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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 14Christmas Cantatas
La Petite Bande continues its successful series with a seasonal collection. This CD includes cantatas for Christmas Day, the second and third days of Christmas and the first Sunday after Christmas. “His vocal soloists sing with disarming simplicity and ease in arias, and blend superbly in ensemble.” BBC Music Magazine “Gerlinde Samann is truly exceptional, exquisitely fresh and uncomplicated - every soprano aria throughout the disc held me enthralled. She is well matched by Petra Noskaiova's alto in the extraordinarily imaginative duet of BWV 91.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2012 *** “With sensitively played period instruments, balance problems are minimal, and the gain in linear clarity and rhythmic life is inestimable. What is more, the music sounds utterly 'right' played this way...This is another first-rate disc in what I find the most consistently satisfying and musically rewarding of any Bach cantata series on record.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach Cantatas Volume 15Christmas Cantatas II
(recorded: New York, St Bartholomew’s Church) “Once again, Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir is the jewel in the crown of each cantata performance. Add to that Gardiner’s dramatic, electric response to music he clearly loves and you have a set that rivals his Gramophone Record of the Year Award winning disc that launched this incredible series.” (James Jolly, Editor’s Choice, Gramophone) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | J S Bach - Christmas Cantatas
"Philippe Herreweghe is possibly the very best Bach choral director."
Early Music Review | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Volume 43
Three Christmas cantatas from 1725 make up the programme of the 43rd volume in Masaaki Suzuki’s and Bach Collegium Japan’s highly praised cycle of Bach’s cantatas. “Bach Collegium Japan responds magnificently to such diversity of expression and contrasting forces. Peter Kooij is particularly striking… He's fearsome in the rattling concitato of the 'battle aria' (BWV 57) in which Jesus assures the Soul the 'Yes, I can smite the enemies...'” BBC Music Magazine, September 2009 **** “From the outset, the Bach Collegium Japan deliver these 1725 Christmas pieces with supreme vitality and exuberance. …Blažíková projects a penetrating radiance with admirable focus and impeccable tuning in "Ich wunschte mir den Tod"… a fine addition to Suzuki's distinguished series.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Bach - Concerto in Dialogo
The Bach Cantatas are some of the composer’s most admired works. In these pieces Bach manages to infuse them with an almost operatic feel. Les Folies Françoises is one of the most acclaimed Early Music French ensembles. This young ensemble of highly talented musicians are currently making a name for themselves throughout Europe. “Both the soloists project their parts well, and the vigour of the instrumental playing is balanced by the sustaining effect of the acoustic. An excellent release.” Early Music Review, October 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“With its celebration of the Feast of St Stephen (Boxing Day), its bracing and buoyant playing from the Berlin Baroque Soloists, and with the sheer delight of the robust duetting between Thomas Quasthoff and Dorothea Röschmann, this disc is the perfect Christmas gift.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 ***** “Performances of extraordinary beauty and intensity. Quasthoff brings to these works a richness of characterisation that connects at the deepest level with these powerful religious utterances . . . this is a powerful experience” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Vol. 18
| | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Bach: Advent & Christmas Cantatas
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV36 'Schwingt freudig euch empor' Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) Cantata BWV61 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) Cantata BWV62 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) Cantata BWV57 'Selig ist der Mann' Vasiljka Jezovsek (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) with Collegium Vocale Orchestra Cantata BWV110 'Unser Mund sei voll Lachens' Vasiljka Jezovsek (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) with Collegium Vocale Orchestra Cantata BWV122 'Das neugeborne Kindelein' Vasiljka Jezovsek (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) with Collegium Vocale Orchestra Cantata BWV91 'Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ' Dorothee Blotzky-Mields (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto) Mark Padmore (tenor) & Peter Kooy (bass) Cantata BWV121 'Christum wir sollen loben schon' Dorothee Blotzky-Mields (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto) Mark Padmore (tenor) & Peter Kooy (bass) Cantata BWV133 'Ich freue mich in dir' Dorothee Blotzky-Mields (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto) Mark Padmore (tenor) & Peter Kooy (bass) |
2010 marks the 40 anniversary of Collegium Vocale Ghent: founded by Philippe Herreweghe at a time when the Baroque revival was still an affair for specialists, the Belgian choir has been at the very heart of the rediscovery of Bach’s sacred music. Abundantly illustrated and elegantly presented, these nine CD-books offer you the entire collection of Bach/Herreweghe recordings. “Forty years after its foundation it’s all too easy to take the excellence and consistency of Collegium Vocale Ghent for granted: back in 1970 there wasn’t any such ensemble in mainland Europe. Philippe Herreweghe, a psychiatry student, founded CVG to put his ideas into practice…CVG became part of the first complete Bach cantata project for Telefunken, Herreweghe, at hospital in the day, conducting his choir in the evening sessions… Presentation is exemplary: top quality at mid price, and a birthday gift that really will keep on giving.” Andrew McGregor, BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 17
| | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | JS Bach: Cantatas for Christmas (Box Set)Recorded in 1999-2000 during the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV63 'Christen, aetzet diesen Tag' Cantata BWV191 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' Cantata BWV91 'Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ' Cantata BWV110 'Unser Mund sei voll Lachens' Cantata BWV121 'Christum wir sollen loben schon' Cantata BWV40 'Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes' Cantata BWV57 'Selig ist der Mann' Cantata BWV64 'Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget' Cantata BWV151 'Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt' Cantata BWV133 'Ich freue mich in dir' Motet BWV225 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied' Cantata BWV152 'Tritt auf die Glaubenbahn' Cantata BWV122 'Das neugeborne Kindelein' Cantata BWV28 'Gottlob, nun geht das Jahr zu Ende' Cantata BWV190 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied' Cantata BWV143 'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele' Cantata BWV41 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset' Cantata BWV16 'Herr Gott, dich loben wir' Cantata BWV171 'Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm' Cantata BWV153 'Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind' Cantata BWV58 'Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid' Cantata BWV65 'Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen' Cantata BWV123 'Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen' |
This box set is a collection of Cantatas for the entire Christmas season from our award-winning series of recordings from the 2000 Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. It features a cast of stellar soloists including Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Christoph Genz, etc. The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloist give their customary brilliant performances, making this release a must-have gift this Christmas season. It includes some of Bach’s best known cantatas, including the glorious Christen, atzet diesen Tag (CD1), the festive and brilliant Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (CD2) , the infectiously rhythmic Ich freue mich in dir (CD3), Gelobet seist du (CD1) and many other “jewels” which glow with that special sense of expectation that is the hallmark of Bach’s Christmas music. Packaged in a clamshell box, it contains 6 CDs in individual sleeves and a booklet with collected notes by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and texts in German and English. “Fresh and incisive, Gardiner’s live performances are an ideal tonic for any winter blues.” The Times, 21st December 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gramophone Awards 2007