Cantatas 140 & 147

Bach (Artist), Gardiner (Artist), Monteverdi Choir (Artist), Ebs (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000057DZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Chorale: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

2. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Recitative: Er Kommt, er kommt, der Braut'gam kommt!

3. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Aria Duet: Wenn kommst du, mein Heil? (Adagio)

4. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Chorale: Zion hort die Wachter singen

5. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Recitative: So geh herein zu mir

6. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Aria Duet: Mein Freund ist mein

7. Cantata For The 27th Sunday After Trinity: Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen

8. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part One: Chorus: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

9. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part One: Recitative: Gebenedeiter Mund!

10. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part One: Aria: Schame dich, o Seele, nicht

11. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part One: Recitative: Verstockung kann Gewaltige verblenden

12. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part One: Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn

13. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part One: Chorale: Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe

14. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part Two: Aria: Hilf, Jesu, hilf, dass ich auch dich bekenne

15. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part Two: Recitative: Der hochsten Allmacht Wunderhand

16. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part Two: Aria: Ich will von Jesu Wunder singen

17. For The Feast Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Part Two: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

Customer Reviews

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best Bach Cantatas recordings, November 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cantatas 140 & 147 (Audio CD)

A very soft and delicate version of the BWV 140 & 147 Bach Cantatas. Gardiner shows how angels might have sung in the genious' brain ! Tempo is perfect and allows each instrument to be listened and appreciated. Soloists and concertists are equally right in their interpretation. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to discover Bach cantatas as well to good connaisseurs of this music.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MEJOR, KARL RICHTER., May 3, 2000

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Francisco J. Muñoz (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cantatas 140 & 147 (Audio CD)

La lectura que hace Gardiner en estas dos de las más famosas Cantatas de Bach, para mi gusto les falta algo. Entiéndame bien, las encuentro estupendas, bien grabadas, etc. Pero... algo falta, ese "algo" que hace de una buena versión en algo Colosal, la sensación final que encuentro al oír la versión de Karl Richter, es inmensamente superior. De hecho recomiendo a los amantes de las Cantatas de Bach el Set de 75 Cantatas 26 CDS que grabó, Karl Richter para Archiv.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan, February 11, 2008

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George Peabody "Ariel" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cantatas 140 & 147 (Audio CD)

STUNNING RENDITIONS OF TWO OF BACH'S MOST ATTRACTIVE CANTATAS.

Without a doubt these are two of Bach's most attractive cantatas, and fortunately performed by the very excellent Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner, who is probably the leading authority on the music of Bach. The soloists are of the best calabre and sing with great skill and emotion.

The first cantata:'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' opens up with a rousing chorale familiar to most of us. Then tenor voice of Anthony Rolfe Johnson announces: 'He comes, the Bridegroom comes!' A conversation then takes place between the Soul (Ruth Holton-soprano) and Jesus (Stephen Varcoe-bass): 'When comest Thou, my Saviour?';'I Come Now'..Holton sounds so much like a boy soprano that I had to keep checking the line-up; but this partially explains to me why the Monteverdi Choir does not need boy sopranos to get the baroque sound. Their sopranos have light somewhat breathy sounds that lend themselves to the kind of music they frequently sing. These cantatas were written for the 27th Sunday after Trinity which took place on Nov. 25, 1731.

The cantata 'Herz und Mund und......'was written for the fourth Sunday in Advent, Dec. 20, 1716, and is based on the Gospel reading: Luke I:39-56. This text takes Mary's words (Magnificat) as the paradigm for personal Christian proclamation, thus encouraging the congregation to bear witness to Christ freely.

All of this is very easy and pleasant listening. I particularly enjoyed Michael Chance's exquisitely performed solo: 'Schame dich, O Seele'. He is truly a master Bach singer.