Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102
Part I: Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben (Chorus)
Part I: Recitative: Wo ist das Ebenbild, das Gott uns eingepraget (Bass)
Part I: Aria: Weh der Seele, die den Schaden nicht mehr kennt (Alto)
Part I: Arioso: Verachtest du den Reichtum seiner Gnade (Bass)
Part II: Aria: Erschrecke doch, du allzu sichre Seele (Tenor)
Part II: Recitative: Beim Warten ist Gafahr (Alto)
Part II: Chorale: Heut lebst du, heut bekehre dich (Chorus)
October 2006
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“Kuijken is uncompromisingly in the 'one-voice-to-a-part' camp for Bach cantatas… BWV178 strongly supports the solo-voice principle with a movement comprising chorale phrases interrupted by three fragments of recitative. First come two stunning arias for bass, followed by a glorious trio sonata - oboes d'amore and bass - wrapped around the tenor's chorale phrases.”
October 2006
“…Kuijken espouses the one-to-a-part approach in the choruses. The results are persuasive since there is no point-making in La Petite Bande's easy balance between voices and instruments. …a refreshing alternative approach to the virtuoso homogeneity of recent cantata performance.”
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