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Bach - Oster-Oratorium, Himmelfahrts-Oratorium, Kantaten (Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent) [2010]

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Bach - Oster-Oratorium, Himmelfahrts-Oratorium, Kantaten (Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent) [2010]

Bach - Oster-Oratorium BWV 249, Himmelfahrts-Oratorium BWV 11,
Kantaten BWV 2, 20, 43, 44, 66, 176 (Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent) [2010]

EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Scans | 3cd, 834.02 MB
Classical | Harmonia Mundi | HML 5908354.56

Once in while a recording comes along in which the performers, producers, and recording team get everything right. This is one of them. First issued in 1995, this production of Bach's Easter "oratorium" easily can claim supremacy among several very good alternatives. Largely cobbled from an earlier secular cantata for a duke's birthday, the music is some of Bach's most poignant while being alternately festive and meditative. There are no "roles" as we find in the Passions, no Evangelist-type recitatives, no chorales, and there's no real dramatic story line. Instead, we visit a particular scene–Peter, John, and the two Marys discover the empty tomb and contemplate its meaning. There are only two choruses, the first of which is substantial–and one of Bach's masterpieces–and there's an unusual two-movement (fast-slow) orchestral introduction. The rest consists of arias for soprano, alto, and tenor (one of the most beautiful tenor arias in all of music) and some of Bach's most skillfully written recitatives. The performances here are everything you could wish for, with sound that neither giveth nor taketh away, but rather just allows us to hear everything clearly and naturally. The program's other work isn't just a bonus, it's a full-fledged partner to the oratorio. Intended for the second day of Easter and also reworked from an original secular cantata, it most likely was performed as an Easter work the same year (1735) as the oratorio. The opening chorus of the cantata BWV 66 is one of the legion of wonders among Bach's choral movements. It's performed here with uncommon crispness and a highly charged yet refined energy that drives the music forward with irresistible power. It's worth owning the disc for the performance of this chorus alone.
Another entry in Harmonia Mundi's ongoing Bach Edition, this recording from 1993 exemplifies both the consistently high standard of performance we've come to expect from Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale and the astonishing musical variety and emotional/spiritual depth of Bach's vocal works. As usual in this series, the program reflects a theme, in this case the feast of Ascension, for which Bach wrote what proved to be his final oratorio (improperly catalogued as a cantata in the original edition of Bach's works) and at least three cantatas. The oratorio contains both original music and, as has recently been shown, several movements taken from cantatas no longer extant. It's a compelling and inexplicably underperformed work, far shorter than Bach's other oratorios, complete with some terrific orchestral music, two wonderful festive choruses, a tenor Evangelist narrator, a charming little duet for tenor and bass, and arias for soprano and alto.
The rest of the program contains two cantatas composed for Ascension-tide. The choral and instrumental performance and the spacious sound perfectly captures the expansive exuberance of BWV 43's opening chorus, while alto Catherine Patriasz's bittersweet, richly colored renditions of her arias in BWV 44 and in the oratorio highlight the recording's vocal solos. Soprano Barbara Schlick doesn't seem in her best form here–somewhat shaky of pitch and tentative in places–but the orchestra beautifully expresses its happy, energetic accompaniment in her very tricky aria "Es ist und bleibt der Christen Trost". And the orchestra really does shine throughout this recording. You find yourself paying more than usual attention to it during choral sections, such as the opening to the oratorio–which is as ideal an integration of all aspects of performance as you can expect to hear. Buy this for the oratorio, but you will be glad to have the two rarely performed and even more rarely recorded cantatas as well.
