Motets [Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Rene Jacobs (Conductor), Rias-Kammerchor (Performer), l'Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin (Performer), Sibylla Rubens (Performer), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Performer), Bernarda Fink (Performer), Gerd Turk (Performer), Peter Kooy (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Rias-Kammerchor, l'Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Sibylla Rubens, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Bernarda Fink, et al.
• Conductor: Rene Jacobs
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (September 7, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B00001NTI8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #971,194 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Motets (BWV 225-230): Chor: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

2. Motets (BWV 225-230): Aria: Gott, nimm dich ferner unser an - Choral: Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet

3. Motets (BWV 225-230): Aria: Gott, nimm dich ferner unser an - Choral: Die Gottesgnad alleine

4. Motets (BWV 225-230): Chor: Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten

5. Motets (BWV 225-230): Cori unisoni: Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn

6. Motets (BWV 225-230): Chor - SATB: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf

7. Motets (BWV 225-230): Chor - SATB: Der aber die Herzen forschet

8. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral - SATB: Du heilige Brunst, susser Trost

9. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral: Jesu, meine Freude

10. Motets (BWV 225-230): SSATB: Es is nun nichts Verdammliches

11. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral - SSATB: Unter deinem Schirmen

12. Motets (BWV 225-230): SSA: Denn das Gesetz des Geistes

13. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral - SSATB: Trotz dem alten Drachen

14. Motets (BWV 225-230): Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich

15. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral - SSATB: Weg mit allen Schatzen

16. Motets (BWV 225-230): ATB: So aber Christus in euch ist (Andante)

17. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral - SSAT: Gute Nacht, o Wesen

18. Motets (BWV 225-230): SSATB: So nun der Geist

19. Motets (BWV 225-230): Choral: Weicht, ihr Trauergeister

20. Motets (BWV 225-230): Chor: Furchte dich nicht

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is my current favorite of the many available recordings of Bach's wonderful motets. René Jacobs elicits superb, color-drenched singing from the excellent RIAS Kammerchor, and his interpretive choices make the six motets cogently dramatic and musically coherent. The sonorous singing is radiant, with remarkably fluid phrasing and precise articulation. Jacobs brings variety to the works through discreet use of a period orchestra with organ-led continuo and by varying the size of his chorus and assigning some sections to soloists. The rhetorical nature of the works is preserved without stinting on their expressiveness or intimacy. These effects are aided by excellent sound. Highly recommended. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally sublime!, December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Motets (Audio CD)

These six motets, and Rene Jacobs' performance of them, are totally sublime! My favorite on this CD has got to be the first movement of "Komm, Jesu, Komm". I highly recommend this beautiful set of Bach's works to any classical music lover!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A winner, February 23, 2002

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This review is from: Motets (Audio CD)

This is a great performance of some of Bach's finest works. A real 5 star! I nevertheless prefer the 1991 recording of Frieder Bernius and his Barockorchester/Kammerchor Stuttgart on Sony.