Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230

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Creed's singers..[flow] with a delightful ease through Bach's taxing figurations - treating voices as if texted instruments. He binds together the contrasting sections of Lobet den Herrn with... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Feb 2011
Catalogue No: HMC902079
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 70 minutes

Bach, J S: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf BWV 226: I. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf

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Bach, J S: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf BWV 226: II. Alla breve: Der aber die Herzen forschet - III. Choral: Du heilige Brunst, süßer Trost

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Bach, J S: Motet BWV229 'Komm, Jesu, komm!'

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Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227: I. Choral: Jesu, meine Freude - II. Es ist nun nichts Verdammliches

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Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227: III. Choral: Unter deinem Schirmen - IV. Denn das Gesetz des Geistes

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Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227: V. Choral (Vers 3): Trotz dem alten Drachen - VI. Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich

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Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227: VII. Choral: Weg mit allen Schätzen - VIII. Andante: So aber Christus in euch ist

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Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227: IX. Choral: Gute Nacht, o Wesen - X. So nun der Geist

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Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227: XI. Choral: Weicht, ihr Trauergeister

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Bach, J S: Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht'

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Bach, J S: Motet BWV230 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden'

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Bach, J S: Motet BWV Anh. 159 'Ich lasse dich nicht'

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Bach, J S: Motet BWV225 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'

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Bach, J S: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225: II. Choral: Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet - Aria: Gott, nimm dich ferner unser an

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Bach, J S: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225: III. Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten

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In Bach's time the exalted place the purely vocal motet had once occupied had already been ceded to the cantata. But alongside this artfully simple ‘functional’ style, Bach perpetuated in his own motets, with incomparable mastery, the tradition handed down by his own ancestors, as preserved in the so-called ‘Old Bach Archive’.

Vocalconsort Berlin was founded in 2003 and made its debut the same year in Monteverdi´s L’Orfeo under the direction of René Jacobs at the Innsbruck Festival. The ensemble specialises in early and high Baroque repertoire, but also interprets Romantic and contemporary music. Under the direction of Marcus Creed, René Jacobs, Jos van Immerseel and Ottavio Dantone, the ensemble has worked with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Accademia Bizantina. With the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, it has participated since 2006 in the projects of Sasha Waltz & Guests at Radialsystem V, the new venue for interaction of the arts on the Spree. Marcus Creed, artistic director of the SWR Vokalensemble (South West German Radio Choir) since 2003, studied at King’s College Cambridge, Christ Church Oxford and at the Guildhall. From 1977 to 1998 he was chorusmaster at the Deutsche Oper. In 1987 he became artistic director of RIAS Kammerchor, being awarded many international prizes for his recordings. He has formed close working relationships with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester and Concerto Köln. His recordings of works by Bruckner, Ives, Nono and Kurtág with the SWR Vokalensemble have received a number of awards from the critics.

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June 2011

Creed's singers..[flow] with a delightful ease through Bach's taxing figurations - treating voices as if texted instruments. He binds together the contrasting sections of Lobet den Herrn with a constant pulse, trusting Bach's changing note-values to create expressive variety.

June 2011

The 18-strong Vocalconsort Berlin give superb performances throughout the disc, with perfect ensembles and impeccable balance. Bach's slurs are beautifully observed and there's a pleasing variety of articulation in the many quaver/semiquaver runs...In today's troubled, discordant world, this CD can be highly recommended for bringing us the heavenly harmony of a supreme composer allied to the Vocalconsort's joyful singing.

May 2011

The 18-strong Vocalconsort Berlin performs all seven motets identically, that is, chorally, underpinned by discreet organ and string basso continuo...these are well-mannered, well-executed performances, with a close but pleasing recorded balance.

Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230

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