So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. - Psalm 90:12

2010, January 20

BWV 55, BWV 82 and arias

Two Bach cantatas and a selection of arias by tenor Ian Bostridge.

I am listening to the Europa Galante play Bach cantatas, arias and sinfonias. I was not sure about buying this CD but I am so glad I did. It is superb. I am listening to it again and again.

 

Tenor: Ian Bostridge Conductor: Fabio Biondi Ensemble: Europa Galante Recorded: 03/2000 San Giovanni Abbey, Parma, Italy Virgin Classics Veritas: 45420 YouTube: Recording the CD

 

The marvelous voice of tenor Ian Bostridge could not be more perfect for this program of Bach cantatas and arias. Like Hans Hotter before him, Bostridge's voice has a unique ethereal quality, a hollow distance that identifies less with the character and more the spirit of the subject.
The complete review from John Greene, ClassicsToday.com

In BWV 82 … in addition to the transposition up to E minor for soprano tessitura (here an octave lower for Bostridge's tenor) from Bach's 1731 version, they've also opted for that 1731 use of a flute instead of the oboe. Bach himself recycled the piece four or five times after the original 1727, always with oboe except in 1731.
From the discussion on Bach-Cantatas.com

2010, January 10

Amazon and the Humane Society

Amazon has stopped selling material related to animal fighting.

The Humane Society brought a suit against Amazon.com and the US Post Office for selling and delivering magazines and books related to animal fighting. The sales by Amazon.com have stopped, not out of human decency but because one of the magazines went out of business, and the post office stopped delivering the materials.

I would be happier if the sales had stopped because Amazon had a conscience, but nonetheless I am glad that this distribution has ended, whatever the reason.

2010, January 06

BWV 248.6

For the Feast of the Epiphany

 

BWV 248.56 57 Tölzer Knabenchor et le Collegium Aureum Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden Director 56 Du Falscher, suche nur den Hern zu fällen 57 Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen

 

BWV 248.62 Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken Conductor: René Jacobs Tenor: Werner Güra Listen for the bassoon in the basso continuo.

 

BWV 248.64 "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" Münchener Bach Chor and Orchestra Director: Karl Richter Trumpets I-III: Maurice André, Bernhard Gediga, Wilhelm Oppermann Recording: 1965

2010, January 03

BWV 248.5

For the Sunday after New Years

 

BWV 248.43 Gächinger Kantorei Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling Chorus: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen

 

BWV 248.47 Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Bass (baritone): Hermann Prey Eugen Jochum Recorded Munich, February 1973 Aria (bass): Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen

 

BWV 248.51 Tölzer Knabenchor et le Collegium Aureum Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen Soprano : Hans Buchhierl Alto : Andreas Stein Tenor: Theo Altmeyer

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