New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Bach's Other Vocal Works

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New & Upcoming Recordings
Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
October 2007

Cantatas

C-1	Bach Cantatas Vol. 6: Köthen/Frankfurt For the 12^th Sunday after Trinity For the 13^th Sunday after Trinity
CD-1: Cantatas BWV 69a [17:18], BWV 35 [24:32], BWV 137 [12:49] CD-2: Cantatas BWV 77 [17:47], BWV 164 [16:16], BWV 33 [22:42]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Sopranos: Katharine Fuge [CD-1], Gillian Keith [CD-2]; Alto: Nathalie Stutzmann [CD-2]; Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson [CD-1]; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Basses: Peter Harvey [CD-1], Jonathan Brown [CD-2]
Soli Deo Gloria		Sep 10, 2000 [CD-1]; Sep 17, 2000 [CD-2]	2-CD / TT: 54:53 + 57:03
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Jakobskirche, Köthen [CD-1] & Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt, Germany [CD-2]. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

C-2	Bach Cantatas Vol. 16: New York For the Sunday after Christmas
Motet BWV 225 [12:59] Cantatas BWV 152 [18:01], BWV 122 [14:56], BWV 28 [14:05], BWV 190 [16:53]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Sopranos: Gillian Keith [BWV 152], Katharine Fuge [BWV 122], Joanne Lunn [BWV 28]; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey
Soli Deo Gloria		Dec 31, 2000	CD / TT: 77:29
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

C-3	Bach: Dialogkantaten / Dialogue Cantatas [C-2]
Cantatas BWV 49 [22:56], BWV 57 [20:59], BWV 152 [16:40]
Rainer Kussmaul
RIAS-Kammerchor (Chorus Master: James Wood) / Berliner Barock Solisten
Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann; Bass-Baritone: Thomas Quasthoff
Deutsche Grammophon		May-Jun 2007	CD / TT: 61:00
Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

C-4	J.S. Bach - Handel: Solo Cantatas & Vocal Works [C-4]
Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 169
Yehudi Menuhin
Bath Festival Orchestra
Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker
Aria for Alto (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 6 [3:38] Aria for Alto (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 11 [7:19] Aria for Alto (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 34 [6:28] Aria for Alto (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 129 [5:53] Aria for Alto (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 161 [6:21] Aria for Alto (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 190 [3:21] Aria for Soprano Et exultavit (Mvt. 2) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:25] Aria for Alto (Mvt. 9) from Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 Aria for Alto Es ist vollbracht (Mvt. 30) from Johannes-Passion BWV 245 [5:04] Aria for Alto Bereite dich, Zion (Mvt. 4 (4)) from Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1 [5:04] Aria for Soprano BWV 508, arranged by Cormack [2:53]
Neville Marriner
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker
EMI Gemini		July 1966 [Menuhin]; Oct 1975 [Marriner]	2-CD / TT: 155:07
Reissue. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. Other works: G.F. Händel: 2 cantatas, conducted by Raymond Leppard. See: Baker does Bach Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [New]

C-5	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 205, BWV 110 [C-3]
Cantatas BWV 110, BWV 205
Diego Fasolis
Coro della Radio Svizzera / I Barocchisti
Sopranos: Roberta Invernizzi (BWV 110), Nancy Argenta (BWV 205); Mezzo-sopranos: Rosa Domínguez (BWV 110), Claudia Iten (BWV 205); Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Arts		Nov 2003 (110); May 2004 (205)	SACD / TT: 57:15
Reissue. Recorded in Lugano, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [New]

Other Vocal Works

V-1	J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium [V-1]
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6
Jan Willem de Vriend
Cappella Amsterdam (Chorus Master: Daniel Reuss) / Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Soprano: Malin Hartelius; Alto: Kristina Hammarström; Tenor: Jörg Dürmüller; Baritone: Detlef Roth
Challenge Classics 76604		Sep 24-30, Oct 15 2006	2-CD / TT: 138:66
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

V-2	Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Arnold Schoenberg Chor / Concentus Musicus Wien
Soprano: Christine Schäfer; Alto: Bernarda Fink; Tenor: Werner Güra; Basses: Gerald Finley, Christian Gerhaher
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi		Dec 7-11, 2006	2-SACD / TT: 148:38
3^rd recording of Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 by N. Harnoncourt. Recorded live at Musikverein, Vienna, Austria. See: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 - conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (September 2007 - May 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Riccardo Nughes (September 2007)

Last update: ‎May 9, 2008 ‎17:03:26