Bach - Secular Cantatas II
Sophie Junker (soprano I), Joanne Lunn (soprano II), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone), Damien Guillon (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Sophie Junker is a personable Diana to tenor Makoto Sakurada's youthfully lyrical Endymion. Best of all if baritone Roderick Williams's Pan who renders the outrageous toadying distinctly palatable....
Bach - Secular Cantatas II
Sophie Junker (soprano I), Joanne Lunn (soprano II), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone), Damien Guillon (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Sophie Junker is a personable Diana to tenor Makoto Sakurada's youthfully lyrical Endymion. Best of all if baritone Roderick Williams's Pan who renders the outrageous toadying distinctly palatable....
About
Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki present their long-awaited second volume of secular cantatas by J.S. Bach.
The “Hunt Cantata”, composed in 1713, is the oldest of his secular cantatas. The libretto includes a dramatic plot in which four divinities from ancient mythology appear.
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht was intended for the 1719 New Year celebrations in Köthen. The cantata is set as a dialogue between Time (tenor) and Divine Providence (alto), who in the final movement are joined by a chorus wishing ‘glückseligen Zeiten’ (‘joyous times’)
Contents and tracklist
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: July 2011
- Recording Venue: MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya, Japan
- Sophie Junker, Joanne Lunn, Makoto Sakurada, Roderick Williams
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: July 2011
- Recording Venue: MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya, Japan
- Damien Guillon, Makoto Sakurada
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: July 2011
- Recording Venue: MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya, Japan
Awards and reviews
October 2012
Sophie Junker is a personable Diana to tenor Makoto Sakurada's youthfully lyrical Endymion. Best of all if baritone Roderick Williams's Pan who renders the outrageous toadying distinctly palatable. Suzuki shapes everything with his trademark light touch, if he's sometimes inclined to under-characterise the drama.
Awards Issue 2012
brilliantly caught, from the casting of the four characters to the expectional continuo work, led by Suzuki himself. Makoto Sakurada (as Endymion) conveys the ensnaring potential of love with friendly caution, while Pan (the ever-communicative Roderick Williams) delivers the first feel-good excursion in celebrating our Prince as Pan of his country.
