P-23

Bach Cantatas Vol. 23: Arnstadt/Echternach
For the 1^st Sunday after Easter (Quasimodogeniti)
For the 2^nd Sunday after Easter (Misericordas Domini)

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 150 [14:42], BWV 67 [12:56], BWV 42 [26:49], BWV 158 [12:40]
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 104 [16:30], BWV 85 [15:50], BWV 112 [11:37]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

CD-1: Soprano: Gillian Keith, Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor, Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Stephen Varcoe
CD-2: Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Norbert Meyn; Bass: Stephen Varcoe

Soli Deo Gloria 131

CD-1: Apr 29-30, 2000
CD-2: May 7, 2000

2-CD / TT: 111:31

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
CD-1: Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kirche, Arnstadt, Germany.
CD-2: Basilique St. Willibrord, Echternach, Luxembourg.
See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 23
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Gardiner BCP vol 23

Thomas Shepherd wrote (April 19, 2007):
One of the advantages of this subscription series is that the CDs arrive slightly before the general release date. In the case of Vol. 23 that date is 30th April. "WorldPay" took the money (£15) on Sunday ( in anticipation I get all excited when that firm posts an email of confirmation!) and the discs arrived here this morning. It's another excellent 2 CD set with the remainder of the Easter Cantatas (for Easter Tuesday, !st and 2nd Sunday of Easter). there is much very happy and gentle music beautifully performed, recorded and presented. The series is now beginning to take up a noticeable amount of space in the CD shelves and I hope Monteverdi Productions get the remaining volumes out as quickly as possible.It is possible to hear examples following the links at:
http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/recordings/forthcoming.cfm

Drew wrote (April 20, 2007):
Thomas Shepherd wrote:
< I hope Monteverdi Productions get the remaining volumes out as quickly as possible. It is possible to hear examples following the links at: http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/recordings/forthcoming.cfm >
According to their newletter a couple of months ago, it looks like SDG's release schedule is 9 discs for this year: two double-sets in the spring, two in the fall, and a single Christmas release.

In 2005, four double-sets and one single set were released. The same was true in 2006 and, according to the newletter, the same holds true for 2007.

By the end of this year, then, 27 CD's will have been released. Several of the Pilgrimage recordings were released on Archiv, so I'm not sure how many more concerts will be released on SDG. But it seems, at this rate, that the entire series will not be completed until 2009 or 2010.

Neil Halliday wrote (April 20, 2007):
You can listen to Gardiner's lovely version of BWV 85's soprano chorale: http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/recordings/forthcoming.cfm
(click on the CD cover).

As has been stated elsewhere, this movement is in the form of a trio sonata, with soprano chorale.

Among other things, I like the 'Trad Jazz' style (!) of the continuo line. Fuge's voice is most satisfying.

Christoph Bohm wrote (April 20, 2007):
Drew wrote:
< By the end of this year, then, 27 CD's will have been released. Several of the Pilgrimage recordings were released on Archiv, so I'm not sure how many more concerts will be released on SDG. >
Were any of the Archiv recordings actually from the 2000 pilgrimage? It seems to me that DGG merely used the label "Cantata Pilgrimage" as a marketing buzzword. If you take the whitsunday-Cantatas for instance, the recordings in the soli deo gloria series are completely different from those issued on Archiv (in this particular case I prefer the Archiv recording).

On the website It is stated that 51 CDS will be released overall, so we're more than halfway through: (http://www.solideogloria.co.uk/about_us/sdg.cfm).

Drew wrote (April 21, 2007):
[To Christoph Bohm] According the BachCantatas website . . . http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Gardiner.htm#RC
(scroll down to the "Partial Cantata Cycle on Archiv")

. . . 4 of the 12 CD issues (C-8, C-9, C-10, C-11) are from the Pilgrimage

Cantatas for the 3^rd Sunday of Epiphany
BWV 72, BWV 73, BWV 111, BWV 156

Cantatas for the Feast of Purification of Mary
BWV 82, BWV 83, BWV 125, BWV 200

Trinity Cantatas I
BWV 94, BWV 105, BWV 168

Trinity Cantatas II
BWV 113, BWV 179, BWV 199

John Eliot Gardiner: Short Biography Ensembles: Monteverdi Choir | English Baroque Soloists
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Videos | Recordings of Instrumental Works
Table of recordings by BWV Number
General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Newsletters
Discussions of Cantatas: Cantatas BWV 106, 118b, 198 | Cantatas BWV 140, 147 | Cantatas BWV 11, 37, 43, 128 | Cantatas BWV 6, 66 | Cantatas BWV 72, 73, 111, 156 | Cantatas BWV 82, 83, 125, 200
Discussions of Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: BCP - Vols 1&8 | BCP - Vol. 6 | BCP - Vol. 9 | BCP - Vol. 13 | BCP - Vol. 14 | BCP - Vol. 15 | BCP - Vol. 21 | BCP - Vol. 22 | BCP - Vol. 23 | BCP - Vol. 24 | BCP - Vol. 26 | Bach Cantata Pilgrimage DVD | DVD John Eliot Gardiner in Rehearsal
Discussions of Other Vocal Works: BWV 232 - J.E. Gardiner | BWV 244 - J.E. Gardiner | BWV 245 - J.E. Gardiner | BWV 248 - J.E. Gardiner | BWV 1127 - J.E. Gardiner
Bach Festivals and Cantata Series: Bach Cantata Pilgrimage
Books: Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven