Soloists; Cappella Amsterdam; Orch Of The 18th C; Bruggen
Description
In keeping with the tradition of Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century, this CD was also recorded live in concert.
Together with the vocal soloists Ilse Eerens, Michael Chance, Markus Schäfer and David Wilson-Johnson as well as the Cappella Amsterdam, which performs the choruses, Frans Brüggen and his legendary ensemble went on a spring tour in 2012, during which Johann Sebastian Bach's Easter Oratorio was at the centre of the programme.
The conductor, who died in 2014, was one of the most influential figures in so-called historical performance practice, but he was never a fan of the practice of casting all voices as soloists.
Thus, the interpretation of the Easter Oratorio presented here offers a magnificent range of tonal colours that bring out the extraordinary beauty of the work even more clearly.
This CD is completed by a "hypothetical" organ concerto composed from various instrumental movements from the cantatas BWV 35 and BWV 156, based on an idea by Frans Brüggen himself.
Tracklisting
Alessandro De Marchi; Coro e Orchestra del Consort Maghini
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet
Lina Tur Bonet; Jadran Duncumb
La Colombina; Schola Antiqua
Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian, Benedicte Maurseth, Patrick Graham
Filippo Mineccia, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Mameli, Il Groviglio, Marco Angioloni
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Berit Norbakken; Arctic Philharmonic; Hennig Kraggerud
Melanie Marshall; Roderick Williams; The Cambridge Singers; Taplow Young Voices; Royal Philharmonic
Mirjam Mesak; Kai Ruutel-Pajula; Mati Turi; Taavi Tampuu; Raiko Raalik; Chorus Mysticus; Singers of
Jervaulx Singers; Beth Moxon; Gareth Meirion Edmunds; Edmund Danon; Alison Frances Gill; Charlie Go
Alejandro Del Angel; Massimo Cavalletti; Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus; Essen Philharmonic Choir; Esse
Denis Rouger; figure humaine kammerchor; Hyelin Lee
Janet Baker; Bayerischen Rso; Rafael Kubelik
Paavo Jarvi; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Kalle Randalu; Estonian National Male Choir; Ellerhein Gi
