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Trinitatis: Bach Cantatas

Damien Guillon

Classical - Released March 31, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Bach: Redemption

Anna Prohaska

Classical - Released June 26, 2020 | Alpha Classics

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Anna Prohaska asked Wolfgang Katschner and the Lautten Compagney at the outset of the coronavirus crisis whether they shouldn’t spontaneously organize a musical get-together in this period. This has now resulted in "Redemption". This is a sequence of music selected solely from Bach cantatas, compiled in keeping with the aforenamed conceptual association. "Redemption" has multiple meanings, for instance: can music give us consolation in times of sickness and crisis; can it open up emotional and contemplative spaces for us; is it redemptive for musicians to be the “instruments” in engendering music and therefore spirituality… ? Besides Anna Prohaska as soloist and three other singers, "Redemption" features a larger group of musicians – around twenty instrumentalists. These musicians serve a dual role: they expertly accompany the arias that Anna Prohaska sings and they also represent the concept of human interaction and a shared collective experience which has been missing during these times. © Alpha Classics
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Bach: Trauerode, BWV 198

Philippe Herreweghe

Classical - Released April 1, 1988 | harmonia mundi

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Bach: Psaume 51, BWV 1083 - Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV608

Damien Guillon

Sacred Vocal Music - Released February 19, 2016 | Glossa

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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 7 - Bwv 17, 19, 25, 50, 78, 130, 149

Malin Hartelius

Classical - Released January 1, 2000 | SDG

What is it about volume 26 of John Eliot Gardiner's cycle of the complete Bach cantatas that makes it special? Is it the works? All seven cantatas on this two-disc set have their individual beauties, but the last -- Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174 -- starts with a magnificent Sinfonia based on the opening movement of the Third Brandenburg Concerto, only with oboes, horns, and organ, and thus has the added benefit of instant recognition. Is it the performances? As always, Gardiner obtains a bright tone and a robust performance from the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir, an approach that brings out the best in these seven mostly celebratory works. Or is it the sometimes out-of-tune singing and the occasionally out-of-tune playing? Most of the soloists are fine -- particularly cheerful soprano Lisa Larsson and chesty alto Nathalie Stutzmann -- and some are excellent -- especially soulful tenor Christoph Genz -- but they, along with the choir, do sometimes slip out of tune. And while most of the playing is first rate -- check out the clarity of the strings and the taste of the continuo -- there are moments when the strings or the winds slid out of tune. Still, since these are all live performances recorded with amazing clarity and presence at Holy Trinity Church in Long Melford in June 2000, these flaws are fairly insignificant compared with the performances' many strengths, and anyone who has enjoyed Gardiner's joyful and direct approach to Bach's cantatas will surely enjoy volume 26. © TiVo
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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 4 (Gardiner)

Joanne Lunn

Classical - Released July 6, 2009 | SDG

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J.S. Bach: Trauerode

Philippe Herreweghe

Cantatas (sacred) - Released April 1, 1988 | harmonia mundi

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J.S. Bach: Himmelfahrts-Oratorium

Philippe Herreweghe

Classical - Released October 1, 1993 | harmonia mundi

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J.S. Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 2

Cantata Collective

Classical - Released August 4, 2023 | Centaur Records, Inc.

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J.S. Bach: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127 & Other Cantata Selections

Monteverdi Choir

Classical - Released January 1, 2000 | SDG

What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is that rarest of rare things: a genuine world-premiere recording of a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach appropriately entitled Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' (All with Got and Nothing Without). A single-movement cantata setting of a birthday ode for Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar composed in 1713, the work was discovered in the collection of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in June 2005. Searching for source documentation of German music during the Baroque period, musicologist Michael Maul found the anonymous manuscript and immediately identified Bach's characteristically elegant soprano clef sign. In this recording by soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, violinists Alison Bury and Kati Debretzeni, violist Katherine McGillivray, cellist Alison McGillivray, organist Silas John Standage, and lutinist David Miller, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' receives a deeply affectionate, profoundly dedicated, and wonderfully musical performance.However, because the work lasts only 12:20 and there were no other Bach premieres to fill up the disc, the remainder of the program consists of 10 movements drawn from various Bach sacred cantatas performed by the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists, and a host of vocal and instrumental soloists all under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. Although the prospect of 10 seemingly random movements might appear daunting at first, they are in fact arranged into a kind of pastiche cantata of amazing aesthetic effectiveness. More importantly, the tender and intimate interpretations of Gardiner and his forces make each moment of each movement astonishingly emotionally affecting. Monteverdi Productions' sound is warm and close.© TiVo

