Bach: Cantatas for Alto

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Philippe Herreweghe (Conductor), Andreas Scholl (Performer), Collegium Vocale (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andreas Scholl, Collegium Vocale
• Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B000026CSF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #547,730 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aria: Vergnugte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust! (BWV 170)

2. Cantatas for solo alto: Die Welt, das Sundenhaus

3. Aria: Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen

4. Cantatas for solo alto: Wer sollte sich demnach

5. Aria: Mir ekelt mehr zu leben

6. Aria: Wilderstehe doch de Sunde (BWV 54)

7. Cantatas for solo alto: Die Art verruchter Sunden

8. Aria: Wer Sunde tut, der ist vom Teufel

9. Cantatas for solo alto: Conerto (BWV 35)

10. Aria: Geist und Seele wird verwirret

11. Cantatas for solo alto: Ich wundre mich

12. Aria: Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!

13. Cantatas for solo alto: Sinfonia

14. Cantatas for solo alto: Ach, starker Gott, lass mich

15. Aria: Ich wunsche nur bei Gott zu leben

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bach's "Counter-tenor" Cantatas, March 14, 2000

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Joseph A. Newsome (Burlington, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Cantatas for Alto (Audio CD)

Bach's so-called alto cantatas have found many attractive interpreters in modern musical history--Dame Janet Baker, recently Monica Groop, counter-tenor Rene Jacobs, and now German counter-tenor Andreas Scholl. Like most new classical artists, Scholl is hyped by the record companies in the grand tradition of rock stars--see his Decca release "Heroes," with its sprawling, cliched photographs (the artistry is sound, however). In this recording of Bach's alto cantatas, Scholl proves himself a worthy exponent of the counter-tenor revolution. With a voice of both lyricism and stylish sensibility (not quite Derek Lee Ragin, but who could be?), Scholl excells in Bach's beautifully constructed cantatas. The coloratura is well-executed and rendered with appropriate insight into Baroque practice, although the all-too-common aspirate delivery is not altogether avoided. In general, this is an important release from an increasingly important artist--one can only dream of Scholl's reading of the Vienna "Orfeo ed Euridice."