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Dorothee Mields (soprano), Matthew White (alto), Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor) & Thomas Bauer (bass) Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe The four works assembled on this recording document by Philippe Herreweghe offer a magisterial
demonstration of the musical development of the Bach church cantata over a period of some twelve years.
The cantata Komm, du süße Todesstunde BWV161 was probably written for a performance in Weimar on 27
September 1716. Its libretto comes from a cycle of poems published in 1715 by the Weimar court poet
Salomon Franck, and was appointed for the 16th Sunday after Trinity. Christus, der ist mein Leben BWV95
belongs to Bach's first Leipzig Jahrgang, and was written for performance on 12th September 1723; it is
associated with the same Sunday as its Weimar sister work BWV161.A third work conceived for the 16th
Sunday after Trinity is the cantata Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende BWV 27, written in the framework of
Bach's third Leipzig cycle for a performance on 6th October 1726; here again the central focus is on the
themes of yearning for death and the certainty of resurrection.
Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke BWV84, is a virtuoso bravura piece for solo soprano, probably written for
performance on 9th February 1727, and therefore stands at the end of Bach's third cycle for Leipzig, with
which the composer ceased his regular output of cantatas. “Cantata BWV 84 for solo soprano falls to Dorothee Mields, an affecting Bach singer whose linear clarity and fresh, somewhat boyish vocal timbre enhances the music at every turn. Her contribution to Bach's playful trio setting with two oboes d'amore of the chorale melody which we associate with the hymn 'All glory, laud and honour' (BWV 95) is captivating.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 **** | 
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Christiane Oelze & Gerald Finley La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe 'Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction.' - Stereophile |
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| | Vida / A chantar La Comtessa de Dia Pilar Figueras (soprano) Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book Paul O'Dette (lute) | Anglebert: | Pièces de clavecin (1689) Kenneth Gilbert | anon.: | The three ravens Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Black is the colour of my true love's hair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The oak and the ash Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Barbara Allen Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Lord Rendall Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Water is wide Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The tailor and the mouse Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Down by the sally garden's Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I will give my love an apple Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Bushes and briars Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The foggy, foggy dew Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) She moved through the fair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Evening Prayer Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Prière de Marie-Madeleine Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès Messe de saint Marcel Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès | Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Barbara Schlick (soprano), René Jacobs (alto), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (ténor) & Peter Kooy (basse) Chœur et Orchestre de La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Chœur d'enfants "In dulci jubilo" de Saint-Nicolas, Philippe Herreweghe Musical Offering, BWV1079 Davitt Moroney, Janet See, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden & Martha Cook The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 Fretwork | Banchieri: | Barca di Venetia per Padova Ensemble Clément Janequin | Bartók: | Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano Ensemble Walter Boeykens | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt Georges Pludermacher (piano ) | Berlioz: | Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7 Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe | Biber: | The Rosary Sonatas Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr | Brahms: | Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Michel Portal (clarinette) & Georges Pludermacher (piano) | Bruna: | Tiento sobre la letania de la Virgen Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Cabanilles: | Corrente Italiana Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Chausson: | Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30 Les Musiciens | Chopin: | Ballades Nos. 1-4 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) | Copland: | Trio 'Vitebsk' Trio Wanderer | Couperin, A-L: | Simphonie de clavecins William Christie & David Fuller | Couperin, F: | Messe à l'usages des Paroisses Michel Chapuis, à l'orgue des Frères Isnard de Saint-Maximin | Dufay: | Intégrale des Motets isorythmiques Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel | Duron: | Gaitilla de mano izquierda Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Falla: | El Amor Brujo Ginesa Ortega, (cantaora), Joan Martin (niño soprano / sopraniste), Iñaki Fresán (baryton) & Joan Cabero (ténor) Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons | Haydn: | Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' Patrick Cohen, Erich Höbarth & Christophe Coin Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Jean-Guihen Queyras (violoncelle) Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans | Heredia: | Salve de lleno Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento de falsas de quarto tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento lleno de primer tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Hildegard: | Laudes de Sainte Ursule Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula Anonymous 4 | Janacek: | Sur un sentier recouvert Alain Planès (piano) String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' Melos Quartett | Jones, R: | Sweet Kate Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Keiser: | Croesus Roman Trekel, Johannes Mannov, Dorothea Röschmann, Werner Güra, Klaus Häger, Markus Schäfer, Salomé Haller, Kwangchul Youn, Graham Pushee, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Kurt Azesberger, Jörg Gottschick & Johanna Stojkovic Rias-Kammerchor & Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs | Liszt: | La Lugubre Gondola for cello & piano, S134 Emmanuelle Bertrand (violoncelle) & Pascal Amoyel (piano) | Lully: | Atys Guy de Mey, Guillemette Laurens, Agnès Mellon & Jean-François Gardeil Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Marais: | La Gamme London Baroque, Charles Medlam | Monteverdi: | Pianto della Madonna Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes | Morley: | Sweet nymph, come to thy lover Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I go before my darling Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Miraculous Love's wounding Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Mozart: | 6 German Dances, K509 Andreas Staier & Christine Schornsheim Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs | Muffat, Georg: | Apparatus musico-organisticus René Saorgin, orgue Charles Boisselin de Malaucène | Purcell: | King Arthur Maurice Bevan, Paul Elliott, Mark Deller, Honor Sheppard, Alfred Deller, Jean Knibbs, Rosemary Hardy & Honor Sheppard The King's Musick & The Deller Consort and Choir, Alfred Deller | Pärt: | Berliner Messe Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (orgue) Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier | Rameau: | Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin Alexandre Tharaud (piano) | Rossini: | Petite Messe solennelle Krassimira Stoyanova, Birgit Remmert, Steve Davislim & Hanno Müller-Brachmann RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B flat major Christine Busch, Margarete Adorf, Roel Dieltiens & Love Persson Roel Dieltiens | Schobert: | Quatuor pour pianoforte deux violons et violoncelle Luciano Sgrizzi, Chiara Banchini, Véronique Méjean & Philipp Bosbach | Schubert: | Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 Isabelle Faust (violon) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Paul Lewis (piano) | Schumann: | Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) | Shostakovich: | String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Jerusalem Quartet | Sola: | Medio registro de mano derecha Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Telemann: | Du aber Daniel, gehe hin Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel La Bizarre Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin | Vivaldi: | Stabat Mater, RV621 Andreas Scholl (contre-ténor) Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini | Wolf, H: | Goethe-Lieder Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baryton) Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano |
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Concerto Palatino & Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe "Herreweghe inspires passion from the power of the minimum dose…For beauty of sound, Herreweghe is your man." Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Simon Keenlyside (Orfeo), Juanita Lascarro (Euridice, la Musica, Eco), Graciela Oddone (la Messaggiera), Martina Dike (Proserpina), Stephen Wallace (la Speranza, Pastore), Tomas Tòmasson (Plutone), Paul Gérimon, Caronte (Pastore), Mauro Utzeri (Apollo), Anne Cambier (Ninfa), Yann Beuron, John Bowen, René Linnenbank (Pastori, Spiriti) Trisha Brown Company
Concerto Vocale, Collegium Vocale Gent, René Jacobs First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels on 13 May 1998, this production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo seen
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A.Mellon, G.Laurens, V.Darras, H.Crook, W.Kendall, P.Kooy & D.Thomas La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse, Philippe Herreweghe | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Bernarda Fink, Veronica Cangemi, RIAS-Kammerchor, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln/René Jacobs, Michel Portal, Andreas Staier, Rosa Mannion, Birgit Remmert, James Taylor, Cornelius Hauptmann, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe, Frank Braley, The Eroica Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet, Freiburger Barockorchester, Jean-Guihen Queyras, RIAS-Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Simon Keenlyside, Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Lorenzo Regazzo, Angelika Kirchschlager, Marie McLaughlin, Kobie van Rensburg, Antonio Abete, Nuria Rial Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gramophone Awards 2004
