Bach - Cantatas Volume 53
Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
Suzuki's performance forces, 12-voice choir (including soloists) and three-to-a-part violins, are superbly clean and tidy while allowing him a generous dynamic and dramatic range. Highly commended.
Bach - Cantatas Volume 53
Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
Suzuki's performance forces, 12-voice choir (including soloists) and three-to-a-part violins, are superbly clean and tidy while allowing him a generous dynamic and dramatic range. Highly commended.
About
This landmark series is nearly at its end in this antepenultimate recording. The three cantatas on this recording come from the first half of the 1730s and clearly show Bach’s affinity for instrumental colour and expressive melodies rich in syncopation and suspensions.
All three works are choral cantatas based on well-known hymns and are therefore more choral in style.
Contents and tracklist
Work length25:17
- Hana Blažiková, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: February 2012
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
In allen meinen Taten (Chorus)
Track length3:59
Aria. Nichts ist es spat und fruhe (Bass)
Track length3:20
Recitative. Es kann mir nichts geschehen (Tenor)
Track length0:33
Aria. Ich traue seiner Gnaden (Tenor)
Track length6:08
Recitative. Er wolle meiner Sunden (Alto)
Track length0:42
Aria. Leg ich mich spate nieder (Alto)
Track length2:59
Duet. Hat er es denn beschlossen (Soprano, Bass)
Track length3:16
Aria. Ihm hab ich mich ergeben (Soprano)
Track length3:23
Chorale. So sei nun, Seele, deine (Chorus)
Track length0:57
Work length23:14
- Hana Blažiková, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: February 2012
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus)
Track length6:15
Aria. Ich bitt noch mehr, o Herre Gott (Alto)
Track length5:35
Aria. Verleih, dass ich aus Herzensgrund (Soprano)
Track length5:48
Aria. Lass mich kein Lust noch Furcht von dir (Tenor)
Track length4:20
Chorale. Ich lieg im Streit und widerstreb (Chorus)
Track length1:16
Work length18:57
- Hana Blažiková, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Recorded: February 2012
- Recording Venue: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Chorus)
Track length4:40
Recitative. Gott gab uns ein Gesetz (Bass)
Track length1:09
Aria. Wir waren schon zu tief gesunken (Tenor)
Track length4:01
Recitative. Doch musste das Gesetz erfullet werden (Bass)
Track length1:15
Duet. Herr, du siehst statt guter Werke (Soprano, Alto)
Track length5:09
Recitative. Wenn wir die Sund aus dem Gesetz erkennen (Bass)
Track length1:21
Chorale. Ob sich's anliess, als wollt er nicht (Chorus)
Track length1:22
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineAugust 2013Editor's Choice
August 2013
Suzuki's performance forces, 12-voice choir (including soloists) and three-to-a-part violins, are superbly clean and tidy while allowing him a generous dynamic and dramatic range. Highly commended.
August 2013
This is a wonderful celebration of all-too-rare late Bach vocal works, revealed to us by Suzuki with joy and an impeccable understanding of its unique essence.
4th July 2013
The soloists blend delightfully with what is an impressively unified chorus. It almost goes without saying how well the instrumentalists of the Bach Collegium Japan respond. Suzuki brings everything together in masterly fashion...It really is hard to find fault when this music is presented in such an exemplary manner.
Early Music Today
Suzuki has regained his energy and focus here. His solo singers and instrumentalists are in sparkling form, and he shapes the choruses beautifully, alert to the lyrical impulses that glide through Bach’s intricate rhythmic textures. This is Suzuki back to his beguiling best.
