Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (1999)
Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 72:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMX 2951513 | Recorded: 1995
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 72:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMX 2951513 | Recorded: 1995
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.–David Vernier
Performer:
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Kai Wessel, alto
James Taylor, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249
01. Sinfonia
02. Adagio
03. Chorus: Kommt, eilet und laufet
04. Recitativo (S, A, T, B): O kalter Männer Sinn
05. Aria (Soprano): Seele, deine Spezereien
06. Recitativo (A, T, B): Heir ist die Gruft
07. Aria (Tenor): Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer
08. Recitativo (Alto): Indessen seufzen wir
09. 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): Lassen 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
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Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (1999)
