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Masaaki Sukuki here brings us four more fine cantatas, of which Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! (No 70) stands apart as one of Bach's most graphically dramatic and cohesive choral achievements.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2001
Catalogue No: BISCD1111
Label: BIS
Series: Suzuki Bach Cantatas
Length: 67 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV40 'Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'

Work length15:44

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Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (Chorus)

Track length3:54

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Recitative. Das Wort ward Fleisch (Tenor)

Track length1:20

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Chorale. Die Sund macht Leid

Track length0:45

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Aria. Hollische Schlange (Bass)

Track length2:05

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Recitative. Die schlange, so im Paradies (Alto)

Track length1:25

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Chorale. Schuttle deinen Kopf und sprich

Track length1:00

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Aria. Christenkinder, freuet euch! (Tenor)

Track length3:44

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Chorale. Jesu, nimm dich deiner Glieder

Track length1:31

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV60 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'

Work length15:15

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Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Aria. O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (Alto, Tenor)

Track length4:18

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Recitative. O schwerer Gang (Alto, Tenor)

Track length2:03

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Aria. Mein letztes Lager (Duet. Alto, Tenor)

Track length3:02

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Recitative. Der Tod Bleibt doch (Alto, Bass)

Track length4:20

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Chorale. Es ist genung

Track length1:32

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV70a 'Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!'

Work length23:06

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Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! (Chorus)

Track length4:01

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Recitative. Erschrecket, ihr verstockten Sunden! (Bass)

Track length1:09

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Aria. Wenn kommt der Tag (Alto)

Track length3:25

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Recitative. Auch bei dem himmlischen Verlangen (Tenor)

Track length0:49

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Aria. Lasst der Spotter Zungen schmahen (Soprano)

Track length2:44

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Recitative. Jedoch bei dem unartigen Geschlechte (Tenor)

Track length0:36

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Chorale. Freu dich sehr, o meine seele

Track length1:33

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Aria. Hebt euer Haupt empor (Tenor)

Track length3:07

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Recitative with accompaniment: Ach, soll nicht dieser grosse Tag (Bass)

Track length1:45

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Aria. Seligster Erquickungstag (Bass)

Track length2:49

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Chorale. Nicht nach welt, nach Himmel nicht

Track length1:08

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV90 'Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende'

Work length13:15

$5.00

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Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Aria. Es reisset euch ein schrecklich Ende (Tenor)

Track length6:05

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Recitative. Des Hochsten Gute wird von Tag (Alto)

Track length1:18

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Aria. So loschet im Eifer der rächende Richter (Bass)

Track length3:37

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Recitative. Doch Gottes Auge sieht auf (Tenor)

Track length0:46

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Chorale. Leit uns mit deiner rechten Hand

Track length1:29

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2010

Masaaki Sukuki here brings us four more fine cantatas, of which Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! (No 70) stands apart as one of Bach's most graphically dramatic and cohesive choral achievements. The first movement is justly celebrated, its tautness, forbidding fanfares and diminished chords representing the coming of Christ and the Last Judgement. The apocalyptic backdrop fascinated early interpreters of Bach in the 1950s and '60s, notably Felix Prohaska with his menacing pacing and sepia-like textures offset against a Viennese elegance.
Suzuki's direction is more pressing and urgent in style; his less theatrical, more meticulous approach allows the filigree in the instrumental writing to emerge in a way too rarely heard.
Koopman (Erato) has the edge in conveying a more harrowing perspective to the first movement, but the remainder of the cantata is beautifully crafted by Suzuki, demonstrating the artistic conviction and vocal bravura of Robin Blaze in 'Wenn kommt' (though his soaring tones are heard to even better effect in No 60). The pivotal aria in No 70 is the radiant 'Hebt euer Haupt empor', a succinct piece whose openheartedness requires something more than Gerd Türk and Suzuki can give.
The most compelling performances on this disc are in the busy counterpoint, such as the opening chorus of No 40, 'Dazu ist erschienen', the vibrant tenor aria 'Christenkinder', which shows off BCJ's exemplary wind section, and (to return to the horror of Judgement) the peerlessly executed bass aria of No 90, where Peter Kooij and the obbligato trumpet of Toshio Shimada find the perfect synergy. But it's in the stirring and decidedly prescient Sturm undDrang quality of No 60, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, that Suzuki's infectious grasp of pulse, biting accentuation and luminous textures take fullest flight: he entertains no half-measures in the opening chorus. All round, yet another prestigious addition to the series.

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