JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Cantatas, Vol. 37

 

Solo cantatas for alto: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169

Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170

Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35

Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200

 

Robin Blaze (counter-tenor)

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki

 

Among some 200 extant cantatas by Bach's hand, there are only a few solo cantatas, written for one singer and orchestra.

 

Gathered on this disc are three of these, all of them for alto, together with the aria Bekennen will ich seinen Namen (BWV 200), Robin Blaze’s performance of which together with the BCJ and Suzuki won much acclaim at the BBC Proms this year: “The discovery of the evening was Blaze’s perfect little fragment of a solo cantata” The Times

 

BIS SACD BISSACD1621