, 2009 | Ramée

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The one-voice-per-part approach to performing Bach's music was pointedly questioned some years ago by Dutch conductor Ton Koopman (or one of his minions), who asked one-voice-per-part advocate Joshua Rifkin whether he was on his way to conduct the B minor madrigal. Whatever one thinks of this way of performing Bach, the motets may offer a stronger case for it than choral music in other genres. They are less closely associated with chorales, for one thing; the meaning carried by music that originated with congregational singing is not so much an issue. And the motets have a deeply interior tone that traces itself partly back to private, contemplative genres of the 17th century. If you're intrigued by the one-voice-per-part method, this precise yet highly expressive and, yes, madrigalistic disc by the Dutch group Sette Voci makes a good place to start. The Sette Voci in this case are otto, with one singer (only the sopranos are women) assigned to each part in the double SATB forces for which five of the motets are written. There are seven motets on the program, including the disputed Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV Anh. 159. The solo textures expose the strands in the dense web of counterpoint that builds up from the opening bars of Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225, and dissonances like the flat seconds in the soprano line of Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, gain an expressive prominence they lack in other readings. The singers are accompanied by a quiet continuo consisting of small organs and a violine. The effect is sparse, intense, and compelling. Whether Bach would have recognized it is hard to say, but the recording demands to be heard, and fine church sound and graphic design well above the German norm contribute to the success of the project. Booklet notes are in German, French, and English.© TiVo
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Bach Motets

Cantus Cölln

Classical - Released January 24, 1997 | deutsche harmonia mundi

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Bach: 6 Motetten - Motets BWV 225 - 230

Coro della Radio Svizzera, I Barocchisti & Diego Fasolis

Classical - Released November 7, 2006 | Arts Productions Ltd

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Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 - Cantata BWV 21 - Motet BWV 225

Coro della Radio Svizzera

Classical - Released January 1, 1998 | Arts Productions Ltd

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Bach: Motets

Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne

Classical - Released October 8, 1997 | Cascavelle

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J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Chor)

Ottawa Bach Choir

Classical - Released April 14, 2023 | Les Disques ATMA Inc.

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Six Motets

Ottawa Bach Choir

Classical - Released April 14, 2023 | Les Disques ATMA Inc.

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

Motettenchor Pforzheim

Classical - Released May 11, 2018 | Mediaphon

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Heinrich Schütz: Psalmen und Motetten

MDR Rundfunkchor - Risto Joost

Choral Music (Choirs) - Released November 4, 2022 | Solo Musica

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Mendelssohn: Psalmen — Verleih uns Frieden Gnädiglich

Howard Arman

Choral Music (Choirs) - Released October 6, 2017 | BR-Klassik

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Heinrich Schütz Edition

Matteo Messori

Classical - Released April 10, 2012 | Brilliant Classics

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