Bach: Cantatas : Ascension Himmelfahrt

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Product description ------------------- Bach: Ascension Cantatas / Gardiner, English Baroque, Et Al . Release Date: 06/13/2000 . Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) . Catalog #: 463 583 . Spars Code: DDD . Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach . Performer: Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, ... Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner . Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir . Number of Discs: 1 . Recorded in: Stereo . Length: 1 Hours 19 Mins. Works on This : 1. Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio" Performer: Michael Chance (Countertenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Stephen Varcoe (Bass), Nancy Argenta (Soprano) Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1735; Leipzig, Germany Date of : 10/1993 Venue: All Saints' Church, London, England Length: 28 Minutes 13 Secs. 2. Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 Performer: Christoph Genz (Tenor), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano), Reinhard Hagen (Bass) Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1725 Date of : 04/1999 Venue: St. John's Church, London, England Length: 16 Minutes 30 Secs. 3. Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37 Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano), Stephen Varcoe (Bass) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1724; Leipzig, Germany Date of : 10/1993 Venue: All Saints' Church, London, England Length: 15 Minutes 30 Secs. 4. Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43 Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano), Stephen Varcoe (Bass) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1726; Leipzig, Germany Date of : 10/1993 Venue: All Saints' Church, London, England Length: 18 Minutes 2 Secs. .com ---- John Eliot Gardiner ( /exec/obidos/classical-artist-search/Gardiner%2C%20John%20Eliot/${0} )'s original Millennium Bach Cantata Pilgrimage plan involved weekly Deutsche Grammophon s of all the concerts, but the plan did not prove practical. This CD of Bach's Ascension Day cantatas dates from 1993 and 1999. The pride of the disc is BWV 11: The opening chorus is an adrenaline fix of blazing, suitably ascending motifs led by studio-immaculate baroque trumpets. Thereafter, the mood changes. The alto aria "Ach bleibe" (actually the great Agnus Dei from the Mass in B Minor ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000057CN/${0} )) is, in countertenor Michael Chance's silky throat (1993 model), a poignant, drooping song of sorrow for the departed Lord. Chance's 1993 fellow soloists are Nancy Argenta, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, and Stephen Varcoe. They sing BWV 43 (Gott fähret auf) and BWV37 (Wer da gläubet) with clear enjoyment. Argenta also sings in the 1999 session for BWV 128, Auf Christi Himmelfahrt with colleagues Robin Blaze, Stefan Genz, and Reinhard Hagen. The latter has a low F sharp that is truly bearded. --Rick Jones