Bach : Cantates (Intégrale, volume 18)

Sigiswald Kuijken

Classical - Released February 21, 2008 | Accent

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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 8, 78 & 99

Joshua Rifkin

Classical - Released June 28, 1989 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Bach: Cantatas BWV 170 & 169, Sacred Arias, Sacred Lieder

Aafje Heynis

Classical - Released July 7, 2022 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

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Bach Generations

Albrecht Mayer

Classical - Released August 4, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Bach Generations delivers, as promised, works by several members of the Bach family, ranging from Johann Sebastian's older cousin Johann Christoph Bach through J.S. Bach himself to sons Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. None of the works J.S. Bach is thought to have actually written for the oboe (these exist as adaptations by J.S. Bach himself for keyboard, but the originals have been reconstructed) is included. Those might have worked better than the transcriptions the Albrecht Mayer does play; the spiky Keyboard Concerto No. 2 of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach doesn't rest so easily on the oboe's keys. However, in the slower numbers, Mayer has a distinctively luxurious tone. Sample the adaptation of the tenor aria "Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer" from the Easter Oratorio, BWV 249. The familiar Badinerie from the Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067, is just as good on the oboe as it is on the flute. Mayer plays an oboe, an oboe d'amore, and an English horn for variety, and he is ably backed by the Berliner Barocksolisten. Another draw, especially for physical CD buyers, is the attractive drawing of the entire Bach family tree in the booklet. For oboe buffs, much of this album is likely to set a new standard, and it has shown considerable general appeal, making classical best-seller charts in the summer of 2023.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Bach: The Complete Organ Works Vol. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Classical - Released October 16, 2015 | Signum Records

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Bach : Contemplation

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released January 8, 2009 | Mirare

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Leipzig 1723 - Telemann | Graupner | Bach

Ælbgut

Classical - Released March 3, 2023 | Accentus Music

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Cantata : Yet Can I Hear... (Handel, Bach, Vivaldi...)

Bejun Mehta

Classical - Released March 16, 2018 | PentaTone

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For the benefit of any Qobuz readers who might be offended that the Bach cantata Ich habe genug is sung here by a counter-tenor in the soprano register (rather than the normal bass), we want to point out two things: first, in the baroque era, music would be rewritten at the drop of a hat to fit the musicians who were available at a given time; and, secondly, this particular transposition was made by the Cantor himself! And what's more, he actually thoroughly revised two works... The short cantata Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde was for a long time attributed to Bach before credit was finally given to its author Melchior Hoffmann: but it is testament to the work's tremendous quality that the mix-up was possible: its originality certainly gives the listener pause for thought. For one thing, the aria contains a glockenspiel section! Counter-tenor Bejun Mehta continues his exploration of the world of the baroque cantata with the superb Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede by Vivaldi, which brims over with invention and harmonic and melodic surprises. Handel's cantatas, on the other hand, were more directly written for amateur audiences, and therefore somewhat easier musically: whereas Bach never had to worry about selling his scores, Handel was very much preoccupied by sales! Berlin's Akademie für alte Musik provides a fervent accompaniment, and without a conductor, as they know this music like the back of their hands. © SM/Qobuz
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Anti-Melancholicus

Alia Mens

Classical - Released March 10, 2023 | Paraty

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Johann Sebastian Bach : Jesu, deine Passion

Philippe Herreweghe

Sacred Vocal Music - Released February 1, 2009 | harmonia mundi

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