Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent – Bach: Motetten (2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent – Bach: Motetten (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:40 minutes | 599 MB | Genre: Classical
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In this exemplary recording of six Bach motets Philippe Herreweghe leads Collegium Vocale Ghent (an ensemble that includes both singers and instrumentalists) and ten soloists in performances of exceptional finesse and elegance. That’s no easy task given the dense contrapuntal textures that characterizes several of the motets written for double chorus and orchestra. It takes great skill to keep the music, in a movement like the opening to “Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied,” from turning into a murky undifferentiated stew of busyness, but Herreweghe keeps the sound open and varied. One crucial element is the absolutely pristine intonation and pure tone of the singers, which makes the harmonies clear and distinct. Herreweghe’s graceful shaping of the phrases creates the sense of overlapping waves rising and falling rather than a monolithic wall of sound. The choruses’ discipline in their precise observance of producing matching vowels is another factor that allows the intricacies of the music to come across as clean and well-defined. Although it is scored it for the same forces, in Komm, Jesu, komm Bach works with gleaming, transparent textures, where the felicities of Herreweghe’s leadership and the refinement of the soloists, choruses, and orchestra are even more clearly in evidence. His attention to the emotional content of the piece gives the music a powerfully yearning warmth that, in spite of the large number of performers, feels intensely intimate. The engineers deserve much credit for creating such a carefully balanced aural environment, where details pop with amazing clarity and the sound is at the same time warm and enveloping. This is a release best experienced on a sound system that provides optimal separation and definition. Highly recommended; these are performances that should delight and dazzle fans of Baroque choral music.

Tracklist:
1-1. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied » for Double Chorus, BWV 225 I. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (04:43)
1-10. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 V. Trotz dem alten Drachen (02:10)
1-11. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 VI. Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich (02:33)
1-12. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 VII. Choral: Weg mit allen Schätzen (01:04)
1-13. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 VIII. Andante: So aber Christus in euch ist (01:51)
1-14. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 IX. Choral: Gute Nach, o Wesen (03:44)
1-15. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 X. So nun der Geist (01:23)
1-16. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 XI. Choral: Weicht, ihr Trauergeister (01:15)
1-17. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Maria Keohane, Performer – Robin Blaze, Performer – Hans Jörg Mammel, Performer – Stephan MacLeod, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden » for 4 voices, BWV 230 (06:17)
1-18. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir » for double chorus, BWV 228 (08:05)
1-19. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf » for double chorus, BWV 226: I. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf (03:52)
1-2. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied » for Double Chorus, BWV 225 II. Choral: Wie sich ein Vat’r erbarmet – Aria: Gott nimm dich ferner unser an (04:05)
1-20. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf » for double chorus, BWV 226 II. Alla breve: Der aber die Herzen forschet (02:18)
1-21. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf » for double chorus, BWV 226 III. Choral: Du heilige Brunst (01:42)
1-3. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied » for Double Chorus, BWV 225 III. Lobet den Herrn (03:47)
1-4. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Maria Keohane, Performer – Robin Blaze, Performer – Hans Jörg Mammel, Performer – Stephan MacLeod, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Komm, Jesu, komm » for double chorus, BWV 229 I. Komm, Jesu, komm (06:53)
1-5. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Maria Keohane, Performer – Robin Blaze, Performer – Hans Jörg Mammel, Performer – Stephan MacLeod, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Komm, Jesu, komm » for double chorus, BWV 229 II. Aria: Drum schliess ich mich in deine Hände (01:19)
1-6. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 I. Choral: Jesu, meine Freude (01:03)
1-7. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 II. Es ist nun nichts (02:34)
1-8. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 III. Choral: Unter deinem Schirmen (01:00)
1-9. Collegium Vocale Gent, Performer – Philippe Herreweghe, Performer – Dorothee Mields, Performer – Damien Guillon, Performer – Thomas Hobbs, Performer – Peter Kooij, Performer – Zsuzsi Tóth, Performer – Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Motet « Jesu, meine Freude » for 5 voices, BWV 227 IV. Denn das Gesetz (00:52)

Personnel:
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
Collegium Vocale Gent

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