Maria Keohane – Soli Deo Gloria (2021) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Maria Keohane – Soli Deo Gloria (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:47 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Mirare

Bach’s cantatas form an inexhaustibly rich corpus of the highest musical inspiration, embracing all the compositional tendencies of his time and thus of his own music. The two masterpieces coupled here invite us to measure his evolution over a decade. In Weimar, with the Cantata BWV 21, we see him in a period of experimentation, turning to the model of Buxtehude to express a vivid pietism. In Leipzig, with the Cantata BWV 76, we sense the mastery of a composer using all his resources in a vertiginous synthesis to the glory of God.

There is no shortage of performances of the two Bach cantatas on this release by the Ricercar Consort and the Collegium Vocale Gent, under the direction of gambist Philippe Perlot. They are two of the most imposing among Bach’s examples of the form, with two large sections, a variety of movement types and elaborate orchestration, and Bach strove to impress with both. Good readings are available in cycles by conductors John Eliot Gardiner, Masaaki Suzuki, and others, but there’s a lot to be said for Perlot’s approach, which has been developed over a deliberate set of recordings of cantatas that have something to say to each other. Here, he chooses cantatas that show Bach wrestling with the contrast of music that embodies the public side of worship with the private, pietistic side so common in earlier cantatas like the Cantata No. 21 (“Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis”), BWV 21. In that 1713 work, Bach gives the chorus a lot to do, setting it in contrast with emotionally intense arias to which the singers here, especially countertenor Carlos Mena, do full justice. The Cantata No. 76 (“Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes”), BWV 76, from ten years later, the choruses are returned to their usual place at the beginning and end of each section, but the range of moods for the soloists is expanded. It adds up to an unusually detailed and musically skilled exploration of these cantatas and to an album to which listeners will return repeatedly. The rich instrumental work is ideally backed by Mirare engineers working in Belgium’s Eglise de Beaufays.

Tracklist:

01. Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Sinfonia
02. Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Chorus Ich hatte viel Bekummernis in meinem Herzen
03. Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Aria Seufzer, Tranen, Kummer, Not (Soprano)
04. Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Recitativo Wie hast du dich, mein Gott (Tenor)
05. Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Aria Bache von gesalznen Zahren (Tenor)
06. Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Chorus Was betrubst du dich, meine Seele
07. Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
08. Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Recitativo Ach Jesu, meine Ruh (Soprano, Bass)
09. Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Aria Komm, mein Jesu, und erquicke; Ja, ich komme und erquicke (Duet, Soprano, Bass)
10. Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Chorus Sei nun wieder zufrieden, meine Seele (Chorale)
11. Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Aria Erfreue dich, Seele, erfreue dich, Herze (Tenor)
12. Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis, BWV 21 Chorus Das Lamm, das erwurget ist
13. Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr, BWV 663
14. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Chorus Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes
15. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Recitativo So la?t sich Gott nicht unbezueget! (tenor)
16. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Aria Hort, ihr Volker, Gottes Stimme (soprano)
17. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Recitativo Wer aber hort (bass)
18. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Aria Fahr hin, abgottische Zunft! (bass)
19. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Recitativo Du hast uns, Herr, von allen Stra?en (alto)
20. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Choral Es woll uns Gott genadig sein
21. Herr Gott, nun schleu? den Himmel auf, BWV 617
22. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Sinfonia
23. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Recitativo Gott segne noch die treue Schar (bass)
24. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Aria Hasse nur, hasse mich recht (tenor)
25. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Recitativo Ich fuhle schon im Geist (alto)
26. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Aria Liebt, ihr Christen, in der Tat! (alto)
27. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Recitativo So soll die Christenheit (tenor)
28. Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 Choral Es danke, Gott, und lobe dich
29. Allein Gott in der Ho?h sei Ehr, BWV 715

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