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Offer,Bach Cantatas Volume 1

Cantatas for the Feast of St. John the Baptist & Cantatas for the First Sunday after Trinity

Joanne Lunne, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, Gillian Keith

The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

In 2000 John Eliot Gardiner commemorated the 250th anniversary of Bach's death with theBach Cantata Pilgrimage, a year-long European tour by the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 3rd Jan 2005
Catalogue No: SDG101
Label: SDG
Series: Gardiner Bach Cantatas
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV167 'Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe'

Work length18:13

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Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Wilke Brummelstroete (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Aria: Ihr Menschen, ruhmet Gottes Liebe (Tenor)

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Recitative: Gelobet sei der Herr Gott Israel (Alto)

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Duet: Gottes Wort, das truget nicht (Soprano, Alto)

Track length8:51

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Recitative: Des Weibes Samen kam (Bass)

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Chorale: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (Chorus)

Track length2:19

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV7 'Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam'

Work length22:26

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Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Wilke Brummelstroete (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (Chorus)

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Aria: Merkt und hort, ihr Menschenkinder (Bass)

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Recitative: Dies hat Gott klar (Tenor)

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Aria: Des Vaters Stimme liess sich horen (Tenor)

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Recitative: Als Jesus dort nach seinen Leiden (Bass)

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Aria: Menschen, glaubt doch dieser Gnade (Alto)

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Chorale: Das Aug allein das Wasser sieht

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV30 'Freue dich, erlöste Schar'

Work length32:54

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Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Wilke Brummelstroete (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Part I: Freue dich, erloste Schar (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Wir haben Rast (Bass)

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Part I: Aria: Gelobet sei Gott, gelobet sein Name (Bass)

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Part I: Recitative: Der Herold kommt und meldt den Konig an (Alto)

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Part I: Aria: Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Sunder (Alto)

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Part I: Chorale: Eine Stimme lasst sich horen (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: So bist du denn, mein Heil, bedacht (Bass)

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Part II: Aria: Ich will nun hassen (Bass)

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Part II: Recitative: Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand (Soprano)

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Part II: Aria: Eilt, ihr Stunden, kommt herbei (Soprano)

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Part II: Recitative: Geduld, der angenehme Tag (Tenor)

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Part II: Freue dich, geheilgte Schar (Chorus)

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV75 'Die Elenden sollen essen'

Work length29:14

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Paul Agnew (tenor), Gillian Keith (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Wilke Brummelstroete (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Part I: Die Elenden sollen essen (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Was hilft des Purpurs Majestat (Bass)

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Part I: Aria: Mein Jesus soll mein alles sein! (Tenor)

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Part I: Recitative: Gott sturzet und erhohet (Tenor)

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Part I: Aria: Ich nehme mein Leiden mit Freuden auf mich (Soprano)

Track length4:53

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Part I: Recitative: Indes schenkt Gott ein gut Gewissen (Soprano)

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Part I: Chorale: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Chorus)

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Part II: Sinfonia

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Part II: Recitative: Nur eines krankt ein christliches Gemute (Alto)

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Part II: Aria: Jesus macht mich geistlich reich (Alto)

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Part II: Recitative: Wer nur in Jesu bleibt (Bass)

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Part II: Aria: Mein Herze glaubt und liebt (Bass)

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Part II: Recitative: O Armut, der kein Reichtum gleicht! (Tenor)

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Part II: Chorale: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Chorus)

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV39 'Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot'

Work length21:00

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Gillian Keith (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Wilke Brummelstroete (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Part I: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Der reiche Gott wirft seinen Uberfluss (Bass)

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Part I: Aria: Seinem Schopfer noch auf Erden (Alto)

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Part II: Aria: Wohlzutun und mitzuteilen vergesset nicht (Bass)

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Part II: Aria: Hochster, was ich habe (Soprano)

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Part II: Recitative: Wie soll ich dir, o Herr! (Alto)

Track length1:36

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Part II: Chorale: Selig sind, die aus Erbarmen (Chorus)

Track length1:12

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV20 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'

Work length23:48

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Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Wilke Brummelstroete (alto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Part I: Chorale: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Kein Ungluck ist in aller Welt zu finden (Tenor)

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Part I: Aria: Ewigkeit, du machst mir bange (Tenor)

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Part I: Recitative: Gesetzt, es dau'rte der Verdammten Qual (Bass)

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Part I: Aria: Gott ist gerecht in seinen Werken (Bass)

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Part I: Aria: O Mensch, errette deine Seele (Alto)

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Part I: Chorale: Solang ein Gott im Himmel lebt (Chorus)

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Part II: Aria: Wacht auf, wacht auf, verlornen Schafe (Bass)

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Part II: Recitative: Verlass, o Mensch, die Wollust dieser Welt (Alto)

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Part II: Duet: O Menschenkind, hor auf geschwind (Alto, Tenor)

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Part II: Chorale: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (Chorus)

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The first issue in the long-awaited series of live recordings, made on the artists’ Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000. The cantatas were performed on the feast days for which they were written and this series will be the first to reflect those couplings. The 2CD set is sumptuously packaged in a beautiful case-bound book, with stunning cover photos by Steve McCurry, detailed programme notes adapted from John Eliot Gardiner’s Pilgrimage Journal, and full sung texts and translations.

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In 2000 John Eliot Gardiner commemorated the 250th anniversary of Bach's death with theBach Cantata Pilgrimage, a year-long European tour by the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir that presented all of Bach's extant cantatas on the appropriate liturgical feast days. Here are the first two instalments of the complete cycle.
Soli Deo Gloria's presentation is first class. The CDs are cased in a handsomely designed hardbound book, complete with texts, translations and Gardiner's extensive, informative notes based on a journal he kept during the pilgrimage.
The interpretations are consistently fine – often superb, in fact – with surprisingly few wrong steps or disappointments, especially given the unusually gruelling performance schedule that produced them. Among the many mind-blowing, beautiful moments is the deliciously syncopated contralto aria from No 30, sung with poise by Wilke te Brummelstroete and graced by playing of magical delicacy from the EBS. And there's the extraordinary opening chorus of No 8, with its seemingly endless melodic tendrils, chiming flute part and plucked strings, sounding like a celestial dance. Special mention must be made of the artistry of tenor Mark Padmore, who maintains his sweet, ringingly clear tone even in the demanding leaps and roulades of his aria in No 95.
It's in delicate or intimate music that Gardiner shines most luminously, and some may find that he unduly emphasises the contemplative.
His thoughtful, refined approach is strikingly similar to Suzuki's cycle on BIS, though Gardiner's versions sound just a bit warmer.
Although his interpretations offer the finest attributes of period practice – transparency and litheness – there's a long-breathed musicality here that can be lacking in other accounts.

October 2008

The first release in Gardiner's 2000 Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, an extraordinary undertaking - a deeply moving experience that swept up the Record of the Year Award in 2005.

Offer,Bach Cantatas Volume 1

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