JS Bach: Cantatas for Soprano

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Here are performances...to treasure for a lifetime...Sampson conveys a beguiling innocence, enlivening Bach's vernal masterpiece with affective ornaments, lightly articulated declamation and... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: HMM902252
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 62 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

August 2017

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27th May 2017

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrübte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata)

Work length21:06

$9.00

$11.25

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I. Aria "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten"

Track length6:37

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II. Recitativo "Die Welt wird wieder neu"

Track length0:25

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III. Aria "Phoebus eilt mil schnellen Pferden"

Track length3:31

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IV. Recitativo "Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen"

Track length0:37

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V. Aria "Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen"

Track length2:52

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VI. Recitativo "Und dieses ist das Glücke"

Track length0:42

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VII. Aria "Sich üben im Lieben"

Track length4:19

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VIII. Recitativo "So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe"

Track length0:23

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IX. Gavotte Sehet in Zufriedenheit

Track length1:40

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV152 'Tritt auf die Glaubenbahn'

Work length18:18

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I. Sinfonia

Track length3:18

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II. Aria "Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn" (bass)

Track length2:40

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III. Recitativo "Der Heiland ist gesetzt" (bass)

Track length2:00

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IV. Aria "Stein, der über alle Schätze" (soprano)

Track length4:36

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V. Recitativo "Es ärgre sich die kluge Welt" (bass)

Track length1:21

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VI. Aria "Wie soll ich dich, Liebster der Seele, umfassen?" (duetto)

Track length4:23

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV199 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut'

Work length23:28

$8.40

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I. Recitativo "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut"

Track length2:00

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II. Aria "Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen"

Track length7:46

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III. Recitativo "Doch Gott muß mir genädig sein"

Track length1:00

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IV. Aria "Tief gebückt und voller Reue"

Track length7:51

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V. Recitativo "Auf diese Schmerzensreu"

Track length0:12

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VI.Choral "Ich, dein betrübtes Kind"

Track length1:45

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VII. Recitativo "Ich lege mich in diese Wunden"

Track length0:44

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VIII. Aria "Wie freudig ist mein Herz"

Track length2:10

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For biographer Philipp Spitta, Bach's period as organist and later Konzertmeister to the Duke of Weimar (1708-17) was the time of his ‘early mastery’. Nowhere is this more evident than in the small but highly distinguished body of cantatas he wrote there, whether for the court chapel – the Himmelsburg or ‘Castle of Heaven’ – or for some clearly very joyful wedding (BWV202). From the ravishing duets for soprano and oboe of the latter to the penitential strains of BWV199, the radiant voice of Carolyn Sampson and the virtuosos of the Freiburger Barockorchester do full justice to Bach's inventiveness.

Soprano Carolyn Sampson has been proclaimed "the best British early music soprano by some distance" by the editors of Gramophone. A native of Bedford, she studied voice with Richard Smart at the University of Birmingham, and made her debut with the English National Opera in a production of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea and continues to appear with this company with regularity in addition to appearances at the Paris Opera. The vast majority of Sampson's singing has been heard in concert engagements with period ensembles, and by 2006 she had appeared with most of the best-known groups of this sort, but especially the King's Consort, Collegium Vocale, and Ex Cathedra. Sampson has recorded extensively for the Hyperion, BIS, Harmonia Mundi, and Deux-elles labels.

Reviews

August 2017

Here are performances...to treasure for a lifetime...Sampson conveys a beguiling innocence, enlivening Bach's vernal masterpiece with affective ornaments, lightly articulated declamation and a carefully controlled vibrato. Tempos are justly chosen and the appropriately resonant importance given to the basso continuo provides icing on this most delicious of cakes.

July 2017

Sampson is arguably the most experienced, assured and wide-ranging of current Bach sopranos. Sensitivity to the evolving line and projection of text, both of which she manages with warmth and dark-hued reflection, forms a consistent part of her delicate armoury...The resonant and authoritative Freiburgers encapsulate the profound remorse of the sinner [in BWV199]...This is really worth waiting for.

14th May 2017

It’s a tribute to [Sampson's] linguistic as well as bright-voiced musical talents that she is the chosen soloist with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. The German period ensemble’s energy and precision is ever evident

Early Music Today June 2017

The crystalline beauty of Sampson’s voice makes it the ideal instrument for the wondrous language of ‘Weichet nur’ … the fit between Sampson and the orchestra – as she lives in Freiburg, her local band – is exemplary … a gem of a disc

Record Review 28th May 2017

a fresh, glowing reading of Bach’s Wedding Cantata … her radiant soprano growing from the organic opening and its oboe solo … a convincing journey, beautifully balanced

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