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This is volume 13 of this edition and celebrates Easter with Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 and the Cantata for Easter Monday. "His vocal soloists sing with disarming simplicity and ease in arias and blend superbly in ensemble. A rare treat, Kuijken - and Bach - at their very best." BBC Music Magazine.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV 249, "Easter Oratorio"
Sinfonia
Adagio
Kommt, eilet und laufet (Chorus)
Recitative: O kalter Manner Sinn! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Aria: Seele, deine Spezereien (Soprano)
Recitative: Hier ist die Gruft (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Aria: Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer (Tenor)
Recitative: Indessen seufzen wir (Soprano, Alto)
Aria: Saget, saget mit geschwinde (Soprano, Alto)
Recitative: Wir sind erfreut (Bass)
Preis und Dank (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6
Bleib bei uns (Chorus)
Aria: Hochgelobter Gottessohn (Alto)
Chorale: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (Soprano)
Recitative: Es hat die Dunkelheit (Bass)
Aria: Jesus, lass uns auf dich sehen (Tenor)
Chorale: Beweis dein Macht, Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus)
August 2011
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“Kuijken generates a strong sense of excitement from the start of excitement from the start with a fast tempo and bold, sometimes brash, trumpets above strings and oboes...'Seele, deine Spezereien', the constrained ecstasy of the soprano's realisation of the resurrection, is beautifully done - unusually slow, flute obbligato exquisitely shaped above Yeree Suh's guileless sound.”
July 2011
“the ensemble sound has a coherence probably unprecedented on record: these are chamber music performanes and derive their most important musical insights from their rather egalitarian conception...The strength of Kuijken's approach lies precisely in its humility - other performers may achieve greater brilliance but it is in their sheer eloquence that Kuijken's realizations of Bach's cantatas surpass their current rivals.”
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