Кантата

The Christmas cantatas have the use of a church chorale as their conceptual starting point in common. And their intimate performing forces. With Bach’s output they present a kind of meditation on the meaning of the feast of Christmas.

This production is a delight throughout…Haïm retains control by preparing both the scores and the sopranos’ ornaments, her vision giving this carefully wrought performance a fiery intensity,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019

German baritone Benjamin Appl is Gramophone ‘Young Artist of the Year 2016’ and one of the stars of the European ‘Echo Rising Stars’ concert series. Appl is a former chorister of the famous German choir Regensburger Domspatzen, and now one of the most interesting artists of the new generation, with a great voice, charming personality and great stage presence. The new album presents wonderful music by Johann Sebastian Bach from famous as well as less known cantatas but also from the St Matthew Passion. It was recorded with the renowned Ensemble Concerto Köln, one of the leading ensembles for historically-informed performance practice.

Throughout his life, Bach showed exceptional talent as a pedagogue. As an orphan who had been obliged to learn everything by himself, he retained the deep-rooted urge to teach and pass on his knowledge. His cantatas are spiritual lessons, just as his keyboard works constitute a tutor in the instrument. It was with his children, first and foremost, that he exercised this talent as a born teacher, and particularly with his prodigiously gifted eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann. For him he wrote the Two-part Inventions and Three-part Sinfonias; for him too The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Orgel-Buchlein (Little organ book); and this extraordinary method culminated in the Trio Sonatas for organ. The cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret (Spirit and soul are dumbfounded) BWV 35 is one of the three written for solo alto without choral participation and with reduced instrumental forces. The work comprises two parts, for performance before and after the sermon. Soloist and organ engage in a dialogue charged with the elation of trust in God, brimming with coloratura passages and runs. Also for alto solo, the cantata Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (Contented repose, beloved heart’s desire) BWV 170 dates from just six weeks before Geist und Seele. It too features a solo organ part, later transcribed by Bach for flute and continuo. The cantata is based on a passage from the Sermon on the Mount in which Christ urges his listeners to live in peace with others.

THE LARGEST, MOST COMPLETE, MOST AUTHORITATIVE & ENRICHED COMPOSER SET OF ALL TIME ON 222 CDs + 1 DVD 333 years since the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, the largest project of its kind in the history of recorded music is presented by Deutsche Grammophon in collaboration with Decca Classics, 30 other labels and the Leipzig Bach Archive. Bach 333 presents every known note from the great master and opens up his world – and his impact on our world – in a uniquely immersive way: through audio, visual, printed and online materials. Over 280 hours of music from 750 performers and 32 labels 10 hours of new recordings including 7 world premieres State-of-the-art historically informed performances including the complete Cantatas from Gardiner, Suzuki, Koopman, Herreweghe, Leonhardt, Harnoncourt, Kuijken, Coin and others; plus other leading names in Bach performance such as Goebel, Hogwood, McCreesh, Mortensen, Brüggen, Pinnock, Dantone, Rousset, Alessandrini and Carmignola Over 50 CDs of alternative recordings including modern piano performances from Schiff, Perahia, Hewitt, Argerich, Brendel and many more; plus 90 years of evolving traditions from Deller to Hunt Lieberson, Busch to Abbado, Mengelberg to Richter, Fischer to Gould, Schweitzer to Alain, Landowska to Růžičková, Casals to Fournier, Grumiaux to Mutter Includes the latest research from the Leipzig Bach Archive’s forthcoming BWV3 catalogue 16 CDs, “Bach Interactive” and “Bach after Bach”, explore Bach’s own influences and his unique impact on the world of music since: from Mozart and Beethoven to today’s masters such as Pärt and Kurtág. Includes unique CDs devoted to jazz (Grappelli, Loussier, Evans, Getz, Peterson etc.) plus the new colours of today’s artists, composers and remixers Limited, individually numbered edition CONTENTS 222 CDs in four compartments (Vocal, Keyboard, Orchestral and Instrumental) Colour-coded for easy navigation and ordered chronologically by genre 1 DVD: Bach: A Passionate Life. A 90-minute BBC film written and narrated by Sir John Eliot Gardiner 2 hardback books: LIFE: Lavishly illustrated biography by Dorothea Schröder (new translation into English), with a Foreword by Sir John Eliot Gardiner; plus 13 new essays by leading Bach scholars MUSIC: New essay by Christoph Wolff, 222 CDs of musical commentary by Nicholas Kenyon, many facsimiles and guide to online resources BWV/index book (each index with specific CD references): BWV numerical listing and chronology (informed by research for new BWV3 catalogue) Alphabetical work index Artist index 6 Track-listing books: Including sung texts (DE/EN) and full recording information plus specifications of over 20 historical organs PACKAGING 2-piece rigid lift off lid box 200 x 426 x 281 mm (HxWxD) | 13.5kg

The key to the success of these readings is that while they are rooted in transparency, they are vibrantly resonant, boldly directional and never brittle. The arias tend to portray the singers... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018

Enregistrement public les 9 et 10 mars 2015, Melbourne Recital Centre, Australie.

The familiar yet unfamiliar father figure of Baroque music: he wrote orchestral suites, chamber music, operas, oratorios and cantatas, a vast output that has still not been fully explored. During his own lifetime he was hailed as one of the most prolific, versatile and innovative composers of his day: Georg Philipp Telemann. The early music movement has long held him in high regard and in recent decades has been responsible for the high-quality recordings that are the defining feature of the present collection.

Запись полного цикла кантат И.С. Баха, осуществляемая ансамблем Bach Collegium Japan под управлением одного из крупнейших современных специалистов в музыке барокко Масааки Сузуки, является на сегодняшний день одной из самых прекрасных записей баховской музыки и единственной записью полного собрания кантат в формате SACD.