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Roderich Kreile, Dresdner Barockorchester - Gottfried August Homilus: Musik an der Dresdner. Kantaten (2005)

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Roderich Kreile, Dresdner Barockorchester - Gottfried August Homilus: Musik an der Dresdner. Kantaten (2005)

Roderich Kreile, Dresdner Barockorchester - Gottfried August Homilus: Musik an der Dresdner. Kantaten (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 73:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | # 83.183 | Recorded: 2004

Der Wiederaufbau der Dresdner Frauenkirche hat in ganz Europa eine breite öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit gefunden. Den „Klangspuren“ dieser Kirche, der eigens für sie komponierten Musik nachzugehen, ist das Anliegen dieser CD, auf der Kantaten von Homilius zu Himmelfahrt, Exaudi, Pfingsten und Trinitatis erstmals eingespielt werden, in einer Farbigkeit, wie sie nur wenige kennen.

Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln - Dietrich Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas (2009)

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Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln - Dietrich Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas (2009)

Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln - Dietrich Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 343 Mb | Total time: 71.30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMG501629 | Recorded: 1997

Cantatas for an evening's music. Buxtehude's major contribution to mid-baroque German sacred music lay in the Abendmusiken, the evening concerts organized before Christmas by the organist of Lübeck outside the context of his official duties. While most contemporary cantors had to produce a cantata a week, Buxtehude placed his genius in the service of works of the highest artistic demands. Here are some of the most dazzling examples.

Reinhard Goebel, Trevor Pinnock, Karl Richter - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies & Concertos [6CDs] (2014)

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Reinhard Goebel, Trevor Pinnock, Karl Richter - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies & Concertos [6CDs] (2014)

Reinhard Goebel, Trevor Pinnock, Karl Richter - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies & Concertos [6CDs] (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,49 Gb | Total time: 05:20:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 0289 479 2499 9 | Recorded: 1969-1986

C.P.E. Bach eclipsed his legendary father s fame to become the mid-18th century s leading German composer. This wide-ranging collection of symphonies, concertos and vocal works by the great forerunner of Haydn and Mozart is performed by authoritative interpreters including Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert. The evident delight of the musicians in this music makes for rewarding listening … Impressive and fascinating.

MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski - Haydn: Die Schöpfung (2024)

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MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski - Haydn: Die Schöpfung (2024)

Christiane Karg, Benjamin Bruns, Tareq Nazmi, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie & Marek Janowski - Haydn: Die Schöpfung (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 401 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 236 Mb | 01:41:47
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: Pentatone

Marek Janowski, the Dresdner Philharmonie and the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir present Haydn’s oratorio Die Schöpfung (1798), together with soprano Christiane Karg, tenor Benjamin Bruns and bass Tareq Nazmi. During his London sojourns, the aging Haydn was astounded by the audience engagement at performances of Handel’s oratorios, and he aimed to realize something similar in his own work. From the legendary breakthrough of light in the orchestral introduction all the way to the hymn to the almighty creator in the finale, Haydn offers a sweeping, colourful tableau of God’s creation of the world. As such, the work offers the apotheosis of the eighteenth-century oratorio while also serving as an inspiring example to nineteenth-century Romantic composers. Janowski and his forces realize both the Classical transparency and Romantic drive of this epoch-making piece.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - C.P.E. Bach: Matthäus-Passion 1769 (2002)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - C.P.E. Bach: Matthäus-Passion 1769 (2002)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - C.P.E. Bach: Matthäus-Passion 1769 (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 308 Mb | Total time: 101:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ORF | # ORF CD 316 | Recorded: 2001

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, as part of his regular duties as kapellmeister in Hamburg, composed 19 passion settings, alternating the four Gospel texts so that a new setting of a given text appeared once every four years, as his predecessor Georg Philipp Telemann had done. Until the discovery of the Berlin Sing-Akademie collection in Kiev in 1999, all that remained of this considerable body of work were bits and fragments of individual pieces, most of them extant because they were used in other contexts.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 18 [3CDs] (2005)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 18 [3CDs] (2005)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 18 [3CDs] (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 846 Mb | Total time: 03:14:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72218 | Recorded: 2001-2003

The 18th set of Bach's cantatas contains exclusively works of the third yearly cycle from Leipzig. Unlike the first two Leipzig yearly cycles, this one extends over a longer period: from June 1725 until 1727. The works in this set belong essentially to the years 1725-26 and are in some cases chronologically contiguous (BWV 187 and 45; BWV 98, 55, 52), with the result that the original sequence can be easily grasped.

