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New & Upcoming Recordings
Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
November 2008

Cantatas

C-1	Bach: Cantatas BWV 51, 82a, 199 [C-1]
Cantatas BWV 51 [16:35], BWV 82a [24:14], BWV 199 [22:52]
Emmanuelle Haïm
Le Concert d'Astrée
Soprano: Natalie Dessay
Virgin Classics 5193142		Jan 2-4, 2008; Feb 6-24, 2008	CD / TT: 63.55
Recorded at Church of Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, France. Includes Bonus DVD: Live footage from the recording sessions [52.00], a film by ESTI. Watch/listen to selections from the album Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk

C-2	Bach Cantatas Vol. 17: Berlin For for New Year’s Day For the Sunday after New Year
CD-1: Cantatas BWV 143 [12:32], BWV 41 [25:16], BWV 16 [15:46], BWV 171 [15:37] CD-2: Cantatas BWV 153 [12:40], BWV 58 [13:41]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
CD-1: Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Lucy Ballard; Counter-tenor: Charles Humphries; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey CD-2: Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sally Bruce-Payne; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey
Soli Deo Gloria		Jan 1, 2000 [CD-1] Jan 2, 2000 [CD-2]	2-CD / TT: 69:26 + 26:28
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Gethsemanekirche in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany.

C-3	Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) [C-1]
Cantatas BWV 54, BWV 169, BWV 170
Robert King
The King’s Consort
Counter-tenor: James Bowman
Helios 55312 (from Hyperion)		Sep 1988	CD / TT: 59:03
Reissue. Recorded at Wadham College Chapell, Oxford, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Old]

C-4	Bach Cantatas From Mühlhausen, Weimar & Leipzig [C-14]
Cantatas BWV 22 [16:33], BWV 131 [21:58], BWV 159 [16:29] Aria for Soprano Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 132 [6:14] Cantata BWV 61 (Mvts. 4-6) [1:03, 3:18, 0:51]
Dale Higbee (Director); James Bates (Guest conductor)
(OVPP - No Choir) / Carolina Baroque
Soprano: Teresa Radomski; Contralto: Lee Morgan; Tenor: Richard Heard; Bass-Baritone: Doug Crawley John Pruett (Baroque violin & baroque viola); Greg Pannell (Baroque violin); Marian Wilson (Baroque viola); Anne Sellitti (Baroque violoncello); Susan Bates (Harpsichord & organ); Dale Higbee (Recorder)
Carolina Baroque		Oct 10, 2008	CD / TT: 73:45
Recorded live at Chapel, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC, USA. Buy this album at: Carolina Baroque

C-5	Jesu, meine Freude [C-2]
Cantatas BWV 4 [] and BWV 78 [] Motet Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 []
Lisette Canton
Ottawa Bach Choir / Chamber Orchestra
Soprano Agnes Zsigovics; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Benjamin Butterfield; Bass-Baritone: Daniel Lichti
Ottawa Bach Choir		2008	CD / TT: 63:51

Other Vocal Works

V-1	J.S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248
August Langenbeck
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tenor [Evangelist, Arias]: Fritz Wunderlich; Soprano: Friederike Sailer; Contralto: Erika Winkler; Bass: Hannes Swedberg
Profil 8028		1955	2-CD / TT:
Excerpts; SDR recording. Recorded at at Markuskirche Stuttgart, Germany. This recording has never been released before.

V-2	Bach arranging and arranged [V-1]
Psalm 51 Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 []
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The Bach Players
Soprano: Rachel Elliott; Alto: Sally Bruce-Payne Nicolette Moonen, Rodolfo Richter, Anne Schumann (Violin/Viola), Alison McGillivray (Cello), Elizabeth Bradley (Double-bass)
Hyphen Press Music HMP-01		Sep 2007	CD / TT:
Planned for release in November 2008.

V-3	J.S. Bach: The Sacred Masterworks. Mass, Passions, Oratorios [Box Set] [BV-1]
CD-1-2: Mass in B minor BWV 232 [107:31] CD-3-4: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6 [144:50] CD-5: Oster Oratorium BWV 249; Cantata BWV 11 [70:28] CD-6-8: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 [163:52] BWV 9-10: Johannes-Passion BWV 245, 1749 Version [110:19]
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
BWV 232: Sopranos: Carolyn Sampson, Rachel Nicholls; Alto: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy BWV 248: Soprano: Monika Frimmer; Counter-tenor: Yoshikazu Mera; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy BWV249+BWV 11: Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Patrick Van Goethem; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Chiyuki Urano BWV 244: Tenor [Evangelist]: Gerd Türk; Bass [Jesus]: Peter Kooy; Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor [Testis 2]: Makoto Sakurada; Bass [Judas, Petrus, Pilatus, Pontifex]: Chiyuki Urano; Soprano [Ancilla 1, Uxor Pilati]: Midori Suzuki; Soprano [Ancilla 2]: Yoshie Hida; Alto [Testis 1]: Kirsten Sollek-Avella; Bass [Pontifex 1]: Jun Hagiwara; Bass [Pontifex 2]: Tetsuya Odagawa BWV 245: Tenor [Evangelist & appendix]: Gerd Türk; Bass [Jesus]: Chiyuki Urano; Soprano: Ingrid Schmithüsen; Counter-tenor: Yoshikazu Mera; Tenor [Arias & Diener]: Makoto Sakurada; Soprano [Maid]: Yoshie Hida; Bass [Petrus & Pilatus]: Peter Kooy
BIS		BWV 232: Mar 2007 BWV 248: Jan 1998 BWV 249+BWV 11: May 2004 BWV 244: Mar 1999 BWV 245: Apr 1998	10-CD / TT:
Reissue. Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan [BWV 232, BWV 249, BWV 11, BWV 244, BWV 245]. Recorded at the Saitama Arts Theatre Concert Hall, Japan [BWV 248]. See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki See: BWV 248 Weihnachts-Oratorium - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki See: Johannes-Passion BWV 245 - conducted By Masaaki Suzuki

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2008 - February 2009)

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