Easter Oratorio

Bach, Munchinger - Easter Oratorio

Easter Oratorio
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Artist: Bach, Munchinger
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-03-29
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Sinfonia
  2. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Adagio
  3. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Arie
  4. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Rezitativ
  5. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): arie
  6. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Rezitativ
  7. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Arie
  8. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Rezitativ
  9. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Arie
  10. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Rezitativ
  11. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Chor
  12. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren', Chorus
  13. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Herr, der du stark und machtig bist', Aria for soprano
  14. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Des Hochsten Gut' und Treu' wird alle Morden neu', Recitative for
  15. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Gewaltige stosst Gott vom Stuhl hinunter', Aria for bass
  16. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Er denket der Barmherzigkeit', Duet for alto & tenor
  17. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Was Gott den Vatern alter Zeiten geredet', Recitative for tenor
  18. Cantata No. 10, 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren,' BWV 10 (BC A175): 'Lob und Preis sei Gott dem Vater', Choral

Music reviews of Easter Oratorio

Music Review: The Finest *Easter Oratorio* Available
Rating: 5 Stars

As any church organist employed in a liturgical context knows, Holy Week can be an exhausing ordeal without having to compose new music for services! One is disposed therefore to forgive Bach for recycling a secular cantata for the arias and choruses of his *Easter Oratorio.* The pre-existing music was both charming and festive, and it suits the new text and occasion quite well. A genial work, rather than a profound one.

After an initial spate of recordings during the "Bach Revival" of the 1950's and '60's, the *Easter Oratorio* suffered neglect. There have been relatively few period instrument versions, though a fine one featuring Herreweghe's group came out about a decade ago on Harmonia Mundi.

Munchinger's recording from the 1960's clearly surpasses any of the modern-instrument versions which preceded it, and still dominates the field in many ways. Decca/London spared no effort to make this the definitive recording, and it shows in the the splendid lineup of soloists, superb choral singing and orchestral playing from Munchinger's Stuttgart forces, and vivid recording (though the recent transfer by ArkivCD has dried out the sound a bit). Period performance practice aficionados will not find much to complain of here: Münchinger favors brisk tempos, cleanly articulated rhythmic cells, buoyant textures, and properly executed ornamentation. The vocal soloists were leading oratorio singers in their day and knew how to sing Bach idiomatically, if not as lightly as we would expect today. A crisp, resilient rendition of the opening sinfonia gives way to a tender but not sentimentalized oboe solo in the Adagio which follows. The Duet/Chorus, "Kommt eilet und laufet" conveys just the right sort of joyful abandon. Elly Ameling and the solo violinist are breathtakingly virtuosic in "Seele, deine Spezereien," and for once the listener doesn't register the inordinate length of an aria which can be excruciatingly boring in some renditions. Werner Krenn is pleasingly mellifluous in "Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer," and Helen Watts as trenchant as one could wish in "Saget, nur geschwinde." The final chorus rocks, as they say.

Altogether an oustandingly successful *Easter Oratorio.* This might be enough, but this CD also includes a very generous bonus in Cantata BWV 10 (or the "German Magnificat" as it is sometimes called). The performance, also featuring Münchinger's ensemble, is nearly as fine as the Oratorio. Ameling has one or two moments of shaky intonation in her demanding aria, and Marius Rintzler is not quite up to the fearsome roulades of "Gewaltige, stösst Gott." Otherwise this is a tremendously enjoyable performance, and a welcome coupling for the Oratorio.

Enthusiastically recommended and kudos to ArkivCD for reissuing it.
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