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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16 [3CDs] (2004)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16 [3CDs] (2004)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16 [3CDs] (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 833 Mb | Total time: 03:13:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72216 | Recorded: 2002, 2003

The cantatas in this sixteenth volume are all from the third cycle of Bach's Leipzig cantatas. This yearly cycle began on the First Sunday after Trinity (3 June) 1725 and extended over a period of about three years - unlike the two preceding cycles of 1723-24 and 1724-25. Bach's rhythm of composition had slowed down markedly in the middle of 1725. It is also significant that from February to September 1726 he performed a long series of cantatas by his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731), Kapellmeister at the ducal court of Meiningen. But even if the proportion of original compositions declined markedly, these include a series of particularly accomplished and extended works, such as Cantatas BWV 43, 39, 170 and 102. Musically, Bach's third yearly cycle of cantatas is distinguishable by the fact that they do not begin with large-scale instrumental symphonies, nor do they have unusually extended or richly scored opening movements.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 15 [3CDs] (2004)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 15 [3CDs] (2004)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 15 [3CDs] (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 884 Mb | Total time: 03:27:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC72215 | Recorded: 2001, 2002

The cantatas in this fifteenth volume belong mostly to the transitional period between the second and the third yearly cycle of cantatas, i.e. the spring of 1725. BWV 3 is part of the series of chorale cantatas that give the second yearly cycle its special character, whereas BWV 28, 110, 146 and 168 already belong to the third yearly cycle. However, cantatas BWV 85, 87, 108, 128, 175, 176 and 183, mostly compositions on texts by Mariane von Ziegler, bring the second yearly cycle to its conclusion. Bach had taken up his position as Kantor of St Thomas's, Leipzig, at the end of May 1723 and so begun his regular performances of cantatas on the First Sunday after Trinity - in other words, in the middle of the church year.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 14 [3CDs] (2004)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 14 [3CDs] (2004)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 14 [3CDs] (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 892 Gb | Total time: 03:25:31 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72214 | Recorded: 2000, 2001

The cantatas in this fourteenth series fall into four unequal groups: BWV 26, 123,125 and 178 form part of the second yearly cycle of Leipzig church cantatas, which was abruptly broken off in March 1725.The chorale cantatas - based on strophes of church Lieder or church Lieder paraphrased into recitatives and arias - lent the cycle its distinct character. We do not know any tangible reason for the abrupt break-off, but we may assume that it is connected to the death of the author of Bach's texts, Andreas Stübel, deputy headmaster of the Thomasschule, who is presumed to have died on 31 January 1725.For evidently the composer had at his disposal only texts up to the Marian Feast of the Annunciation, 25 March 1725 (BWV 1).While the texts for BWV 6 and 42 are the work of an unknown poet, in Cantatas BWV 74,68 and 103 Bach set texts by the Leipzig poet Mariane von Ziegler, who evidently filled the gap left by the poet of the chorale cantatas. Finally, BWV 1045 is a sinfonia of a cantata dating from the mid-1740s, the other movements of which have not survived.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12 [3CDs] (2001)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12 [3CDs] (2001)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12 [3CDs] (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 855 Mb | Total time: 03:21:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 8573-85842-2 | Recorded: 2000

The cantatas in this volume all date from Johann Sebastian Bach's second year of office as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The series of chorale cantatas, which breaks off in early 1725, forms an almost complete yearly cycle which derives an exceptional unity of style and content from its debt to established Lutheran hymnody. Almost all the cantatas contain the first and last verse of a hymn, the other verses being paraphrased in recitatives and arias. Practically any selection of the chorale cantatas will display the unusually rich variety of form and colour that is one of their most distinctive features.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 11 [3CDs] (2001)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 11 [3CDs] (2001)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 11 [3CDs] (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 825 Mb | Total time: 03:11:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 8573-80215-2 | Recorded: 1999

Previously begun on Erato, Koopman's cantata cycle was taken over and completed in 2007 on Challenge Classics. It now looks set to surpass the famous Leonhardt-Harnoncourt set on Teldec (and indeed most of his other competitors). Koopman favours an intimate approach to the choruses - namely one voice to a part. Also, he opts for females soloists rather than boys, as would have been the case in Bach's day, and he favours mixed rather than solely male choirs. For many this will be a plus point, and it is good news for fans of Barbara Schlick. He goes for slightly higher than normal pitch - a semi-tone above present day pitch, which, as Christopher Wolff's notes point out, is what Bach used in Mühlhausen and Weimar, brightening the sonority quite a lot. The singing in virtually all the cantatas is pretty impressive and the instrumental playing is of a very high order.

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker - Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D minor; Motets (2001)

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John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker - Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D minor; Motets (2001)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker - Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D minor; Motets (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 260 Mb | Total time: 66:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 459 674-2 | Recorded: 1996, 1998

Bruckner is one of those composers you either love or loathe. The trouble is, most people make up their minds only after hearing his symphonies. But Bruckner also composed some of the most original and profound church music after Bach, and although there are clear connections between the symphonies and the liturgical works, the musical voice is quite distinct. The connections with Rococo and Renaissance choral styles are much clearer – it’s surprising how well the shades of Haydn, Wagner and Palestrina get on with each other – and yet the music never sounds derivative or nostalgically archaic.

