Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 16 - Accent: ACC25316 - SACD

The music-making is graceful and stylishly alive to the spirit of the movements. All four singers (veterans of the series) consolidate Kuijken's supple immediacy in the solo arias and duets,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Jun 2013
Catalogue No: ACC25316
Label: Accent
Series: Kuijken Bach Cantatas

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In the beginning there was great scepticism towards the thesis that Bach’s sacred vocal works were originally written for solo voices. Now this interpretation is establishing itself more and more. With this edition of one cantata for each Sunday and the great feasts of the ecclesiastical year Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande want to strengthen this new approach and prove it right by their excellent performances.

This Vol. 16 of the edition offers four cantatas, one for the three days of Pentecost and one for the Sunday after Pentecost, Trinity Sunday.

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October 2013

The music-making is graceful and stylishly alive to the spirit of the movements. All four singers (veterans of the series) consolidate Kuijken's supple immediacy in the solo arias and duets, but as a 'choir', the balance is sometimes skewed

Early Music Review August 2013

The first of the three consecutive arias has beautiful, lyrical playing… The singer are especially gracious in this cantata, with opportunities for each to display sensitive and lyrical singing… those who have fallen for chamber quality of these performances will find this one well up to scratch

Awards Issue 2013

As before in this series, the distilled nobility of the musicianship is heard to greatest effect in the beautifully turned instrumental contributions; the refined textures of joined strings and winds is often breathtakingly sympathetic.

November 2013

The soprano Gerlinded Samann makes a delightful contribution to her sparkling successive duets with the bass Jan Van der Crabben… she also delivers a refined account of her gentle yet quite florid single aria… Van der Crabben, whose attractive and supple voice was already impressive from the start seems only to get better with each volume. His aria is a high point of the disc from his control and keenly intelligent phrasing.

25th September 2013

In the ensemble movements there is drama in abundance...In arias too Kuijken’s chosen tempi always feel right, while the relationship between solo voices and obbligato instruments is articulated to maximum effect...If a smaller ensemble is the option you prefer, these performances would be hard to better.

Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 16

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