Bach, J.S.: Early Cantatas, Vol. 1 (Bwv 4, 106, 131, 196)

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Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 (more info)
Performed by: English Baroque Soloists Stuttgart Bach Collegium
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Thomas Hengelbrock Helmuth Rilling John Eliot Gardiner
Hans Jorg Mammel, tenor
Jane Rogers, viola
Anthony Robson, oboe
Peter Harvey, bass
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Peter Schreier, tenor
Christoph Genz, tenor
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Wolfgang Schone, baritone
Marion Margarett Scott, recorder
Andrew Watts, bassoon
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Clare Salaman, viola
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass
Franz-Josef Selig, bass
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Charles Daniels, tenor


1.   Sinfonia - 1:14
2.   Versus 1: Christ lag in Todes Banden (Chorus) - 4:27
3.   Versus 2: Duet: Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (Soprano, Alto) - 4:24
4.   Versus 3: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn (Tenor) - 2:01
5.   Versus 4: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg (Chorus) - 2:22
6.   Versus 5: Hie ist das rechte Osterlamm (Bass) - 3:25
7.   Versus 6: Duet: So feiren wir das hohe Fest (Soprano, Tenor) - 1:38
8.   Versus 7: Chorale: Wir essen und leben wohl (Chorus) - 1:18


Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: John Eliot Gardiner Daniel Taylor
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Jane Rogers, viola
Anthony Robson, oboe
William Towers, counter-tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Marion Margarett Scott, recorder
Andrew Watts, bassoon
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Clare Salaman, viola
Jan Kobow, tenor
Kobie van Rensburg, tenor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor


9.   Sinfonia: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Chorus) - 2:31
10.   Sinfonia: Herr, hore meine Stimme (Chorus) - 1:48
11.   Aria: So du willt, Herr, Sunde zurechnen (Bass, Soprano) - 4:33
12.   Ich harr des Hern (Chorus) - 3:21
13.   Aria: Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn (Tenor) - 7:22
14.   Israel, hoffe auf den Herrn (Chorus) - 3:50


Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, "Actus tragicus" (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Jane Rogers, viola
Anthony Robson, oboe
Peter Harvey, bass
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Ian Honeyman, tenor
Marion Margarett Scott, recorder
Andrew Watts, bassoon
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Clare Salaman, viola
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor


15.   Sonatina: Molto adagio - 2:43
16.   Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit. (Chorus) - 1:44
17.   Aria: Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken (Tenor) - 2:07
18.   Aria: Bestelle dein Haus (Bass) - 1:10
19.   Es ist der alte Bund (Chorus) - 3:49
20.   Aria: In deine Hande befehl ich meinen Geist — (Alto) - 2:04
21.   Aria: Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein (Bass, Chorus) - 3:49
22.   Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit. (Chorus) - 2:48


Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Jane Rogers, viola
Anthony Robson, oboe
Peter Harvey, bass
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Marion Margarett Scott, recorder
Andrew Watts, bassoon
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Clare Salaman, viola
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor


23.   Sinfonia - 1:46
24.   Der Herr denket an uns und segnet uns (Chorus) - 2:06
25.   Aria: Er segnet, die den Herrn furchten (Soprano) - 2:22
26.   Duet: Der Herr segne euch je mehr und mehr (Tenor, Bass) - 2:38
27.   Ihr seid die Gesegneten des Herrn (Chorus) - 2:52

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