Bach: Actus Tragicus

Track Listings

1. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 1. Sinf - Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff

2. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 2. Versus I: Christ Lag In Todes Banden - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

3. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 3. Versus II: Den Tod Niemand Zwingen Kunnt - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

4. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 4. Versus III: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

5. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 5. Versus IV: Es War Ein Wunderlicher Krieg - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

6. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 6. Versus V: Hier Ist Das Rechte Osterlamm - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

7. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 7. Versus VI: So Feiern Wir Das Hohe Fest - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

8. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 8. Versus VII: Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...

9. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 1. Sonatina - Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff

10. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2a. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

11. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2b. Ach, Herr, Lehre Uns Bedenken - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

12. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2c. Bestelle Dein Haus! - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

13. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2d. Es Ist Der Alte Bund - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

14. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 3a. In Deine Hande Befehl Ich... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

15. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 3b. Heute Wirst Du Mit Mir Im... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

16. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 4. Glorie, Loh, Ehr Und Herrlichkeit - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...

17. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 1. Sinf - Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff

18. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 2. Coro: Der Herr Denket An Uns - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...

19. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 3. Aria: Er Segnet, Die Den Herrn Furchten - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...

20. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 4. Duetto: Der Herr Segne Euch Je Mehr Und Mehr - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...

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Editorial Reviews
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When Joshua Rifkin introduced his thesis that Bach composed most of his choral works for only one singer per part, he used the Mass in B Minor as his demonstration piece--in part, no doubt, for maximum shock effect. Since then, Rifkin's theory has made the greatest headway with performances of Bach's early cantatas--those he wrote before arriving in Leipzig in 1723. Even Christ lag in Todesbanden and the Actus tragicus, both considered canonic works of the choral literature, have benefited from fine single-voice recordings by groups such as the Taverner Consort and the American Bach Soloists. Now along comes Cantus Cölln and outdoes them all. Konrad Junghänel's soloists make Bach's music speak as well as sing: they don't avoid all those German consonants (even if it means cutting off notes early), so the rhetorical aspect of these cantatas really comes through. It's hard to single out any one singer when all four are so good, but first among equals is Johanna Koslowsky, who can float an ethereal chorale melody and toss off virtuoso runs with equal skill, all in a tone so pure she could almost pass for a boy soprano. The musicians do just as well by the two less-famous cantatas included here: Weinen, Klagen, whose title chorus became the Crucifixus of the B Minor Mass, and the winsome little wedding cantata Der Herr denket an uns. Harmonia Mundi already has one revered specialist in Bach's vocal music on its roster (Philippe Herreweghe), but one would hope they'll allow Cantus Cölln to record more Bach cantatas. Junghänel and his musicians are really good at this. --Matthew Westphal

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Bach: Cantatas, Vol 2 (BWV 71, 131, 106) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki
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the TRUTH of Bach

Marvelous Soloists and Performance

Bach: Cantatas, Vol 2 (BWV 71, 131, 106) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki
Gerd Turk , Peter Kooij , Johann Sebastian Bach , Masaaki Suzuki , Yoshikazu Mera , Japan Bach Collegium , Aki Yanagisawa , and Midori Suzuki
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ASIN: B0000016NR
Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: I. Coro
Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: II. Aria - Choral
Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: III. Coro
Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: IV. Arioso
Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: V. Aria
Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: VI. Coro
Cantata No. 71 'Gott ist mein Konig', BWV 71: VII. Coro
Cantata No. 131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131: I. Sinfonia - Choral
Cantata No. 131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131: II. Aria
Cantata No. 131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131: III. Coro
Cantata No. 131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131: IV. Aria
Cantata No. 131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131: V. Coro
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: I. Sonatina
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IIa. (Coro)
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IIb. (Arioso)
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IIc. (Arioso)
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IId. (Coro)
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IIIa. (Aria)
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IIIb. (Arioso - Choral)
Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV 106: IV. (Coro)

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"Gott!" That's how this disc begins. No overture or instrumental prelude of any kind, just a lusty C-major "Gott!" repeated three times, as trumpets, oboes, and recorders play triumphant arpeggios. Cantata No. 71, Gott ist mein König ("God is my King"), is unusual in other ways, too. It's one of the few cantatas in which Bach left clear indications about which portions of the choruses are to be sung by soloists only and which are to be sung by a small choir. Conductor Masaaki Suzuki has done well, not only with his top-notch choir and period-instrument orchestra, but also with soloists who blend beautifully with each other. The other two compositions included here are more subdued affairs. Cantata No. 131, Aus der Tiefe ("From the depths"), has a good bit of contrast (including a couple of lively choruses) for such a penitential work. Among its many wonderful moments is bass Peter Kooy in duo with the marvelous baroque oboist Marcel Ponseele while soprano Midori Suzuki floats a plaintive chorale melody above them. The gently comforting funeral cantata No. 106, often called the "Actus tragicus," is one of Bach's best-loved works; the key moment at its center, in which a strict fugue for chorus fades away to leave the pure-toned soprano Aki Yanagisawa with an a cappella call for Jesus, is breathtaking. Now, both of these cantatas have long, intricate lines, notably in their final choruses, that work better with soloists only, and they've been recorded that way more than once. But, if you're going to have a choir sing them, you probably couldn't do better than this one. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

the TRUTH of Bach.......2007-01-15

Being an 'Actus tragicus' man deep to my bones, I covetously own ten professional versions (and three college recordings), and along comes this reading by Bach Collegium Japan ensemble under Masaaki Suzuki and blows my entire cache AND me off the map! It's no hyperbole to say that THIS is the truth of Bach. Rarely has any recording humbled me so completely as this amazing ensemble's rendering of Bach's little funeral cantata of humble mein. I listened last night - for three hours - to this astonishing recording and found myself lost for words but went to sleep a grateful man. The cleansing SOUND of this ensemble of musicians is overwhelming. Here is fidelity to composer and score bathed in musicianship so pure that every iota of Bach's genius is subsumed in profound spirituality. Here is the gritty everlasting peace of life and death. No other reading has comparably revealed Bach the man of God in language so plain and profound. From musicianship of this depth arises a life-changing spiritual experience. Using the old-fashioned instrumental framework - two recorders, two viola da gamba and continuo - the opening Sonatina instantly cedes to the spiritual everything that is to come. The singing of countertenor Yoshikazu Mera is so beautiful you have to grow a new heart to hold it. This young master (b. 1971) delivers 'In deine Hande' like a witness of the ages - burning with profound simplicity. Soprano Midori Suzuki sings section II's concluding cry for deliverance - 'Komm, Herr Jesu' - with unearthly sympathy. All the soloists entwine perfectly with one another and with Bach, words cannot convey the experience. Cantata 71 (God is My King) is superbly realised, the trumpets brilliantly recorded and the singing unified beyond belief. Finally, the acoustic of the Shoin Women's University Chapel recording location is a revelation. This remarkable recording surely points the way for every musician looking to find Bach - in the heart of musicianship able to speak the spiritual. I immediately ordered three more Cantata recordings by Bach Collegium Japan. Acquire this Bach with joy in your heart.

Marvelous Soloists and Performance.......1999-12-06

Discovering Suzuki's Bach Cantatas has been a revelation. For twenty years I've avoided buying a complete Cantata series because I found the performances from disc to disc too uneven. I've just heard volume 11 (listed on Amazon) and it is stunning. Volume 2 has the incomparable Japanese counter tenor Yoshikazu Mera. Both soprano soloists (Midori Suzuki and A. Yanagisawa)along with tenor Gerd Tuerk and bass Peter Kooy do marvelous work. Especially moving to me is Cantata 131, (Out of the depths I cry to you, Oh Lord). Cantata 71 is simply jubilent (God is my King). I think Suzuki equals or surpasses Ton Koopman and P. Herreweghe in technical excellence. But what makes his recordings especially great is the way he captures the spirituality of the texts and their music. He seems to understand the music more profoundly than do his European rivals from Koopman to Gardiner.

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Sam the Bach nut.
Erato Now Gone, Let's Begin Again with Koopman's Cantatas

J.S. Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 1

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ASIN: B00009WKIG
Release Date: 2003-08-05

Tracks:

Sinfonia
Coro: 'Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis'
Aria (Soprano): 'Seufzer, Tranen, Kummer, Not'
Recitativo (Soprano): 'Wie Hast Du Dich, Mein Gott'
Aria (Soprano): 'Bache Von Gesalznen Zahren'
Coro: 'Was Betrubst Du Dich, Meine Seele'
Recitativo (Soprano, Basso): 'Ach Jesu, Meine Ruh'
Duetto (Soprano, Basso): 'Komm, Mein Jesu'
Coro: 'Sei Nun Wieder Zufrieden'
Aria (Soprano): 'Erfreue Dich, Seele'
Coro: 'Das Lamm, Das Erwurget Ist'
Sinfonia-Choral: 'Aus Der Tiefe Rufe Ich, Herr, Zu Dir'
Aria (Basso, Choral): 'So Du Willst, Herr, Sunde Zurechnen'
Coro: 'Ich Harre Des Herrn'
Aria (Tenore, Choral): 'Meine Seele Wartet Auf Den Herrn'
Coro: 'Israel, Hoffe Auf Den Herrn'
Coro: 'Sei Nun Wieder Zufrieden'

Tracks:

Sonatina
A (Coro): 'Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit'/B (Arioso) (Tenore): 'Ach Herr, Lehre Uns Bedenken'/C (Arioso) (Basso): 'Bestelle Dein Haus; Denn Du Wirst Sterben'
A (Aria) (Alto): 'In Deine Hande Befehl Ich Meinen Geist'/B (Arioso - Choral) (Alto, Basso): 'Heute Wirst Du Mit Mir Im Paradies Sein'
Coro: 'Glorie, Lob, Ehr Und Herrlichkeit'
Sinfonia
Coro: 'Der Herr Denket An Uns'
Aria (Soprano): 'Er Segnet, Die Den Herrn Furchten'
Duetto (Tenore, Basso): 'Der Herr Segne Euch'
Coro: 'Ihr Seid Die Gesegneten Des Herrn'
Coro: 'Gott Ist Mein Konig'
Aria - Choral (T, S): 'Ich Bin Nun Achtzig Jahr'/'Soll Ich Auf Dieser Welt'
Coro [A 4 Voci]: 'Dein Alter Sei Wie Deine Jugend'
Arioso (Basso): 'Tag Und Nacht Ist Dein'
Aria (Alto): 'Durch Machtige Kraft'
Coro: 'Du Wollest Dem Feinde Nicht Geben'
Coro [Soli, Coro]: 'Das Neue Regiment'
Sinfonia
Coro: 'Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich'
Aria (Soprano): 'Doch Bin Und Bleibe Ich Vergnugt'
Coro: 'Leite Mich In Deiner Wahrheit'
Aria (Terzetto: Alto, Tenore, Basso): 'Zedern Mussen Von Den Winden'
Coro: 'Meine Augen Sehen Stets Zu Dem Herrn'
Coro: 'Meine Tage In Dem Leide'

Tracks:

Sonata
Coro (Coro, Soprano, Alto): 'Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret'
Recitativo (Basso): 'Erwunschter Tag! Sei, Seele, Wieder Froh'
Aria (Basso): 'Furst Des Lebens, Starker Streiter'
Recitativo (Tenore): 'So Stehe Dann, Du Gottergebne Seele'
Aria (Tenore): 'Adam Muss In Uns Verwesen'
Recitativo (Soprano): 'Weil Dann Das Haupt Sein Glied'
Aria (Soprano): 'Letzte Stunde, Brich Herein'
Choral (Coro): 'So Fahr Ich Hin Zu Jesu Christ'
Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Tenore): 'Barmherziges Herze Der Ewigen Liebe'
Recitativo (Alto): 'Ihr Herzen, Die Ihr Euch'
Aria(Alto): 'Sei Bemuht In Dieser Zeit'
Recitativo (Basso): 'Die Eigenliebe Schmeichelt Sich'
Aria (Basso): 'Das Ist Der Christen Kunst'
Choral (Coro): 'Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ'
Sinfonia
(Coro) Versus I: 'Christ Lag In Todesbanden'
(Duetto) (Soprano, Alto) Versus II: 'Den Tod Niemand Zwingen Kunnt'
(Aria) (Tenore) Versus III: 'Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn'
(Coro) Versus IV: 'Es War Ein Wunderlicher Krieg'
(Aria) (Basso) Versus V: 'Hier Ist Das Rechte Osterlamm'
(Duetto) (Soprano, Tenore) Versus VI: 'So Feiern Wir Das Hohe Fest'
Choral (Coro) Versus VII: 'Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl'
Sinfonia
(Coro) Versus I: 'Christ Lag In Todesbanden'
(Duetto) (Soprano, Alto) Versus II: 'Den Tod Niemand Zwingen Kunnt'
Choral (Coro): Versus VII: 'Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl'

Customer Reviews:

Sam the Bach nut........2005-07-10

Sam the Bach nut says that the Koopman collection is the best of the sets of all the cantatas.

