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The fifth volume of Bach's sacred cantatas performed by the Bach Collegium Japan continues their Weimar survey with five pieces written between c1713 and 1716. It begins with No 18, performed... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 1997
Catalogue No: BISCD841
Label: BIS
Series: Suzuki Bach Cantatas
Length: 78 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV18 'Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt'

Work length14:16

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Midori Suzuki, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Sinfonia

Track length2:49

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Recitative. Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmle fallt (Bass)

Track length1:10

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Chorale Recitative. Mein Gott, hier wird mein Herze sein (Tenor, Bass)

Track length5:39

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Aria. Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort (soprano)

Track length3:16

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Chorale. Ich bitt, o Herr, aus Herzensgrund

Track length1:22

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV152 'Tritt auf die Glaubenbahn'

Work length17:45

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Midori Suzuki, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Sinfonia

Track length3:19

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Aria:Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn (Bass)

Track length2:34

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Recitative. Der Heiland ist gesetzt (Bass)

Track length1:45

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Aria. Stein, der uber alle Schatze (soprano)

Track length4:33

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Recitative. Es argre sich die kluge Welt (Bass)

Track length1:24

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Aria. Wie soll ich dich (Duet. :Soprano, Bass)

Track length4:10

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV155 'Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange'

Work length13:20

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Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Recitative. Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? (Soprano)

Track length2:00

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Aria. Du musst glauben, du musst hoffen (Duet. Alto, Tenor)

Track length5:13

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Recitative. So sei, o Seele, sei zufrieden! (Bass)

Track length2:15

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Aria. Wirf mein Herze, wirf dich noch (Soprano)

Track length2:38

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Chorale. Ob sichs anliess, als wollt er nicht

Track length1:14

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV161 'Komm, du süsse Todesstunde'

Work length19:29

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Yoshikazu Mera
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Aria with Chorale. Komm, du susse Todesstunde (Alto)

Track length5:24

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Recitative. Welt, deine Lust ist Last (Tenor)

Track length2:03

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Aria. Mein Verlangen (Tenor)

Track length5:00

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Recitative. Der Schluss ist schon gemacht (Alto)

Track length2:32

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Wenn es meines Gottes Wille (Chorus)

Track length2:53

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Chorale. Der Leib zwar in der Erden

Track length1:37

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV143 'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'

Work length13:30

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Ingrid Schmithüsen, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Chorus)

Track length1:17

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Chorale. Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ (Soprano)

Track length1:54

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Recitative. Wohl dem, des Hilfe der Gott Jakobs ist (Tenor)

Track length0:24

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Aria. Tausenfaches Ungluck, Schrecken (Tenor)

Track length3:12

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Aria. Der Herr ist Konig ewiglich (Bass)

Track length1:44

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Aria with Chorale. Jesu, Retter deiner Herde (Tenor)

Track length2:09

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Chorale. Gedank, Herr, jetzund an dein Amt (Chorus)

Track length2:50

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2010

The fifth volume of Bach's sacred cantatas performed by the Bach Collegium Japan continues their Weimar survey with five pieces written between c1713 and 1716. It begins with No 18, performed in its Weimar version – Bach later revived it for Leipzig, adding two treble recorders to the purely string texture of the upper parts of the earlier composition. The scoring of No 152 is more diverse, featuring in its opening Sinfonia a viola d'amore, viola da gamba, oboe and recorder.
A conspicuous feature of No 155 is its melancholy duet for alto and tenor with bassoon obbligato. While the vocal writing sustains something of the character of a lament the wonderfully athletic, arpeggiated bassoon solo provides a magical third voice. The accompanying essay is confused here, emphasising the importance of a solo oboe which in fact has no place at all in this work. No 161 is a piece of sustained beauty, scored for a pair of treble recorders, obbligato organ, strings and continuo.
Bach's authorship of No 143 has sometimes been questioned. Much of it is un-Bachlike, yet at times it's hard to envisage another composer's hand.
The performances are of unmatched excellence.
Suzuki's direction never falters and his solo vocalists go from strength to strength as the series progresses. Suzuki makes a richly rewarding contribution with beautifully poised singing, a crystal-clear voice and an upper range that only very occasionally sounds at all threatened. Mera and Sakurada sustain a delicately balanced partnership in the elegiac duet of No 155, the limpid bassoon-playing completing this trio of outstanding beauty. Kooij is a tower of strength, a sympathetic partner to Suzuki in the dance-like duet between Jesus and the Soul (No 152), and resonantly affirmative in his aria from the same cantata. But the highest praise should go to Mera and Sakurada for their affecting performance in No 161. All the elements of this superb cantata are understood and deeply felt by all concerned. The disc is admirably recorded and, apart from the aforementioned confusion, painstakingly and informatively documented.

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