Christoph Prégardien, Vox Orchester & Lorenzo Ghirlanda - Bach & Telemann: Cantatas for Baritone (2018)

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Christoph Prégardien, Vox Orchester & Lorenzo Ghirlanda - Bach & Telemann: Cantatas for Baritone (2018)

Christoph Prégardien, Vox Orchester & Lorenzo Ghirlanda - Bach & Telemann: Cantatas for Baritone (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 337 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 161 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:07:14
Classical, Vocal | Label: deutsche harmonia mundi

A famous cantata for baritone by Johann Sebastian Bach (“Kreuzstabkantate”), combined with two cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann. In addition and as a supplementary musical colour there are three purely instrumental pieces: overtures by J. F. Fasch and Telemann, and as an “encore”, the Larghetto from Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6/4.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5 [4CDs] (1997)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5 [4CDs] (1997)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5 [4CDs] (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 1,13 Mb | Total time: 03:59:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-17578-2 | Recorded: 1996

The fifth volume of our complete recording of Bach’s cantatas completes the series of secular cantatas from the composer’s years in Leipzig. Seven works are involved here, spanning a period from 1725 to 1742, the year of Bach’s final secular cantata, BWV 212. Of Bach’s occasional compositions, some fifty secular pieces have survived, yet these represent no more than a fraction of what must once have existed. Indeed, there is no other group of works by the composer that has suffered such great – and regrettable – losses. In the case of more than half of the works that are known to have existed, only the words, but not the music, survived. Quite how many pieces may have disappeared without leaving any trace whatsoever is impossible to say.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 2 [3CDs] (1996)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 2 [3CDs] (1996)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 2 [3CDs] (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 864 Mb | Total time: 3h 01m | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-12598-2 | Recorded: 1995

In the autumn of 1713, Bach was invited to apply for the post of organist and music director at the Marktkirche in Halle in succession to Handel's teacher, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Bach was honoured to accept the invitation and in doing so made it clear that he was keen to extend his activities. Under Zachow, who had created a respectable repertory of sacred works of the most varied genres, including a large number of church cantatas, music in Halle had flourished and reached a level that offered Bach an area of responsibility that he evidently found attractive.

Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Last Sufferings of the Saviour (2010)

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Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Last Sufferings of the Saviour (2010)

Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Last Sufferings of the Saviour (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 462 Mb | Total time: 60:23+59:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 88697 5727 2 | Recorded: 1987

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second (surviving) son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. His second name was given in honor of his godfather Georg Philipp Telemann, a friend of Johann Sebastian Bach. C. P. E. Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his father's baroque style and the classical and romantic styles that followed it. His personal approach, an expressive and often turbulent one known as empfindsamer Stil or 'sensitive style', applied the principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures. Bach's dynamism stands in deliberate contrast to the more mannered galant style also then in vogue.

Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Franz Schubert: The Complete Secular Choral Works [7CDs] (2021)

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Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Franz Schubert: The Complete Secular Choral Works [7CDs] (2021)

Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Concert-Verein - Franz Schubert: The Complete Secular Choral Works (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,87 Gb | Total time: 8 h 00 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 0190295036881 | Recorded: 1996-1997

A voyage of discovery through a lesser-known area of Schubert’s rich and prolific output, this collection comprises seven themed CDs: Transience; Love; Eternity; Heroism; Nature; Celebrations, and Circle of Friends. “Each disc has its share of the treasures,” wrote Gramophone, “The Arnold Schoenberg Choir is a fine body of musicians … they show a virtually unflawed beauty and opulence of tone.” Vocal soloists include Ruth Ziesak, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christoph Prégardien and Robert Holl, and among the featured pianists are András Schiff and Andreas Staier. This complete edition of Schubert’s secular choral works won major prizes in Germany, France, Belgium and Japan on its first release in 1997.

Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1993

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Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1993

Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 647 Mb | Total time: 144:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | 2292-45814-2 | Recorded: 1992

This is vintage, classic Koopman: Tempi that never linger, orchestral textures that accord privilege to clarity and insight over effect and superb, beautifully articulated, solo vocal lines. Koopman's lucidity might appear a little too detached or cool for some listeners who are used to responding to the emotional charge of Bach's Passions. One of Koopman's greatest strengths is his grasp of architecture: of the unfolding of the passion events; of the relative roles and interactions of the soloists and 'crowds'; of the inevitability of events in a musical - as opposed to a Biblical - sense.

Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (1990)

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Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (1990)

Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 522 Mb | Total time: 59:30+62:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # GD77041 | Recorded: 1987

Founded in 1972 at the suggestion of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and led since its inception by Dutch violinist turned conductor Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande is surely among the finest of early music orchestras with a discography ranging from Lully through Mozart. Among the group's most successful projects, however, have been recordings of Bach's sacred works, particularly the 1985 Mass in B minor and this 1987 St. John Passion. Both are superbly performed with excellent solo and choral singing and outstanding orchestral playing, but both are distinctly dissimilar in tone and effect. The conductor makes the difference.

Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert, Rheinische Kantorei - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (1991)

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Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert, Rheinische Kantorei - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (1991)

Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert, Rheinische Kantorei - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 493 Mb | Total time: 47:00+50:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Capriccio | # 60 023-2 | Recorded: 1990

Außerordent- lich lebendige, dramatisch gespannte Wieder- gabe durch ein kleines, stimmlich tüchtiges Ensemble. Gute Solisten sowohl im vokalen wie instrumentalen Bereich.

Gustav Leonhardt, La Petite Bande, Tölzer Knabenchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1990)

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Gustav Leonhardt, La Petite Bande, Tölzer Knabenchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1990)

Gustav Leonhardt, La Petite Bande, Tölzer Knabenchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 738 Mb | Total time: 74:40+51:10+46:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | RD77848 | Recorded: 1989

Leonhardt gives a deeply felt, reverent and contemplative performance of the St Matthew Passion. It is beautifully played and sung; introspective yet intense, understated yet profound. This is a version completely lacking in flashy, extravagant gestures but it does rather strip the piece down to its so-deep soul.