JS Bach: The complete Solo Soprano Cantatas, Vol. 1: The Wedding Cantatas & Ich habe genug

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Gillian Keith’s brilliantly light soprano paired with this top-class period ensemble makes for a delightful disc — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th May 2017
Catalogue No: SIGCD488
Label: Signum
Length: 71 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV82a 'Ich habe genug'

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Gillian Keith
Armonico Consort
Christopher Monks

I. Aria: Ich habe genug

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II. Recitative - Ich habe genug

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III. Aria - Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen

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IV. Recitative - Mein Gott! wann kömmt das schöne: Nun!

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V. Aria - Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrübte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata)

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Gillian Keith
Armonico Consort
Christopher Monks

I. Aria - Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten

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II. Recitative - Die Welt wird wieder neu

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III. Aria - Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden

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IV. Recitative - Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen

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V. Aria - Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen

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VI. Recitative - Und dieses ist das Glücke

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VII. Aria - Sich üben im Lieben

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VIII. Recitative - So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe

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IX. Aria - sehet in Zufriedenheit

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV210 'O holder Tag, erwunschte Zeit' (Wedding Cantata)

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Gillian Keith
Armonico Consort
Christopher Monks

I. Recitative - O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit

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II. Aria - Spielet, ihr beseelten Lieder

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III. Recitative - Doch, haltet ein, ihr muntern Saiten

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IV. Aria - Ruhet hie, matte Töne

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V. Recitative - So glaubt man denn, dass die Musik verführe

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VI. Aria - Schweigt, ihr Flöten, schweigt, ihr Töne

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VII. Recitative - Was Luft? was Grab?

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VIII. Aria - Großer Gönner, dein Vergnügen

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IX. Recitative - Hochteurer Mann, so fahre ferner fort

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X. Aria - Seid beglückt, edle Beide

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Soprano Gillian Keith joins acclaimed Baroque ensemble the Armonico Consort under Christopher Monks for the first release in a three disc series featuring the solo cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach’s cantatas hold a special place among performers and devotees of his music. Whether sacred or secular, these works provide incredible variety: some containing elements of narrative similar to the arias and recitatives from his great Passions; many have instrumental movements and solo passages that rival any of his concerti, and are indeed borrowed directly from some of the most famous. Not surprisingly, Bach’s cantatas are often incredibly virtuosic, demanding much technical ease and style.

Originally from Toronto, now living in London UK, Gillian Keith has emerged as one of the leading lyric sopranos of the 21st century. Her superb voice and musicianship are at home on the opera stage, concert platform and she was a regular contributor to John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Pilgrimage and Cantatas series. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, with Barbara Bonney and Ian Partridge, and is a past winner of both the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award [2000] and the ROSL Singing Prizes.

This first release features cantatas 82a, 202 (the famous “Wedding Cantata”) and 210.

Reviews

July 2017

Gillian Keith’s brilliantly light soprano paired with this top-class period ensemble makes for a delightful disc

August 2017

This mini-series…displays both Bach’s special affinity to this attractive subgenre of cantata and Gillian Keith’s profoundly incisive and intelligent singing. Underpinning these telling vocal excursions is an unaffected simplicity of utterance in the accompanying role of the Armonico Consort…[O holder Tag] could be made for Keith as she traverses the filigree with seasoned panache and always gloriously instinctive textual nuancing

Northern Echo 6th July 2017

Featuring the popular Wedding Cantatas and Ich habe genug, this album is an auspicious start.

Classical Music September 2017

Keith’s light, poised voice is heard to good effect here … Excellent sound and presentation

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