J.S. Bach: Motets

Taken together these motets and quasi-motets form one of the peaks of Bach's art as a composer of choral music. Compressed and complex, they make enormous demands on performers, requiring exceptional virtuosity, stamina and sensitivity to abrupt changes of mood and texture. Bach's characteristically skilful use of fugue, canon and counterpoint makes this music endlessly fascinating, but most of all these are works of emotional power, revealing Bach's compassionate nature, the dancing joy he takes in praising God, and his total certainty as he contemplates death. John Eliot Gardiner's extraordinary technical and interpretative skills ensure recognition of the motets and cantatas as some of the best of Bach.

Disc 1
1: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV229
2: O Jesu Christ, Mein's Lebens Licht, BWV118
3: Der Geist Hilft Unser Schwachheit Auf, BWV226
4: Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden, BWV230
5: Sei Lob Und Preis Mit Ehren, BWV231
6: Der Gerechte Kommt Um
7: Fürchte Dich Nicht, BWV228

Disc 2
1: Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV227
2: Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BWV225
3: Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft, BWV50

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists

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