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Performer
Gerd Türk (Tenor)
Notes & Reviews:
All four works in this volume of Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan's acclaimed cycle of Bach cantatas come from the second half of 1726. During this period Bach often chose works by other composers for his weekly performances in the Leipzig Thomaskirche, and was therefore able to dedicate more time and effort to those cantatas that he did compose himself. In particular the introductory choruses of the cantatas included here demonstrate this, with their large-scale, almost symphonic conception.
"The real glories of these four cantatas are their opening choruses, and Suzuki is fully alive to their different characters...I found it difficult to resist the temptation to turn the volume up for some of these choruses - for the sheer thrill of it" - International Record Review
"The trio texture of two oboes d'amore and bass opening the soprano aria of BWV 19 is exquisite, their tone excellently matched by Hana Blaíkova as she enters to expand the texture to a quartet.. Another fine disc in Suzuki's ongoing journey, particularly when the forces are reduced to chamber scale." - BBC Music Magazine
"The Japanese ensemble is at its very best in the sprung and textural luminosity of Herr, deine Augen, whose juxtaposition of dance and remorseful chromatic inflection bursts with character. A high-water mark in the series as we approach the home straight." - Gramophone
Recording information: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan (09/2009-10/2009).
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Works Details
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben" BWV 102 - Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
- Running Time: 20 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 08/25/1726
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 45, "Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist" BWV 45 - Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
- Running Time: 16 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 08/11/1726
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 17, "Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich" BWV 17 - Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
- Running Time: 14 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 09/22/1726
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 19, "Es erhub sich ein Streit" BWV 19 - Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
- Running Time: 16 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 09/29/1726
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben" BWV 102 - Performer: Gerd Türk (Tenor)
- Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
- Running Time: 20 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 08/25/1726