Erato Now Gone, Let's Begin Again with Koopman's Cantatas.......2005-01-18

Anyone interested in these cantatas has likely discovered that they had been begun under the Erato label in the early 90's and were discontinued after volume 12, disconcerting some. Ton Koopman, unabashed, obtained his own label, continuing the series (which is planned to finish at volume 22), even returning to the early volumes in re-issues under the new Challenge Classics covering. This volume is the first re-issue and parallels the new releases in the series.

A side note for those who want only the sacred cantatas: volumes 4 & 5 are composed entirely of the secular cantatas.

The tempi have been slowed slightly from the original Erato releases, but, have no fear, Koopman knows what he is doing. "Ich hatte viel Bekummernis" alone is worth the money, and Kai Wessel's counter-tenor is a treat throughout. Reformed Protestant theology, the counterpoint of Bach, and the wonder of the Baroque era, all contribute to a series to which the initiate will turn often for pleasure.

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Bach: Cantatas, BWV 106-108

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Release Date: 2000-02-29

Tracks:

1. Sonatina - Hanna Schwarz
2A. Coro: Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit - Hanna Schwarz
2B. Lento: Ach, Herr, Lehre Uns Bedenken - Hanna Schwarz
2C. Vivace: Bestelle Kein Haus - Hanna Schwarz
2D. Andante: Es Ist Der Alte Bund - Hanna Schwarz
3A. Aria: In Deine Hande Befehle Ich Meinen Geist - Hanna Schwarz
3B. Heute Wirst Du Mit Mir - Hanna Schwarz
4. Choral: Glorie, Lob, Ehr Und Herrlichkeit - Hanna Schwarz
1. Coro: Was Willst Du Dich Betruben - Arleen Auger
2. Recitativo: Denn Gott Verlasset Keinen - Arleen Auger
3. Aria: Auf Ihn Magst Du Es Wagen - Arleen Auger
4. Aria: Wenn Auch Gleich Aus Der Hollen - Arleen Auger
5. Aria: Er Richts Zu Seinen Ehren - Arleen Auger
6. Aria: Drum Ich Mich Ihm Ergebe - Arleen Auger
7. Choral: Herr, Gib, Dass Ich Dein Ehre - Arleen Auger
1. Es Ist Euch Gut, Dass Ich Hingehe - Peter Schreier
2. Aria: Mich Kann Kein Zweifel Storen - Peter Schreier
3. Recitativo: Dein Geist Wird Mich Also Regieren - Peter Schreier
4. Coro: Wenn Aber Jener, Der Geist Der Wahrheit - Peter Schreier
5. Aria: Was Mein Herz Von Dir Begehrt - Peter Schreier
6. Choral: Dein Geist, Den Gott Vom Himmel Gibt - Peter Schreier

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Aria (Contented Peace) - From Cantata No. 170
Bourree - From Suite 2 In B Minor For Flute And Strings
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Air - From Suite 3 In D Major For Orchestra
Gavotte - From Suite No. 3 In D Major For Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Bach- No Humbug!.......2000-11-30

I really didn't know what kind of quality to expect from this CD. I bought it based strictly on the quality of other American Gramaphone music (Mannheim Steamroller to be specific). I was not disappointed in any way! If you're not sure what Bach to get, hesitate no more, this is a wonderful project.

A must get Bach CD.......2000-02-14

There are so many popular works written by Bach, that they could make a multi-disc set (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, "Air On The G String", "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring", Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral Suites, etc., etc., etc.). There are many individual CDs that have their own collection of Bach's works. Some CDs are budget, some mid-priced, and some full-priced. If you are getting started on Bach (and, quite possibly, other kinds of classical music), you might wonder where to start.

Well, as for a full-priced Bach album, this American Gramaphone CD would be a great place to start. It's one fine collection of only some of his finest works on one CD. John Rutter and the City of London Sinfonia did a fine job of performing these works. The performances are brisk, which is pretty much how these works must've been performed during the Baroque period. By the sound of the orchestra, it must've contained modern instruments (which I mostly perfer over authentic). Although I was kind of dissappointed that the "Air from Suite #3 (a.k.a. 'Air On G String')" was a little too rushed. That's the only complaint I have about this CD. But that would NOT be enough to take a star away from the rating.

Tracks:

I. Sinfonia
I. Versus 1. Christ Lag In Todes Banden. Allegro - Alla Breve
II. Versus 2. Den Tod Niemand Zwingen Kunnt
III. Versus 3. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn. (Allegro) - Adagio - Allegro
IV. Versus 4. Es War Ein Wunderlicher Krieg
V. Versus 5. Hie Ist Das Rechte Osterlamm
VI. Versus 6. So Feiren Wir Das Hohe Fest
VII. Versus 7. Chorale. Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl
I. Sinfonia. Aus Der Tiefen Rufe Ich, Herr, Zu Dir. Lente (Adagio)
I. Herr, Hore Meine Stimme. Vivace
II. So Du Willt, Herr, Sunde Zurechnen. Andante
III. Ich Harre Des Herrn. Adagio - Largo - Adagio
IV. Meine Seele Wartet Auf Den Herrn
V. Israel, Hoffe Auf Den Herrn. Adagio - Un Poc'allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
I. Sonatina. Molto Adagio
IIA. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit. - Allegro - Adagio Assai
IIB. Ach, Herr, Lehre Uns Bedenken. Lento
IIC. Bestelle Dein Haus. Vivace
IID. Es Ist Der Alte Bund. Andante
IIIA. In Deine Hande Befehl Ich Meinen Geist
IIIB. Heute Wirst Du Mit Mir Im Paradies Sein
IV. Glorie, Lob, Ehr Und Herrlichkeit. - Allegro
I. Sinfonia
II. Der Herr Denket An Uns Und Segnet Uns
III. Er Segnet, Die Den Herrn Furchten
IV. Der Herr Segne Euch Je Mehr Und Mehr
V. Chorus. Ihr Seid Die Gesegneten Des Herrn

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher early music fan.......2005-12-21

The 4 cantatas performed on this disc were all composed in 1707-08,when Bach was in the first flush of youth, in his early 20's. He was writing cantatas for every Sunday service and at the same time was organist and choirmaster at a church in Muhlhausen. In Bach's day the 4 soloists would have been members of the small chorus; in this recorded performance the soloists serve, together, as the chorus. In the end, we have to say that Bach wrote his most sublime music for the church; but most important, his writings have a spiritual power, a solid strength and sincerity that cannot be traced to technique, but to the inspiration of pure genius. And the 4 soloists on this disc bring out very clearly his greatness!!!!There are quartets, duets, trios and solos all accompanied expertly by the Purcell Quartet. In addition we have recorders, oboe and bassoon to add to the overall instrumental "color". Some of the high points for me: "In deine Hande.." Michael Chance (countertenor solo);"Den Tod....." Emma Kirkby & Chance duet. It's all great music and a must if you are an Early Music fan!

Kurtag: Jatekok / Marta and Gyorgy Kurtag

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jatekok transcend being just sketches.imbued with something special.
Uneven but often entertaining piano miniatures
Jewel-like modernist piano music
Extraordinary music superbly played

Kurtag: Jatekok / Marta and Gyorgy Kurtag
Marta Kurtag
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
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ASIN: B0000266O8
Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

Blumen die Menschen, nur Blumen...(...sich umschlingende Tone)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) - In memoriam Joannis Pilinszky
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Hoquetus
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Glockenblume
Distel
Haschen Trotzig
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Hommage a Domenico Scarlatti
Alfred Schlee zum 80. Geburtstag: Aus de Ferne
Triosonate in Es-Dur I, 1 (BWV 525)
Klagegesang 1a
In memoriam Ligeti IIona: Klagegesang 2
Hampeln - Strampeln
Hommage a Kurtag Marta
O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (BWV Deest): J.S. Bach: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (BWV Deest)
Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 3: Petruschkas Beschworung
Liebe im Herzen, bittere Schmerzen...: Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 4
Hommage a Soproni: In memoriam matris carissimae
Hommage a Halmagyi Mihaly
Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 2: Erinnerungsbrocken aus eine Kolindenmelodie

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jatekok transcend being just sketches.imbued with something special........2006-07-09

Kurtag has a very precise sense of what he hears but is often at a loss to find an effective means of notation (the Jatekok pieces with their flimsy notation are a good example)and then has fierce confrontions with players when they don't realise his intentions.
For all this shoddy behaviour, the results aren't without an appeal,somehow transcending (only just)being a mere sketch.Most moving are the Bach transcriptions which are beautifully delivered by the fearsome duo of kurtag with his wife.They emerge seamlessley from the Jatekok.

Uneven but often entertaining piano miniatures.......2004-01-07

This disc, featuring György and Márta Kurtág playing selections from György's collection of pieces for piano (both two- and four-hands), Játékok, was one of the discs that helped to boost Kurtág's once-low profile outside his native Hungary. The fifty minutes of music on this disc contain thirty-four pieces dating from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, four of which are four-handed transcriptions from Bach, the other thirty of which are original Kurtág creations (sometimes arranged for piano from works for other instrumental/vocal combinations).

Of these thirty, ten are four-handed works played by both Kurtágs, while husband and wife share piano duty on the twenty two-handed works. Many of the original works are very short, with eighteen clocking in at under a minute, and half of these under forty seconds. This inevitably means that some--though not all--of the very short works are distinctly slight, though this is compensated for by the inclusion of more substantial achievements such as Präludium und Choral, Hommage à Christian Wolff, Glocken and Aus der Ferne. Stylistically, these compositions range widely and eclectically: Webernian-sounding miniatures rub shoulders with constructivist atonality, bizarre flights of whimsy and even evocations of folk music and long-dead composers. Nonetheless, the works here that leave me with the strongest impression are the four Bach transcriptions, whose contrapuntal clarity, fidelity to the original and sheer joy remind me of Busoni.

This doesn't strike me as an essential Kurtág disc, at least in part because I tend to find the Játékok pieces work best in smaller doses than 50 minutes. In addition, some of then are probably more fun to play than to listen to. Nonetheless, fans of the composer will want to hear this selection--particularly in such authoritative performances--but newcomers would do better with the Keller Quartet's stunning string quartet collection (also on ECM).

Jewel-like modernist piano music.......2002-12-11

This is one of my favorite piano music recordings. Kurtag's piano pieces, each dedicated to a friend or hero, are like miniature musical portraits composed by a master artist. They are tiny, intricate, and gestural. His music tends toward the aphoristic, saying a lot with very few notes. Some pieces are less than a minute long. And yet they have the feel of the eternal about them. The sound is beautiful.

Extraordinary music superbly played.......2002-03-04

This is one of the finest CDs of contemporary piano music I have ever heard. The music is spare, fragmented, and frequently "empty" -- not empty of content, but empty in the way the Grand Canyon is empty. Not knowing very much about Zen I will still venture to say that Kurtag's music has Zen-like qualities of intense concentration, absence of ornamentation for it own sake, quietude, rigorousness, micro- and macro-scopic examination of its subject, seriousness offset with moments of whimsy, and even, though how I know this I don't know, morality. Not prudery, but real morality. This is music that grapples, as much as music ever can, with the Big Problems. Death, love, loyalty and rememberance are frequent themes. There is a deeply religious, almost monastic, quality to much of the music. It is therefore perfectly fitting that the recording is held up by four columns -- four transcriptions of Bach chorales, at least two of which are among the finest transcriptions of these much transcribed works as I have ever heard (easily in a class with Busoni, Kempff and Hess). For Bach lovers alone this is a great recording to have. Ditto for lovers of contemporary music. For Bach lovers who also love contemporary music, this is an essential recording -- not to be missed. Outstanding in every respect.