David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklisting:
CD1
Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249
1. Sinfonia
2. Adagio
3. Chorus: Kommt, eilet und laufet
4. Recitativo (S, A, T, B): O kalter Männer Sinn
5. Aria (Soprano): Seele, deine Spezereien
6. Recitativo (A, T, B): Heir ist die Gruft
7. Aria (Tenor): Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer
8. Recitativo (Alto): Indessen seufzen wir
9. Aria (S, A): Saget, saget mir geschwinde
10. Recitativo (Basso): Wir sind erfreut
11. Chorus: Preis und Dank
Kantate “Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen”, BWV 66
12. Chorus: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen
13. Recitativo (Basso): Es bricht das Grab
14. Aria (Basso): Lasset dem Höchsten ein Danklied erschallen
15. Recitativo (A, T): Bei Jesu Leben freudig sein
16. Aria (A, T): Ich furchte zwar/Ich furchte nicht
17. Choral: Alleluja! Des solln wir alle froh sein
CD2
Kantate “Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen”, BWV 43
1. I TEIL. Chorus: Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen
2. Recitativo (Tenor): Es will der Höchste sich ein Siegsgepräng bereiten
3. Aria: Ja tausendmal tausend begleiten den Wagen
4. Recitativo (Soprano): Und der Herr
5. Aria (Soprano): Mein Jesus hat nunmehr
6. II TEIL. Recitativo (Basso): Es kommt der Helden Held
7. Aria: Er ists, der ganz allein
8. Recitativo (Alto): Der Vater hat ihm ja ein ewig Reich bestimmet
9. Aria: Ich sehe schon im Geist
10. Recitativo (Soprano): Er will mir neben sich die Wohnung zubereiten
11. Choral (S,A,T,B): Der Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ
Kantate “Sie warden euch in den Bann tun”, BWV 44
12. Duetto (T,B, Chorus): Sie werden euch in den Bann tun
13. Aria (Alto): Christen müssen auf der Erden
14. Choral (Tenor): Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
15. Recitativo (Basso): Es sucht der Antichrist
16. Aria (Soprano): Es ist und bleibt der Christen Trost
17. Choral (S,A,T,B): So sei nun, Seele, deine
Himmelfahrts-Oratorium, BWV 11
18. Chorus: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
19. Evangelista (Tenor): Der Herr Jesu hub seine Hände auf
20. Recitativo (Basso): Ach Jesu, ist dein Abschied schon so nah?
21. Aria (Alto): Ach bleibe doch
22. Evangelista (Tenor): Und ward aufgehaben zusehends
23. Choral (S,A,T,B): Nun lieget alles unter dir
24. Evangelista (T,B): Und da sie ihm nachsahen gen Himmel fahren
25. Recitativo (Alto): Ach ja! So komme bald zurück
26. Evangelista (Tenor): Sie aber beteten ihn an
27. Aria (Soprano): Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke
28. Choral: Wenn soll es doch geschehen
CD3
Kantate “Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein”, BWV 2
1. Choral: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
2. Recitativo: Sie lehren eitel falsche List
3. Aria: Tilg, o Gott, die Lehren
4. Recitativo: Die Armen sind verstört
5. Aria: Durchs Feuer wird das Silber rein
6. Choral: Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren rein
Kantate “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort”, BWV 20
7. Choral: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
8. Recitativo: Kein Unglück ist in aller Welt zu finden
9. Aria: Ewigkeit, du machts mir bange
10. Recitativo: Gesetzt es dau'rte der Verdammten Qual
11. Aria: Gott ist gerecht in seinen Werke
12. Aria: O Mensch, errette deine Seele
13. Choral: Solang ein Gott im Himmel lebt
14. Aria: Wacht auf, wacht auf, verlornen Schafe
15. Recitativo: Verlass, o Mensch, die Wollust dieser Welt
16. Duetto. Aria: O Menschenkind
17. Choral: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
Kantate “Es ist ein trotzig ubd verzagt Ding”, BWV 176
18. Chor: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding
19. Aria: Dein sonst hell beliebter Schein
20. Recitativo: So wundre dich, o Meister, nicht
21. Aria: Ermuntert euch
22. Choral: Auf dass wir also allzugleich

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Performer:
Barbara Schlick, Johannette Zomer – sopranos
Ingeborg Danz, Catherine Patriasz, Kai Wessel – altos
Jan Kobow, Christoph Pregardien, James Taylor – tenors
Peter Kooy - bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
Conductor - Philippe Herreweghe

Bach - Magnificat (Herreweghe) BMCPH