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J S Bach - Whitsun Cantatas | Challenge Classics CC72290

J S Bach - Whitsun Cantatas

Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72290

Barcode: 0608917229028

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th April 2009

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Contents

Artists

Deborah York (soprano)
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Ton Koopman

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV68 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt'
Cantata BWV172 'Erschallet, ihr Lieder'
Cantata BWV174 'Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute'
Cantata BWV175 'Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen'

Artists

Deborah York (soprano)
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Ton Koopman

About

In Lutheran Germany of Bach’s time, the Whitsun or Pentecost festival was celebrated like other high ecclesiastical feasts on three consecutive days - Sunday through to Tuesday. Music was performed in the services on all three feast days and Bach usually wrote cantatas for each of them.

There were nine of these Whitsun cantatas altogether, and this collection presents a representative cross-section: BWV 172 for the Sunday and then BWV 68 and BWV 174 for the Second Day of Pentecost, and BWV 175 for the Third Day.  As is typical for works to be performed on the high feasts, they invariably display a rich instrumental configuration: BWV 172 includes trumpets and timpani; BWV 68 makes use of 3 oboes, violoncello piccolo and supporting cornetto and trombones; and BWV 174 features 2 horns and 3 oboes, along with an unusual complement of nine concertato strings.

These recordings have been selected from the award-winning cycle of recordings of the complete cantatas of J S Bach by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. The featured soloists are sopranos Barbara Schlick and Deborah York, altos Kai Wessel and Bogna Bartosz, tenor Christoph Pregardien and bass Klauss Mertens.

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