Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort
Conductor: John Butt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD672
Release: 2021
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cantata BWV82 ‘Ich habe genug’
01. I. Aria. “Ich habe genug”
02. II. Recitativo. “Ich habe genug”
03. III. Aria. “Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen”
04. IV. Recitativo. “Mein Gott! wenn kömmt das schöne, Nun!”
05. V. Aria. “Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod”
Cantata BWV32 ‘Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen’
06. I. Aria. “Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen”
07. II. Recitativo. “Was ists, dass du mich gesuchet?”
08. III. Aria. “Hier, in meines Vaters Stätte”
09. IV. Recitativo (Dialogo). “Ach! heiliger und großer Gott”
10. V. Aria (Duetto). “Nun verschwinden alle Plagen”
11. VI. Choral. “Mein Gott, öffne mir die Pforten”
Cantata BWV106 ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (Actus tragicus)
12. I. Sonatina
13. II. Coro. “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”
14. III. Arioso. “Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken”
15. IV. Aria. “Bestelle dein Haus”
16. V. Coro ed Arioso. “Es ist der alte Bund”
17. VI. Aria. “In deine Hände befehl ich meinen Geist” – Arioso con Choral. “Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein”
18. VII. Coro. “Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit”
John Butt directs Dunedin Consort, one of the world’s leading Baroque ensembles, in this collection of three of Bach’s finest cantatas. Together, they explore the timely themes of consolation and salvation. Having previously received exceptional critical acclaim for recordings of Bach’s Mass in B minor (which was named a Benchmark Recording by BBC Music Magazine) and John Passion (nominated for both a 2014 ICMA and a 2013 Gramophone Award), Dunedin Consort now cements its impressive Bachian credentials with these three cantatas. Bass Matthew Brook takes centre stage in the melancholic yet optimistic Ich habe genug, with soprano Joanne Lunn joining him to portray the searching dialogue of Jesus and the Soul in the profoundly beautiful Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen. Known as ‘Actus tragicus’, the early cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit is an altogether grander affair. Likely intended for a funeral, it stands out in Bach’s output both for its sublime choruses and its unusual instrumentation – notably the two oscillating recorders in the introduction, which set the tone for one of Bach’s most heartfelt and quietly uplifting cantatas.