Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Ilse Eerens, Michael Chance, Markus Schäfer, David Wilson-Johnson, Pieter-Jan Belder, Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra: Orchestra of the 18th Century
Conductor: Frans Brüggen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Glossa
Catalogue: GCD921115
Release: 2012
Size: 247 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35
01. Concerto
Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
02. II. Largo
Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35
03. Sinfonia
Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV 249, “Easter Oratorio”
04. Sinfonia
05. Adagio
06. Kommt, eilet und laufet (Chorus)
07. Recitative: O kalter Manner Sinn! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
08. Aria: Seele, deine Spezereien (Soprano)
09. Recitative: Hier ist die Gruft (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
10. Aria: Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer (Tenor)
11. Recitative: Indessen seufzen wir (Soprano, Alto)
12. Aria: Saget, saget mit geschwinde (Soprano, Alto)
13. Recitative: Wir sind erfreut (Bass)
14. Preis und Dank (Chorus)
Remaining faithful to their tradition of making live recordings during the course of their concert tours, Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century now present Bach’s Easter Oratorio from spring last year. With Ilse Eerens, Michael Chance, Markus Schäfer and David Wilson-Johnson as the vocal soloists, and with the faithful Cappella Amsterdam responsible for the choruses, Brüggen and his legendary ensemble once again demonstrate why they have been – and continue to be – one of the pillars of the historically informed performance movement, which has so radically changed the way of hearing music composed before 1800.
On the other hand, Brüggen has never championed the one voice-per-part practice – which reduces choral interventions to their minimum form of expression; for which his version of the Easter Oratorio, like with his recent recordings of the Mass in B minor and the St John Passion, provides a set of contrasts in tone colours highlighting the essential beauty of the composition.