J.S. Bach: Six Cantatas

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Release Date: 8th Mar 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4829722
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'

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Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Philip Ledger (continuo)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1966-01-31
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

1. "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust"

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2. "Die Welt, das Sündenhaus"

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3. "Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen"

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4. "Wer sollte sich demnach wohl hier"

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5. "Mir ekelt mehr zu leben"

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'

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John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), George Malcolm (organ), Kenneth Heath (cello), Roger Lord (oboe)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1964-04-29
Recording Venue: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London

1. Aria: Ich habe genug, ich habe den Heiland

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2. Recitativo: Ich habe genug! Mein Trost ist nur allein

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3. Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen

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4. Recitativo: Mein Gott! wann kommt das schöne Nun!

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5. Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod

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

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Robert Tear (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Philip Ledger (continuo), Roger Lord (oboe), Dame Janet Baker (contralto)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The St. Anthony Singers
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1966-01-31
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

1. "Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem"

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2. "Ich folge dir nach"

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3. "Nun will ich mich"

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4. "Es ist vollbracht"

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5. "Jesu, deine Passion"

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen'

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John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), George Malcolm (organ), Kenneth Heath (cello), Roger Lord (cor anglais)
The St. Anthony Singers, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1964-04-29
Recording Venue: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London

1. Aria: "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen"

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2. Recitativo: "Mein Wandel auf der Welt"

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3. Aria: "Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch"

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4. Recitativo: "Ich stehe fertig und bereit"

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5. Choral: "Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder"

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV211 'Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht' (Coffee Cantata)

Work length27:32

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Aldo Baldin (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Julia Varady (soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1981-11

1. Rezitativ: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht

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2. Arie: Hat man nicht mit seinem Kindern

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3. Rezitativ: Du böses Kind, du loses Mädchen

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4. Arie: Ei! wie smeckt der Coffee süße

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5. Rezitativ: Wenn du mir nicht den Coffee läßt

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6. Arie: Mädchen, die von harten Sinnen

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7. Rezitativ: Nun folge, was dein Vater spricht

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8. Arie: Heute noch, lieber Vater, tut es doch

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9. Rezitativ: Nun geht und sucht der alte Schlendrian

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10. Chor (Terzett): Die Katze Läßt das Mausen nicht

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV212 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet' (Peasant Cantata)

Work length29:24

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Julia Varady (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1981-11

1. Ouverture

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2. Arie (Duetto): Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet

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3. Rezitativ: Nu, Mieke, gib dein Guschel immer her

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4. Arie: Ach es schmeckt doch gar zu gut

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5. Rezitativ: Der Herr ist gut: Allein der Schösser

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6. Arie: Ach, Herr Schösser, geht nicht gar zu schlimm

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7. Rezitativ: Es bleibt dabei, daß unser Herr der beste sei

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8. Arie: Unser trefflicher, lieber Kammerherr

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9. Rezitativ: Er hilft uns allen, alt und jung

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10. Arie: Das ist galant, es spricht niemand

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11. Rezitativ: Und unsre gnädige Frau

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12. Arie: Fünfzig Taler bares Geld

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13. Rezitativ: Im Ernst ein Wort

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14. Arie: Klein-Zshocher müsse so zart und süße

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15. Rezitativ: Das ist zu klug vor dich

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16. Arie: Es nehme zehntausend Dukaten

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17. Rezitativ: Das klingt zu liederlich

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18. Arie: Gib, Schöne, viel Söhne

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19. Rezitativ: Du hast wohl recht

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20. Arie: Dein Wachstum sei feste

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21. Rezitativ: Und damit sei es auch genug

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22. Arie: Und daß ihr's alle wißt

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23. Rezitativ: Mein Schatz, erraten!

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24. Chor (Duetto): Wir gehn nun, wo der Tudelsack

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The complete Philips and L’Oiseau-Lyre recordings of Bach cantatas made by Sir Neville Marriner, reissued together for the first time.

Bach’s cantatas vary enormously in scale and style, ranging from festal works featuring elaborate choral movements and large instrumental ensembles including trumpets and drums, to more meditative cantatas for a single voice and only a handful of instruments. The six examples gathered in this new Eloquence reissue tend towards the latter, more intimate vein of expression, but they also encompass stylistic poles defined by varying purposes as either a sacred exposition of Scripturalprinciples or a rollicking secular entertainment.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields was not yet five years old when, in April 1964, it was joined by John Shirley-Quirk in St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, to record the two most renowned cantatas for solo bass voice. Both Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen and Ich habe genug rank among the composer’s most profound contemplations of mortality, and singers of every voice-type have wished to put their personal stamp on them. Reviews at the time praised Shirley-Quirk’s assured legato as well as his affecting identification with Bach’s acutely sensitive response to text.

A little under two years later, the Academy and Shirley-Quirk made a sequel album, featuring another pair of much-loved English singers, Robert Tear and Dame Janet Baker. In Vergn gte Ruh’ Baker sings hauntingly of the soul’s longing for death, but to Shirley-Quirk is allotted the prize of ‘Es ist vollbracht’ in Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, one of the most expressive arias Bach ever wrote.

Dating from the early digital era, a pair of fun, sometimes satirical secular cantatas features the husband-and-wife team of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Julia Varady, well placed to make the most of Bach’s underrated sense of humour, and as ever accompanied by playing of natural and unaffected style from the Academy and Marriner.

PENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD: Cantatas BWV 170, 82, 159

‘Shirley-Quirk has a dark voice of considerable beauty, and in BWV 56 he produces a good deal of lyrical, poetic singing.’ - High Fidelity, February 1966

‘Shirley-Quirk does some fine lyric singing [in BWV 159] and Miss Baker is in top form. She is equally impressive in BWV 170 ... and the sound is first-rate.’ - High Fidelity, May 1967

‘There’s plenty of rollicking fun in these new performances of Bach’s most secular of secular cantatas... The slender story is played for all it’s worth. Aldo Baldin is a fine narrator, Julia Varady a defiant daughter, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau a magnificently heavy-handed, and heavy-footed, father.’ - Gramophone, February 1983 (BWV 211)

J.S. Bach: Six Cantatas

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