Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 638. The Magnificat by son Carl Philipp Emanuel and Cantata BWV 40 for Boxing Day by father Johann Sebastian. In between we hear a fugue, not played on the organ, but on handbells!
From 24 December onwards you can vote on your favourite Bach CD of 2018!
E-mail to bach@concertzender.nl and tell us which is your favourite.
You can vote up to Sunday 6 January 2019.
Here are all 8 nominations for BachCD 2018.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
1. Magnificat, H 772
– 1. Magnificat Anima Mea
– 2. Quia Respexit
– 3. Quia Fecit Mihi Magna
– 4. Et Misericordia Eius
– 5. Fecit Potentiam
– 6. Deposuit Potentes De Sede
– 7. Suscepit Israel
– 8. Gloria Patri
– 9. Sicut Erat In Principio
Joélle Harvey and Olivia Vermeulen, soprano. Iestyn Davies, countertenor. Thomas Walker, tenor. Thomas Bauer, baritone. Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen
(CD Bach Magnificats, Nomination nr. 7)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
2. Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
KIRIKU Handbell Ensemble
3. Cantata nr. 40 “Dazu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes”, BWV 40 (for Boxing Day)
– 1. Dazu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes
– 2. Das Wort Ward Fleisch
– 3. Die Sund Macht Leid
– 4. Hollische Schlange
– 5. Die Schlange, So Im Paradies
– 6. Schuttle Deinen Kopf Und Sprich
– 7. Christenkinder, Freuet Euch!
– 8. Jesu, Nimm Dich Deiner Glieder
Katharine Fuge and Joanne Lunn, soprano. Robin Tyson and William Towers, altus. James Gilchrist, tenor. Peter Harvey, bass. The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
(CD Bach Cantatas Vol. 14)
