Bach: Cantatas/Thomas Quasthoff
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Composer: Johann Sebastian BachConductor: Rainer Kussmaul
Performer: Rainer Kussmaul
Performer: Berliner Barock Solisten
Performer: Albrecht Mayer
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Aria: Ich habe genug, ich habe den Heiland
- Recitativo: Ich habe genug! Mein Trost ist nur allein
- Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen
- Recitativo: Mein Gott! wann kommt das sch?ne Nun!
- Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod
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Free Music Review: Soaring and uplifting
Hit: 5 Stars
J.S. Bach, my favorite composer,wrote mostly religious music. It is no surprise, then, to read that Thomas Quasthoff says that music is his "religion." It follows,also,that Quasthoff's interpretation of Bach's great works is achingly beautiful , as if from this great baritone's soul.
My favorite Cantata 82, is sung by Quasthoff with such tender spirituality and beauty. He sings masterfully and liltingly with a choir and the marriage of his voice and their voices, is a portrait in timing and sensitivity, resulting in pure music at its best. The range of Quasthoff's voice is great: he can be tender and soft or commanding and powerful. And he is always in total command of his powerful instrument.
It has been said that choral music is praying twice. Well, to listen to Thomas Quasthoff - solo or with other voices, is to witness a prayer.
Bach: Cantatas/Thomas Quasthoff Poster
Cantatas 56 and 82 have often been paired on disc - recordings by such great bass-baritones as Hermann Prey and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (several times) come to mind. Now the magnificent Thomas Quasthoff adds his unique combination of dark tone, intense delivery (just listen to his very first words in No. 56--"I will gladly bear my cross"--sung with such weight one can almost picture the cross itself), and technical perfection to the batch. His delivery of 56's aria "Endlich, endlich" is quick and impeccably delivered, long runs and all. Or listen to the lullabye in No. 82, "Schlummert ein," so gorgeously, seamlessly intoned, that it brings peace and beauty all by itself. All three cantatas are expressions of suffering, and Quasthoff conveys it perfectly, but always with his eye on the prize - salvation. His diction is so clear that the German text might as well be English. The Berliner Barock Solisten play with unmatched beauty and the solo oboist deserves special praise. These are ravishing performances of three great works and this CD cannot be recommended highly enough. --Robert LevineClassical Music CDs
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