CPE Bach: Magnificat

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a fine reconstruction of the second half of a concert [CPE Bach] conducted in Hamburg on Palm Sunday, 1786. So vivacious is the choral singing and orchestral playing under Hans-Chrisoph Rademann... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: HMC902167
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 55 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

10th February 2014
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Bach, C P E: Magnificat in D, Wq. 215 (H772)

Work length37:38

$9.00

$11.25

1. Chor. Magnificat anima mea Dominum

Track length2:53

$1.00

$1.25

2. Arie. Quia respexit humilitatem (S)

Track length5:30

$1.00

$1.25

3. Arie. Quia fecit mihi magna (T)

Track length3:59

$1.00

$1.25

4. Chor. Et misericordia eius

Track length4:00

$1.00

$1.25

5. Arie. Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo (B)

Track length3:37

$1.00

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6. Duett. Deposuit potentes de sede (A, T)

Track length5:52

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7. Arie. Suscepit Israel puerum suum (A)

Track length4:42

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8. Chor. Gloria Patri et Filio

Track length1:50

$1.00

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9. Chor. Sicut erat in principio

Track length5:15

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Bach, C P E: Heilig (Te Deum Laudamus), Wq. 217 (H778)

Work length7:40

$2.00

$2.50

1. Ariette. Herr, wert, daß Scharen der Engel (A)

Track length1:44

$1.00

$1.25

2. Chor der Engel und Völker. Heilig, heilig, heilig ist Gott

Track length5:56

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Bach, C P E: Symphony in D major, Wq. 183 / 1 (H663)

Work length10:12

$3.00

$3.75

I. Allegro di molto

Track length5:47

$1.00

$1.25

II. Largo

Track length1:34

$1.00

$1.25

III. Presto

Track length2:51

$1.00

$1.25

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Recording of the Week, CPE Bach Magnificat

10th February 2014

To mark the tercentenary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach’s fifth (and most prolific) child, Hans-Christoph Rademann directs the RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a ‘punchy and agile’ account of his first large-scale choral work.

On April 9, 1786, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach conducted a charity concert in Hamburg featuring three of his finest and most representative works: the Symphony Wq 183/1, the Magnificat (written in 1749 in the hope of succeeding his father as Cantor in Leipzig) and his stupendous 'Heilig' for double choir, of which he wrote, "It will be my swan song of this kind, and will serve to ensure that I shall not soon be forgotten after my death."

Released to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the composer's birth, this recording recreating the programme of this historic concert confirms the prophetic nature of the composer's words. Hans-Christoph Rademann leads the RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and a stellar cast of soloists (including soprano Elizabeth Watts) in definitive recordings of these fascinating and innovative works.

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April 2014

a fine reconstruction of the second half of a concert [CPE Bach] conducted in Hamburg on Palm Sunday, 1786. So vivacious is the choral singing and orchestral playing under Hans-Chrisoph Rademann that it's a shame they did not include every work from that occasion.

April 2014

Rademann and his Berlin forces make the strongest possible case for it, with fresh, athletic choral singing, playing of crackling, fizzing energy and excellent solo work...This is the finest recording of CPE’s choral masterpiece I have heard....set to be one of the discs of the CPE anniversary year.

April 2014

’Vitality’ is the essential ingredient of the performances recorded here … Elizabeth Watts shapes her phrases beautifully with a sure sense of direction … thrilling stuff.

11th April 2014

Hans-Christoph Rademann gets some splendid playing from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and directs the performance with flair and evident empathy for the music.

10th February 2014

There are some really sumptuous sonorities in this music and the temptation in performance must sometimes be to overplay them. That is never the case here though, as the careful balance between expression and restraint seems very well judged throughout.

16th February 2014

Chorus and orchestra launch the work in exhilarating style, as Bach emulates his father’s trumpety celebratory style, but with Vivaldian panache...This is a glorious disc.

22nd February 2014

The three works featured here represent what C P E Bach considered his finest achievements...The arias and chorales in his Magnificat echoes his father J S Bach’s Mass in B minor, as if emphasising his lineage... rendered with grace by the Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin.

2nd February 2014

Hans-Christoph Rademann finds eloquence in the choral music and lets the Berlin Akademie rip with edgy tone in the symphony.

Early Music Today May 2014

The energetic and committed performances of the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin and the RIAS Kammerchor under Hans-Christoph Rademann make this music a joy to listen to ... an excellent introduction to C.P.E Bach’s work.

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