Barnaby Smith: Bach

Product Description A new collection of JS Bach’s finest music for the alto voice, performed by leading British Baroque countertenor Barnaby Smith with Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort. Programmed in a cycle, the repertoire reflects the story from Candlemas, through the Passion to the Resurrection, demonstrating the unequalled beauty of Bach’s writing. “Bach has been a central figure in my personal musical journey. He is my greatest love as a musician, not only because of the repertoire, but his importance for the modern-day countertenor voice within that repertoire. From a singer’s perspective, Bach is a gift but it’s also the hardest thing you’ll ever do. When you’re singing, you feel totally subservient to the music. His genius feels truly beyond anything you can comprehend. The way he writes for the voice, the gestures within the music, and the opportunities he gives you as a singer are incredibly liberating. There is so much that you can bring to it as an orator, and that is an absolute gift.” Track Listing: 1. Cantata “Ich habe genug”, BWV 82: I Aria Ich habe genug, ich habe den Heiland; 2. Cantata “Ich habe genug”, BWV 82: II Recitativo Ich habe genug! Mein Trost ist nur allein; 3. Cantata “Ich habe genug”, BWV 82: III Aria Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen; 4. Cantata “Ich habe genug”, BWV 82: IV Recitativo Mein Gott! wann kommt das schöne Nun!; 5. Cantata “Ich habe genug”, BWV 82:V Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod; 6. Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Erbarme dich; 7. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Credo: Et In Unum Dominum Jesum Christus; 8. Johannes Passion, BWV 245: Es ist vollbracht!; 9. Cantata “Vergnügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust”, BWV 170: IAria: Vergnügte Ruh! Beliebte Seelenlust!; 10. Cantata “Vergnügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust”, BWV 170: II Recitativo: Die Welt, Das Sündenhaus; 11. Cantata “Vergnügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust”, BWV 170: III Aria: Wie Jammern Mich Doch Die Verkehrten Herzen; 12. Cantata “Vergnügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust”, BWV 170: IV Recitativo: Wer Sollte Sich Demnach; 13. Cantata “Vergnügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust”, BWV 170: V Aria: Mir Ekelt Mehr Zu Leben; 14. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei; 15. Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio), BWV 249: Saget, saget mir Geschwinde; 16. Weihnachts Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248: Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh. Review The lovely tone and fullness of Smith’s countertenor was a real asset in ‘Cara sposa, amante cara’… an intuitive sense of the expressive and dramatic import of Handel’s melodic gestures….” --Opera Today Bevan’s shine blended comfortingly with Smith’s softer warmth in the affectionate dialogue and running chains of thirds. The duo’s gleeful triplets were as light as air, but focused and true: “how happy we” indeed!.the da capo was even more felicitously florid, culminating in an extravagant cadenza in which the two voices wound around each other, higher and higher, an outpouring of happiness which overflowed into the concluding string postlude. --Opera Today

1: Ich Habe Genug, Ich Habe Den Heiland
2: Ich Habe Genug! Mein Trost Ist Nur Allein
3: Schlummert Ein, Ihr Matten Augen
4: Mein Gott! Wann Kommt Das Schöne Nun!
5: Ich Freue Mich Auf Meinen Tod
6: Erbarme Dich
7: Et in Unum Dominum Jesum Christus
8: Es Ist Vollbracht!
9: Vergnügte Ruh! Beliebte Seelenlust!
10: Die Welt, Das Sündenhaus
11: Wie Jammern Mich Doch Die Verkehrten Herzen
12: Wer Sollte Sich Demnach
13: Mir Ekelt Mehr Zu Leben
14: Agnus Dei
15: Saget, Saget Mir Geschwinde
16: Schlafe, Mein Liebster, Geniesse Der Ruh...

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Conductor: Bojan Cicic

Number of Discs: 1

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