COMPOSERS: Bach
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Cantatas, BWV 51, 80, 82, 106, 140 & 147
PERFORMER: Elly Ameling, Helen Donath, Edith Mathis, Joan Sutherland (soprano), Janet Baker, Sybil Michelow, Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano), Theo Altmeyer, Wilfred Brown (tenor), Gérard Souzay (baritone), Franz Crass, Thomas Hemsley, Hans Sotin (bass), Maurice André (t
CATALOGUE NO: CZS 5 68544 2 ADD/DDD
This somewhat arbitrary collection provides a useful reminder of changes in Bach performance practice over the last four decades in both Britain and Germany. Gönnenwein’s performances of Nos 80, 106 and 140 are surprisingly nimble in faster movements, though he’s not blessed with a very robust choir. Geraint Jones’s accounts of 82 and 147 are rather more reverential and less well played, but devotees of Gérard Souzay will surely want to hear him tackle ‘Ich habe genug’. In the 1983 Marriner ‘Jauchzet’ (No. 51), Helen Donath’s thrilling high soprano and Maurice André’s trumpet playing are well worth a listen. No texts are provided. Stephen Maddock
Bach: Cantatas, BWV 51, 80, 82, 106, 140 & 147
This somewhat arbitrary collection provides a useful reminder of changes in Bach performance practice over the last four decades in both Britain and Germany. Gönnenwein’s performances of Nos 80, 106 and 140 are surprisingly nimble in faster movements, though he’s not blessed with a very robust choir. Geraint Jones’s accounts of 82 and 147 are rather more reverential and less well played, but devotees of Gérard Souzay will surely want to hear him tackle ‘Ich habe genug’. In the 1983 Marriner ‘Jauchzet’ (No.
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:16 pm
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