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Life goes beyond death itself
Below par for Cantus Colln
Elegant performances, with some reservations
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Bach: Actus Tragicus
Johann Sebastian Bach , and Konrad Junghanel
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ASIN: B00004R7PX
Release Date: 2000-03-14

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Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 1. Sinf - Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 2. Versus I: Christ Lag In Todes Banden - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
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Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 4. Versus III: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 5. Versus IV: Es War Ein Wunderlicher Krieg - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 6. Versus V: Hier Ist Das Rechte Osterlamm - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 7. Versus VI: So Feiern Wir Das Hohe Fest - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 8. Versus VII: Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 1. Sonatina - Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2a. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2b. Ach, Herr, Lehre Uns Bedenken - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2c. Bestelle Dein Haus! - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2d. Es Ist Der Alte Bund - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 3a. In Deine Hande Befehl Ich... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 3b. Heute Wirst Du Mit Mir Im... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 4. Glorie, Loh, Ehr Und Herrlichkeit - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 1. Sinf - Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff
Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 2. Coro: Der Herr Denket An Uns - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...
Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 3. Aria: Er Segnet, Die Den Herrn Furchten - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...
Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 4. Duetto: Der Herr Segne Euch Je Mehr Und Mehr - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...
Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 5. Coro: Ihr Seid Die Gesegneten Des Herrn - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: 1. Sinf - Katharina Arfken/Ute Hartwich/Lorenzo Alpert/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David...
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: 2. Coro: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Katharina Arfken/Ute Hartwich/Lorenzo Alpert/Andrea Keller...
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: 3. Recitativo: Wir Mussen Durch Viel Trubsal - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Katharina Arfken/Ute Hartwich/Lorenzo Alpert/Andrea Keller...
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: 4. Aria: Kreuz Und Kronen Sind Verbunden - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Katharina Arfken/Ute Hartwich/Lorenzo Alpert/Andrea Keller...
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: 5. Aria: Ich Folge Christo Nach - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Katharina Arfken/Ute Hartwich/Lorenzo Alpert/Andrea Keller...
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When Joshua Rifkin introduced his thesis that Bach composed most of his choral works for only one singer per part, he used the Mass in B Minor as his demonstration piece--in part, no doubt, for maximum shock effect. Since then, Rifkin's theory has made the greatest headway with performances of Bach's early cantatas--those he wrote before arriving in Leipzig in 1723. Even Christ lag in Todesbanden and the Actus tragicus, both considered canonic works of the choral literature, have benefited from fine single-voice recordings by groups such as the Taverner Consort and the American Bach Soloists. Now along comes Cantus Cölln and outdoes them all. Konrad Junghänel's soloists make Bach's music speak as well as sing: they don't avoid all those German consonants (even if it means cutting off notes early), so the rhetorical aspect of these cantatas really comes through. It's hard to single out any one singer when all four are so good, but first among equals is Johanna Koslowsky, who can float an ethereal chorale melody and toss off virtuoso runs with equal skill, all in a tone so pure she could almost pass for a boy soprano. The musicians do just as well by the two less-famous cantatas included here: Weinen, Klagen, whose title chorus became the Crucifixus of the B Minor Mass, and the winsome little wedding cantata Der Herr denket an uns. Harmonia Mundi already has one revered specialist in Bach's vocal music on its roster (Philippe Herreweghe), but one would hope they'll allow Cantus Cölln to record more Bach cantatas. Junghänel and his musicians are really good at this. --Matthew Westphal

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Life goes beyond death itself.......2006-11-16

To evoke death, the fear we may feel in front of death, and yet the certainty death is a new beginning and not an end because it is Christ's death we are living through our own death, the BWV4 Cantata "Christ lay in the bonds of death" creates the depth of this double experience by systematically contrasting, verse after verse, one voice against the others, one voice against one other, and one voice against one instrument or all of them. Bach of course uses the form of the fugue to make each highlighted element run after the background element or elements in a never-ending and never-slowing-down chase. That is Bach's way to both celebrate and mock death, so much so that the cantata turns into a love song to death, a feast or a festival dedicated to death, the master of ceremony of life itself, the maitre d' of our souls. This final metaphor of Christ as a meal to feed our hungry souls is both cannibalistic and ambivalent between the nourishing mother and the castigating father, the two things you need to go along the way: good food and a forceful loving incitation. This is the most typical element of Bach's art: associating antagonistic elements and making them partners beyond their contradiction. The pipes opening the BWV106 Cantata "Actus Tragicus" or "God's time is the very best time" create a light and yet deep solemn background in which the voices can strut and take us on a rather contrasted dance that splices together the slow enjoyment of God's time, of our time when filled with God, and the more dynamic dance to celebrate that joy. And in this perspective death becomes the main lesson the teacher God can teach us to train us into wisdom and intelligence. Death then becomes a multifarious vocal experience and expression of life when it is guided in an orderly way by the wise vision of an end that balances our whole life into the new beginning this life of ours entitles us to have, or even maybe claim. And Paradise becomes a ladder of light, and singing angels, that we will forever climb without any effort, any tiredness, and in the full enjoyment of an enterprise turned pleasure, bliss. The bliss that resounds behind and within the effort that led us to this divine heaven of the mind in real life, or of the soul in death. The small BWV196 Cantata "The Lord Careth for Us" is a short moment of certitude and conviction that God is on our side, though there is a dramatic and tragic note in the aria since God is on the side of those who fear him. Satiety in both the support from God and our fear of God. The final BWV12 Cantata "Weeping, Lamenting, Worrying, Fearing" opens with a lamenting yet serene trumpet that sounds like enjoying its lamentation that crosses centuries and continents into the universal beauty of the certitude of a solace beyond and through our never ending lamenting celebration of God in the bread of tears that Jesus willed to us along with his blood. The whole cantata, words, music, voices, is the total and permanent alliance of all antagons of life and death, mind and soul. And I guess we all know the aria "Kreuz und Kronen sind verbunden", "Cross and Crown are bound together", and the so clearly triumphant and luminous trumpet that a nearly inaudible lengthening of a note or a silence turns into an ecstatic contemplation of the miracle of death and life. Quite a performance for the Cantus Cölln that renders Bach's music in his best attire, that of the certitude that God's beauty can only lie in the union of antagons and opposites. This conception goes as far as the deepest medieval centuries and the fathers of the Church, of Christianity, Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne

Below par for Cantus Colln.......2005-09-20

I really love Cantus Colln and their work, especially there second Rosenmuller cd. In my book, there is one black mark against this album, and that is the tempo. I just feel all of it is so rushed and inarticulate. It just sounded sloppy after listening to Herreweghe's version of Weinen, Klangen... and Morimer(Hilliard Ensemble). I must say that I universally prefer Cantus Colln's vocal qualities to almost any of Herreweghe's troop. Though I was disappointed at the lack of polish, most people can find something they like on this cd.

Elegant performances, with some reservations.......2004-04-13

In the one-singer-per-part wrangle I am currently neutral (you'll have to pry the Richter St. John Passion from my cold, dead fingers), but I appreciate the clarity of texture offered by the approach, and Cantus Coelln is nothing if not clear in these performances. The singers are top-notch and blend perfectly in ensemble; the instrumentalists are likewise excellent. Like Matthew Westphal, I must also single out Johanna Koslowsky; she is absolutely heart-rending in the cadenza at the end of "Es ist der alte Bund" in BWV 106.

My reservations are principally with the performance of BWV 4, and are twofold. First is the hypothetical "reconstruction" of the last movement; while, as the liner notes suggest, the chorale in the Leipzig revision is of a later style than the rest of the cantata, the music of the first movement doesn't fit the words of the final stanza of the chorale so well. The second is the tempo of both the first and last movements; while the ensemble can sustain it, the music is sufficiently intricate that I'd like to hear it more slowly.

Still, the beauty of Cantus Coelln's sound and their consummate skill make this a wonderful recording; I'd give it 4 1/2 stars if that were an option in the review form.

Inspired Bach.......2003-05-28

I must have fifty CDs of Bach's Canatas including all the great conductors and bands and this is my very very favourite. Try their Telemann Trauer-Actus too: this is just as sublime.
Geoff Petty

Bach: Cantatas Volumes 1-5 (75 Cantatas for Sundays and Feast Days of the Church Year)

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Bach in the Bach Tradition
A Time Capsule of Sheer Delight

Bach: Cantatas Volumes 1-5 (75 Cantatas for Sundays and Feast Days of the Church Year)
Johann Sebastian Bach , Karl Richter , and Münchener Bach-Orchester (Munich Bach Orchestra)
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Release Date: 1993-10-01

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Advent And Christmas Bwv 61 Bwv 132 Bwv 63
Advent And Christmas Bwv 121 Bwv 64 Bwv 171
Advent And Christmas Bwv 58 Bwv 124 Bwv 13
Advent And Christmas Bwv 111 Bwv 81 Bwv 82
Easter Bwv 92 Bwv 126 Bwv 23
Easter Bwv 1 Bwv 182
Easter Bwv 4 Bwv 6 Bwv 67
Easter Bwv 104 Bwv 12
Easter Bwv 108 Bwv 87
Ascension Day Bwv 11 Bwv 44 Bwv 34
Ascension Day Bwv 68 Bwv 175 Bwv 129
Ascension Day Bwv 39 Bwv 76 Bwv 135
Ascension Day Bwv 21 Bwv 24
Ascension Day Bwv 30 Bwv 93
Ascension Day Bwv 147 Bwv 10
Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 9 Bwv 187 Bwv 178
Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 45 Bwv 105 Bwv 102
Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 199 Bwv 179 Bwv 137
Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 33 Bwv 78 Bwv 17
Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 51 Bwv 100 Bwv 27
Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 8 Bwv 148
Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 96 Bwv 5 Bwv 56
Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 180 Bwv 38 Bwv 55
Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 115 Bwv 139 Bwv 60 Bwv 26
Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 116 Bwv 70 Bwv 140
Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 130 Bwv 80 Bwv 106

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As One of the Most Legendary Champions of Bach Karl Richter's Many (And in Some Instances Multiple) Recordings of the Composers Cantata's Arguably is his Greatest Achievement. Richter Enlisted Many of the Finest Vocalists in their Prime During the 1950's Through the Early 70's for These Recordings Elevating the Neglected Form at the Time to the Level of Grand Opera. His Conducting, Especially for his Day as Well Remains Remarkably Animated and Fluent Yet Always Respectful of Bach's Underlying Powerful Architectural Components. These Recordings Set the Standard and for Many Today Remain the Benchmark Performances by which all New Ones Continue to Be Judged.

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Bach in the Bach Tradition.......2006-12-16

I believe I owe it to the period performance movement for making me feel like I am committing a sin when I don't listen to Gardiner's or Hogwood's Bach (or Handel, or any Baroque composer for that matter). If, say, I put in Shaw's recording of the B minor mass, or most certainly Klemperer's recording of the St. Mathew passion, I feel that I should somehow be ashamed for what I am doing. There may be some type of Freudian truth buried deep within my being ashamed; however, there has always been an exception to my modern instrument guilts. This is, of course, the Bach recordings of Karl Richter; and more specifically, Richter's immortal survey of the sacred cantatas (well, 75 of them anyway). I received this set as a gift when I graduated from college, and I have been constantly listening since. The music of Bach has meant more to me than any other composer, and the Richter recordings show Bach's true genius at full speed ahead.

Don't get me wrong, I love Gardiner's recordings of the B-minor mass and the St. Matthew Passion; and I do believe that period performance practice reveals a totally new dimension of Bach which can sometimes be overlooked (or, "glossed-over" as the case may be with Klepmerer and others of the like). However, any academic arguments favoring Gardiner over Richter are simply meaningless to me. As Glenn Gould said, its not the type of instruments used that count, but rather, a deep respect for the innate structures of the music; this is what's important,and to accomplish this he believed that we must get rid of the incorrect and outdated notion that by "glossing over" these structures, it somehow improves upon them. I think Gould is absolutely correct in saying its respect for the musical structures that counts most; this is the only duty incumbent upon interpreters of Baroque music (and especially Bach). With this in mind, how can Richter not be the supreme interpreter? Richter gives us Bach in the Bach tradition, and I believe that this is in no small part due to his deep understanding of the same Lutheranism which was in the mind of Bach when he wrote this glorious music. To quote yet another Bach authority, Albert Schweitzer once said "Only he who sinks himself into Bach's emotional world, who lives and thinks with him, [...] can rightly bring Bach's music to the listener". I can think of no one who fits the description quite like Karl Richter.

