I also have major sets directed by philippe herreweghe, john eliot gardiner, and masaaki suzuki, plus sundry others. The christmas oratorio is a series of 6 separate cantatas, collectively relating the story from christmas through to twelfth night. J s bach the complete liturgical year in 64 cantatas s kuijken cd. Sigiswald kuijken telecharger et ecouter les albums. Sigiswald kuijkens bach project a new one voice per part ovpp series of bach cantata recordings directed by sigiswald kuijken is underway on accent records. Lapocalypse bach cantatas bwv 19, cantata es erhub sich ein streit, bwv 19 19. Bach, gli angeli geneve is an ensemble of soloists who are regular guests on stages all. Bach directed by sigiswald kuijken and his petite bande. This disc consists of cantatas bwv 70, bwv 9 and bwv 182, that is wachet. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Although all the works take a chorale as their starting point, they reflect the variety with which bach approached both text and music of the lutheran hymns. He has long specialized in bach, recording cantatas, orchestral works, and a previous set of the sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Sigiswald kuijkens illuminating miniseries of carefully selected cantatas for a liturgical year alights on four advent works, three of which make regular appearances on disc. His vocal soloists sing with disarming simplicity and ease in arias, and blend superbly in ensemble.
Nikolaus harnoncourt music, videos, stats, and photos. It could be argued that bach established the standard for the modern keyboard concerto with this work alone. The series will comprise 20 hybrid sacds, not a complete set of cantatas by any means, but enough for a complete liturgical year. Wodehouse and the shakespeare of the musical score. Among current cantata series sigiswald kuijken s has a distinctive place, his onetoapart voices and few instruments achieving striking delicacy. Bach wrote the work in leipzig in 1734 and 1735 for christmas day i, boxing day ii, the third day of christmas iii, new year iv, the. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. The words of bachs cantatas, almost always entirely in german, consist mostly of 18thcentury poetry, lutheran hymns and dicta. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. Cantatas for the complete liturgical year 10 on sacd bach. But for the price, whether in the brilliant boxes or otherwise, leusink is a good way to hear a lot of bach cantatas without much investment. There is something about the music of johann sebastian bach that puts it in a category of its own. Js bach the complete liturgical year in 64 cantatas.
The kuijken box referenced above is also excellent and not too pricey if you shop around. Before investing, you can find suzuki performances on youtube and decide for yourself. Considered to be one of europes top ensembles specializing in the sacred music of j. Bachs cantatas usually require four soloists and a fourpart choir, but he also wrote solo cantatas i. Ach gott, vom himmel sieh darein oh god, look down from heaven, bwv 2 is a chorale cantata composed by johann sebastian bach for the second sunday after trinity in 1724. First performed on 18 june in leipzig, it is the second cantata of his chorale cantata. Recorded at thomaskirche, leipzig, saxony, germany. Telemanns du aber daniel, emv welcomes back gli angeli geneve, a baroque ensemble based in geneva and led by baritone stephan macleod. It is topquality music, but it would have been the same if it hadnt been a test piece.
Mass in b minor bwv 232 conducted by sigiswald kuijken. Sigiswald kuijken dilbeek, 16 februari 1944 is een belgisch violist en dirigent. Bach s cantatas usually require four soloists and a fourpart choir, but he also wrote solo cantatas i. Cantatas bwv 108, 86, 11, 44 kuijken, le petite band, bach thornbill noskaiova le petite band, release date. Next in 1726, while composing cantatas in leipzig as kantor of the st thomas school, he reworked a number of instrumental concerto movements as cantata sinfonias and choral movements featuring solo organ. Conductor sigiswald kuijken believes that bach did not. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. Sigiswald kuijken is a belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and. Kuijken has had an extensive recording career, recording with labels such as deutsche harmonia mundi, accent, brilliant classics, and challenge classics. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from sigiswald kuijken. The words of bach s cantatas, almost always entirely in german, consist mostly of 18thcentury poetry, lutheran hymns and dicta.
Among current period practice luminaries, sigiswald kuijken is surprisingly unrepresented in the oeuvre on record. The bach cantatas, beethovens string quartets, chopins nocturnes, francks piano trios, bruckners symphonies, and brahms concertos to name but a few collections are what makes my life that little bit more emotional and enjoyable. Upon being released on the magnatune site this collection of bachs most popular vocal and choral compositions instantly appeared in our top ten albums of the weekan auspicious debut for the the first release in a series by period all stars. Sigiswald kuijken has already released bach cantatas on the virgin and harmonia mundi labels, and received much acclaim for his earlier recordings of bwv 82, 49 and 58 on the accent label one still very high up on my desert island shortlist. Mein liebster jesus ist verloren bwv 154 kuijken cantata for the first sunday after epiphany 1724 some, or even all, of the music may date back to weimar.
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