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…each of these cantatas… contain strikingly expressive music of deep personal commitment and affecting poignancy. Phillippe Herreweghe and his accomplished band get their measure admirably,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2009
Catalogue No: HMC901998
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 63 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

May 2009

Editor's Choice

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

Work length16:18

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1. [Arioso + Chor] "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe"

Track length4:48

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2. Aria "Mein Jesu, ziehe mich nach dir"

Track length4:27

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3. Recitativo "Mein Jesu, ziehe mich, so werd ich laufen"

Track length2:10

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4. Aria "Mein alles in allem, mein ewiges Gut"

Track length2:57

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5. Chorale "Ertöt uns durch dein Güte"

Track length1:56

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

Work length15:11

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1. Aria Duetto "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn"

Track length5:50

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2. Recitativo "Ach! gehe nicht vorüber"

Track length1:20

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3. Chor "Aller Augen warten, Herr"

Track length3:42

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4. Choral "Christe, du Lamm Gottes"

Track length4:19

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

Work length18:45

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1. [Choral] "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott"

Track length5:15

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2. Recitativo "Wenn alles sich zur letzten Zeit entsetzet"

Track length1:10

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3. Aria "Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen"

Track length7:26

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4. Recitativo "Wenn einstens die Posaunen schallen"

Track length3:51

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5. Choral "Ach, Herr, vergib all unser Schuld"

Track length1:03

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Bach, J S: Seht, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159

Work length13:21

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1. Arioso + Recitativo "Sehet!"

Track length2:50

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2. Aria [+ Choral]: "Ich folge dir nach"

Track length3:55

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3. Recitativo "Nun will ich mich"

Track length0:49

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4. Aria "Es ist vollbracht"

Track length4:30

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5. Choral "Jesu, deine Passion"

Track length1:17

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Bach reserved some of his most elaborate cantatas for worship on the Sunday before the beginning of Lent - and it was for that very day that he composed the cantatas BWV 22 and 23 in 1723, as test pieces destined to gain him the post of Leipzig Kantor. The cantatas BWV 127 and 159 were written for the same Sunday in subsequent years. Lent 2009: Ash Wednesday, 25th February - Palm Sunday, 5th April

Reviews

April 2009

…each of these cantatas… contain strikingly expressive music of deep personal commitment and affecting poignancy. Phillippe Herreweghe and his accomplished band get their measure admirably, with eloquent phrasing, fervent declamation and appropriate gravitas. Choosing between the several fine performance currently available is difficult but, in one respect, at least, Herreweghe's recording reigns supreme. It is, for me, the oboe playing of Marcel Ponseele which tips the scales in favour of the newcomer.

2010

'Jesu, deine Passion' represents one of Collegium Vocale Gent's most outstanding Bach projects for quite a while. Not least the power of the Quinquagesima (the start of the fasting before Easter) message – the preparation and prescience for all things 'Passion' – gathers Herreweghe into a contemplative world in which he feels most responsive.
The four works here are all masterpieces (sure, No 22 was probably composed in a hurry as a pre-Sermon accompaniment to No 23 as the dual audition pieces for Leipzig), rich in imagery and beguiling in the pure intricacy and invention of Bach's emotional world. Where does one begin? Du wahrer Gott is, at last, establishing itself as one of Bach's most profoundly crafted creations; Herreweghe asserts his luminous a cappella principles with an almost galant turn.
Elsewhere we hear Peter Kooy, mostly in good voice. Es ist vollbracht from No 159 is a restrained affair but effective nonetheless, especially with the exquisite oboe-playing of Marcel Ponseele. This aria would grace the St MatthewPassion with its Picander-esque sensibility (not least the setting of the words 'Welt, gute Nacht!', redolent of 'Mache dich').
This is, above all, a highly atmospheric programme, often overwhelming in content. HerrJesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (No 127) is another corker: the opening chorus sublime in its incandescent contrapuntal mastery and then the main aria, 'Die Seele ruht', whose funeral bells (through recorders and pizzicato) are beautifully portrayed in Dorothee Mield's brittle but awestruck delivery.

May 2009

This is, above all, a highly atmospheric programme, often overwhelming in content. Herr Jesu Christ wahr' Mensch und Gott (BWV127) is another corker: the opening chorus sublime in its incandescent contrapuntal mastery and then the main aria, "Die Seele ruht", whose funeral bells (through recorders and pizzicato) are beautifully portrayed in Dorothee Mield's brittle but awestruck delivery.

Classics Today

What can you say except that Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent are the defining interpreters of Bach's vocal and choral works for our time? This is not just a function of skillful exploitation of modern recording
techniques or judicious application of recent scholarship, but largely owes to a particular quality of sound and a unique interpretive sensibility that pervades each performance, informed by this conductor and ensemble's nearly 40-year
collaboration focused predominantly on Bach.

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