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    • Release Date: 01/09/2001
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Sales Rank: 67,020
    • Label: EMI CLASSICS
    • UPC: 724354542022

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    Bach: Cantatas and Arias

    1. Cantata No. 82, "Ich habe genug," BWV 82 23:01
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Fabio Biondi
    Performed by Ian Bostridge and Europa Galante
    2. Cantata No. 4, "Christ lag in Todesbanden," BWV 4: Sinfonia 1:51
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Fabio Biondi
    Performed by Europa Galante
    3. Cantata No. 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen," BWV 43: Es will der Höchste sich ein Siegsgespräng bereite 0:43
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Fabio Biondi
    Performed by Ian Bostridge and Europa Galante
    4. Cantata No. 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen," BWV 43: Ja tausend mal tausend begleiten den Wagen 2:15
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Fabio Biondi
    Performed by Ian Bostridge and Europa Galante
    5. Cantata No. 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55 12:11
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Fabio Biondi
    Performed by Ian Bostridge and Europa Galante
    6. Cantata No. 18, "Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt," BWV 18: Sinfonia 3:31
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Fabio Biondi
    Performed by Ian Bostridge and Europa Galante

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    Ian Bostridge is the most exciting tenor the British Isles have produced in some time, and on this recording of Bach cantatas and arias, he is once again in fine form. His voice -- clear and bright, with a pleasantly fast vibrato -- shines through in some of Bach's finest compositions for tenor. The familiar cantata Ich habe genug (It Is Enough), in particular, receives a sensitive performance, as Bostridge conveys this plea to God for deliverance with moving lyricism. The middle aria, "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen" (Fall Asleep, My Weary Eyes) is one of Bach's most delicate lullabies, and there are wonderful moments: the graceful tripping down the scale at "fallet sanft" (fall softly), or the sleepy pause at "stille Ruh" (quiet rest). Fabio Biondi leads the early-instrument ensemble Europa Galante in an able accompaniment to Bostridge's lyrical lines. Listen especially to the silvery shimmer of the strings in the opening Sinfonia from the cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death), or the recorders' poignantly intermingling melody in the Easter Oratorio's aria "Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer" (Sweet Shall My Death Agony Be). With this rewarding, warmly musical album, Bostridge and Biondi prove themselves first-rate Bach interpreters. EJ Johnson, Barnes & Noble

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