JS Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day

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What a swagger Gardiner brings to the beginning of BWV37...Best of all are the ebullient choruses that bookend the oratorio, exhibiting Gardiner's innate Bachian flair, and bringing to an end... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: SDG185
Label: SDG
Series: Gardiner Bach Cantatas
Length: 76 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV43 'Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen'

Work length18:04

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Andrew Tortise (tenor), Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Meg Bragle (mezzo-soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 10 May 2012
Recording Venue: St. Giles' Cripplegate, London

Part I: Gott fahret auf mit Jauchzen (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Es will der Hochste sich ein Siegsgeprang bereiten (Tenor)

Track length0:45

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Part I: Aria: Ja tausend mal tausend begleiten den Wagen (Tenor)

Track length2:10

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Part I: Recitative: Und der Herr, nachdem er mit ihnen geredet hatte (Soprano)

Track length0:17

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Part I: Aria: Mein Jesus hat nunmehr (Soprano)

Track length1:59

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Part II: Recitative: Es kommt der Helden Held (Bass)

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Part II: Aria: Er ists, der ganz allein die Kelter hat getreten (Bass)

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Part II: Recitative: Der Vater hat ihm ja ein ewig Reich bestimmet (Alto)

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Part II: Aria: Ich sehe schon im Geist (Alto)

Track length3:08

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Part II: Recitative: Er will mir neben sich die Wohnung zubereiten (Soprano)

Track length0:41

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Part II: Chorale: Du Lebensfurst, Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus)

Track length2:17

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV37 'Wer da glaubet und getauft wird'

Work length15:19

$6.00

$7.80

Andrew Tortise (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Meg Bragle (mezzo-soprano), Lenneke Ruiten (soprano)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 10 May 2012
Recording Venue: St. Giles' Cripplegate, London

Wer da glaubet und getauft wird, der wird selig werden (Chorus)

Track length2:23

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Aria: Der Glaube ist das Pfand der Liebe (Tenor)

Track length5:39

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Chorale: Herr Gott Vater, mein starker Held! (Soprano, Alto)

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Recitative: Ihr Sterblichen, verlanget ihr (Bass)

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Aria: Der Glaube schafft der Seele Flugel (Bass)

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Chorale: Den Glauben mir verleihe (Chorus)

Track length1:08

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV128 'Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein'

Work length15:47

$5.00

$6.50

Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Meg Bragle (mezzo-soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 10 May 2012
Recording Venue: St. Giles' Cripplegate, London

Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (Chorus)

Track length4:12

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Recitative: Ich bin bereit, komm, hole mich! (Tenor)

Track length0:44

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Aria: Auf, auf, mit hellem Schall (Bass)

Track length3:15

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Aria: Sein Allmacht zu ergrunden (Alto, Tenor)

Track length6:35

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Chorale: Alsdenn so wirst du mich (Chorus)

Track length1:01

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Bach, J S: Ascension Oratorio 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen', BWV11

Work length27:40

$12.00

$15.60

Andrew Tortise (tenor), Meg Bragle (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Lenneke Ruiten (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 10 May 2012
Recording Venue: St. Giles' Cripplegate, London

Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Chorus)

Track length4:22

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Recitative: Der Herr Jesus hub seine Hande auf (Tenor)

Track length0:27

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Recitative: Ach, Jesu, ist dein Abschied schon so nah? (Bass)

Track length0:56

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Aria: Ach bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben (Alto)

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Recitative: Und ward aufgehoben zusehends (Tenor)

Track length0:27

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Chorale: Nun lieget alles unter dir (Chorus)

Track length1:34

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Recitative: Und da sie ihm nachsahen (Tenor, Bass)

Track length0:50

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Recitative: Ach ha! so kmme bald zuruck (Alto)

Track length0:28

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Recitative: Sie aber beteten ihn an (Tenor)

Track length0:43

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Aria: Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke (Soprano)

Track length6:27

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Chorale: Wenn soll es doch geschehen (Chorus)

Track length3:56

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Recording of the Week, Bach Cantatas from Sir John Eliot Gardiner

8th April 2013

As a coda to his mighty Bach Pilgrimage, Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir present the Ascension Cantatas, which were originally scheduled to be recorded as part of the project but had to be abandoned due to noise issues.

Recorded in the City of London in 2012, this album features the missing cantatas from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: the Ascension Cantatas.

They were recorded live at St Giles Cripplegate (one of the original Pilgrimage venues) in two concerts entirely funded by the generosity of hundreds of donors across the world, following a heartfelt appeal from British comedian Alexander Armstrong.

The quartet of soloists include one of the original Pilgrimage soloists, bass Dietrich Henschel, alongside a new generation of Bach interpreters who have worked with the ensembles since 2000 – making this recording a “bridge” between a Bach tradition started 13 years ago and today.

The Ascension Oratorio “Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen” (BWV11) is a heart-warming, uplifting work. Beginning and ending with two grand festive choruses, it is full of rhythmic swagger, jazz-like nonchalance, stratospheric glitter for the high trumpet and vocal acrobatics for the choir.

“Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen” (BWV43) opens with a glorious, unconventional introduction with high trumpets and drums, and continues with a sequence reminiscent of the opera seria of its time. “Wer da gläubet und getauft wird” (BWV37) focuses on the words of Jesus to his followers and starts with a gentle chorus of choir and orchestra of strings and oboe d’amore. “Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein” (BWV128) features festive opening and closing movements celebrating Christ’s majesty.

SDG185 is packaged in SDG’s usual high-quality book-case. It contains a 32-page booklet with original notes by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and sung texts in German and English.

Reviews

July 2013

What a swagger Gardiner brings to the beginning of BWV37...Best of all are the ebullient choruses that bookend the oratorio, exhibiting Gardiner's innate Bachian flair, and bringing to an end a celebratory journey that's ultimately uplifting.

July 2013

Gardiner's performances show the ready familiarity with the music you would expect. His thoughtful approach to detail really shows itself in the choruses, perhaps above all in the chorales, each of which finds its own expressive solutions.

September 2013

There has been an overriding sense throughout the whole 28 volumes of the musicians exploring the music as if for the first time...a kind of fresh-faced, awestruck delight to be experienced round every musical corner. These are performances which feel more as if they have hit the ground running than been painstakingly prepared.

21st May 2013

The standard of choral singing and orchestral playing is as high as always and though I have some reservations about the solo team these are largely subjective and not all will share them.

8th April 2013

Four very different responses to the same festival...all benefitting from soloists of clear artistic sense, for whom personal limelight is never allowed to supersede the appropriate presentation of the music. Not only a fitting end to Gardiner's marathon project, then, but also a splendid way to mark his seventieth year!

Early Music Today

The greatest joy is the singing of the Monteverdi Choir – their chorales are to die for, and the choruses achieve the perfect balance of weight and sprightliness. The solo singing is also excellent...This is a fitting end to a valuable and outstanding project, for which all participants deserve many thanks and the highest praise.

20th April 2013

The final volume in John Eliot Gardiner’s mammoth Bach Cantata sequence is one of the very best...The performances are incredibly assured, with tight, rich choral singing and orchestral playing full of felicitous detail. Several wonderful oboe da caccia solos stand out, and all is contained within the not-too-resonant acoustic of St Giles' Cripplegate.

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