Well, all arguments aside, the music on these 26 [!] discs are absolutely unsurpassed. I was a bit worried before I received this set, as I knew that in Richter's latter years, he did seem to take various liberties with the scores (more specifically, a slowing of the tempi to the point that it takes us out of the Bach tradition). However, I can safely say that these rumored liberties are nowhere to be found in this set, just pure Bach. I wont dare try to single out notable performances of this massive set (I would be here all night, and I am sure you are becoming tired of reading this anyway). However, one cantata specifically stood out for me during my first few hours with the set (and has since stuck with me); this being BWV 132 (4th Sunday in Advent cantata). This specific cantata, can speak for the entire set in terms of the soloist supremacy above all other Bach cantata recordings (how can you go wrong with Edith Mathis, Anna Reynolds, Peter Schreier, and Theo Adam - with Ursula Buckel and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau elsewhere on the set).

So, finally, this set has exactly what I want in a survey of the cantatas - that is, the genius of J.S. Bach is in the driver's seat, not the conductors. While Gardiner has his moments (and when he does, they are fantastic), and Klemperer did at least get everyone talking about Bach again, I believe Richter's interpretations are the standard by which this music should be played and heard. This set is a landmark in the history of Bach recordings, and although quite expensive, it really should be in the collections of all lovers of music.

- By the way, the set comes in a large slipcover (as shown above by Amazon), with the five original fold-open cases inside; each made of an extremely sturdy, glossy-coated cardboard (as shown above by me [hopefully]). Each disc is in a paper sleeve.

A Time Capsule of Sheer Delight.......2006-12-15

I treasured these recordings as a music student in high school and college in the '70's. Although newer, 'historically correct' recordings were emerging, Richter's musicality, if one will, still attracted me to these Archive recordings. This set is a bargin considering all the music there is to digest. DG's remastering is excellent-the warm analog sound does not suffer what can sometimes be a strident digitized reincarnation. DG's engineers and hardware were always on the cutting edge and these recordings speak to that fact. Say what one will about the oddities of interpertation, there is music in evey bar. Before I began listening, I though that I should prepare myself to forgive Richer for his position in history and look the other way when so called historically inaccurate idioms presented themselves. Yes, they are there, but, the younger listener will be quite astonished to find amazing vitality and sweep of phrase and articulation. Richter's tempi are often suprisingly brisk. The roster of soloists speaks for itself. If you are a musician interested in the genesis of Bach interpertation, this set is a must-have. It is often said that many Bach conductors after Richter took up where he left off. This group of recordings is a testament to his influence. Bravo DG !

J.S. Bach: "Actus Tragicus" [Hybrid SACD]

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J.S. Bach: "Actus Tragicus" [Hybrid SACD]

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000CEWUU
Release Date: 2003-12-09

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Harnoncourt
As Close as I can Imagine for Authentic Bach
Recording's Greatest Achievement
recommended
Teldec Set Still Holds Up After 30 Years

Bach: Sacred Cantatas

Manufacturer: Teldec
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000000SKY
Release Date: 1994-12-20

Tracks:

Discs 1 - 6: Cantatas BWV 1 - 19
Discs 7 - 12: Cantatas BWV 20 - 36
Discs 13 - 18: Cantatas BWV 37 - 60
Discs 19 - 24: Cantatas BWV 61 - 78
Discs 25 - 30: Cantatas BWV 79 - 99
Discs 31 - 36: Cantatas BWV 100 - 117
Discs 37 - 42: Cantatas BWV 119 - 137
Discs 43 - 48: Cantatas BWV 138 - 162
Discs 49 - 54: Cantatas BWV 163 - 182
Discs 55 - 60: Cantatas BWV 183 - 199
Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2, BC A98, Aria: Durchs Feuer Wird Das Silber Rein - Kurt Equiluz
Ach Gott, Vom Himmel Sieh Darein, BWV 2, BC A98, Chor: Das Wollst Du, Gott, Bewahren Rein - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, BC A33, Chor: Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, BC A33, Recitativo: Wie Schwerlich Lasst Sich Fleisch Und... - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Kurt Equiluz/Max Van Egmond/Paul Esswood/Wiener Sangerknaben...
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, BC A33, Aria: Empfind Ich Hollenangst Und Pein - Max Van Egmond
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, BC A33, Recitativo: Es Mag Mir Leib Und Beist Verschmachten - Kurt Equiluz
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, BC A33, Aria: Wenn Sorgen Auf Mich Dringen - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Paul Esswood
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, BC A33, Chor: Erhalt Mein Herz Im Glauben Rein - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

Tracks:

Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Chor, Versus I: Christ Lag In Todes Banden - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Duetto, Versus II: Den To Niemand Zwingen Kunnt - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Paul Esswood
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Aria, Versus III: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn - Kurt Equiluz
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Chor, Versus IV: Es War Ein Wunderlicher Krieg - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Aria, Versus V: Hier Ist Das Rechte Osterlamm - Max Van Egmond
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Duetto, Versus VI: So Feiern Wir Das Hohe Fest - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Kurt Equiluz
Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4, BC A54b, Chor, Versus VII, Chor: Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Chor: Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Recitativo: Der Sunden Wust Hat Mich Nicht Nur Befleckt - Max Van Egmond
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Aria: Ergiesse Dich Reichlich - Kurt Equiluz
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Recitativo: Mein Treuer Heiland Trostet Mich - Paul Esswood
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Aria: Verstumme, Hollenheer - Max Van Egmond
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Recitativo: Ich Bin Ja Nur Das Kleinste Teil Der Welt - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV 5, BC A145, Chor: Fuhr Auch Mein Herz Und Sinn - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden, BWV 6, BC A57, Chor: Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend ... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden, BWV 6, BC A57, Aria: Hochgelobter Gottessohn - Paul Esswood
Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden, BWV 6, BC A57, Chor: Auch Bleib Bei Uns, Herr Jesu Christ - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden, BWV 6, BC A57, Recitativo: Es Hat Die Dunkelheit An ... - Max Van Egmond
Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden, BWV 6, BC A57, Aria: Jesu, Lass Uns Auf Dich Sehen - Kurt Equiluz
Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden, BWV 6, BC A57, Chor: Beweis Dein Macht, Herr Jesu Christ - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

Tracks:

Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Chor: Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Aria: Merkt Und Hort, Ihr Menschenkinder - Max Van Egmond
Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Recitativo: Dies Hat Gott Klar Mit Worten - Kurt Equiluz
Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Aria: Des Vaters Stimme Liess Sich Horen - Kurt Equiluz
Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Recitativo: Als Jesus Dort Nach Seinen Leiden - Max Van Egmond
Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Aria: Menschen, Glaubt Doch Dieser Gnade - Paul Esswood
Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam, BWV 7, BC A177, Chor: Das Aug Allein Das Wasser Sieht - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben, BWV 8, BC A137a, Chor: Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben? - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben, BWV 8, BC A137a, Aria: Was Willst Du Dich Mein Geist... - Kurt Equiluz
Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben, BWV 8, BC A137a, Recitativo: Zwar Fuhlt Mein Schwaches Herz - Paul Esswood
Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben, BWV 8, BC A137a, Aria: Doch Weichet, Ihr Tollen... - Max Van Egmond
Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben, BWV 8, BC A137a, Recitativo: Behalte Nur, O Welt, Das Meine! - Soloist Of The Regensburger Domspatzen
Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben, BWV 8, BC A137a, Chor: Herrscher Uber Tod Und Leben - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Chor: Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Recitativo: Gott Gab Uns Ein Gesetz - Max Van Egmond
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Aria: Wir Waren Schon Zu Tef Gesunken - Kurt Equiluz
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Recitativo: Doch Musste Das Gesetz Erfullet Werden - Max Van Egmond
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Aria: Herr, Du Siehst Statt Guter Werke - Soloist Of The Regensburger Domspatzen/Paul Esswood
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Recitativo: Wenn Wir Die Sund Aus Dem Gestz Erkennen - Max Van Egmond
Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her, BWV 9, BC A107, Chor: Ob Sichs Anliess, Als Wollt Er Nicht - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks

Tracks:

Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Chor: Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Aria: Herr, Der Du Stark Und Machtig Bist. - Soloist Of The Regensburger Domspatzen
Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Recitativo: Des Hochsten Gut Und Treu - Kurt Equiluz
Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Aria: Gewaltige Stosst Gott Vom Stuhl - Max Van Egmond
Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Duetto: Er Denket Der Barmherzigkeit - Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz
Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Recitativo: Was Gott Den Vatern Alter Zeiten - Kurt Equiluz
Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren, BWV 10, BC A175, Chor: Lob Und Preis Sei Gott Dem Vater - King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Chor: Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Recitativo: Der Herr Jesus Hub Seine Hande Auf - Kurt Equiluz
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Recitativo: Ach, Jesu, Ist Dein Abschied Schon So Nah? - Max Van Egmond
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Aria: Ach, Bleibe Doch, Mein Liebstes Leben - Paul Esswood
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Recitativo: Und Ward Auf Gehoben Zusehends - Kurt Equiluz
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Chor: Nun Lieget Alles Unter Dir - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Recitativo: Und Da Sie Ihm Nachsahen - Kurt Equiluz/Max Van Egmond
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Recitativo: Ach Ja! So Komme Bald Zuruck - Paul Esswood
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Recitativo: Sie Aber Beteten Ihn An - Kurt Equiluz
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Aria: Jesu, Deine Gnadenblicke - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11, BC D9, Chor: Wann Soll Es Doch Geschehen - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68: Sinf - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68, Chor: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68, Arioso: Wir Mussen Durch Viel Trubsal - Paul Esswood
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68, Aria: Kreuz Und Krone Sind Verbunden - Paul Esswood
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68, Aria: Ich Folge Christo Nach - Max Van Egmond
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68, Aria: Sei Getreu, Alle Pein - Kurt Equiluz
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, BC A68, Chor: Was Gott Tut, Das Ish Wohlgetan - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks

Tracks:

Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen, BWV 13, BC A34, Aria: Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen - Kurt Equiluz
Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen, BWV 13, BC A34, Rectiativo: Mein Liebster Gott Lasst Mich Annoch - Paul Esswood
Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen, BWV 13, BC A34, Chor: Der Gott Der Mir Hat Versprochen - Paul Esswood
Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen, BWV 13, BC A34, Recitativo: Mein Kummer Nimmt Zu - Walter Gampert
Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen, BWV 13, BC A34, Aria: Achzen Und Erbarmlich Weinen - Max Van Egmond
Meine Seufzer, Meine Tranen, BWV 13, BC A34, Chor: So Sei Nun, Seele, Deine - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit, BWV 14, BC A40, Chor: War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit, BWV 14, BC A40, Aria: Unsre Starke Heisst Zu Schwach - Peter Hinterreiter
War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit, BWV 14, BC A40, Recitativo: Ja, Hatt es Gott Nur Zugegeben - Marius Van Altena
War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit, BWV 14, BC A40, Aria: Gott, Bei Deinem Starken Schutzen - Max Van Egmond
War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit, BWV 14, BC A40, Chor: Gott Lob Und Dank, Der Nicht Zugab - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir, BWV 16, BC A23, Chor: Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir, BWV 16, BC A23, Recitativo: So Stimmen Wir Bei Dieser Frohen Zeit - Max Van Egmond
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir, BWV 16, BC A23, Chor & Aria: Lasst Uns Jauchzen, Lasst Uns Freuen - Max Van Egmond/Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/ ...
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir, BWV 16, BC A23, Recitativo: Ach Treuer Hort - Paul Esswood
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir, BWV 16, BC A23, Aria: Geliebter Jesu, Du Allein - Marius Van Altena
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir, BWV 16, BC A23, Chor: All Solch Dein Gut Wir Preisen - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/King's College Chor Cambridge/David Willcocks

