A fter releasing 12 threedisc instalments on erato, warner pulled the plug on ton koopmans recording of all the bach cantatas. This is a sortable list of the bach cantatas, the cantatas of johann sebastian bach. Bach cantatas 2007 starring ton koopman on dvd and bluray. Performers of bach s works, including their biographies, bach discographies. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. An allpurpose approach to the cantatas will not do, for it denies their variety of invention. The project began in 1995 and was completed in 2005 on 67 cds.
Johnstone seems to take to heart the contemporary accounts of bachs virtuoso playing printed helpfully in the booklet notes and turns in a sparkling g major prelude and fugue and a totally engrossing wedge. From the gohlis palace, leipzig, 2000 ton koopman plays bach on the historic silbermann organ, built in 1714 and restored in 19821983 ton koopman harpsichord and organ klaus mertens baritone. Nor will a reading which fails to demonstrate the dramatic brilliance and precision of bachs choral and instrumental treatments. But those are just a few superlatives read more which can be used for an album such as this. Licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of challenge classics song o holder tag, erwunschte zeit bwv 210. Bachs religious cantatas composed between 1707 and 1731 and his famous secular kaffee kantate. Though koopman has shown himself to be a master bach conductor, one sometimes got the sense in listening to his sacred cantatas that the composers lutheran ethos sat less well with his naturally ebullient personality than did the far more cheerful secular cantatas. Bach s cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works. Cantatas vol 22 koopman, amsterdam baroque with piau, sandrine, stutzmann, nathalie on cd. Now available, a new box with the complete bach cantatas, performed by ton koopman and. J s bach cantata bwv 56 ton koopman part 1 by codonauta.
For the best experience please update your browser. Orgelwerke ii organ works ii by ton koopman on spotify. Challenge records international artists ton koopman. The complete teldec bach cantatas series youtube bachstiftung st gallen, ch. Widely accepted as a leading authority on baroque music, ton koopman introduces and conducts five of j. After a classical education he studied organ, harpsichord and musicology in amsterdam. It is said that drug dealers give away the first dose for free, then make users pay full price once they are hooked. Bach ton koopman organ works 2007, boxset, cd discogs. Bach cantatas bwv 91, bwv 107, bwv 116, bwv 8 ton koopman vol. It is sortable by the cantata number which equals the number in the bachwerkeverzeichnis bwv, by title, by occasion during the liturgical year, the year.
Bach s choir and orchestra by ton koopman table of cantata recordings by major conductors. Top marks to challenge classics for bringing together the easter compositions from ton koopmans ongoing bach cantata project, especially so. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. In 1979 he founded the amsterdam baroque orchestra followed by the amsterdam baroque choir in 1992. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Koopman has lighter touch and at times a spaciousness that is a bit. Ton koopman at the zacharias hildebrandt organ 1726 in lengefeld in the erzgebirge. Cantatas bwv 145 and 158 were written in the years after that. Bach cantatas bwv 35, bwv 17, bwv 57 ton koopman vol. Bach seems to have particularly liked the work, using its material to fashion cantata movements as previously mentioned and in 1734 lending it to his son carl phillip emanuel who turned it. While its impossible to be satisfied with all the soloists all the time, those featured here are very fine. The bach cantatas project of ton koopman was the first complete recording of all the cantatas, including the 21 secular cantatas. Bach cantatas bwv 129, bwv 129, bwv 174, bwv 72 ton koopman volume 19 cd1 tracklist bwv 129 1.
Christmas day gelobet seist du, jesu christ the amsterdam. The ton koopman bach cantata factory seems to be turning out its product at a prodigious rate. Performed by the amsterdam baroque orchestra and choir, the ensemble aptly illustrates the enormous skill and diversity in j. Ton koopman and his choir are as differentiated in their performances as bach in his composing. Ton koopman with the amsterdam baroque orchestra erato youtube lists s. Bachs cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works. I felt suzukis interpretation was powerful and a bit darker than koopmans. Where koopman tends to be measured and undemonstrative, johnstone uses a greater range of rhetorical gesture.
Performers of bachs works, including their biographies, bach discographies. Now available, a new box with the complete bach cantatas, performed by ton koopman and amsterdam baroque. Bach collegium japans deservedly acclaimed project to record all of bachs cantatas has reached volume 51, which turns out to be an especially vibrant and generously filled collection of sacred. Which do cantata do you feel is the best of bach and why. Although ton koopmans fine bach cantata series, begun in the mid1990s, was abandoned by warner classicserato in 2001, the conductor managed to resume the 22volume editions issue through his own label, antoine marchand a sublabel of challenge classics. Bach cantatas on tv conducted by ton koopman complete cantatas vol. Suzuki and ton koopman among them, have helped bring bachs cantatas to a. Bach therefore made use of his earlier works on the days around good friday, and this cd set, compiled from the outstanding series of recordings of the cantatas made by ton koopman and the amsterdam baroque orchestra and choir along with a fine cast of soloists, replicates the easter programme complete except for the passion that he. Orgelwerke ii organ works ii, an album by ton koopman on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The performers of bachs cantatas ignore or misinterpret the text at their peril. The bach cantatas website bcw is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of j. Ton koopman contributor of the world of the bach cantatas. Whats more, in his desire for completeness, koopman includes alternate versions of movements for some cantatas, in this case nos.
Collectors will recall that ton koopmans complete bach cantata series hit the buffers in 2000, with warner withdrawing its support after 12 of the 22 volumes. From a vocal standpoint this is the strongest volume to have been issued so far. Bachs almost 200 extant cantatas are among his important vocal compositions the list includes both extant cantatas and, as far as known, lost cantatas. With these words, bach signed off each of his two hundred sacred cantatas.
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