New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
January 2010

Cantatas

C-1	Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann: Jesu meine Freude - German Baroque Cantatas Vol. 2 [C-2]
Cantatas BWV 81 [16:00], BWV 180 [21:57] Motet Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 [20:58]
Stephan MacLeod
(OVPP - No Choir) / Gli Angeli Genève
Soprano: Hana Blažíková; Soprano: Julla von Landsberg; Counter-tenor: Pascal Bertin; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
Sony Vivarte 627402		Jan 8-11, 2009	CD / TT: 78:45
Recorded at Studio Ernest Ansermet, Genève, Switzeland. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.de

C-2	Bach: Violin and Voice [C-1]
Aria for Bass Hier in meines Vaters Stätte (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 32 [7:09] Aria for Soprano Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Leiden (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 58 [3:44] Aria for Bass Die Welt mit allen Königreichen (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 59 [3:06] Aria for Bass Wenn Trost und Hülf ermangeln muss (Mvt. 6) from Cantata BWV 117 [4:09] Duet for Soprano & Bass Wenn kömmst du, mein Heil? (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 140 [5:44] Aria for Bass Ja, ja, ich halte Jesum feste (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 157 [6:18] Aria & Chorale for Bass & Soprano Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 158 [5:50] Aria for Soprano Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden (Mvt. 5) from Cantata BWV 204 [4:13] Aria for Soprano Angenehmer Zephyrus (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 205 [3:29] Aria for Soprano Laudamus te (Mvt. 6) from Mass in B minor BWV 232 [3:49] Aria for Soprano Erbarme dich (Mvt. 39 [47]) from Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, transposed for soprano by Felix Mendelssohn [6:29] Aria for Bass Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder (Mvt. 42 [51]) from Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 [2:59]
Alexander Liebreich
Münchener Kammerorchester
Soprano: Christine Schäfer; Baritone: Matthias Goerne Hilary Hahn (Violin); Naoki Kitaya (Harpsichord & Organ); Rosario Conte (Theorbo); Kristin von der Goltz (Violoncello); Henrik Wiese (Flute) [BWV 157]
Deutsche Grammophon 4778092		Dec 2008; Apr 2009	CD / TT: 56:53
Recorded at Himmelfahrtskirche, München-Sendling, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk

Other Vocal Works

V-1	J.S. Bach: Die Motetten BWV 225-230 [V-1]
Motets BWV 225-230 []
Johannes Hiemetsberger
Chorus sine nomine
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Gramola 98875		Dec 2008 & Jan 2009	CD / TT:
Recorded at St. Ursula, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

V-2	Bach: Motets [V-1]
Cantata BWV 118 - 2^nd version [9:51] Motets BWV 225-230 [12:08, 7:14, 19:53, 7:27, 8:25, 6:05] Motet Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159 [4:09]
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Sopranos: Yukari Nonoshita, Aki Matsui; Counter-tenor: Damien Guillon, Tenor: Satoshi Mizukoshi; Bass: Dominik Wörner
BIS 1841		2009	SACD / TT: 75:28
Buy this album at: SACD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

V-3	J.S. Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 - Missa BWV 235 [C-11]
CD: Magnificat in D major BWV 243 [26:22] Missa Brevis in G minor, BWV 235 [25:05] Fugue on the Magnificat: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 733 [4:24] Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 541 [7:49] DVD: "Magnificat" - film by Pierre-Hubert Martin
Philippe Pierlot
(OVPP - No Choir) / Ricercar Consort
Soprano: Maria Keohane; Soprano: Anna Zander; Counter-tenor: Carlos Mena; Tenor: Hans Jörg Mammel; Bass: Stephan MacLeod Francis Jacob (Organ)
Mirare Records 102		Apr 2009	CD / TT: 64:41 + DVD / TT:
Buy this album at: CD+DVD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

V-4	J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
Sigiswald Kuijken
(OVPP - No Choir) / La Petite Bande
Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Jan Van der Crabben; Soprano: Gerlinde Sämann; Soprano: Marie Kuijken, Tenor: Bernhard Hunziker;
Challenge Classics 72357		2008	3-SACD / TT:
Recorded partly live in Leuven, Belgium. Buy this album at: 3-SACD: Amazon.de

Recordings of Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach

P-1	G.F. Händel: Brockes-Passion (Fassung von Johann Sebastian Bach) [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48 - after the copy from J.S. Bach 149:30]
Peter Neumann
Kölner Kammerchor / Collegium Cartusianum
Soprano: Nele Gramß; Soprano: Johanna Winkel; Mezzo-soprano: Elvira Bill; Counter-tenor: Jan Thomer; Tenor: Markus Brutscher; Tenor: James Oxley; Bass: Michael Dahmen; Bass: Markus Flaig
Carus-Verlag 83.428/00		2008	2-CD / TT: 152:23
1^st recording on CD of the work based on the copy made by J.S. Bach himself. It is distinguished from the more well-known version by a different text underlay for the opening chorus. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.de

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2010 - July 2013)

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