Bart Van Reyn & Il Gardellino - C.P.E. Bach: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, H. 777 (2022)

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Bart Van Reyn & Il Gardellino - C.P.E. Bach: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, H. 777 (2022)

Bart Van Reyn, Kieran Carrel, Andreas Wolf, Lore Binon, Vlaams Radiokoor & Il Gardellino - C.P.E. Bach: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, H. 777 (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 370 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 161 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:09:14
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: Passacaille

Radical, daring and extremely refined: that’s how Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach saw his new path for the Oratorio, after his father’s Passions had marked the climax of the baroque era. Encouraged by his godfather Telemann and liberated from the yoke of the capricious Frederick of Prussia, he found himself in Hamburg with an audience hungry for new music. And he brought them his oratorios, no longer in churches but in concert halls, where he demanded the listener’s undivided attention for sudden changes of mood and colour.

Michael Alexander Willens, Die Kölner Akademie - Johann Valentin Meder: Passionsoratorium nach Matthäus (2006)

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Michael Alexander Willens, Die Kölner Akademie - Johann Valentin Meder: Passionsoratorium nach Matthäus (2006)

Michael Alexander Willens, Die Kölner Akademie - Johann Valentin Meder: Passionsoratorium nach Matthäus (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 378 Mb | Total time: 74:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Raumklang | # RK 2506 | Recorded: 2006

Michael Alexander Willens führt dieses Werk in solistischer Besetzung auf und erzielt dadurch ein Höchstmaß an Klarheit, Homogenität und Stringenz. Ein wichtiger Baustein für die Geschichte der oratorischen Passion.

Freiburger Barockorchester, Vox Luminis & Lionel Meunier - Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt (2024)

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Freiburger Barockorchester, Vox Luminis & Lionel Meunier - Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt (2024)

Freiburger Barockorchester, Vox Luminis & Lionel Meunier - Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 320 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:59
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics

Vox Luminis has teamed up with the Freiburger Barockorchester again, and together they celebrate music for Ascension Day. This topic inspired great composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, four of whose Ascension cantatas have been preserved. The festive and colourful Cantata BWV 128 was composed towards the end of Bach’s second year in Leipzig. The Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 was written for larger forces and ends with a triumphant chorus. In the case of Georg Philipp Telemann, more than thirty cantatas for Ascension Day alone have survived. The cantata Ich fahre auf zu meinem Vater (I ascend unto my Father) was composed in 1721 and receives its world premiere recording here. Lionel Meunier’s ensemble and the FBO give a fervent rendering of this captivating music with its texts focusing on the afterlife.

Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Michel Cantatas 130, 19, 149 (2005)

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Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Michel Cantatas 130, 19, 149 (2005)

Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Michel Cantatas 130, 19, 149 (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 226 Mb | Total time: 54:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ATMA Classique | # SACD22401 | Recorded: 2005

Even by Bach’s standards, they are exceptional. All three of them were conceived as grateful celebrations of the ancient feastday of the Archangel Michael . St Michael’s day commemorates the apocalyptic combat and eventual victory of Michael and the angels of Heaven against the armies of Satan. All three of these cantatas are set for a festive orchestra with strings plus three trumpets, drums, and other luxuries (an extra third hautboy, a traverso in Cantata 130, and hautboys doubling on hautbois d’amour or playing oboe da caccia in Cantata 19).

