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J.S. Bach - Town Council Election Cantatas - BWV 119, 120, 69

Ton Koopman (Conductor), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Orchestra), Caroline Stam (Performer), Ruth Ziesak (Performer), Sandrine Piau (Performer), et al. | Format: Audio CD
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  • Performer: Caroline Stam, Ruth Ziesak, Sandrine Piau, Paul Agnew, James Gilchrist, et al.
  • Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
  • Conductor: Ton Koopman
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Audio CD (20 April 2009)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Challenge Classics
  • ASIN: B001OA094M
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 188,867 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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These recordings have been selected from the award-winning cycle of recordings of the complete cantatas of J. S. Bach by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir. The featured soloists are sopranos Caroline Stam, Ruth Ziesak, and Sandrine Piau, altos Elisabeth von Magnus, Michael Chance, and Bogna Bartosz, tenors Paul Agnew and James Gilchrist, and bass Klauss Mertens.

Six of the works that Bach wrote for the annual church service celebrating the inauguration of the newly elected town council have survived: the Mühlhausen cantata "Gott ist mein König" BWV 71 of 1708 and several Leipzig cantatas: "Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn" BWV 119, "Ihr Tore zu Zion" BWV 193 (incomplete), "Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille" BWV 120, "Wir danken dir, Gott" BWV 29, and "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" BWV 69. The present album contains three representative town council election cantatas from Bach's Leipzig years, BWVs 119,120, and 69, and includes the first and last works prepared for this occasion. The last town council election cantata performed by Bach in 1749 was actually a repeat performance of cantata BWV 29, an older work originating from 1731.

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)

Soloists:
Caroline Stam, Ruth Ziesak, Sandrine Piau (soprano), Paul Agnew, James Gilchrist (tenor), Elisabeth von Magnus, Michael Chance, Bogna Bartosz (alto), Klaus Mertens (bass)

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CC 72287; CHALLENGE CLASSICS - Olanda; Classica vocale sacra Cantate

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5.0 out of 5 stars How to galvanise the worthies 22 Feb 2012
By mike the wizard
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This collection of Bach cantatas must surely be one of weirdest named. However don't be put off by the civic aspect of Bach's annual duties. Maybe we can't think of any contemporary composer being asked to write anything to celebrate an election - national, county, district or town - but the quality of the music on offer here is excellent, and just the thing to blow the cobwebs off the old burghers' hats. Koopman's team deliver stylish performances.
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