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Offer,Bach Cantatas Volume 21

Cantatas for Quinquagesima, Annunciation, Palm Sunday, Oculi

Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey, Malin Hartelius, Nathalie Stutzmann, James Gilchrist

The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, The Choirs of Clare and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge, John Eliot Gardiner

Perhaps most appealing in Gardiner's direction is the unfailing delight he takes in refreshing Bach's dance rhythms without ever trivialising textural content. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Feb 2006
Catalogue No: SDG118
Label: SDG
Series: Gardiner Bach Cantatas
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV22 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe'

Work length16:01

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Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Arioso. Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

Track length4:55

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Aria. Mein Jesu, ziehe mich nach dir (Alto)

Track length4:31

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Recitative. Mein Jesu, ziehe mich nach dir (Bass)

Track length1:58

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Aria. Mein alles in allem, mein ewiges Gut (Tenor)

Track length2:43

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Ertot uns durch dein Gute (Chorus)

Track length1:54

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV23 'Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn'

Work length15:40

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Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Duet. Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn (Soprano, Alto)

Track length6:57

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Recitative. Ach! Gehe nicht voruber (Tenor)

Track length1:14

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Aller Augen warten, Herr (Chorus)

Track length3:20

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Chorale. Christe, du Lamm Gottes

Track length4:09

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV127 'Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott'

Work length19:50

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Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Chorale. Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Chorus)

Track length5:36

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Recitative. Wenn alles sich zur letzten Aeit entsetzet (Tenor)

Track length1:10

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Aria; Die Seel ruht in Jesu Handen (Soprano)

Track length8:20

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Recitative and Aria. Wenn einstens die Posaunen schallen (Bass)

Track length3:53

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Chorale. Ach, Herr, vergib all unsre Schuld

Track length0:51

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV159 'Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem'

Work length16:52

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Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Arioso and Recitative. Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem (Bass and Alto)

Track length3:06

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Aria and Chorale. Ich folge dir nach (Alto and Soprano)

Track length4:08

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Recitative. Nun will ich mich (Tenor)

Track length0:50

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Aria. Es ist vollbracht (Bass)

Track length7:24

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Chorale. Jesu, deine Passion

Track length1:24

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV127 'Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott'

Work length5:51

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Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott, BWV 127: Chorale. Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott

Track length5:51

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV182 'Himmelskönig, sei willkommen'

Work length26:27

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Malin Hartelius, Nathalie Stutzmann, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sonata

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Himmelskonig, sei willkommen (Chorus)

Track length2:56

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Recitative. Siehe, siehe, ich komme (Bass)

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Aria. Starkes Lieben (Bass)

Track length2:30

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Aria. Leget euch dem Heiland unter (Alto)

Track length8:44

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Aria. Jesu, lass durch Wohl und Weh (Tenor)

Track length3:35

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Chorale. Jesu, deine Passion

Track length2:43

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So lasset uns gehen in Salem der Freuden (Chorus)

Track length3:24

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV54 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde'

Work length12:07

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Nathalie Stutzmann
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Aria. Widerstehe doch der Sunde (Alto)

Track length7:54

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Recitative. Die Art verruchter Sunden (Alto)

Track length1:25

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Aria. Wer Sunde tut (Alto)

Track length2:48

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV1 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'

Work length21:24

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$9.10

Malin Hartelius, Nathalie Stutzmann, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (Chorus)

Track length8:08

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Recitative. Du wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn (Tenor)

Track length0:59

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Aria. Erfullet, ihr himmlischen gottlichen Flammen (Soprano)

Track length4:04

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Recitative. Ein irdscher Glanz, ein leiblich Licht (Bass)

Track length0:49

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Aria. Unser Mund und Ton Der Saiten (Tenor)

Track length5:54

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Chorale. Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh

Track length1:30

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April 2006

Perhaps most appealing in Gardiner's direction is the unfailing delight he takes in refreshing Bach's dance rhythms without ever trivialising textural content.

2010

This eclectic selection covers works for Quinquagesima, the Annunciation, Palm Sunday and Oculi (the third Sunday in Lent) in arguably the least even of the seven releases so far. Yet there are significant contributions smattered throughout, not least Nathalie Stutzmann's purpleclad Widerstehe (No 54). This true contralto imparts a captivating resilience in the face of sin's devious tricks.
Inspired by the chamber-like ecclesiastical works of Bach's Weimar period, the reduced string ensemble lends a similar intimacy to No 182, though both works suffer from some scrappy playing that clearly could not be rectified simply by dropping in 'patches' from before or after.
Stutzmann, however, projects just the right sense of involvement without forcing the issue.
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (No 1) is the major work here – a masterpiece of understated majesty and gentle celebration (for the Annunciation) where Bach appears to alight on the morning star as a direct resonance of Epiphany; such musical connections within the cantata oeuvre, throughout the church calendar, provide listeners with endless sources of fascination.
Gardiner's performance is more an example of a splendid occasion captured rather than a notable addition to a distinguished discography.
Cantatas Nos 22 and 23 were Bach's first to have been performed at Leipzig, audition pieces for the post of Thomascantor before his eventual appointment. Both were performed in the same service on the morning of February 7, 1723. Given the Lenten context, Bach hardly had a chance to flex his muscles in opulent displays of orchestration but he makes up for this with two pieces of subtle stylistic range.
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (No 22) is strikingly prescient of Passion narrative as Christ prepares for his death with melismas of distilled sadness and acceptance of destiny.
Peter Harvey's is an affecting performance, as is the incrementally impressive Du wahrerGott (No 23), of which Gardiner completely has the measure.
One special movement to bottle? 'Es ist vollbracht' from No 159 – arguably even better than the setting of the words at the end of the St JohnPassion. Heartfelt singing from Harvey is adorned by playing from oboist Marcel Ponseele which is as exquisite as you'll ever hear.

May 2006

One special movement to bottle? 'Es ist vollbracht' from BWV159 - arguably even better than the setting of the words at the end of the St John Passion. Heartfelt singing from Harvey is adorned by playing from oboist Marcel Ponseele which is an exquisite as you'll ever hear.

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