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J S Bach - Cantatas Vol.41: Solo Cantatas | BIS BISSACD1691

J S Bach - Cantatas Vol.41: Solo Cantatas

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1691

Barcode: 7318599916910

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st December 2008

Contents

Artists

Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan

Conductor

Masaaki Suzuki

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen'
Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'
Cantata BWV84 'Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke'
Cantata BWV158 'Der Friede sei mit dir'

Artists

Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan

Conductor

Masaaki Suzuki

About

As on two other recent instalments (Vols 37 & 38) in his Cantata cycle, Masaaki Suzuki here concentrates on the so-called solo cantatas, providing an opportunity for two of the highly acclaimed soloists of this series, Carolyn Sampson and Peter Kooij, to shine even more brightly.

Of the two cantatas for soprano, Ich habe genung (BWV82) is among the best-known of all of Bach’s cantatas, and was evidently held in high regard from an early stage. It was originally set for bass (and appears as such on Volume 38), and source materials show that Bach performed it at least four times. Bach’s wife Anna Magdalena must also have been especially fond of it: a partial arrangement for soprano and harpsichord was included in her second Klavierbüchlein.

Ich bin vergnügt (BWV84) is a slighter work in which the oboe plays an important soloistic part. Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, the weightier of the bass cantatas, is a meditation on the cross of Jesus, but also on the suffering and need that mankind must bear. The texts, by an unknown librettist, inspired Bach to produce music of sublime earnestness, great expressive depth and full of rich, immediate imagery.

Whereas these three cantatas were all composed during the winter of 1726-27, Der Friede sei mit dir has a less certain place in the chronology. It is in fact probable that it was assembled from movements from various sources, perhaps by an arranger rather than by Bach himself.

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