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Motets BWV 225-230
Conducted by Konrad Junghänel with Cantus Cölln

Recording


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Motets BWV 225-230

Konrad Junghänel

Cantus Cölln

Sopranos: Johanna Koslowsky, Maria Cristina Kiehr; Alto: Elisabeth Popien; Counter-tenor: Bernhard Landauer; Tenors: Gerd Türk, Wilfried Jochens; Basses: Stephan Schreckenberger, Matthias Gerchen

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Oct 1995

CD / TT: 60:57

Cantus Cölln Motets

Marcos Maffei wrote (May 29, 2001):

Thanks for everybody in this list who recommended the Cantus Cölln Motets CD!

I've just received it today, and it's incredibly, awesomely beautiful!

It's been ages since a recording with music that I already knew put me in such a state of rapture. (and so instantly and definitely made useless the other version I had of it - the one by Herreweghe, which is also very good and which I liked a lot, but... )

And of course, one of the reasons (but not the only one: it is so consistently and amazingly good... that I'm in a lack of words) is that it's OVPP.

Cantus Cölln is undoubtely the best argument for it, in practice (Andrew Parrot's book is very convincing; but his recordings not quite so...); also amazingly beautiful is their cantatas CD ("Actus tragicus", BWV 4, 12, 106 & 196; HMC 901694; and by the way, the motets cd is DHM 05472 77368).

But the point of this message is just this: if it weren't for this list, I wouldn't have noticed that Cantus Cölln had also recorded the motets, and wouldn't be right now listening (again, and again) to this marvellous recording!

So, thank you again (and again).

PS: By the way, is there any other Bach Cantus Cölln cd besides these two? Of course, I have some of their recordings of other composers - Biber&Muffat, Buxtehude, and Schutz - which are also very beautiful; but... I want more of their Bach!

Konrad Junghänel: Short Biography | Cantus Cölln | Konrad Junghänel & Cantus Cölln – Recordings | “Actus Tragicus” – by Konrad Junghänel & Cantus Cölln | Motets – Cantus Cölln | Das Alt-Bachische Archiv – Cantus Cölln | BWV 232 - Junghänel & Cantus Cölln

Motets BWV 225-231: Details
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General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Systematic Discussions: BWV 225 | BWV 226 | BWV 227 | BWV 228 | BWV 229 | BWV 230 | BWV 231 | BWV 225-231 - Summary
Individual Recordings: Motets - K. Junghänel & Cantus Cölln | Motets - E. Ericson | Motets - D. Fasolis | Motets - N. Harnoncourt | Motets - R. Kammler


Recordings & Discussions of Other Vocal Works: Main Page | Motets BWV 225-231 | Mass in B minor BWV 232 | Missae Breves & Sanctus BWV 233-242 | Magnificat BWV 243 | Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 | Johannes-Passion BWV 245 | Lukas-Passion BWV 246 | Markus-Passion BWV 247 | Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 | Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Geistliche Lieder BWV 439-507 | AMN BWV 508-523 | Quodlibet BWV 524 | Aria BWV 1127 | Motet BWV 1165=Anh 159




 

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