Johann Sebastian Bach - The Hilliard Ensemble – Motetten
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Label/Cat#: ECM New Series # 1875 | Country/Year: Germany 2007
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque, Vocal
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CD Info:
Johann Sebastian Bach / Hilliard Ensemble, The – Motetten
Label: ECM New Series
Catalog#: ECM 1875
Format: CD
Country: Germany
Released: 2007
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque
Tracklist:
Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied BWV 225
1 Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied 5:11
2 Wie Sich Ein Vater Erbarmet / Gott, Nimm Dich Ferner Unser An 5:02
3 Lobet Den Hernn In Seinen Taten / Alles, Was Odem Hat 3:49
Der Geist Hilft Unser Schwachheit Auf BWV 226
4 Der Geist Hilft Unser Schwachheit Auf 4:28
5 Der Aber Die Herzen Forschet 3:05
6 Du Heilige Brunst, Süßer Trost 1:40
Jesu, Meine Freude BWV 227
7 Jesu, Meine Freude, Choral Vers 1 1:07
8 Es Ist Nun Nichts Verdammliches 3:07
9 Unter Deinen Schirmen, Choral Vers 2 1:13
10 Denn Das Gesetz Des Geistes 1:03
11 Trotz Dem Alten Drachen, Choral Vers 3 2:25
12 Ihr Aber Seid Nicht Fleischlich 3:08
13 Weg Mit Allen Schätzen, Coral Vers 4 1:17
14 So Aber Christus In Euch Ist 2:05
15 Gute Nacht, O Wesen, Choral Vers 5 3:35
16 So Nun Der Geist 1:41
17 Weicht, Ihr Trauergeister 1:13
Fürchte Dich Nicht, Ich Bin Bei Dir BWV 228
18 Fürchte Dich Nicht, Ich Bin Bei Dir 1:51
19 Ich Stärke Dich, Ich Helfe Dir Auch 3:06
20 Fürchte Dich Nicht, Denn Ich Habe Dich Erlöset / Herr, Mein Hirt, Brunn Aller Freuden, Choral 4:55
Komm, Jesu, Komm BWV 229
21 Komm, Jesu, Komm, Mein Leib Ist Müde 1:49
22 Der Saure Weg Wird Mir Zu Schwer 1:39
23 Du Bist Der Rechte Weg 4:23
24 Drum Schließ Ich Mich In Deine Hände, Aria 1:27
Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden BWV 230
25 Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden 2:52
26 Denn Seine Gnade 2:34
27 Alleluja 1:29
Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Du Segnest Mich Denn BWV 231
28 Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Du Segnest Mich Denn 2:29
29 Ich Lasse Dich Nicht Weil Du Mein Gott Und Vater Bist, Choral 2:10
Notes:
Recorded November 2003 at Probstei St. Gerold.
(P)(C) 2007 ECM Records GmbH.
Label Code: LC02516
It was during a concert given by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in the fall of 1995 that a Bach motet’s masterful weaves of light and sound first nourished these ears. With infinitely branching listening paths before me, however, I never explored the motets further—that is, until the ECM connection came full circle with this wondrous recording from the Hilliard Ensemble. Or should I say, the Hilliard Ensemble in duplicate, for here the quartet is joined by sopranos Joanne Lunn and Rebecca Outram, countertenor David Gould, and bass Robert Macdonald for a special session in the familiar acoustics of Austria’s Propstei St. Gerold.
Very little is known about the circumstances surrounding the composition of these motets, but as Martin Geck’s liner notes remind us, their significance in Bach’s oeuvre is on par with The Well-Tempered Clavier, equally monumental as examples of counterpoint and absolute harmony. They are, one might say, extra-musical insofar as they express themselves far beyond the words at their core, beyond the note values ascribed to those words, and beyond the constraints that pigeonhole them into meters and divisions. Rather, they lose themselves blissfully in the finer details of their flowering.
From the first threads of Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied one can feel the utter control these singers possess. Listening to them is like feeling the music being born from Bach’s mind, fresh and free from the pitfalls of excessive scrutiny. Lunn and Outram stand out especially, ringing out over the others like carillon overtones in a music overcome by a melismatic spirituality (listen also for their striking high that ends this opening motet). The shimmering space therein gives us some of the more intimate moments on the disc, nesting in mind and body with all the gentility of an autumn breeze. These motets all end on resolved chords, offering a sign of hope and tranquility in the wake of their roiling seas. On that note one can hardly praise this recording without highlighting the crisp diction throughout. This attention to linguistic color is perhaps what most separates it from those rendered in larger forces. Moments like the “Gute Nacht, O Wesen” portion of Jesu, Meine Freude are as tactile as our own bodies. Others of sheer transcendence abound, as in the final chorale of Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir and the Alleluia of Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden. Yet it is in the last, Ich lasse Dich nicht, du sengnest mich denn (often elided from Bach motet recordings, due to its contested authorship), that we find ourselves bathed in deepest calm, for here is the breath turned sacred, that it might begin a life of its own.