Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra: Cantata Collective
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: AVIE
Catalogue: AV2756
Release: 2025
Size: 2.6 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
01. I. Sinfonia
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Duetto e Coro: Kommt, eilet und laufet; Duetto: Komm, gehet und eilet (1st-2nd versions)
04. IV. Recitativo (SATB): O kalter Männer Sinn!
05. V. Aria (Soprano): Seele, deine Spezereien
06. VI. Recitativo (ATB): Hier ist die Gruft
07. VII. Aria (Tenor): Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer
08. VIII. Recitativo (SA): Indessen seufzen wir
09. IX. Aria (Alto): Saget, saget mir geschwinde
10. X. Recitativo (Bass): Wir sind erfreut
11. XI. Chorus: Preis und Dank
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
12. I. Chorus: Magnificat anima mea
13. II. Aria: Et Exultavit
14. III. Aria: Quia respexit
15. IV. Chorus: Omnes generationes
16. V. Aria: Quia fecit mihi magna
17. VI. Duetto: Et Misericordia
18. VII. Chorus: Fecit potentiam
19. VIII. Aria: Deposuit
20. IX. Aria: Esurientes
21. X. Terzetto: Suscepit Israel
22. XI. Chorus: Sicut locutus est
23. XII. Chorus: Gloria Patri
San Francisco-based Cantata Collective continues its exploration of J S Bach’s major choral masterworks with a third in the ongoing series, pairing the composer’s Easter Oratorio and Magnifcat.
Released in time for Holy Week, both works are lavishly scored and feature some of Bach’s most festive and popular vocal writing. With celebrated baroque music specialist Nicholas McGegan on the podium, and a roll call of today’s fnest early music vocal soloists, this release is poised to build on the auspicious previous releases – a “bold and beautifully constructed” St. John Passion (BBC Radio 3 Record Review), and “an exemplary performance” of the Mass in B Minor (American Record Guide).