Tracks:

Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Chor: Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Recitativo: Es Muss Die Ganze Welt - Paul Esswood
Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Aria: Herr, Deine Gute - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Recitativo: Einer Aber Unter Ihnen - Kurt Equiluz
Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Aria: Welch Ubermass Der Gute - Kurt Equiluz
Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Recitativo: Sieh Meinen Willen An - Max Van Egmond
Wer Dank Opfert, Der Preiset Mich, BWV 17, BC A131, Chor: Wir Sich Ein Vatr Erbarmet - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Gleichwie Der Regen Und Schnee Vom Himmel Fallt, BWV 18, BC A44a: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Gleichwie Der Regen Und Schnee Vom Himmel Fallt, BWV 18, BC A44a, Recitativo: Gleichwie Der ... - Max Van Egmond
Gleichwie Der Regen Und Schnee Vom Himmel Fallt, BWV 18, BC A44a, Recitativo: Mein Gott, Hier Wird.. - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Kurt Equiluz/Max Van Egmond/Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Gleichwie Der Regen Und Schnee Vom Himmel Fallt, BWV 18, BC A44a, Aria: Mein Seelenschatz Ist ... - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Gleichwie Der Regen Und Schnee Vom Himmel Fallt, BWV 18, BC A44a, Chor: Ich Bitt, O Herr, Aus ... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Chor: Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Recitativo: Gottlob! Der Drache Liegt - Max Van Egmond
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Aria: Gott Schickt Uns Mahanaim Zu - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Recitativo: Was Ist Der Schnode Mensch - Kurt Equiluz
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Aria: Bleibt, Ihr Engel - Kurt Equiluz
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Recitativo: Lasst Uns Das Angescht - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit, BWV 19, BC A180, Chor: Lass Dein Engel Mit Mir Fahren - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

Tracks:

O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Chor: O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Recitativo... - Kurt Equiluz
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Aria: Ewigkeit, Du Machst Mir Bange - Kurt Equiluz
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Recitativo: Gesetzt... - Max Van Egmond
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Aria: Gott Ist Gerecht - Max Van Egmond
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Aria: O Mensch, Errette Deine Seele - Paul Esswood
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Prima Parte, Chor: Solang Ein Gott Im Himmel Lebt - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Seconda Parte, Aria: Wacht Auf, Wacht Auf... - Max Van Egmond
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Seconda Parte, Recitativo: Verlass, O Mensch... - Paul Esswood
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Seconda Parte, Aria: O Menschenkind... - Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, BWV 20, BC A95, Seconda Parte, Chor: O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Prima Parte: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Prima Parte, Chor: Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Prima Parte, Aria: Seufzer, Tranen, Kummer, Not - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Prima Parte, Recitativo: Wie Hast Du Dich, Mein Gott - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Prima Parte, Aria: Bache Von Gesalznen Zahren - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Prima Parte, Chor: Was Betrubst Du Dich, Meine Seele - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger/Kurt Equiluz/Walker Wyatt/Paul Esswood...
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Seconda Parte, Recitativo: Ach Jesu, Meine Ruh - Walker Wyatt/Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Seconda Parte, Duetto: Komm, Mein Jesu - Walker Wyatt/Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Seconda Parte, Coro: Sei Nun Wieder Zufrieden - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger/Kurt Equiluz/Walker Wyatt/Paul Esswood...
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Seconda Parte, Aria: Erfreue Dich, Seele - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21, BC A99c, Seconda Parte, Coro: Das Lamm, Das Erwurget Ist - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger/Kurt Equiluz/Walker Wyatt/Paul Esswood...

Tracks:

Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe, BWV 22, BC A48, Aria,Chor: Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe - Kurt Equiluz/Max Van Egmond
Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe, BWV 22, BC A48, Aria: Mein Jesu, Ziehe Mich Nach Dir - Paul Esswood
Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe, BWV 22, BC A48, Recitativo: Mein Jesu, Ziehe Mich - Max Van Egmond
Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe, BWV 22, BC A48, Aria: Mein Alles In Allem - Kurt Equiluz
Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe, BWV 22, BC A48, Chor: Ertot Uns Durch Dein Gute - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/Kings College Chor Cambridge
Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, BC A47c, Aria: Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn - Paul Esswood/Walter Gampert
Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, BC A47c, Recitativo: Ach, Gehe Nicht Voruber - Marius Van Altena
Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, BC A47c, Chor: Aller Augen Warten, Herr - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/Kings College Chor Cambridge
Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, BC A47c, Chor: Christe, Du Lamm Gottes - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/Kings College Chor Cambridge
Ein Ungefarbt Gemute, BWV 24, BC A102, Aria: Ein Ungefarbt Gemute - Paul Esswood
Ein Ungefarbt Gemute, BWV 24, BC A102, Recitativo: Die Redlichkeit Ist Eine Von Den Gottesgaben - Kurt Equiluz
Ein Ungefarbt Gemute, BWV 24, BC A102, Chor: Alles Nun, Das Ihr Wollet - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ein Ungefarbt Gemute, BWV 24, BC A102, Recitativo: Die Heuchelei Ist Eine Brut - Max Van Egmond
Ein Ungefarbt Gemute, BWV 24, BC A102, Aria: Treu Und Wahrheit Sei Der Grund - Kurt Equiluz
Ein Ungefarbt Gemute, BWV 24, BC A102, Chor: O Gott, Du Frommer Gott - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25, BC A129, Chor... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25, BC A129, Recitativo... - Kurt Equiluz
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25, BC A129, Aria: Ach, Wo Hol Ich Armer Rat - Max Van Egmond
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25, BC A129, Recitativo: O Jesu, Lieber Meister - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25, BC A129, Aria: Offne Meinen Schlechten Liedern - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25, BC A129, Chor: Ich Will Alle Meine Tage - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

Tracks:

Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig, BWV 26, BC A162, Chor: Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig, BWV 26, BC A162, Aria: So Schnell Ein Rauschend Wasser Schiesst - Kurt Equiluz
Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig, BWV 26, BC A162, Recitativo: Die Freude Wird Zur Traurigkeit - Paul Esswood
Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig, BWV 26, BC A162, Aria: An Irdische Schatze Das Herze Zu Hangen - Siegmund Nimsgern
Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig, BWV 26, BC A162, Recitativo: Die Hochste Herrlichkeit Und Pracht - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig, BWV 26, BC A162, Chor: Ach Wie Fluchtig, Ach Wie Nichtig - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! BWV 27, BC A138, Chor: Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! BWV 27, BC A138, Recitativo: Mein Leben Hat Kein Ander Ziel - Kurt Equiluz
Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! BWV 27, BC A138, Aria: Willkommen! Will Ich Sagen - Paul Esswood/Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! BWV 27, BC A138, Recitativo: Ach, Wer Doch Schon Im Himmel War! - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! BWV 27, BC A138, Aria: Gute Nacht, Du Weltgetummel! - Siegmund Nimsgern
Wer Weiss, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende! BWV 27, BC A138, Chor: Welt Ade! Ich Bin Dein Mude - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende, Bwv 28, BC A20, Aria: Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende, Bwv 28, BC A20, Chor: Nun Lob, Mein Seel, Den Herren - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende, Bwv 28, BC A20, Recitativo - Arioso: So Sprict Der Herr - Siegmund Nimsgern
Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende, Bwv 28, BC A20, Recitativo: Gott Ist Ein Quell... - Kurt Equiluz
Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende, Bwv 28, BC A20, Aria: Gott Hat Uns Im Heurigen Jahr Gesegnet - Kurt Equiluz/Paul Esswood
Gottlob! Nun Geht Das Jahr Zu Ende, Bwv 28, BC A20, Chor: All Solch Dein Gut Wir Preisen - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Chor: Wir Danken Dir Gott, Wir Danken Dir - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Aria: Halleluja, Stark Und Macht - Kurt Equiluz
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Recitativo: Gottlob! Es Geht Uns Wohl! - Max Van Egmond
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Aria: Gedenk An Uns Mit Deiner Liebe - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Recitativo: Vergiss Es Ferner Nicht - Paul Esswood/Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Aria: Halleluja, Stark Und Macht - Paul Esswood
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29, BC B8, Chor: Sei Lob Und Preis Mit Ehren - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Prima Parte, Coro: Freue Dich, Erloste Schar - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Prima Parte, Recitativo: Wir Haben Rast - Max Van Egmond
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Prima Parte, Aria: Gelobet Sei Gott, Gelobet Sein Name - Max Van Egmond
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Prima Parte, Recitativo: Der Herold Kommt - Paul Esswood
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Prima Parte, Aria: Kommt, Ihr Angefochtnen Sunder - Paul Esswood
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Prima Parte, Chor: Eine Stimme Lasst Sich Horen - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Seconda Parte, Recitativo: So Bist Du Denn, Mein Heil... - Max Van Egmond
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Seconda Parte, Aria: Ich Will Nun Hassen - Max Van Egmond
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Seconda Parte, Recitativo... - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Seconda Parte, Aria: Eilt, Ihr Stunden, Kommt Herbei - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Seconda Parte, Recitativo: Geduld, Der Angenehme Tag - Kurt Equiluz
Freue Dich, Erloste Schar, BWV 30, BC A178, Seconda Parte, Chor: Freue Dich, Geheilgte Schar - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b: Son - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Chor: Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger/Soloists Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Recitativo: Erwunschter Tag! Sei, Seele ... - Siegmund Nimsgern
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Aria: Furst Des Lebens, Starker Streiter - Siegmund Nimsgern
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Recitativo: So Stehe Dann... - Kurt Equiluz
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Aria: Adam Muss In Uns Verwesen - Kurt Equiluz
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Recitativo: Weil Denn Das Hauupt Sein Glied - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Aria: Letzte Stunde, Brich Herein - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, BWV 31, BC A55b, Chor: So Fahr Ich Hin Zu Jesu Christ - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

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Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32, BC A31, Aria: Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen - Walter Gampert
Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32, BC A31, Recitativo: Was Ists, Dass Du Mich Gesuchet? - Max Van Egmond
Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32, BC A31, Aria: Hier, In Meines Vaters Statte - Max Van Egmond
Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32, BC A31, Recitativo: Ach! Heiliger Und Grosser Gott - Max Van Egmond/Walter Gampert
Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32, BC A31, Aria: Nun Verschwinden Alle Plagen - Max Van Egmond/Walter Gampert
Leibster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32, BC A31, Chor: Mein Gott, Offne Mir Die Pforten - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Henning
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, BC A127, Chor: Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Henning
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, BC A127, Recitativo: Mein Gott Und Richter - Max Van Egmond
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, BC A127, Aria: Wie Furchtsam Wankten Meine Schritte - Rene Jacobs
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, BC A127, Recitativo: Mein Gott, Verwirf Mich Nicht - Marius Van Altena
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, BC A127, Aria: Gott, Der Du Die Liebe Heisst - Marius Van Altena/Max Van Egmond
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, BC A127, Ehr Sei Gott In Dem Hochsten Thron - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Henning
O Ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung Der Liebe, BWV 34, BC A84, Chor: O Ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung Der Liebe - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
O Ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung Der Liebe, BWV 34, BC A84, Recitativo: Herr!... - Kurt Equiluz
O Ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung Der Liebe, BWV 34, BC A84, Aria: Wohl Euch, Ihr Auserwahlten Seelen - Paul Esswood
O Ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung Der Liebe, BWV 34, BC A84, Recitativo... - Siegmund Nimsgern
O Ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung Der Liebe, BWV 34, BC A84, Chor: Friede Uber Israel!... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

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Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125: Prima Parte: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125, Prima Parte: Aria: Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret - Paul Esswood
Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125, Prima Parte: Recitativo: Ich Wundre Mich... - Paul Esswood
Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125, Prima Parte: Aria: Gott Hat Alles Wohlgemacht - Paul Esswood
Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125: Seconda Parte: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125, Seconda Parte: Recitativo: Ach, Starker Gott... - Paul Esswood
Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret, BWV 35, BC A125, Seconda Parte: Aria: Ich Wunsche Mir... - Paul Esswood
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Prima Parte: Chor: Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Prima Parte: Chor: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland - Paul Esswood/Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Prima Parte: Aria... - Kurt Equiluz
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Prima Parte: Chor: Zwingt Die Saiten In Cythara - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Seconda Parte: Aria: Willkommen, Werter Schatz - Ruud Van Der Meer
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Seconda Parte: Chor: Der Du Bist Dem Vater Gleich - Kurt Equiluz
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Seconda Parte: Aria: Auch Mit Gedampften... - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36, BC A36, Seconda Parte: Chor: Lob Sei Gott, Dem Vater, G'ton - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

