Bach, J.S.: Early Cantatas, Vol. 2 (Bwv 12, 18, 61, 161)

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Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: John Eliot Gardiner Joshua Rifkin
Anthony Robson, oboe
William Towers, counter-tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Julian Clarkson, bass
Susanne Ryden, soprano
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Catherine Weiss, violin
David Blackadder, trumpet
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Rachel Byrt, viola
Michael Schopper, baritone
Brigitte Geller, soprano
Katarina Bengtson,
Steven Rickards, counter-tenor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
John Elwes, narrator
Mark Padmore, tenor
Charles Daniels, tenor


1.   Sinfonia - 2:29
2.   Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Chorus) - 7:31
3.   Recitative: Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal (Alto) - 0:36
4.   Aria: Kreuz und Krone sind verbunden (Alto) - 6:45
5.   Aria: Ich folge Christo nach (Bass) - 2:12
6.   Aria: Sei getreu, alle Pein (Tenor) - 3:29
7.   Chorale: Was Gott tut - 1:03


Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fallt, BWV 18 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: John Eliot Gardiner
Peter Harvey, bass
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
James Gilchrist, tenor
Catherine Weiss, violin
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Andrew Watts, bassoon
Rachel Byrt, viola
William Hunt, violone
Stephan Loges, baritone
Gillian Keith, soprano
Katarina Bengtson,
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor


8.   Sinfonia - 3:01
9.   Recitativo: Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee von Himmel fallt (Bass) - 1:04
10.   Recitativo: Mein Gott, hier wird mein Herze sein (Soprano, Tenor, Bass) - 5:41
11.   Aria: Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort (Soprano) - 2:50
12.   Choral: Ich bitt, o Herr, aus Herzens Grund - 1:11


Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (more info)
Performed by: Stuttgart Bach Collegium
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Philipp Nicolai
Conducted by: Eric Milnes Kevin Mallon Helmuth Rilling John Eliot Gardiner
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Harry van der Kamp, bass
Monika Mauch, soprano
Peter Harvey, bass
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Wolfgang Schone, baritone
Catherine Weiss, violin
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Andrew Watts, bassoon
Rachel Byrt, viola
Katarina Bengtson,
Christopher Dawes, organ
Jan Kobow, tenor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Adalbert Kraus, tenor
Helen Donath, soprano
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Charles Daniels, tenor


13.   Overture - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Chorus) - 2:41
14.   Recitative: Der Heiland ist gekommen (Tenor) - 1:21
15.   Aria: Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche (Tenor) - 4:10
16.   Recitative: Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tur (Bass) - 1:02
17.   Aria: Offne dich, mein ganzes Herze (Soprano) - 3:33
18.   Amen! Komm, du schone Freudenkrone (Chorus) - 0:59


Komm, du susse Todesstunde, BWV 161 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: John Eliot Gardiner Daniel Taylor
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Peter Harvey, bass
Katherine Fuge, soprano
Robin Tyson, alto
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Catherine Latham, oboe
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Catherine Weiss, violin
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Rachel Byrt, viola
Jan Kobow, tenor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Mark Padmore, tenor
Charles Daniels, tenor


19.   Aria: Komm, du susse Todesstunde (Alto) - 5:10
20.   Recitative: Welt, deine Lust ist Last (Tenor) - 1:46
21.   Aria: Mein Verlangen (Tenor) - 5:08
22.   Recitative: Der Schluss ist schon gemacht (Alto) - 2:28
23.   Wenn es meines Gottes Wille (Chorus) - 3:20
24.   Chorale: Der Leib zwar in der Erden - 1:43

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