Browse: Bach, J S - Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis'

These are assiduously prepared performances for those who like their Bach to be skilfully framed and slightly middle-of-the-road. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

The performance by both the vocal and instrumental groups is, as one might expect, excellent. Soprano Maria Keohane has a bright voice and fine diction, while tenor Julian Prégarien can be powerful... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

He plays idiomatically...with stylish decorations. Yet surprisingly he combines his modern oboe with Baroque period strings...Camerata Bern supports buoyantly and though with momentary minor... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The bass and trumpet aria ‘Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen’ achieves a deft balance of flamboyance and clarity, and the beloved closing chorale ‘Jesus bleibet meine Freude’ has dancelike elegance. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 More…

Both of these are Weimar compositions, dating from c1713 and 1715 respectively, and both were later sung at Leipzig. Where No 21 is concerned, the performance history is complex since Bach, who... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…