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Cantatas for the Complete Liturgicalyear 9
Artist:
Sigiswald Kuijken
Format: CD
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1. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 61: Overture - Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland (Chorus)
2. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 61: Recitative: Der Heiland Ist Gekommen (Tenor)
3. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 61: Aria: Komm, Jesu, Komm Zu Deiner Kirche (Tenor)
4. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 61: Recitative: Siehe, Ich Stehe Vor Der Tur (Bass)
5. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 61: Aria: Offne Dich, Mein Ganzes Herze (Soprano)
6. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 61: Amen, Amen (Chorus)
7. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor (Chorus)
8. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Chorale: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland (Soprano, Alto)
9. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Aria: Die Liebe Zieht Mit Sanften Schritten (Tenor)
10. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Chorale: Zwingt Die Saiten In Cythara (Chorus)
11. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Aria: Willkommen, Werter Schatz! (Bass)
12. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Chorale: Der Du Bist Dem Vater Gleich (Tenor)
13. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Aria: Auch Mit Gedampften, Schwachen Stimmen (Soprano)
14. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36: Chorale: Lob Sei Gott, Dem Vater, Ton (Chorus)
15. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 62: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland (Chorus)
16. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 62: Aria: Bewundert, O Menschen, Dies Grosse Geheimnis (Tenor)
17. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 62: Recitative: So Geht Aus Gottes Herrlichkeit Und Thron (Bass)
18. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 62: Aria: Streite, Siege, Starker Held! (Bass)
19. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 62: Recitative: Wir Ehren Diese Herrlichkeit (Soprano, Alto)
20. Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 62: Chorale: Lob Sei Gott, Dem Vater, Ton
21. Bereitet Die Wege, Bereitet Die Bahn, Bwv 132: Aria: Bereitet Die Wege, Bereitet Die Bahn! (Soprano)
22. Bereitet Die Wege, Bereitet Die Bahn, Bwv 132: Recitative: Willst Du Dich Gottes Kind (Tenor)
23. Aria: Wer Bist Du? Frage Dein Gewissen (Bass)
24. Bereitet Die Wege, Bereitet Die Bahn, Bwv 132: Recitative: Ich Will, Mein Gott (Alto)
25. Bereitet Die Wege, Bereitet Die Bahn, Bwv 132: Aria: Christi Glieder, Ach Bedenket (Alto)
26. Bereitet Die Wege, Bereitet Die Bahn, Bwv 132: Ertot Uns Durch Dein Gute (Chorus)
More Info:
Kuijken gives us Vvolume 9 of his series devoted to presenting one cantata for each Sunday and holy day of the year. With this collection, dedicated to the Sundays of Advent, a few problems arise. All of Bach's Advent works are from Weimar (earlier) and Leipzig (later) as to be expected, except that in Leipzig the Advent cantata was given only on the first Sunday of the month, the other Sundays being sans cantata. His earlier sojourn in Weimar was different; there, each Sunday was expected to have a cantata provided for it. So what's the big deal? Only that for Weimar, cantatas on the second, third, and forth Sundays alone have been preserved, and those for the second and third Sundays are known only by their texts-no music has survived. This necessitates presenting only one Advent cantata (for the first Sunday alone), or compromising a bit and stretching the Leipzig "first Sunday" cantatas to cover the Sundays that have no music for them. Standards remain high in this vividly recorded series, though for some reason the singing of Siri Thornhill really caught my attention this time around, her lovely instrument able to navigate Bach's complexities with subtle and authoritative adroitness. Despite the questionable one-to-a-part dogmatism, this series is musically very fine. - FANFARE: Steven E. Ritter Import Hybrid-SACD pressing.
