BACH

Cantatas For The Liturgical Year Vol. 6

 

“Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” (BWV 1)

“Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt” (BWV 18)

“Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn” (BWV 23)

 

Siri Thornhill - soprano, Petra Noskaiová -alto, Marcus Ullmann - tenor, Jan van der Crabben - bass

La Petite Band / Sigiswald Kuijken

 

The Cantatas BWV 18 and BWV 23 were intended for the two last Sundays before Lent, the “Sexagesima” and “Estomihi” Sundays. In these performances Sigiswald Kuijken follows the thesis that the cantatas were written for solo singers, because Bach very often had no choir at his disposal. The previous recordings in this series have all received critical and public acclaim.

 

“Sigiswald Kuijken is gently ploughing his own furrow in a mini-series with modest forces and intimate conceits. The performances here of Cantatas BWV1, 18 and 23 are extraordinarily refined, coherent and perceptive. This is Bach stripped bare, but rapt.” Gramophone, December 2008 Critics’ Choice

 

Accent SACD ACC25306