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J.S. Bach - Motets (Masaaki Suzuki) [2009] (PS3 SACD rip)

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J.S. Bach - Motets (Masaaki Suzuki) [2009] (PS3 SACD rip)

J.S. Bach - Motets (Masaaki Suzuki) [2009] (PS3 SACD rip)
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Classical | Label: BIS Records | Catalog Number: BIS-SACD-1841 | Direction: Masaaki Suzuki, Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan

Bach's motets have been very lucky on disc. This latest version from Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan is as good as it gets. In addition to the canonic six pieces, BWV 225-230, we also get the much more rarely heard Ich lasse dich nicht BWV Anh. 159, and O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht BWV 118. This brings the playing time of the disc up to more than 75 minutes, and may well prove important to Bach collectors. The singing is uniformly excellent, the small choir and soloists seemingly perfectly scaled to give the more complex pieces, Jesu, meine Freude in particular, plenty of contrast without any cost of contrapuntal clarity.

In the works with double choir, Suzuki has decided to double the first choir with strings, the second with winds, an excellent choice. In the other works he mixes winds and strings, always with an ear to giving each voice its own vivid identity. He doesn't dispute the authenticity of the brief BWV 230 (Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden), and the performance has great spirit and rhythmic verve. Several of these works (Fürchte dich nicht BWV 228, for example) were written for funerals, but however solemn the occasion or the mood, the music always soars. BIS's SACD sonics are typically marvelous. Just great! - David Hurwitz


Track listing


SINGET DEM HERRN EIN NEUES LIED, BWV 225

1. 1.[Chorus]. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied 4:28
2. 2.[Choral/Aria]. Wie sich ein Vater erbaarment 4:01
3. 3.[Chorus]. Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten 3:24


KOMM, JESU, KOMM, BWV 229

4. 1.[Chorus]. Komm, Jesu, komm 6:58
5. 2.[Aria]. Drum schließ ich mich in deine Hände 1:17


JESU, MEINE FREUDE, BWV 227

6. 1. Choral Vers 1: Jesu, meine Freude 1:07
7. 2. [Chorus]: Es ist nun nichts Verdammliches an denen 2:29
8. 3. Choral Vers 2: Unter deinen Schirmen 1:02
9. 4. [Trio]: Denn das Gesetz des Geistes 0:56
10. 5. Choral Vers 3: Trotz dem alten Drachen 2:09
11. 6. [Fugue]: Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich 3:17
12. 7. Choral Vers 4: Weg mit allen Schützen 0:57
13. 8. Andante [Trio]: So aber Christus in euch ist 1:49
14. 9. Choral Vers 5: Gute Nacht, o Wesen 3:37
15. 10. [Chorus]: So nun der Geist 1:17
16. 11. Choral Vers 6: Weicht, ihr Trauergeister 1:07



17.LOBET DEN HERRN, ALLE HEIDEN, BWV 230 5:55
18.FÜRCHTE DICH NICHT, ICH BIN BEI DIR, BWV 228 7:18
19.ICH LASSE DICH NICHT, DU SEGNEST MICH DENN, BWV Anh. 159 4:01


DER GIEST HILFT UNSER SCHWACHHEIT AUF, BWV 226

20. [Chorus]: Der Geist hilft unser Schachheit auf 3:30
21. [Alla breve]: Der aber die Herzen forschet 2:11
22. [Choral] Du heilige Brunst, Süßer Trost 1:22

23. O JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT, BWV 118 (zweite Fassung) 9:19

J.S. Bach - Motets (Masaaki Suzuki) [2009] (PS3 SACD rip)

J.S. Bach - Motets (Masaaki Suzuki) [2009] (PS3 SACD rip)


Album: J. S. Bach: Motets

Release Date: 2009

Label: BIS Records [1841]

Time: 75:28