La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249 (Remastered) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249 (Remastered) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:34 minutes | 748 MB | Genre: Classical
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This double album assembles two oratorios and three cantatas for the feasts of Easter and Ascension. Often overshadowed by the Christmas Oratorio, the two oratorios presented here rely on a form of dramaturgy absent from the cantatas; whether directly portraying the protagonists of the Passion of Christ (Easter Oratorio) or having the Evangelist narrate events, Bach draws on the music of earlier cantatas to produce two works whose beauty and coherence Philippe Herreweghe has brought out more convincingly than any other interpreter.

Tracklist:
1. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: I. Sinfonia (04:08)
2. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: II. Adagio (03:27)
3. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: III. Chorus “Kommt, eilet und laufet” (05:10)
4. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: IV. Recitativo “O kalter Männer Sinn” (01:04)
5. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: V. Seele, deine Spezereien (Aria Soprano) (09:29)
6. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: VI. Recitativo “Hier ist die Gruft” (00:49)
7. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: VII. Aria “Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer” (07:40)
8. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: VIII. Recitativo “Indessen seufzen wir” (01:00)
9. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: IX. Aria “Saget, saget mir geschwinde” (06:11)
10. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: X. Recitativo “Wir sind erfreut” (00:38)
11. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 249 “Oster-Oratorium”: XI. Chorus “Preis und Dank” (02:32)
12. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: I. Chorus “Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen” (09:42)
13. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: II. Recitativo “Es bricht das Grab” (00:35)
14. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: III. Aria “Lassen dem Höchstein ein Danklied erschallen” (05:58)
15. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: IV. Recitativo “Bei Jesu Leben freudig sein” (04:25)
16. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: V. Aria “Ich furchte zwar – Ich furchte nicht” (08:48)
17. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: VI. Choral “Alleluja! Des solln wir alle froh sein” (00:52)

Personnel:
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Catherine Patriasz, alto
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Kai Wessel, alto
James Taylor, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

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