Bach: Cantatas BWV 98, 180, 56, 55 (Cantatas for the complete liturgical year Vol 1) /La Petite Bande * S Kuijken [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Artist), Sigiswald Kuijken (Artist), La Petite Bande (Artist), Sophie Karthauser (Artist), Christoph Genz (Artist), Petra Noskaiova (Artist), Dominik Worner (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
• Label: Accent Records
• ASIN: B000FI9OH2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. Cantata No. 98, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,' BWV 98 (BC A153): Chorale. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

2. Cantata No. 98, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,' BWV 98 (BC A153): Recitative. Ach Gott! wenn wirst Du mich

3. Cantata No. 98, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,' BWV 98 (BC A153): Aria. Hört, ihr Augen, auf zu weinen

4. Cantata No. 98, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,' BWV 98 (BC A153): Recitative. Gott hat ein Herz

5. Cantata No. 98, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,' BWV 98 (BC A153): Aria. Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht

6. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Chorale. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele

7. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Aria. Ermuntre dich, dein Heiland klopft

8. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Recitative and Chorale. Wie teuer sind des heilgen Mahles Gaben

9. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Recitative. Mein Herz fühlt sich in Furcht und Freude

10. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Aria. Lebens Sonne, Licht der Sinnen

11. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Recitative. Herr, lass an mir dein treues Lieben

12. Cantata No. 180, 'Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele,' BWV 180 (BC A149): Chorale. Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens

13. Cantata No. 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,' BWV 56 (BC A146): Aria. Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen

14. Cantata No. 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,' BWV 56 (BC A146): Recitative. Mein Wandel auf der Welt

15. Cantata No. 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,' BWV 56 (BC A146): Aria. Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch

16. Cantata No. 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,' BWV 56 (BC A146): Recitative and Arioso. Ich stehe fertig und bereit

17. Cantata No. 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,' BWV 56 (BC A146): Chorale. Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder

18. Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Aria. Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht

19. Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Recitative. Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt

20. Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Aria. Erbarme dich! Lass die Tränen

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OVPP is my cup of tea., March 24, 2007

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This review is from: Bach: Cantatas BWV 98, 180, 56, 55 (Cantatas for the complete liturgical year Vol 1) /La Petite Bande * S Kuijken (Audio CD)

In my comments on McCreesh's Mathew's Passion I wrote that: "I love OVPP performances. They bring out the complexity and flavor of Bach's contrapunctal thought with a clarity and beauty that full choruses never have and never will."

I stand by that comment. However, it should also be said that choruses offer an aesthetic that OVPP performances will never match. I also love Suzuki's performances, along with Koopman's, when Koopman's are well recorded (they can be uneven).

It's really an aesthetic choice and I am not about to play the "authentic performance" card. If we want authentic, then it has to be little boys, not women. Most of Bach's Cantatas were written for boy choirs. Harnoncourt has given us that route, and their intonation is enough to crack teeth. It's no wonder Bach threw his wig at them (true story).

Kuijken's soloists are not the finest on record but beautiful nonetheless. The performances are warmly and well recorded. If you stand between the speakers, you truly feel as though you are standing in the center of an ensemble cast in which all the players, singers and instrumentalists, are playing an equal part. They are much warmer and closer than Rifkin's much earlier efforts, for example.

Buy this recording for the proximity and intimacy you will feel when listening.

Buy Suzuki when you want to hear a chorus. His come closest to attaining the clarity Bach's Cantatas enjoy.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Scaled-down Bach, November 15, 2006

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Teemacs (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Cantatas BWV 98, 180, 56, 55 (Cantatas for the complete liturgical year Vol 1) /La Petite Bande * S Kuijken (Audio CD)

I don't care how authentic it is supposed to be, for me it just doesn't work, for the same reason that Joshua Rifkin's cantatas and Cantus Colln's B Minor Mass never worked. They're just too lacking in substance. There is much fine playing and singing to be heard here (although the solo singers sometimes aren't great), but the lack of a proper chorus, with only the soloists singing the chorales, isn't for me, I'm afraid. The aficianodos tell me that I should be rejoicing in the clarity of lines that such arrangement brings, but give me Gardiner and the Monteverdis or Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan and a bit of oomph! any day. Of course, if minimalist Bach is your cup of tea, just add two stars.