Work Title: Cantata No. 208, 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd' (Hunt Cantata), BWV208
Excerpt(s): 1. Recit: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! 2. Aria: Jagen ist die Lust der Götter 3. Recit: Wie, schönste Göttin, wie? 4. Aria: Willst du dich nur mehr ergötzen 5. Recit: Ich liebe dich zwar noch! 6. Aria: Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott in diesen Feldern bin 7. Aria: Ein Fürst ist seines Landes Pan! 8. Recit: Soll den der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein? 9. Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze) 10. Recit: So stimmt mit ein 11. Chorale: Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden 12. Duet: Entzücket uns beide 13. Aria: Weil die wollenreichen Herden 14. Aria: Ihr Felder und Auen 15. Chorale: Ihr lieblichste Blikke!
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1713
Date Recorded: 1996
Conductor: Helmuth Rilling
Orchestra / Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium Orchestra
Main Performer: Eva Kirchner (Soprano), James Taylor (Tenor), Matthias Görne (Bass), Sibylla Rubens (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Eva Kirchner, James Taylor, Matthias Görne, Sibylla Rubens
Location of Work Recording: Germany
Work 3
Work Title: Cantata No. 209, 'Non sa che sia dolore', BWV209
Excerpt(s): 1. Sinfonia 2. Recit: non sa che sia dolore (S) 3. Aria: Parti pur, e con dolore (S) 4. Recit: Tuo saver al tempo (S) 5. Aria: Riceti gramezza e pavento (S)
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: ?1734
Date Recorded: 1998
Conductor: Helmuth Rilling
Orchestra / Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium Orchestra
Advantages: Light, clear, could be played over and again Disadvantages: Perhaps lacks a bit of magic or sparkle
...of the mundane into the enjoyable.
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This is 1 CD containing 3 Concertos for Two Harpsichords and Strings, BWV1060-62 by J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
Date Recorded: 1999
Conductor: Helmuth Rilling
Orchestra / Ensemble: Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Main Performers: Jeffrey Kahane & Robert Levin...
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...A cracking cd if you loooovvvveeeee clasical sounds like me I can't get enough!
Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D major for strings & continuo
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)
Toccata und Fuge D minor, BWV565
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048: Allegro
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622)
Andante (Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467)
Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K. 626)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegretto (Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral")
Adagio sostenuto (Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No. 2 -"Moonlight")
Allegro con brio (Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67)
Choral: Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125)
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Op.11
Sergei V. Rachmaninov
Adagio...
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Advantages: Wonderful transcriptions of JS Bach's majestic music; sensitive, tender, vivacious, effortless and fluid playing. Disadvantages: Nil.
...Balsom has already had her US debut, performing just this January 2006 with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee? Not New York City and Carnegie Hall? How did they get to be so lucky in Wisconsin! Methinks Ms Balsom needs a better agent/promoter, no?!).
FINAL VERDICT: I give this disc an unqualified, insanely enthusiastic recommendation with all thumbs and great toes up, for all lovers of Bach and/or the trumpet. Total, absolute must-have recording.
[For more complete background info on Alison Balsom, please scroll down the page to the BBC Radio 3 article.]
CD DETAILS:
BACH: WORKS FOR TRUMPET
Alison Balsom
EMI Classics
5 58047 2 (CD) / 5 58047 5
Concerto in D Major (after Vivaldi) BWV 972:
1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Allegro Assai
4 Sarabande (from Cello Suite No.2 BWV 1008)
5 Gigue (from Cello Suite No.2 BWV 1008)
6 Aria...
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very helpful 13.04.2006
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