Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Marie Perbost, Hana Blažíková, Eva Zaïcik, Thomas Hobbs, Stephan MacLeod
Orchestra: La Chapelle Harmonique
Conductor: Valentin Tournet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS009
Release: 2019
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
01. I. Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
02. II. O selger tag o ungemeines heute
03. III. Gott du hast es wohl gefuget
04. IV. So kehret sich nun heut das bange leid
05. V. Ruft und fleht den himmel an
06. VI. Verdoppelt euch demnach, ihr heissen andachtsflammen
07. VII. Hochster schau in gnaden an
Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a
08. I. Magnificat
09. II. Et exultavit spiritus meus
10. III. Vom himmel hoch
11. IV. Quia respexit
12. V. Omnes generationes
13. VI. Quia fecit mihi magna
14. VII. Freut euch und jubiliert
15. VIII. Et misericordia
16. IX. Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo
17. X. Gloria
18. XI. Deposuit potentes
19. XII. Esurientes implevit bonis
20. XIII. Virga jesse floruit
21. XIV. Suscepit Israel
22. XV. Sicut locutus
23. XVI. Gloria patri
The balance between voices and instruments is about as ideal as you could imagine. Yet what is most striking about this recording is how Tournet presents an identity for his ensemble: controlled – but not controlling – tempos lay the ground for unmannered shaping, poised and elongated vocal lines, and all assisted greatly by an ‘orchestral’ sound that is confidently full but never forced.