Bach Cantatas Volume 12

Cantatas for the Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity & Cantatas for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity

Susan Hamilton, Gillian Keith, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Hilary Summers (alto), Robin Tyson (countertenor), James Gilchrist, William Kendall (tenors), Peter Harvey (bass)

The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gardiner with his characteristic sense of theatre imbues [the opening of BWV140] with urgency and anticipation. BWV 115 is masterly throughout. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: SDG171
Label: SDG
Series: Gardiner Bach Cantatas
Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV55 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht'

Work length14:40

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James Gilchrist (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Aria: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht (Tenor)

Track length6:08

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Recitative: Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt (Tenor)

Track length1:22

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Aria: Erbarme dich! (Tenor)

Track length4:46

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Recitative: Erbarme dich! (Tenor)

Track length1:16

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Chorale: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen (Chorus)

Track length1:08

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Bach, J S: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? (from BWV89)

Work length11:20

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Joanne Lunn (soprano), Peter Harvey (bass), Robin Tyson (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Aria: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? (Bass)

Track length3:54

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Recitative: Ja, freilich sollte Gott (Alto)

Track length0:45

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Aria: Ein unbarmherziges Gerichte (Alto)

Track length2:27

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Recitative: Wohlan! Mein Herze legt (Soprano)

Track length1:06

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Aria: Gerechter Gott, ach rechnest du? (Soprano)

Track length2:14

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Chorale: Mir mangelt zwar sehr viel (Chorus)

Track length0:54

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV115 'Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit'

Work length26:00

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James Gilchrist (tenor), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Peter Harvey (bass), Robin Tyson (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (Chorus)

Track length3:58

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Aria: Ach schlafrige Seele (Alto)

Track length10:17

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Recitative: Gott, so vor deine Seele wacht (Bass)

Track length1:07

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Aria: Bete aber auch dabei (Soprano)

Track length8:56

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Recitative: Er sehnet sich nach unserm Schreien (Tenor)

Track length0:41

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Chorale: Drum so lasst uns immerdar (Chorus)

Track length1:01

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

Work length16:01

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James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Robin Tyson (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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

Track length4:58

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Recitative: O schwerer Gang (Alto, Tenor)

Track length2:13

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

Track length2:45

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Recitative: Der Tod Bleibt doch (Alto, Bass)

Track length4:35

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Chorale: Es ist genung (Chorus)

Track length1:30

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV139 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott'

Work length17:33

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William Kendall (tenor), Gillian Keith (soprano), Peter Harvey (bass), Hilary Summers (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (Chorus)

Track length5:08

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Aria: Gott ist mein Freund (Tenor)

Track length5:06

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Recitative: Der Heiland sendet ja die Seinen (Alto)

Track length0:40

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Aria: Das Ungluck schlagt auf allen Seiten (Bass)

Track length4:57

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Recitative: Ja, trag ich gleich den grossten Feind in mir (Soprano)

Track length0:48

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Chorale: Dahero Trotz der Hollen Heer! (Chorus)

Track length0:54

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV163 'Nur jedem das Seine'

Work length14:34

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William Kendall (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Hilary Summers (alto), Susan Hamilton (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Aria: Nur jedem das Seine! (Tenor)

Track length4:02

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Recitative: Du bist, mein Gott (Bass)

Track length1:26

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Aria: Lass mein Herz die Munze sein (Bass)

Track length2:45

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Recitative: Ich wollte dir (Soprano, Alto)

Track length2:40

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Aria : Nimm mich mir und gib mich dir! (Soprano, Alto)

Track length2:45

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Chorale: Fuhr auch mein Herz und Sinn (Chorus)

Track length0:56

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV52 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'

Work length14:59

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Gillian Keith (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sinfonia

Track length4:04

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Recitative: Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht! (Soprano)

Track length1:03

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Aria: Immerhin, immerhin, wenn ich gleich verstossen bin! (Soprano)

Track length3:26

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Recitative: Gott ist getreu! (Soprano)

Track length1:07

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Aria: Ich halt es mit dem lieben Gott (Soprano)

Track length4:15

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Chorale: In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr (Chorus)

Track length1:04

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'

Work length25:21

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William Kendall (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Susan Hamilton (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Chorale: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Chorus)

Track length6:15

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Recitative: Er kommt, er kommt (Tenor)

Track length0:50

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Aria Duet: Wenn kommst du, mein Heil (Soprano, Bass)

Track length6:12

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Chorale: Zion hort die Wachter singen (Chorus)

Track length3:36

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Recitative: So geh herein zu mir (Bass)

Track length1:26

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Aria Duet: Mein Freund ist mein (Soprano, Bass)

Track length5:12

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Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen (Chorus)

Track length1:50

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Recording locations: Tooting/ Winchester, November 2000.

SDG is delighted to release Volume 12 - Cantatas for the twenty-second and twenty-third Sundays after trinity.

John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists performed both of these programmes in England: at All Saints church in Tooting and at Winchester Cathedral, in November 2000.

The soloists include James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey and Joanne Lunn.

The highlight of this album is Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (“Sleepers, wake”) – one of Bach’s best known cantatas, and one that has long been part of the Monteverdi Choir’s repertoire. It is described as “a cantata without weaknesses, without a dull bar, technically, emotionally and spiritually of the highest order”.

Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht (“I, wretched man, I slave to sin”) is Bach’s only cantata for solo tenor still in existence. It is sung movingly by James Gilchrist.

Of three cantatas on the parable of the unjust steward (BWV 55, 89, 115), Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (“Prepare yourself, my soul”) is considered to stand out for its subtle instrumental writing and spellbinding arias, which evoke the yearning of the soul for divine mercy.

The recording in Tooting (CD1) is the only one in the whole series that wasn’t recorded live: the original concert took place in Eton chapel, right under the Heathrow airport flight path, so we had to try and recreate the same conditions in a quieter place.

This album is packaged with a separate index sheet of the Cantata series.

“This ongoing recording project ranks as one of the musical events of the decade.” The Observer

“One of the most ambitious musical projects of all time” Gramophone

Reviews

Christmas 2010

Gardiner with his characteristic sense of theatre imbues [the opening of BWV140] with urgency and anticipation. BWV 115 is masterly throughout.

December 2010

There are countless highlights in the final two volumes...Gillian Keith is gloriously assuaging in "Ich halte er mit dem lieben Gott" from BWV52.

Bach Cantatas Volume 12

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