John Eliot Gardiner / EBS / Monteverdi Choir -Motetten BWV 225-231 / Kantaten BWV 50 & 118 -ERATO CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01

01. Monteverdi Choir "Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229 (Motette)"

02. Monteverdi Choir "O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht BWV 118 (Motette)"

03. Monteverdi Choir "Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf BWV 226 (Motette)"

04. Monteverdi Choir "Lobet den Herren, alle Heiden BWV 230 (Motette)"

05. Monteverdi Choir "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren BWV 231 (Motette)"

06. Monteverdi Choir "Der Gerechte kommt um"

07. Monteverdi Choir "Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir BWV 228 (Motette)"

Disc 02

01. Priday, Elisabeth "Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 (Motette)"

02. Monteverdi Choir "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 (Motette)"

03. Monteverdi Choir "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft BWV 50 (Kantate) (Fragment)"

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English Baroque Soloists/ Monteverdi Choir/ Gardiner

Description:

Taken together these motets and quasi-motets form one of the peaks of Bach's art as a composer of choral music. Compressed and complex, they make enormous demands on performers, requiring exceptional virtuosity, stamina and sensitivity to abrupt changes of mood and texture. Bachâ??s characteristically skilful use of fugue, canon and counterpoint makes this music endlessly fascinating, but most of all these are works of emotional power, revealing Bach's compassionate nature, the dancing joy he takes in praising God, and his total certainty as he contemplates death. John Eliot Gardinerâ??s extraordinary technical and interpretative skills ensure recognition of the motets and cantatas as some of the best of Bach. A key figure in todayâ??s musical landscape, John Eliot Gardiner has established a number of ensembles â?? both instrumental and vocal â?? that he directs in a wide-ranging repertoire. Baroque music, with which he first made his name, remains very important to him, particularly the works of Johann Sebastian Bach; he has even published a major biographical study of the composer, Music in the Castle of Heaven. - ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/MONTEVERDI CHOIR/GARDINER

Recording: All Saints' Church, Tooting, April 1980. ? 1982 & Digital Remastering 1993 Erato Disques, A Warner Music UK Division © 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company Made in the EU. Slim double jewel case, 12-page booklet.

Manufacturer No.:

9029554305

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