Carolyn Sampson, Freiburger Barockorchester & Petra Mullejans – Bach: Cantatas for Soprano (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Carolyn Sampson, Freiburger Barockorchester & Petra Müllejans – Bach: Cantatas for Soprano (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:04 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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The three Bach cantatas presented on this album belong to the composer’s Weimar period (where he lived and worked from 1708 to 1717), written between 1711 and 1714. Bach was still a young composer then, but the full body of his artistry is already present, and one can but shake the head in disbelief: where did the fellow find the source of such intense emotion, such harmonic and melodic boldness? The beginning of “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten” (“Yield now, troubling shadows”) unfolds a succession of harmonies which seem to have no logical link with each other, some kind of non-tonality – this being the way the composer describes in music the aforementioned lugubrious shadows. Arias alternately heartbreaking and tender, instrumental inventiveness, you name it, Bach has it. Soprano Carolyn Sampson, accompanied by the Freiburger Barockorchester (together with baritone Andreas Wolf for the cantata “Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn”), lends her voice with dedication to the music, combining the teachings of historically informed performance with a solid sense of emotion, indispensable for such masterpieces.

Tracklist:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten, BWV 202
1 I. Aria “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten” 06:37
2 II. Recitativo “Die Welt wird wieder neu” 00:25
3 III. Aria “Phoebus eilt mil schnellen Pferden” 03:31
4 IV. Recitativo “Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen” 00:37
5 V. Aria “Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen” 02:52
6 VI. Recitativo “Und dieses ist das Glücke” 00:42
7 VII. Aria “Sich üben im Lieben” 04:19
8 VIII. Recitativo “So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe” 00:23
9 IX. Gavotte Sehet in Zufriedenheit 01:40
Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152
10I. Sinfonia03:18
11II. Aria “Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn” (bass) 02:40
12III. Recitativo “Der Heiland ist gesetzt” (bass) 02:00
13IV. Aria “Stein, der über alle Schätze” (soprano) 04:36
14V. Recitativo “Es ärgre sich die kluge Welt” (bass) 01:21
15VI. Aria “Wie soll ich dich, Liebster der Seele, umfassen?” (duetto) 04:23
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199
16I. Recitativo “Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut” 02:00
17II. Aria “Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen” 07:46
18III. Recitativo “Doch Gott muß mir genädig sein” 01:00
19IV. Aria “Tief gebückt und voller Reue” 07:51
20V. Recitativo “Auf diese Schmerzensreu” 00:12
21VI.Choral “Ich, dein betrübtes Kind” 01:45
22VII. Recitativo “Ich lege mich in diese Wunden” 00:44
23VIII. Aria “Wie freudig ist mein Herz” 02:10