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Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird BWV 37, BC A.75: Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird BWV 37, BC A.75: Aria: Der Glaube Ist Das Pfand Der Liebe - Kurt Equiluz
Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird BWV 37, BC A.75: Choral: Herr Gott Vater, Mein Starker Held - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Paul Esswood
Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird BWV 37, BC A.75: Recitativo: Ihr Sterblichen, Verlanget Ihr Mit Mir - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird BWV 37, BC A.75: Aria: Der Glaube Schafft Der Seele Flugel - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Da Glaubet Und Getauft Wird BWV 37, BC A.75: Choral: Den Glauben Mir Verleihe - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir BWV 38, BC A.152: Coro: Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir BWV 38, BC A.152: Recitativo: In Jesu Gnade Wird Allein - Paul Esswood
Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir BWV 38, BC A.152: Aria: Ich Hore Mitten In Dem Leiden - Kurt Equiluz
Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir BWV 38, BC A.152: Recitativo: Ach! Dass Mein Glaube Noch So Schwach - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir BWV 38, BC A.152: Aria: Wenn Meine Trubsal Als Mit Ketten - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben/Paul Esswood/Ruud Van Der Meer
Aus Tiefer Not Schrie Ich Zu Dir BWV 38, BC A.152: Choral: Ob Bei Uns Ist Der Sunden Viel - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Coro: Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Recitativo: Der Reiche Gott Wirft Seinen Uberfluss - Max Van Egmond
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Aria: Seinem Schopfer Noch Auf Erden - Rene Jacobs
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Second Part: Aria: Wohlzutun Und Mitzuteilen - Max Van Egmond
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Second Part: Aria: Hochster, Was Ich Habe - Soloist Of The Knabenchor Hannover
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Second Part: Recitativo: Wie Soll Ich Dir, O Herr - Rene Jacobs
Brich Dem Hungrigen Dein Brot BWV 39, BC A.96: Second Part: Choral: Selig Sind, Die Aus Erbarmen - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Coro: Darzu Ist Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Recitativo: Das Wort Ward Fleisch - Marius Van Altena
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Choral: Die Sund Macht Leid - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Aria: Hollische Schlange, Wird Dir Nicht Bange - Max Van Egmond
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Recitativo: Die Schlange, So Im Paradies - Rene Jacobs
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Choral: Schuttle Deinen Kopf Und Sprich - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Aria: Christenkinder, Freuet Euch - Marius Van Altena
Darzu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, BC A.12: Choral: Jesu, Nimm Dich Deiner Glieder - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig

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Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset BWV 41, BC A.22: Coro: Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset BWV 41, BC A.22: Aria: Lass Uns, O Hochster Gott, Das Jahr Vollbringen - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset BWV 41, BC A.22: Recitativo: Ach! Deine Hand, Dein Segen Muss Allein - Paul Esswood
Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset BWV 41, BC A.22: Aria: Woferne Du Den Edlen Frieden - Kurt Equiluz
Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset BWV 41, BC A.22: Recitativo: Doch Weil Der Feind Bei Tag Und Nacht - Ruud Van Der Meer
Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset BWV 41, BC A.22: Choral: Dein Ist Allein Die Ehre - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Recitativo: Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats - Kurt Equiluz
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Aria: Wo Zwei Und Drei Versammlet Sind - Paul Esswood
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Aria: Verzage Nicht, O Hauflein Klein - Soloist Of The Wiener Sangerknaben
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Recitativo: Man Kann Hiervon Ein Schon... - Ruud Van Der Meer
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Aria: Jesus Ist Ein Schild Der Seinen - Ruud Van Der Meer
Am Abend Aber Desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, BC A.63: Choral: Verleih Uns Frieden Gnadiglich - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: First Part: Coro: Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: First Part: Recitativo: Es Will Der Hochste... - Kurt Equiluz
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: First Part: Aria: Ja Tausendmal Tausend Begleiten... - Kurt Equiluz
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: First Part: Recitativo: Und Der Herr... - Peter Jelosits
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: First Part: Aria: Mein Jesus Hat Nunmehr - Peter Jelosits
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: Second Part: Recitativo: Es Kommt Der Helden Held - Ruud Van Der Meer
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: Second Part: Aria: Er Ists, Der Ganz Allein - Ruud Van Der Meer
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: Second Part: Recitativo: Der Vater Hat Ihm Ja - Paul Esswood
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: Second Part: Aria: Ich Sehe Schon Im Geist - Paul Esswood
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: Second Part: Recitativo: Er Will Mir Neben Sich - Peter Jelosits
Gott Fahret Auf Mit Jauchzen BWV 43, BC A.77: Second Part: Choral: Du Lebensfurst, Herr Jesu Christ - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

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Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Aria: Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun - Kurt Equiluz/Ruud Van Der Meer
Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Coro: Es Kommt Aber Die Zeit - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Aria: Christen Mussen Auf Der Erden - Paul Esswood
Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Choral: Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid - Kurt Equiluz
Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Recitativo: Es Sucht Der Antichrist - Ruud Van Der Meer
Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Aria: Es Ist Und Bleibt Der Christen Trost - Peter Jelosits
Sie Werden Euch In Den Bann Tun BWV 44, BC A.78: Choral: So Sei Nun, Seele, Deine - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: First Part: Coro: Es Ist Dir Gesagt... - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: First Part: Recitativo: Der Hochste... - Kurt Equiluz
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: First Part: Aria: Weiss Ich Gottes Rechte - Kurt Equiluz
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: Second Part: Arioso: Es Werden Viele... - Hanns-Friedrich Kunz
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: Second Part: Aria: Werr Gott Bekentt... - Rene Jacobs
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: Second Part: Recitativo: So Wird Denn Herz. - Rene Jacobs
Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist BWV 45, BC A.113: Second Part: Chor: Gib... - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Schauet Doch Und Sehet, Ob Irgend Ein Schmerz Sei BWV 46, BC A.117: Chor: Schauet Doch Und Sehet... - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Schauet Doch Und Sehet, Ob Irgend Ein Schmerz Sei BWV 46, BC A.117: Recitativo: So Klage Du... - Kurt Equiluz
Schauet Doch Und Sehet, Ob Irgend Ein Schmerz Sei BWV 46, BC A.117: Aria: Dein Wetter Zog Sich... - Hanns-Friedrich Kunz
Schauet Doch Und Sehet, Ob Irgend Ein Schmerz Sei BWV 46, BC A.117: Recitativo: Doch Bildet Euch... - Rene Jacobs
Schauet Doch Und Sehet, Ob Irgend Ein Schmerz Sei BWV 46, BC A.117: Aria: Doch Jesus Will Auch... - Rene Jacobs
Schauet Doch Und Sehet, Ob Irgend Ein Schmerz Sei BWV 46, BC A.117: Chor: O Grosser Gott Der Treu - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Wer Sich Selbst Erhohet, Der Soll Erniedriget Werden BWV 47, BC A.141: Chor: Wer Sich Selbst Erhohet - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Wer Sich Selbst Erhohet, Der Soll Erniedriget Werden BWV 47, BC A.141: Aria: Wer Ein Wahrer Christ.. - Peter Jelosits
Wer Sich Selbst Erhohet, Der Soll Erniedriget Werden BWV 47, BC A.141: Recitativo: Der Mensch Ist Ko - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Sich Selbst Erhohet, Der Soll Erniedriget Werden BWV 47, BC A.141: Aria: Jesu Beuge Doch Mein... - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Sich Selbst Erhohet, Der Soll Erniedriget Werden BWV 47, BC A.141: Chor: Der Zeitlichen Ehr... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger

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Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Coro: Ich Elender Mensch... - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Recitativo: O Schmerz, O Elend... - Paul Esswood
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Choral: Solls Ja So Sein - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Aria: Ach Lege Das Sodom... - Paul Esswood
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Recitativo: Hier Aber Tut Des Heilands.. - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Aria: Vergibt Mir Jesus Meine Sunden - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlosen BWV 48, BC A.144: Choral: Herr Jesu Christ, Einiger Trost - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen BWV 49, BC A.150: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen BWV 49, BC A.150: Aria: Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen - Ruud Van Der Meer
Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen BWV 49, BC A.150: Recitativo: Mein Mahl Ist Zubereit - Ruud Van Der Meer
Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen BWV 49, BC A.150: Aria: Ich Bin Herrlich, Ich Bin Schon - Peter Jelosits
Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen BWV 49, BC A.150: Recitativo: Mein Glaube Hat Mich Selbst... - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Ich Geh Und Suche Mit Verlangen BWV 49, BC A.150: Aria: Dich Hab Ich Je Und Je Geliebet - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft BWV 50, BC A.194: Coro: Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft - Wiener Sangerknaben/Hans Gillesberger
Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen BWV 51, BC A.134: Aria: Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen - Marianne Kweksilber
Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen BWV 51, BC A.134: Recitativo: Wer Beten Zu Dem Tempel An - Marianne Kweksilber
Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen BWV 51, BC A.134: Aria: Hochster, Mache Deine Gute - Marianne Kweksilber
Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen BWV 51, BC A.134: Chor: Sei Lob Und Preis Mit Ehren - Marianne Kweksilber
Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen BWV 51, BC A.134: Aria: Alleluja - Marianne Kweksilber

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Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht BWV 52, BC A.160: Sinf - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht BWV 52, BC A.160: Recitativo: Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht - Seppi Kronwitter
Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht BWV 52, BC A.160: Aria: Immerhin, Immerhin, Wenn Ich Gleich... - Seppi Kronwitter
Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht BWV 52, BC A.160: Recitativo: Gott Ist Getreu! - Seppi Kronwitter
Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht BWV 52, BC A.160: Aria: Ich Halt Es Mit Dem Lieben Gott - Seppi Kronwitter
Falsche Welt, Dir Trau Ich Nicht BWV 52, BC A.160: Choral: In Dich Hab Ich Gehoffet, Herr - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde BWV 54, BC A.51: Aria: Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde - Paul Esswood
Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde BWV 54, BC A.51: Recitativo: Die Art Verruchter Sunden - Paul Esswood
Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde BWV 54, BC A.51: Aria: Wer Sunde Tut, Der Ist Vom Teufel - Paul Esswood
Ich Armer Mensch, Ich Sundenknecht BWV 55, BC A.157: Aria: Ich Armer Mensch, Ich Sundenknecht - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Armer Mensch, Ich Sundenknecht BWV 55, BC A.157: Recitativo: Ich Habe Wider Gott Gehandelt - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Armer Mensch, Ich Sundenknecht BWV 55, BC A.157: Aria: Erbame Dich, Lass Die Tranen Dich... - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Armer Mensch, Ich Sundenknecht BWV 55, BC A.157: Recitativo: Erbarme Dich! Jedoch Nun - Kurt Equiluz
Ich Armer Mensch, Ich Sundenknecht BWV 55, BC A.157: Choral: Bin Ich Gleich Von Dir Gewichen - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig
Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen BWV 56, BC A.146: Aria: Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen - Michael Schopper
Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen BWV 56, BC A.146: Recitativo: Mein Wandel Auf Der Welt - Michael Schopper
Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen BWV 56, BC A.146: Aria: Endlich, Wird Mein Joch - Michael Schopper
Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen BWV 56, BC A.146: Recitativo: Ich Stehe Fertig Und Bereit - Michael Schopper
Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen BWV 56, BC A.146: Choral: Komm, O Tod, Du Schlafes Bruder - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig

