Bach - Cantatas Volume 40
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
…Suzuki's instrumentalists are fast becoming the stars of the series, their obligato playing often in danger of eclipsing the singers whose arias they gild so tellingly. …Robin Blaze exudes...
Bach - Cantatas Volume 40
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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…Suzuki's instrumentalists are fast becoming the stars of the series, their obligato playing often in danger of eclipsing the singers whose arias they gild so tellingly. …Robin Blaze exudes...
About
Although Bach did not compose many cantatas during the year 1725, the four cantatas that he did compose are far from being routine affairs. Lobe den Herren (Praise to the Lord), BWV 137, is a case in point: in it Bach includes the original text of the famous hymn, and also uses the familiar melody in all five movements to a greater or lesser degree. To impose such limitations must have been a challenge to himself as a composer, and the imagination and technical skill with which he fulfilled his task are striking.
Contents and tracklist
Work length12:51
- Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: June 2007
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
Lobe den Herren, den machtigen Konig der Ehren (Chorus)
Track length3:08
Aria. Lobe den Herren, der alles so herrlich regieret (Alto)
Track length3:14
Aria. Lobe den Herren, der kunstlich und fein dich bereitet (Bass, Soprano)
Track length3:02
Aria. Lobe den Herren, der deinen Stand sichtbar gesegnet (Tenor)
Track length2:27
Chorale. Lobe den Herren, was in mir ist, lobe den Namen! (Chorus)
Track length1:00
Work length13:04
- Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: June 2007
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
Aria. Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort (Bass)
Track length3:02
Recitative. Es ist nur fremdes Gut (Tenor)
Track length1:51
Aria. Kapital und Interessen (Tenor)
Track length3:08
Recitative. Jedoch, erschrocknes Herz (Bass)
Track length1:42
Aria. Herz, zerreiss des Mammons Kette (Soprano, Alto)
Track length2:11
Chorale. Stark mich mit deinem Freudengeist (Chorus)
Track length1:10
Work length14:22
- Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Peter Kooij
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: June 2007
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (Chorus)
Track length4:40
Aria. Gott ist unsre Sonn und Schild! (Alto)
Track length2:48
Chorale. Nun danket alle Gott (Chorus)
Track length2:03
Recitative. Gottlob, wir wissen den rechten Weg zur Seligkeit (Bass)
Track length0:58
Aria. Gott, ach Gott, verlass die Deinen (Soprano, Bass)
Track length2:58
Chorale. Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit (Chorus)
Track length0:55
Work length16:55
- Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: June 2007
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
Aria. Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet (Tenor)
Track length4:16
Recitative. Wir horen zwar, was selbst die Liebe spricht (Bass)
Track length1:46
Aria. Nur durch Lieb und durch Erbarmen (Alto)
Track length4:17
Recitative. Ach, schmelze doch durch deinen Liebesstrahl (Tenor)
Track length1:29
Aria. Handen, die sich nicht verschliessen (Soprano, Bass)
Track length3:47
Chorale. Ertot uns, durch dein Gute (Chorus)
Track length1:20
Awards and reviews
November 2008
…Suzuki's instrumentalists are fast becoming the stars of the series, their obligato playing often in danger of eclipsing the singers whose arias they gild so tellingly. …Robin Blaze exudes radiance in the alto aria of BWV 137 while Peter Kooij is magisterial against the lively instrumental bluster at the beginning of BWV 168.
December 2008
Where Collegium Musicum Japan scores is in the reflective gestures of pieces like Ihr, die jhr euch Christo nennet, with its conceits on the burden of guilt for each individual who passes the distressed traveller.
With Suzuki you can hear Bach's heart beat
