Bach: Sacred Arias & Cantatas
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Composer: Johann Sebastian BachConductor: Harry Bicket
Performer: David Daniels
Performer: Guy Williams
Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk
Performer: Hannah McLaughlin
Performer: Katharina Spreckelsen
Orchestra: English Concert
Performer: Nadja Zwiener
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Music Label: Virgin Classics
Soundtracks:
- Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Qui sedes
- Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Agnus Dei
- St. John Passion BWV 245 - "Von den Stricken"
- St. John Passion BWV 245 - "Es ist Vollbracht"
- St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - "Du lieber Heiland du... Buss' und Reu'"
- St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - "Du lieber Heiland du... Buss' und Reu'"
- St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - "Erbarme dich"
- St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - "Erbarm'es Gott!... K?nnen Tr?nen"
- . St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - "Erbarm'es Gott!... K?nnen Tr?nen"
- Cantata "Ich habe genug" BWV 82a - "Ich habe Genug"
- Cantata "Ich habe genug" BWV 82a - "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen"
- Cantata "Vergn?gte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170 - "Vergn?gte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust"
- Cantata "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208 - "Schafe k?nnen sicher weiden"
Music reviews of Bach: Sacred Arias & Cantatas
Music Review: A Very Pleasant Surprise
Rating: 5 Stars
I've seen Daniels twice on stage, once in Handel's Giulio Cesare, and more recently in Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice, both at the Met. Now I like Handel as much as the next guy, but his operas can get a little tedious. As for the Gluck, Daniels had stepped up to take over the part when the scheduled singer, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, had sadly passed away. I thought he was OK, but his voice didn't fill that big room and I left with the desire to hear this guy up close, as on a CD. I was not familiar with the Handel CD at the time.
In the meantime, I have become obsessed with Bach's cantatas and Passions. I have been listening and studying the cantatas for over 2 years now and haven't scratched the surface.
I almost didn't get this record for a number of reasons. For one thing, I love the male alto voice, but recital albums tend to give us too much of a good thing. For another, I naturally suspected that David Daniels was not much more than the flavor of the week (as today we are saddled with mediocrities such as Desay and Netrebko because they look presentable on stage - but I digress). What a great good fortune it was then to get this along with Daniels's Handel recital album! The warmth and fluidity of the voice, and seeming effortless flexibility of technique are remarkable. This album has that AND a treasure chest of Bach at the same time. Daniels's rendition of the St Matthew Passion recitatives and arias gave me chills. This music is as close to the Great Mystery as I get these days, and Daniels makes a very convincing case for the truth and spirit of Master Bach's musical evangelism.
Get this music if you like Bach, if you like male altos and the sublime music that Bach wrote for them, if you like great singing. I'll bet you won't regret it.
Description of Bach: Sacred Arias & Cantatas
Johann Sebastian Bach, Harry Bicket, David Daniels, and Guy Williams, Bach: Sacred Arias & CantatasGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Sacred & Religious > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Arias
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830)
- Vocal Non-Opera > Cantatas
- Masses
- Passions
- Bach, Johann Sebastian - Works by J.S. Bach
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