Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players - Bach: Easter Oratorio, Magnificat (2001)
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players - Bach: Easter Oratorio, Magnificat (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 321 Mb | Total time: 65:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ARCHIV Produktion | # 469 531-2 | Recorded: 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 321 Mb | Total time: 65:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ARCHIV Produktion | # 469 531-2 | Recorded: 2000
There's a long-standing debate over the issue of OVPP (one voice per part) in performing Bach's choral works. On this disc, it works better in some choruses than others–for example, it lacks the majesty that a choir can bring to the start of the Magnificat's Gloria. As to the individual voices, in the oratorio's two big arias, soprano Kimberly McCord sings with beguiling poise, though some may find her vibrato a touch fidgety; while Paul Agnew's moving singing of the heavenly tenor aria reflecting on Christ's grave-clothes has bags of intensity, though line and focus occasionally suffer. Neal Davies's forthright bass makes the best impression.
The main grumble with the Magnificat is over some tempi, starting with the opening chorus. Paul McCreesh is hardly the first to take fast passages to extremes in Bach, but surely, there's more to getting across a dramatic text like "He has brought rulers down from their thrones" than mere speed. Agnew copes brilliantly. The Gabrieli Players, meanwhile, are tremendous (a special cheer for Katy Bircher's flute obbligato work). The recording (made in a Saxony church) is clean and clear, though with an occasional sense of imbalance between solo voices and instruments.–Andrew Green
Performer:
Gabrieli Consort
Kimberly McCord, soprano I
Julia Gooding, soprano II
Robin Blaze, alto
Paul Agnew, tenor
Neal Davies, bass
Gabrieli Players
Conductor - Paul McCreesh
Track List:
"Kommt, eilet und laufet" Cantata, BWV 249 - "Oster-Oratorium"
01. 1. Sinfonia
02. 2. Adagio
03. 3. Chorus: Kommt, eilet und laufet
04. 4. Recitativo: O kalter Männer Sinn (alto, soprano, tenor, bass)
05. 5. Aria: Seele, deine Spezereien (soprano)
06. 6. Recitativo: Hier ist die Gruft (tenor, bass, alto)
07. 7. Aria: Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer (tenor)
08. 8. Recitativo: Indessen seufzen wir (soprano, alto)
09. 9. Aria: Saget, saget mir geschwinde (alto)
10. 10. Recitativo: Wir sind erfreut (bass)
11. 11. Chorus: Preis und Dank
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
12. Chorus: "Magnificat"
13. Aria: "Et exsultavit spiritus meus"
14. Aria: "Quia respexit humilitatem"
15. Chorus: "Omnes generationes"
16. Aria: "Quia fecit mihi magna"
17. Aria (Duet): "Et misericordia"
18. Chorus: "Fecit potentiam"
19. Aria: "Deposuit potentes"
20. Aria: "Esurientes implevit bonis"
21. Trio: Suscepit Israel
22. Chorus: "Sicut locutus est"
23. Chorus: "Gloria Patri"
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Kimberly McCord, Julia Gooding, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Neil Davies; Paul McCreesh / Bach - Easter Oratorio. Magnificat
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Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players - Bach: Easter Oratorio, Magnificat (2001)
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