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Performer: Stephen VarcoeComposer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Performer: Michael Chance
Performer: English Baroque Soloists
Performer: Nancy Argenta
Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-04-11
Music Label: Archiv Produktion
Soundtracks:
- Sonatina
- Chorus
- Duet
- Chorus
- Chorus: La?, F?rstin, la? noch einen Strahl
- Recitative: Dein Sachsen
- Aria: Verstummt!
- Recitative: Der Glocken bebendes Get?n
- Aria: Wie starb die Heldin so vergn?gt
- Recitative: Ihr Leben lie? die Kunst zu sterben
- Chorus: An dir, du F?rbild gro?er Frauen
- Part 2, Aria: Der Ewigkeit saphines Haus
- Part 2, Recitative: Was Wunder ist?
- Part 2, Chorus: Sedunda: Doch, K?nigin!
Free Music Notes for Bach: Cantatas
Free Music Review: A voice teacher and early music fan
Hit: 5 Stars
QUOTE FROM JOHN ELIOT GARDINER:'I BELIEVE THAT THE CHURCH CANTATAS ARE THE VERY HEART OF BACH'S MUSIC.'
Illness and death constantly disrupted the security of Bach's childhood and adulthood.We do not know when or for whom the "Actus tragicus"BWV 106 was written. Bach was in the habit of using compositional devices to illustrate theological points. In the central movement of BWV106 the earnest plea "Ja komm, Herr Jesu!" (Come, Lord Jesus!") is repeated more than 15 times, and the music demonstrates that the plea is not in vain.
A spiritual longing for eternity with Christ emanates from the text and the music of the motet :'O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht' BWV118/231. The motet was first given in 1736 at a Leipzig memorial service; we don't know for whom.
Bach wrote the text and music of a mourning ode,"Lass,Furstin,lass noch einen Strahl"BWV198 for Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony. It is an indication of the timeless quality of Bach's music that today these 3 works can inspire and comfort people of every creed and nation.
John Eliot Gardiner has again produced a truly wondrous recording of Bach's music with his excellent Monteverdi Choir and a fabulous group of soloists:Nancy Argento (soprano)-Michael Chance (countertenor)-Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) and Stephen Varcoe (bass). My favorite Aria: "In Deine Hande befehl ich meinen Geist" (Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit) sung magnificently by Chance.
Bach: Cantatas Poster
Yes--as some of the customer reviews point out, this recording doesn't come from John Eliot Gardiner's year 2000 "Bach Cantata Pilgrimage" concert series; it's a full-price reissue of a disc made in 1989. That doesn't matter: featuring the crackerjack Monteverdi Choir and four excellent soloists at the height of their powers, it's definitely worth the price.The collective view of Bach's vocal music might have shifted some since 1989--it now seems clear that Bach wrote the "Actus tragicus" and possibly even the "Trauer-Ode" for four soloists, instead of a small choir. To be sure, Gardiner's chorus somewhat overwhelms the little instrumental ensemble (two recorders, two viols, and continuo) for the "Actus tragicus," but they sing with such sensitivity that the piece works anyway. The real treasure here, however, is "O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht," a luminous little gem of a motet for chorus, strings, and antique brass to which these musicians bring a winning and none-too-easy-to-achieve combination of clarity and warmth. --Matthew Westphal
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