Bach Cantatas, Vol. 21: Cambridge/Walpole St. Peter

Disc 1
1	Cantata No. 22, "Jesus na
2	Cantata No. 22, "Jesus na
3	Cantata No. 22, "Jesus na
4	Cantata No. 22, "Jesus na
5	Cantata No. 22, "Jesus na
6	Cantata No. 23, "Du wahre
7	Cantata No. 23, "Du wahre
8	Cantata No. 23, "Du wahre
9	Cantata No. 23, "Du wahre
10	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Je
11	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Je
12	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Je
13	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Je
14	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Je
15	Cantata No. 159, "Sehet,
16	Cantata No. 159, "Sehet,
17	Cantata No. 159, "Sehet,
18	Cantata No. 159, "Sehet,
19	Cantata No. 159, "Sehet,
20	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Je
Disc 2
1	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
2	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
3	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
4	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
5	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
6	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
7	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
8	Cantata No. 182, "Himmels
9	Cantata No. 54, "Widerste
10	Cantata No. 54, "Widerste
11	Cantata No. 54, "Widerste
12	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön
13	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön
14	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön
15	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön
16	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön
17	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön
Bach Cantatas, Vol. 21: Cambridge/Walpole St. Peter
1.	Cantata No. 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe," BWV 22 (BC A48) 16:08
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, James Oxley, Claudia Schubert and Clare and Trinity Colleges Choirs, Cambridge
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
2.	Cantata No. 23, "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn," BWV 23 (BC A47) 15:48
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Ruth Holton, Monteverdi Choir, James Oxley, Claudia Schubert and Clare and Trinity Colleges Choirs, Cambridge
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
3.	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott," BWV 127 (BC A49): 1. Coro (Choral): Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch u 5:36
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir and Clare and Trinity Colleges Choirs, Cambridge
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
4.	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott," BWV 127 (BC A49): 2. Recitativo: Tenor. Wenn alles sich zur letzten 1:10
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists and James Oxley
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
5.	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott," BWV 127 (BC A49): 3. Aria: Sopran. Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen 8:20
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists and Ruth Holton
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
6.	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott," BWV 127 (BC A49): 4. Recitativo ed Aria: Bass. Wenn einstens die Pos 3:53
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists and Peter Harvey
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
7.	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott," BWV 127 (BC A49): 5. Choral: Ach, Herr, vergib all unsre Schuld 0:58
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir and Clare and Trinity Colleges Choirs, Cambridge
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
8.	Cantata No. 159, "Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem," BWV 159 (BC A50) 17:00
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Peter Harvey, Ruth Holton, Monteverdi Choir, James Oxley, Claudia Schubert and Clare and Trinity Colleges Choirs, Cambridge
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
9.	Cantata No. 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott," BWV 127 (BC A49): Coro (Choral): Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und 5:51
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir and Clare and Trinity Colleges Choirs, Cambridge
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
10.	Cantata No. 182, "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen," BWV 182 (BC A53) 26:34
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir and Nathalie Stutzmann
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
11.	Cantata No. 54, "Widerstehe doch der Sünde," BWV 54 (BC A51) 12:10
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir and Nathalie Stutzmann
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
12.	Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern," BWV 1 (BC A173) 21:24
	Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Performed by English Baroque Soloists, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir and Malin Hartelius
	Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

All Music Guide

This two-disc set is volume 21 in conductor John Eliot Gardiner's series of recordings of Bach's complete sacred cantatas -- a project dubbed "The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage" because each disc preserves a complete concert given at different locations around the world. On the first disc, recorded at King's College Chapel in Cambridge on March 5, 2000, Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir and his period instrument English Baroque Soloists present four cantatas composed for Quinquagestima Sunday. On the second disc, recorded at Walpole St. Peter in Norfolk on March 26, 2000, Gardiner and his forces present three cantatas composed for the Annunciation and Palm Sunday.

For fans of the conductor, his return to Bach's music after years of exploring more recent repertoire -- remember his recording of Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances"? -- will be a return to the music he does best. And it's true that Gardiner's Bach performances have a lightness of touch and a depth of feeling that few of his recordings of later music can match. But the greatest virtue of Gardiner's Bach performances is their wholly devotional character. Whatever the cantata and whomever the vocal soloists, Gardiner's Bach is performed, as it were, on its knees with hands folded and head bent. So while those disinclined to credit the conductor with much feeling for later music may be tempted to dismiss his Bach for the same flaw, they will find little to object to here where, as the notes indicate, everything is done Soli Deo Gloria (For the sole glory of God). Monteverdi Production's sound is full, warm, deep, and detailed. James Leonard

Fanfare

You won’t regret adding these volumes to your Bach collection. George Chien