Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players - Johann Sebastian Bach: Epiphany Mass (1998)
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players - Johann Sebastian Bach: Epiphany Mass (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 671 Mb | Total time: 80:00+79:59 | Covers included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 457 631-2 | Recorded: 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 671 Mb | Total time: 80:00+79:59 | Covers included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 457 631-2 | Recorded: 1997
Of all the liturgical reconstructions that Paul McCreesh has been offering over the past decade, this is easily the most elaborate. It's astonishing to think that Bach's parish church would have celebrated Epiphany (the 12th day of Christmas, January 6, usually a weekday) as elaborately as this program, and it's fascinating to think of the congregation of the Thomanerkirche anticipating the event around 1740. The entire service is included in the recording, much like the Catholic Masses on record that include the celebrant's prayers and Preface before the Sanctus (chanted in Latin even here), the Scripture chanting (in German here, of course), and all the odd versicles. The sermon is only six minutes long, just a hint of a longer discourse (it would have been at least an hour long, according to the notes). A Missa brevis (Kyrie and Gloria) and a Sanctus from Bach's Lutheran Masses are included, and there are also not one but two cantatas, one after the Gospel (chosen for the feast day) and one after Communion (chosen for that aspect of the service). Organ preludes and other pieces are sprinkled liberally throughout the service. No fewer than eight hymns are sung by the congregation, most of them introduced by the appropriate prelude. Some are a cappella, some are accompanied, and some have improvised interline organ interludes, an established practice of the time. The recording was made in two different churches of Saxony, involving the congregational choirs of both in the hymn singing. The whole is contained on two discs, each packed to the last second of capacity.
The singing and playing (including the local choirs) are on the highest level of excellence. The most novel aspect of the performances is the Epiphany cantata, where the pair of horns play in C alto (trumpet pitch), lending a brilliance to the music that is heard (McCreesh thinks) for the first time ever. A Hieronymus Bosch Epiphany adorns the booklet cover. This is an important issue, ranking with the best of McCreesh's admirable series of recordings.– J. F. Weber
Performer:
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Angus Davidson, alto
Charles Daniels, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh, conductor
Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
CD1:
01. Church Bells
02. Puer natus in Bethlehem, chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 5), BWV 603 (BC K32)
03. Puer natus in Bethleem, chorale
04. Fantasia, for organ in E flat major, T. 254
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6)
05. No. 1 Chorus: "Kyrie eleison"
06. No. 2 Chorus: "Gloria in excelsis deo"
07. No. 3 Aria: "Domine Deus"
08. No. 4 Aria: "Qui tollis peccata mundi"
09. No. 5 Aria: "Quoniam tu solus sanctus"
10. No. 6 Chorus: "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
11. Collect "Dominus vobiscum - Deus illuminator"
12. Epistle "So schreibt der Prophet Jesaja"
13. Christum wir sollen loben schon, chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 13), BWV 611 (BC K40)
14. Was fürcht'st du, Feind Herodes, sehr
15. Gospel "Der Herr sei mit euch - Da Jesus geboren war"
Toccata and Fugue, for organ in B flat major, T. 247
16. Toccata
Cantata No. 65, "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen," BWV 65 (BC A27)
17. "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen", Chorus
18. "Die Konige aus Saba kamen dar", Chorus
19. "Was dort Jesaias vorhergesehn", Recitative for bass
20. "Gold und Ophir ist zu schlecht", Aria for bass
21. "Verschmahe nicht, du, meiner Seele Licht", Recitative for tenor
22. "Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin", Aria for tenor
23. "Ei nun, mein Gott, so fall' ich dir getrost in deine Hande", Chorus
24. Wir gläuben all' an einen Gott
25. Salutation "Gnade sei mit euch"
26. Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich (II), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 719 (BC K34)
27. Ein Kindelein so löbelich
28. Sermon (spoken) "Lesung aus dem Heiligen Evangelisten Matthäo"
CD2:
01. Nun danket alle Gott, chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 6), BWV 657 (BC K80)
02. Was soll ich, liebstes Kind
03. Prelude for organ in C major (pro organo pleno) (formerly attributed to J.S. Bach, BWV 567)
04. Preface "Dominus vobiscum - Vere dignum et justum est"
05. Sanctus, arranged for chorus, cornet, strings & continuo in D major (after an unknown work), BWV 238 (BC E12)
06. The Lord's Prayer…Words of Institution
07. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (I), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 4), BWV 654 (BC K77)
Cantata No. 180, "Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele," BWV 180 (BC A149)
08. No. 1 Chorus: "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele"
09. No. 2 Aria: "Ermuntre dich: dein Heiland klopft"
10. No. 3 Recitative and Arioso: "Wie teuer sind des heilgen Mahles Gaben!"
11. No. 4 Recitative: "Mein Herz fühlt in sich Furcht und Freude"
12. No. 5 Aria: "Lebens Sonne, Licht der Sinnen"
13. No. 6 Recitative: "Herr, laß an mir dien treues Lieben"
14. No. 7 Chorale: "Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens"
15. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein (I), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 734 (BC K125)
16. Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g'mein
17. Christe, du Lamm Gottes, chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 21), BWV 619 (BC K19)
18. Christe, du Lamm Gottes
19. Gott sei uns gnädig und barmherzig, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 323 (BC F140)
20. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (V), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 738a
21. Vom Himmel hoch
22. Pièce d'orgue (Fantasia), for organ in G major, BWV 572 (BC J83)
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Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players - Johann Sebastian Bach: Epiphany Mass (1998)
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