Joshua Rifkin, The Bach Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach: Three Weimar Cantatas BWV 182, 12, 172 (1996)

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Joshua Rifkin, The Bach Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach: Three Weimar Cantatas BWV 182, 12, 172 (1996)

Joshua Rifkin, The Bach Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach: Three Weimar Cantatas BWV 182, 12, 172 (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 339 Mb | Total time: 73:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dorian | # DOR-93231 | Recorded: 1995, 1996

On 2 March 1714, barely three weeks before his twenty-ninth birthday, the Weimar court organist Johann Sebastian Bach received "the title of Concertmaster." Shortly before he had turned down an important organist's position in Halle; the promotion to concertmaster, granted "at his most humble request," clearly represented a quid pro quo on the part of his employer, Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar. As the principal condition of his new post Bach had the obligation "to perform new pieces every month"—in today's parlance, to produce a new cantata on a monthly basis.

The Purcell Quartet - Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae, Op.10 (1994)

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The Purcell Quartet - Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae, Op.10 (1994)

The Purcell Quartet - Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae, Op.10 (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 589 Mb | Total time: 70:27+68:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0566/7 | Recorded: 1993

The 2nd book of these Symphoniae, written in the dark years of the devastating 30 Years War and published in 1647, stands among his central body of works and holds many affecting and beautiful moments. The British recording being reviewed here presents the 2nd book in its order of publication, which is not structured as a coherent work end-to-end work but rather is organized by range and number of soloists, indicating that each of the symphoniae is a single piece standing on its own. Book II starts with the symphoniae for solo voice, works its way down the vocal range from soprano to bass, then proceeds on to the duets and trios and concluding with a few more ambitious works for a full set of vocal soloists.

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 [3CDs] (2004)

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Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 [3CDs] (2004)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 [3CDs] (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 827 Mb | Total time: 03:09:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72217 | Recorded: 2001-2003

Volume 17 in the Bach cantata series contains exclusively works from the third yearly cycle of cantatas from Leipzig, which, unlike the previous two Leipzig cycles, extends over a longer period of time, from June 1725 until 1727. The cantatas in this volume can be divided into three chronologically distinct groups: December-January 1725-26 (BWV 57, 32), September-October 1726 (BWV 35, 17, 19, 169 and 56) and January-February 1727 (BWV 58 and 84).

Kurt Redel, Schweizerisches Festspielorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Matthäus-Passion; Magnificat (1992)

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Kurt Redel, Schweizerisches Festspielorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Matthäus-Passion; Magnificat (1992)

Kurt Redel, Schweizerisches Festspielorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Matthäus-Passion; Magnificat (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 674 Mb | Total time: 130:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips | 432 500-2 | Recorded: 1964, 1965

Kurt Redel conducts unaffectedly but with passion and is beautifully supported in this with an excellent orchestra and beautifully balanced choir of faultless intonation. The story moves at a good pace as the the tragedy unfolds and is interspersed with some stunning arias, many of them affording moments of still reflection as is befitting for a passion. The singers are faultless and often superb with Sena Jurinac at the height of her artistry, Theo Altmeyer a fine evangelist who knows how to tell a story. Franz Crass always was a lovely, musical singer with a well-rounded, rich voice.

Klaus Mertens, Shalev Ad-El, Accademia Daniel - Georg Philipp Telemann: Passion Cantatas (2009)

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Klaus Mertens, Shalev Ad-El, Accademia Daniel - Georg Philipp Telemann: Passion Cantatas (2009)

Klaus Mertens, Shalev Ad-El, Accademia Daniel - Georg Philipp Telemann: Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen; Passion Cantatas (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 328 Mb | Total time: 69:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | 777 299-2 | Recorded: 2006-2007

The five cantatas presented on this disc share several elements. They are all for solo bass and orchestra, and Der am Ölberg zagende Jesus deals with Christ’s agonies in the garden of Gethsemane, with three recitatives setting the scene surrounding two arias for Jesus, ending with an aria by the narrator inviting all to contemplate Christ’s sacrifice. Jesus liegt in letzten Zügen is a meditation on the moment of Christ’s death. Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen expresses the narrator’s desire to follow the way of the cross in Christ’s footsteps. The other two cantatas are more tangentially connected to the events of the passion, although they mention the passion as motivation for the sinner to prepare for eventual union with his Savior.