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Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Aria: Selig Ist Der Mann - Ruud Van Der Meer
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Recitativo: Ach! Dieser Susse Trost - Peter Jelosits
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Aria: Ich Wunschte Mor Den Tod - Peter Jelosits
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Recitativo: Ich Reiche Dir Die Hand - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Aria : Ja, Ja, Ich Kann Die Feinde Schlagen - Ruud Van Der Meer
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Recitativo: In Meiner Schoss Liegt Ruh Und Leben - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Aria: Ich Ende Behende Mein Irdisches Leben - Peter Jelosits
Selig Ist Der Mann BWV 57, BC A.14: Choral: Richte Dich, Liebste, Nach Meinem Gefallen - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid BWV 58, BC A.26b: Aria: Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid... - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid BWV 58, BC A.26b: Recitativo: Verfolgt Dich Gleich Die Arge Welt - Ruud Van Der Meer
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid BWV 58, BC A.26b: Aria: Ich Bin Vernugt In Meinem Leiden - Peter Jelosits
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid BWV 58, BC A.26b: Recitativo: Kann Es Die Welt Nicht Lassen - Peter Jelosits
Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid BWV 58, BC A.26b: Aria: Ich Hab Fur Mir Ein Schwere Reis... - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten BWV 59, BC A.82: Duetto: Wer Mich Liebet - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten BWV 59, BC A.82: Recitativo: O, Was Sind Das Vor Ehren - Peter Jelosits
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten BWV 59, BC A.82: Chor: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten BWV 59, BC A.82: Aria: Die Welt Mit Allen Konigreichen - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten BWV 59, BC A.82: Chor: Du Heilige Brunst - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort BWV 60, BC A.161: Aria: O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort - Herr... - Kurt Equiluz
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort BWV 60, BC A.161: Recitativo: O Schwerer Gang Zum Letzten Kampf - Kurt Equiluz/Paul Esswood
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort BWV 60, BC A.161: Aria: Mein Letztes Lager Will Mich Schrecken - Kurt Equiluz/Paul Esswood
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort BWV 60, BC A.161: Recitativo: Der Tod Bleibt Doch Der Menschlichen... - Paul Esswood/Ruud Van Der Meer
O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort BWV 60, BC A.161: Choral: Es Ist Genung, Herr, Wenn Es Dir Gefallt - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

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Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, BC A1, Ov: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, BC A1, Recitativo: Der Heiland Ist Gekommen - Kurt Equiluz
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, BC A1, Aria: Komm, Jesu, Komm Zu Deiner Kirche - Kurt Equiluz
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, BC A1, Recitativo: Siehe, Ich Stehe Vor Der Tur - Ruud Van Der Meer
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, BC A1, Aria: Offne Dich, Mein Ganzes Herze - Seppi Kronwitter
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, BC A1, Chor: Amen, Amen! Komm Du Schone Freudenkrone - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, BC A2, Chor: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, BC A2, Aria: Bewundert, O Menschen, Dies Grosse Geheimnis - Kurt Equiluz
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, BC A2, Recitative: So Geht Aus Gottes Herrlichkeit - Ruud Van Der Meer
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, BC A2, Aria: Streite, Siege, Starker Held - Ruud Van Der Meer
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, BC A2, Recitativo: Wir Ehren Diese Herrlichkeit - Peter Jelosits/Paul Esswood
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, BC A2, Chor: Lob Sei Gott, Dem Vater, Ton - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Chor: Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Recitativo: O Selger Tag! O Ungemeines Heute - Paul Esswood
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Duetto: Gott, Du Hast Es Wohl Gefuget - Peter Jelosits/Ruud Van Der Meer
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Recitativo: So Kegret Sich Non Heut Das Bange Leid - Kurt Equiluz
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Duetto: Ruft Und Fleht Den Himmel An - Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Recitativo: Verdoppelt Euch Demnach - Ruud Van Der Meer
Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag, BWV 63, BC A8, Chor: Hochster, Schau In Gnaden An - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

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Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Chor: Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe... - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Chor: Das Hat Er Alles Uns Getan - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Recitativo: Geh, Welt! Behalte.. - Paul Esswood
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Chor: Was Frag Ich Nach Der... - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Aria: Was Die Welt In Sich Halt - Peter Jelosits
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Recitativo: Der Himmel Bleibet.. - Ruud Van Der Meer
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Aria: Von Der Welt Verlang Ich.. - Paul Esswood
Sehet, Welch Eine Liebe Hat Uns Der Vater Erzeiget, BWV 64, BC A15, Chor: Gute Nacht, O Wesen - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Chor: Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Chor: Die Kon'ge Aus Saba Damen Dar - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Recitativo: Was Dort Jesaias Vorhergesehn - Ruud Van Der Meer
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Aria: Gold Aus Ophir Ist Zu Schlecht - Ruud Van Der Meer
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Recitativo: Verschmahe Nicht, Du Meiner Seelen... - Kurt Equiluz
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Aria: Nimm Mich Dir Zu Eigen Hin - Kurt Equiluz
Sie Werden Aus Saba Alle Kommen, BWV 65, BC A27, Chor: Ei Nun, Mein Gott, So Fall Ich Dir - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen, BWV 66, BC A56, Chor: Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen, BWV 66, BC A56, Recitativo: Es Bricht Das Grab Und Damit Unsre Not - Ruud Van Der Meer
Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen, BWV 66, BC A56, Aria: Lasset Dem Hochsten Ein Danklied Erschallen - Ruud Van Der Meer
Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen, BWV 66, BC A56, Recitativo: Bei Jesu Leben Freudig Sein - Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz
Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen, BWV 66, BC A56, Duetto: Ich Furchte Zwar (Nicht) Des Grabes Finsternissen - Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz
Erfreut Euch, Ihr Herzen, BWV 66, BC A56, Chor: Alleluja! Alleluja! Alleluja! - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe

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Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Chor: Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Aria: Mein Jesus Ist Erstanden - Kurt Equiluz
Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Recitativo: Mein Jesu, Heissest Du Des Todes Gift - Paul Esswood
Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Chor: Erschienen Ist Der Herrlich Tag - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Recitativo: Doch Scheinet Fast, Dass Mich Der... - Paul Esswood
Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Aria: Friede Sei Mit Euch - Max Van Egmond/Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Halt Im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67, BC A62, Chor: Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt, BWV 68, BC A86, Chor: Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt, BWV 68, BC A86, Aria: Mein Glaubiges Herze - Peter Jelosits
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt, BWV 68, BC A86, Recitativo: Ich Bin Mit Petro Nicht Vermessen - Ruud Van Der Meer
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt, BWV 68, BC A86, Aria: Du Bist Geborer Mir Zugute - Ruud Van Der Meer
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt, BWV 68, BC A86, Chor: Wer An Ihn Glaubet - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69, B10, Recitativo: Wie Gross Ist Gottes Gute Doch - Wilhelm Wiedl
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69, B10, Aria: Mein Seele, Auf, Erzahle - Paul Esswood
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69, B10, Recitativo: Der Herr Hat Grosse Ding An Uns Getan - Kurt Equiluz
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69, B10, Chor: Es Danke, Gott, Und Lobe Dich - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a, BC A123, Chor: Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a, BC A123, Recitativo: Ach, Dass Ich Tausend Zungen Hatte - Wilhelm Wiedl
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a, BC A123, Aria: Meine Seele, Auf, Erzahle - Kurt Equiluz
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a, BC A123, Recitativo: Gedenk Ich Nur Zuruck - Paul Esswood
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a, BC A123, Aria: Mein Erloser Und Erhalter - Ruud Van Der Meer
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a, BC A123, Chor: Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohlgetan - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

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Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Chor: Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Recitativo: Erschrecket, Ihr Verstockten Sunder - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Aria: Wenn Kommt Der Tag - Paul Esswood
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Recitativo: Auch Bei Dem Himmlischen Verlangen - Kurt Equiluz
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Aria: Lasst Der Spotter Zungen Schmahen - Wilhelm Wiedl
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Recitativo: Jedoch Bei Dem Unartigen Geschlechte - Kurt Equiluz
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Chor: Freu Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Aria: Hebt Euer Haupt Empor - Kurt Equiluz
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Recitativo: Ach, Soll Nicht Dieser Grosse Tag - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Aria: Seligster Erquickungstag - Ruud Van Der Meer
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70, BC A165, Chor: Nicht Nach Welt, Nach Himmel Nicht - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Chor: Gott Ist Mein Konig - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Aria: Ich Bin Nun Achtzig Jahr-Soll Ich Auf Dieser Welt - Wilhelm Wiedl
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Chor: Dein Alter Sei Wie Deine Jugend - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Arioso: Tag Und Nacht Ist Dein - Lieuwe Visser
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Aria: Durch Machtige Kraft - Paul Esswood
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Chor: Du Wollest Dem Feinde Nicht Geben - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Gott Ist Mein Konig, BWV 71, BC B1, Chor: Das Neue Regiment - Wilhelm Wiedl/Paul Esswood/Kurt Equiluz/Lieuwe Visser/Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, BC A37, Chor: Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, BC A37, Recitativo: O Selger Christ - Paul Esswood
Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, BC A37, Aria: Mit Allem, Was Ich Hab Und Bin - Paul Esswood
Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, BC A37, Recitativo: So Glaube Nun! - Ruud Van Der Meer
Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, BC A37, Aria: Mein Jesus Will Es Tun - Wilhelm Wiedl
Alles Nur Nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, BC A37, Chor: Was Mein Gott Will, Das Gescheh Allzeit - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Herr, Wie Du Willt, So Schicks Mit Mir, BWV 73, BC A35, Chor: Herr, Wie Du Willt, So Schicks Mit Mir - Jorg Erler/Max Van Egmond/Kurt Equiluz/Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/...
Herr, Wie Du Willt, So Schicks Mit Mir, BWV 73, BC A35, Aria: Ach, Senke Doch Den Geist Der Freuden - Kurt Equiluz
Herr, Wie Du Willt, So Schicks Mit Mir, BWV 73, BC A35, Recitativo: Ach, Unser Wille Bleibt Verkehrt - Max Van Egmond
Herr, Wie Du Willt, So Schicks Mit Mir, BWV 73, BC A35, Aria: Herr, So Du Willt - Max Van Egmond
Herr, Wie Du Willt, So Schicks Mit Mir, BWV 73, BC A35, Chor: Das Ist Des Vaters Wille - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe

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Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Chor: Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein... - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Aria: Komm, Komm, Mein Herze Steht ... - Jorg Erler
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Recitativo: Die Wohnung Ist Bereit - Paul Esswood
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Aria: Ich Gehe Hin Und Komme Wieder ... - Max Van Egmond
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Aria: Kommt, Eilet, Stimmet Sait Und ... - Kurt Equiluz
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Recitativo: Es Ist Nichts ... - Max Van Egmond
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Aria: Nichts Kann Mich Erretten - Paul Esswood
Wer Mich Liebet, Der Wird Mein Wort Halten, BWV 74, BC A83, Chor: Kein Menschenkind Hier Auf Der Erd - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Chor: Die Elenden Sollen Essen - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Recitativo: Was Hilft Des Purpurs Majestat - Max Van Egmond
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Aria: Mein Jesus Soll Mein Alles Sein - Adalbert Kraus
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Recitativo: Gott Sturzet Und Erhohet - Adalbert Kraus
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Aria: Ich Nehme Mein Leiden Mit Freuden Auf Mich - Markus Klein
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Recitativo: Indes Schenkt Gott Ein Gut Gewissen - Markus Klein
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Chor: Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohl Getan - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94: Sinf - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Recitativo: Nur Eines Drankt Ein Christliches Gemute - Paul Esswood
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Aria: Jesus Macht Mich Geistlich Reich - Paul Esswood
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Recitativo: Wer Nur In Jesu Bleibt - Max Van Egmond
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Aria: Mein Herze Glaubt Und Liebt - Max Van Egmond
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Recitativo: O Armut, Der Kein Reichtum Gleicht! - Adalbert Kraus
Die Elenden Sollen Essen, BWV 75, BC A94, Chor: Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohlgetan - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Coll Vox, Gent/Philippe Herreweghe

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Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Chor: Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Recitativo: So Lasst Sich Gott Nicht ... - Kurt Equiluz
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Aria: Hort, Ihr Volker - Wilhelm Wiedl
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Recitativo: Wer Aber Hort - Ruud Van Der Meer
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Aria: Fahr Hin, Abgottische Zunft! - Ruud Van Der Meer
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Recitativo: Du Hast Uns, Herr, Von Allen ... - Paul Esswood
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97, Chor: Es Woll Uns Gott Genadig Sein - Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, BC A 97: Sinf - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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There are certain musical monuments to Western civilization that no music lover should be without, at least in part. These include Haydn's symphonies and string quartets, Mozart's piano concertos, Handel's oratorios, Beethoven's string quartets and piano sonatas, Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, and this, perhaps the biggest monument of all, the Bach sacred cantatas. About 200 of them survive and at least 100 are lost. All of them consist of a series of arias, choruses, and hymns based on sacred texts. Bach had to compose a new one every week for several years, and what makes the music so amazing is not only its quantity, but its sheer quality. There is literally no such thing as "bad" Bach, and this series of performances not only stands as one of the great achievements in the history of recording, it introduced many listeners to the fascinating sound of "authentic instruments." Is this set too much of a good thing? Nah! --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Harnoncourt.......2005-09-24

The big CD collection of Harnoncourt is really to recommend to everybody who is interested in.
It is a wonderful collection, with alle the works of Bach.The whole Box is amazing and every song is fantastic.
It also looks very good wehn you put it into the shelf.
The price is really justified in accord to the number of CD and the quality you get.

