Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

 

Volume 8

 

Cantatas for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity (CD1)         

Warum betrübst du dich? BWV 138; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 99;

Jauchzet Gott BWV 51; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 100

(recorded: Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen)

soloists: Malin Hartelius, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey

 

Cantatas for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (CD2)

Komm, du süße Todesstunde BWV 161; Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? BWV 27;

Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben? BWV 8; Christus, der ist mein Leben BWV 95

(recorded: Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo de Bonaval)

soloists: Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Mark Padmore, Thomas Guthrie

 

The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner

 

Volume 8 is the second release in this new series of luxuriously packaged live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage and continues the principle of coupling according to feast day.  Works presented in this volume include Warum betrübst du dich, a poignant and original work from Bach’s first Leipzig cycle and Jauchzet Gott, one of the most popular of all the cantatas.

 

The cantatas on the second CD in the set include some of Bach’s very greatest music and contain some beautifully tender and inspired arias.  The Monteverdi Choir excel themselves again in the choral first movements - almost Brahmsian in Wer weiß, wie nahe, gentle and expansive in Liebster Gott, wann werde ich sterben, and in the extraordinary structure and harmony of Christus, der ist mein Leben.

           

Monteverdi Productions 2cds SDG104