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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
...in what appears to be a series of good ones. Which is good, because I've decided to buy the entire series, as I've enjoyed them so much. The well-known one on this set is the famous Annunciation cantata BWV1 "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern". However, there are many other good things on these CDs. The Monteverdis and the EBS are on best form, with fresh, crisp sound, and the soloists, while not perfect, sing well. Gardiner has done a great service in introducing so many young singers to Bach and the cantatas in the course of the Pilgrimage. I presume that the audience has been drugged, gagged or strangled, because there isn't a peep out of them.
I look forward with anticipation to the rest of the volumes, at which point I shall be broke but happy.
I look forward with anticipation to the rest of the volumes, at which point I shall be broke but happy.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
REDUNDANT
12 Jun 2006
Format:Audio CD
My reviews, on this board, to the Gardiner Bach Pilgrimage, are, I know, becoming rather redundant. Thus far, I only have an abundance of praise for Gardiner and his forces' endeavors! Per usual the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloist are superb.
To me this seventh release of the series (actually volume 21) finds J.S. Bach at his very peak. In fact, BMW 22 & 23 on the first disc were used by Johann as "audition material" when he applied for the cantorship position at Leipzig's St. Thomas's church. . I'm sure those two cantatas must have "knocked the socks off" of the "selection committee" because they are truly glorious works! (Proof is, of course, that he got the job and maintained it for more than twenty years!) Bach's writings for the chorus and for the orchestra, in Volume 21, is particularly awesome--listen to the opening "Arioso" for tenor. Bass and chorus of BMV 22 on the first disc -it's gorgeous. Also listen to tract seven on the second disc--another wonderful chorus! Once again, the soloists too are outstanding
Nathalie Stuzmann, alto on the second disc is wonderful in the solo cantata BMW 54. Likewise, James Gilchrist is again outstanding in his tenor solos--listen to tracts 6&16--outstanding!
Do read the wonderful notes in the album for the religious connotations of the works in this volume. Again I must refer you to the previous reviewer for his exemplary overview of the contents of Volume 21.
I wish that I could make my review more interesting by having something negative to say; however, I can't find anything negative to say. So just listen to this album and you will find dear Johann at his compositional peak!
To me this seventh release of the series (actually volume 21) finds J.S. Bach at his very peak. In fact, BMW 22 & 23 on the first disc were used by Johann as "audition material" when he applied for the cantorship position at Leipzig's St. Thomas's church. . I'm sure those two cantatas must have "knocked the socks off" of the "selection committee" because they are truly glorious works! (Proof is, of course, that he got the job and maintained it for more than twenty years!) Bach's writings for the chorus and for the orchestra, in Volume 21, is particularly awesome--listen to the opening "Arioso" for tenor. Bass and chorus of BMV 22 on the first disc -it's gorgeous. Also listen to tract seven on the second disc--another wonderful chorus! Once again, the soloists too are outstanding
Nathalie Stuzmann, alto on the second disc is wonderful in the solo cantata BMW 54. Likewise, James Gilchrist is again outstanding in his tenor solos--listen to tracts 6&16--outstanding!
Do read the wonderful notes in the album for the religious connotations of the works in this volume. Again I must refer you to the previous reviewer for his exemplary overview of the contents of Volume 21.
I wish that I could make my review more interesting by having something negative to say; however, I can't find anything negative to say. So just listen to this album and you will find dear Johann at his compositional peak!
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Cantatas by BWV Number and Name. Gardiner's Pilgramage Continues...
30 May 2006
Format:Audio CD
The pilgramage continues with the latest installment Volume 21. Gardiner's interpretations are brilliant as ever and the works chosen for Volume 21 are equally bright. This disc set is a must to add to your pilgramage collection or if not to begin the pilgramage here. Listed below are the cantatas named with corresponding BWV number (since Amazon has yet to list them at the time of this brief review).
Cantata herein:
Disc 1
BWV 22 - Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
BWV 23 - Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn
BWV 127 - Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott
BWV 159 - Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Disc 2
BWV 182 - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (for Palm Sunday / Annunciation)
BWV 54 - Widerstehe doch der Sünde (for the Third Sunday in Lent - Oculi) (Nathalie Stutzmann solo Alto)
BWV 1 - Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (for the Feast of the Annunciation)
Happy Pilgrimage!
Cantata herein:
Disc 1
BWV 22 - Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
BWV 23 - Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn
BWV 127 - Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott
BWV 159 - Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Disc 2
BWV 182 - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (for Palm Sunday / Annunciation)
BWV 54 - Widerstehe doch der Sünde (for the Third Sunday in Lent - Oculi) (Nathalie Stutzmann solo Alto)
BWV 1 - Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (for the Feast of the Annunciation)
Happy Pilgrimage!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Truly Amazing.
14 May 2007
Format:Audio CD
Having bought vol. 24 two years ago while in the U.K., I decided to give Amazon a try with two other Volumes of the Bach cantatas.
Not having used Amazon before I was apprehensive. But the purchasing process was straightforeward, and I was delighted to get the package here in Malawi only a few weeks later.
And the music! How could such a busy and evidently lovely man have had the time to produce such a huge amount of bliss! Church music that makes you want to get up and dance!
I am now counting my pennies to try to acquire the whole set.
Bill Hill
Prof. of Architecture,
Malawi.
Not having used Amazon before I was apprehensive. But the purchasing process was straightforeward, and I was delighted to get the package here in Malawi only a few weeks later.
And the music! How could such a busy and evidently lovely man have had the time to produce such a huge amount of bliss! Church music that makes you want to get up and dance!
I am now counting my pennies to try to acquire the whole set.
Bill Hill
Prof. of Architecture,
Malawi.
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