Bach Cantatas
Joan Sutherland, Elly Ameling & Janet Baker
Consortium Musicum, Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones & Wolfgang Gönnenwein
These performances show their age in their thick choral tone and sluggish tempos. But the strong line-up of soloists still register positively.
Bach Cantatas
Joan Sutherland, Elly Ameling & Janet Baker
Consortium Musicum, Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones & Wolfgang Gönnenwein
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These performances show their age in their thick choral tone and sluggish tempos. But the strong line-up of soloists still register positively.
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Bach, J S:
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147 (1995 Digital Remaster), PART 1
Work length21:00
- Wilfred Brown (tenor), Helen Watts (contralto), Thomas Hemsley (baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
- Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones Orchestra
- Geraint Jones
- Recorded: 1957-05-15
- Recording Venue: 11, 14 & 15 May 1957 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Bach, J S:
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147 (1995 Digital Remaster), PART 2
Work length8:41
- Wilfred Brown (tenor), Helen Watts (contralto), Thomas Hemsley (bass-baritone)
- Geraint Jones Orchestra
- Geraint Jones
- Recorded: 1957-05-15
- Recording Venue: 11, 14 & 15 May 1957 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Bach, J S:
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV 147, Part 2: "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" (Chorus)
Work length3:49
- Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones Orchestra
- Geraint Jones
- Recorded: 1957-05-15
- Recording Venue: 11, 14 & 15 May 1957 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones Orchestra
- Geraint Jones
- Recorded: 1957-05-15
- Recording Venue: 11th, 14th & 15th May 1957, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road
Bach, J S:
Cantata No. 140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (1995 Digital Remaster)
Work length31:19
- Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), Elly Ameling (soprano)
- Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Consortium Musicum
- Wolfgang Gönnenwein
- Recorded: 1967-07-20
- Recording Venue: 15-20 July 1967 / Stadthalle, Marbach
- Elly Ameling (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (contralto)
- Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Consortium Musicum
- Wolfgang Gönnenwein
- Recorded: 1967-07-15
- Recording Venue: 15.-20. Juli 1967, marbach, Stadthalle
Awards and reviews
March 2006
These performances show their age in their thick choral tone and sluggish tempos. But the strong line-up of soloists still register positively.
