J. Ch. Bach - Salve Regina · Laudate pueri / Kirkby · M. Schäfer · L'Orfeo BO · Gaigg

Track Listings
1. Salve Regina    
2. Salve Regina    
3. Salve Regina    
4. Salve Regina    
5. Salve Regina    
6. Salve Regina    
7. Laudate pueri Dominum    
8. Laudate pueri Dominum    
9. Laudate pueri Dominum    
10. Laudate pueri Dominum    
11. Laudate pueri Dominum    
12. Si nocte tenebrosa    

Editorial Reviews
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In his review of Johann Christian Bach's Op. 13 Piano Concertos (page 20 of the July/August 2001 issue) Nick Morgan made the financially ruinous discovery that Johann Sebastian's youngest son was really rather a good composer. Financially ruinous, because CPO is leading the JCB renaissance with a hard-to-resist complete orchestral works series of over 20 discs. Bad news, Nick – now it's starting on the vocal works. Called 'Salve regina', this revealing new disc takes us back to Christian's early Italian period (1754-62). All three pieces are recorded here for the first time and testify to the composer's pragmatic conversion to the Catholic faith and his ability to transfer the extravagant vocal style of the opera house (where he was principally engaged) to the church. What would his father have said? The vocal duties here are fairly evenly shared between Emma Kirkby, who sings the Salve regina, and tenor Markus Schäfer, who takes the exuberant motet Si nocte tenebrosa; they share the limelight in the almost frivolous setting of Psalm 113, Laudate pueri Dominum. Kirkby is supremely secure in the high-wire acrobatics required in the Salve regina: there's a superbly controlled 11-second messa di voce at the very outset and she manages to make real music out of the outrageous vocal contortions demanded by the aria 'Ad te clamamus'. If she exudes exemplary clarity and purity, Schäfer, with more rawness of tone and pitch, excels in precisely the kind of on-the-edge excitement which makes the fast and furious virtuoso showcase Si nocte tenebrosa the highlight of the disc. The only minor drawback is the rather characterless recording acoustic where everyone is quite closely miked in what sounds like a small studio. Even so, the music's effervescent early-Classical charm remains sharp. Johann Christian Bach's sacred vocal music has up to now been pretty much a closed book – if we are to judge from this disc, it looks as if the pickings will be rich indeed. Simon Heighes

J. Ch. Bach - Salve Regina · Laudate pueri / Kirkby · M. Schäfer · L'Orfeo BO · Gaigg, Music, Johann Christian Bach, Michi Gaigg, Emma Kirkby, Markus Schäfer, L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Psalm Setting, Solo Voice(s) and Orchestra, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Vocal
J. Ch. Bach - Salve Regina · Laudate pueri / Kirkby · M. Schäfer · L'Orfeo BO · Gaigg
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • J.C. Bach - The Catholic Bach
 J. Ch. Bach - Salve Regina · Laudate pueri / Kirkby · M. Schäfer · L'Orfeo BO · Gaigg
Johann Christian Bach , Michi Gaigg , Emma Kirkby , Markus Schäfer , and L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Manufacturer: Cpo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bach, Johann ChristianBach, Johann Christian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
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PsalmsPsalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005CCB9
Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

  1. Salve Regina
  2. Salve Regina
  3. Salve Regina
  4. Salve Regina
  5. Salve Regina
  6. Salve Regina
  7. Laudate pueri Dominum
  8. Laudate pueri Dominum
  9. Laudate pueri Dominum
  10. Laudate pueri Dominum
  11. Laudate pueri Dominum
  12. Si nocte tenebrosa

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars J.C. Bach - The Catholic Bach.......2003-02-01

J. S. Bach, the staunch Lutheran composer of the Baroque period, produced a son who would become one of the great Catholic composers of the new Classical period. He was the youngest of J. S. Bach's sons, and a convert to the Roman Catholic Faith. Although the conversion of Johann Christian Bach brought sorrow to his family, it gave a new dimension to his amazing music. It also gave the Church a gifted composer for the Liturgy. His music was written in Latin for the Church, and this recording is the best example I've ever heard. The recording of the Salve Regina, a prayer to the Blessed Virgin, is particularly fine. The psalm and motet on the recording are wonderul! I highly recommend this CD for all true lovers of the Classical period, and of J. C. Bach in particular. The instruments and singing are a perfect! If you want one CD that shows the talent of this composer -- this is the one!

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