JS Bach: Magnificat

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Veldhoven adopts a comfortable tempo with somewhat laid-back articulation for the resplendent opening and concluding choruses — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2010
Catalogue No: CCSSA32010
Label: Channel
Length: 64 minutes

Bach, J S: Cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110

Work length24:25

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Dorothee Mields (soloist), Charles Daniels (soloist), Stephan MacLeod (soloist), William Towers (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

I. Unser Mund sei voll Lachens

Track length6:32

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II. Ihr Gedanken und ihr Sinnen (Tenor)

Track length4:01

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III. Dir, Herr, ist niemand gleich (Bass)

Track length0:32

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IV. Ach Herr! was ist ein Menschenkind (Alto)

Track length4:59

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V. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (Soprano, Alto)

Track length3:23

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VI. Wacht auf, ihr Adern und ihr Glieder (Bass)

Track length4:00

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VII. Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott (Chorus)

Track length0:58

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Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: I. "Magnificat anima mea Dominum"

Work length2:57

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: II. Et exultavit spiritus meus (Soprano 2)

Work length2:15

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Johannette Zomer (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Sweelinck, D: Hoe schoon lichtet die morghenster

Work length1:48

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Dorothee Mields (soloist), Johannette Zomer (soloist), William Towers (soloist), Charles Daniels (soloist), Stephan MacLeod (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: III. Quia respexit humilitatem (Soprano 1)

Work length2:55

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Dorothee Mields (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: IV. Omnes generationes

Work length1:15

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: V. Quia fecit mihi magna (Bass)

Work length1:59

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Stephan MacLeod (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Verrijt: Flammae divinae, Op. 5: I. pastores, a 2

Work length4:16

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Dorothee Mields (soloist), Johannette Zomer (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VI. 'Et misericordia eius (Alto, Tenor)

Work length3:36

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William Towers (soloist), Charles Daniels (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VII. Fecit potentiam

Work length1:50

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Schein: O Jesulein, mein Jesulein: I. Pt. 1

Work length2:36

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Dorothee Mields (soloist), Johannette Zomer (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VIII. Deposuit potentes (Tenor)

Work length2:00

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Charles Daniels (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: IX. Esurientes (Alto)

Work length2:49

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William Towers (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J M I: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe

Work length3:28

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Johannette Zomer (soloist), William Towers (soloist), Charles Daniels (soloist), Stephan MacLeod (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: X. Suscepit Israel (Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto)

Work length2:12

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Dorothee Mields (soloist), Johannette Zomer (soloist), William Towers (soloist)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: XI. Sicut Iocutus est

Work length1:36

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: XII. Gloria Patri

Work length2:16

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

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All the music on this CD is associated with the festival of Christmas. Bach wrote the cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (BWV 110) for morning service on Christmas Day 1725, and the first version of the Magnificat in E flat major (BWV 243a) for Vespers on Christmas Day 1723, seven months after the Leipzig town council appointed him cantor of the Thomaskirche. It would hardly be exaggerating to say that Bach thus presented his visiting card to his new employer. According to the Bach scholar Christoph Wolff, the work is his "first really large-scale and complex piece of church music".

'Christmas was not the only occasion to sing the Magnificat text, however, for it was also a standard part of the Vespers liturgy. This may explain why Bach made a second version some years later (in D major, BWV 243). (...) For a Christmas CD in the year 2010 it is obviously attractive to add new movements to Bach's Magnificat, entirely in keeping with the tradition of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. His own choice, in the E flat major version, remains unsurpassed. By adding extra Christmas music to the second version in D major, however, a new and unexpected form arises which lends the performance a certain topicality. What is more, it gives us the opportunity to present Bach with several Netherlands composers of the seventeenth century. Jos van Veldhoven (from: liner notes)

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July 2011

Veldhoven adopts a comfortable tempo with somewhat laid-back articulation for the resplendent opening and concluding choruses

January 2011

The inserted carols generate a genuinely yuletide flavour, contrasting well with Bach's familiar music...a beautifully articulated, elegant interpretation, supported by a period orchestra playing with a festive sense of purpose.. There are also some lovely soloist moments, for instance Dorothee Mields' pure-toned Quia respexit humilitatem.

January 2011

[Mields and Zomer] both carry their verses with seasoned poise...the sepia-like "Et misericordia" finds a rare tenderness, and "Deposuit" from Charles Daniels is brilliantly executed...There's much to admire in the fruity and vibrant choral and instrumental ensemble of the Netherlands Bach Society.

JS Bach: Magnificat

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