As Close as I can Imagine for Authentic Bach.......2005-08-02

If you like your Bach with a heavy Bernstein beat, operatic sopranos, and a huge concert hall sound, or in contrast if you would like to hear Bach as his parishoners did, then these recordings are probably not for you. If you want excellent recordings of the Bach Cantatas using period instruments and boys' voices, to include the occasional flaw, then this discounted, but still pricy set is for you. Here, for the first time, anyone can explore and study the marvels of Bach's Jahrgaenge close to the way it was meant to be heard.

When one considers that Bach had to produce a new cantata each week, and that the performers were local musicians, then one should not expect a perfect performance. When one recalls that the Cantata merely served to reinforce the message of the week according to the church calendar, one should not expect consistently brilliant music. To this, add the fact that the parishioners would have much preferred someone not so old fashioned as Bach to produce their church music. Set up so perfectly for failure, Bach produced some of the most perfect music ever written. Here, bad Bach does not exist.

The use of boys' voices is brilliant. A boy soprano simply does not sound like a woman. A good boy soprano's voice is clear and pure, without the extreme tremolo found in "trained women sopranos." The result is Bach at its purest.

In the mid to late 1950's, preforming Bach on original instruments became an interesting experiment. One group attempting this was the Bach Aria Group, directed by Frank Brief, who performed at the Town Hall in New York City. Over a two year span, Mr. Brief decided that it might be interesting to use a boy's choir instead of a women's choir once each year. He chose the Columbus Boychoir (now called the American Boychoir) of which I was a member for those two occasions. From the critical reviews, the results were very well accepted. Mr. Brief, however, did not go the full way. Instead of using boy soprano soloists, he called on women sopranos such as Beverly Sills. While they gave outstanding performances, it was not "original Bach." But when we asked why didn't he use a boy soprano, Mr. Brief responded that boys' voices could not be sufficiently trained to do Bach justice.

These recordings belie this judgement. Bach did know what he was doing! Highly recommended.

Recording's Greatest Achievement.......2003-04-14

Had this set not been made, then the history of performance practice in the last quarter of the 20th century and beyond would have proceeded very differently. Had this set not been made we would not have many of the current leading figures in the field of early music performance, nearly all of whom were in some way connected with the performance revolution which found its most profound expression in these recordings. For it was during the 14 or so years of this recording project (between 1971 and 1985) that three of the greatest musicians of our time, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Frans Bruggen forever altered the public's perception of the surviving remnants of Bach's fabled, but rarely heard, "Jahrgaenge", or yearly cycles of church cantatas. For this reason alone, this recording is of profound importance.

Leonhardt, with his consort in Amsterdam, and Harnoncourt, with his Concentus Musicus of Vienna shared the task of recording, with an unmatched team of vocal and instrumental soloists, Bach's roughly 200 surviving "concerti sacri", perhaps a further hundred being lost to us. It was a repertoire more honoured in the history books than experienced in performance. This enterprise changed that state of affairs for ever.

The arguments which are now sometimes made (chiefly by those who are unaware of the extraordinary and revolutionary step which these performances represented), decrying the slightly "raw" (I prefer "vocal") sound of original instruments, or the occasional shakiness of a boy soprano soloist, miss the point of this enterprise, which was to present the music in a new way using Bach's own contemporary resources. Leonhardt and Harnoncourt are the first to insist that using "historical instruments" makes sense because those are simply the best tools for the job. Re-constituting something old has never been their aim. Rather, their idea was to break free of the mindless tradition of performance which took no account of the sounds that Bach actually had in his head when he created his "well-regulated" music for the churches of Saxony. And how does this work in practice? We are left to marvel at an extraordinary level of accomplishment on the part of nearly everyone associated with this project, vocally and instrumentally.

Gustav Leonhardt was well aware (and hopeful) that subsequent generations would likely improve upon aspects of performance which still remained to be sorted out. But, as he said, it was a start. Indeed, when he and Harnoncourt were jointly awarded the Erasmus prize in the Netherlands in 1980, he remarked, with singular modesty and self-awareness: "It was not done well, but it is remarkable that it was done at all". This tells us more about Leonhardt's famous humility, than it does about the standards of these performances, which are usually (with few exceptions) very high indeed. In many instances they will never be surpassed. What we have here is a glimpse of one of music's "golden" ages captured forever on disc. What the listener will marvel at is the extraordinary assuredness of technique and style which is evident in every one of these cantata performances.

The solo vocal contributions of Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Paul Esswood, Marjanne Kweksilber (BWV 51) are simply without equal, and the current generation of fine Bach singers would be the first to concede their enormous debt to the participants in this great enterprise (their teachers, in many cases). The choirs should also be singled out for attention: Wiener Sangerknaben, Tolzer Knabenchor, Hannover Knabenchor, Choir of Kings College, Cambridge as well as directors Heinz Hennig, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Philippe Herreweghe, David Willcocks and Hans Gillesberger. So Europe's finest were all involved in this.

The instrumental soloists: Frans Bruggen, Walter van Hauwe, Kees Boeke, Anner Bylsma, Jurg Schaftlein, Lucy van Dael, Sigiswald, Wieland and Bart Kuijken, Ton Koopman, Bob van Asperen, Lidewij Schiefes, Alice Harnoncourt, Herbert and Herwig Tachezi, Erich Hobarth, Friedemann Immer - to list only the more familiar names - have created a whole world of intelligent and vital performance which has transformed musical thought in our time. No-one in any area of musical performance has remained untouched by the ideas which are so forcefully presented here (even those who'd be the last to admit it). The fundamental idea of treating each period's music as a vital and representative product of its time is one which now extends to music of all periods, signaling the fulfilment of one of Leonhardt's and Harnoncourt's chief aims: to eliminate the artificial distinction between mainstream and "early" music, and, instead, to treat all music with proper respect for its origins and context.

What this recording continues to offer the listener is the experience of hearing the music for the first time, which the technical polish of subsequent surveys cannot quite match. For the young person wishing to learn about music, there is no better starting point than investing in this set, now available at a fraction of its original cost (unfortunately, minus the scores, which were one of the hallmarks of this series in its first incarnation on LP.

It seems pointless to list highlights, but one might start with the following: BWV 1, 6, 8, 11, 13, 19, 23, 29 and so on. The list is endless. Better still, buy the set and begin a life-time's voyage of discovery instead. Bach, Leonhardt and Harnoncourt: you can't do better than that. Oh, and we should also acknowledge the contribution of the founder recording producer for this project, Wolf Erichson (even though he didn't stay with Teldec to the end of it). Without him, the revolution in informed and intelligent music performance on recordings would never have happened.

recommended.......2002-12-07

This complete set of Bach sacred cantatas is not only a bargain price, but it contains some of the most profound interpretations these pieces ever had. Recorded during the 1970s on period instruments, with some of most prodiguous singers (Equiluz, Esswood) and an outstanding orchestral support, this is the best integral collection of cantatas there is. In order to restore the forgotten sence of baroque music, instrumentation is reduced to a minimum, the continuo is supported with antique instruments such as the basoon, tenors have been thoughtfully selected as NON-operatic. Another reconstructionist aspect was the use of boy choirs, which in later recordings Harnoncourt gave up. Boy choirs are not only authentical, but have the advantage of pitch purity. While in some arias (such as the extraordinary duet "lobe den herren" - BWV 137) this seems an excellent choice, in most it fails in more or less apparent manner.

While Herreweghe's or Gardiner's new interpretations are CERTAINLY better in both orchestral and vocal support, they all are greatly in debt of Harnoncourt/Leonhard, for it's always simple to improve something ALREADY existing instead of breaking new grounds (as this stellar 1970's recording did). Not to be forgotten is the fact newer version bring a sence of lightness which pleases anyone's ears, but it's manytimes inappropriate for the content of the music.

Teldec Set Still Holds Up After 30 Years.......2001-04-11

This set of almost 200 cantatas is, without a doubt, a milestone in recording history, and that alone makes it valuable. There are now at least two other competing sets on the market (Helmuth Rilling's complete set--on modern instruments, alas!--and Ton Koopman's period performance set still in the works), but this one, warts and all, still captivates and draws the listener into the world of Bach's cantatas like no other.

I would argue that no one can really claim to know Bach without knowing both his organ works and his cantatas. After all, this is the music that occupied him for most of his professional life. Most of these cantatas were written as part of his duties at Leipzig, and while in the hands of any lesser composer that might have meant uninspired music cranked out week by week out of necessity, Bach rarely, if ever, had an off day. Each cantata is a little world unto itself, a place you can retreat to for 20 minutes and either reflect on their spiritual message (which, be warned, is sometimes grim indeed), or just lose yourself in the beauty and grace of the melodic lines.

Harnoncourt and Leonhardt choose to keep these performances intimate; this is not the Bach of the concert hall; these are direct, personal expressions that work well in the private space of one's living room. Some of the playing sounds a bit shaky by today's standards--apparently some of the soloists were still discovering how to play period instruments that had not been heard in centuries--and the boy soloists seem to strain at their parts sometimes, especially in the earlier recordings, but that only adds to the charm: I much prefer the uncertain readings to letter-perfect performances offered by others. The performances actually draw the listener's attention away from the playing itself, forcing attention on the music and the text, which is entirely consistent with the nature of these pieces.

For those who don't want to spend the 500+ dollars all at once, Teldec also offers these in six-CD sets at a great budget price. They're worth every penny. My only disappointment is that the CD package doesn't include the scores, as the old Telefunken vinyl sets did. But that's perfectly understandable. This set reminds us why Harnoncourt and Leonhardt were once at the forefront of the period-instrument movement. Let's hope that Teldec keeps these recordings in print for a long, long time.

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1. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 1. Sinf - Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff
2. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 2. Versus I: Christ Lag In Todes Banden - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
3. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 3. Versus II: Den Tod Niemand Zwingen Kunnt - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
4. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 4. Versus III: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
5. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 5. Versus IV: Es War Ein Wunderlicher Krieg - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
6. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 6. Versus V: Hier Ist Das Rechte Osterlamm - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
7. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 7. Versus VI: So Feiern Wir Das Hohe Fest - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
8. Christ Lag In Todes Banden, BWV 4: 8. Versus VII: Wir Essen Und Leben Wohl - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Imke David/Loenz Duftschmid...
9. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 1. Sonatina - Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff
10. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2a. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
11. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2b. Ach, Herr, Lehre Uns Bedenken - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
12. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2c. Bestelle Dein Haus! - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
13. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 2d. Es Ist Der Alte Bund - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
14. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 3a. In Deine Hande Befehl Ich... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
15. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 3b. Heute Wirst Du Mit Mir Im... - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
16. Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106: 4. Glorie, Loh, Ehr Und Herrlichkeit - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Karin Van Heerden/Beate Knobloch/Imke David/Lorenz Duftschmid...
17. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 1. Sinf - Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb/Lorenzo Alpert/Carsten Lohff
18. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 2. Coro: Der Herr Denket An Uns - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...
19. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 3. Aria: Er Segnet, Die Den Herrn Furchten - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...
20. Der Herr Denket An Uns, BWV 196: 4. Duetto: Der Herr Segne Euch Je Mehr Und Mehr - Cantus Colln/Konrad Junghanel/Andrea Keller/Werner Ehrhardt/Antje Sabinski/Claudia Steeb...