DVD Box 2008
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Cantatas BWV 54, 63, 78, 81, 88, 125, 129, 139, 140, 166, 169
Each DVD (in German, no subtitles) includes a film recording of the respective cantata, introductory workshop, reflection lecture of the speaker and a film portrait of the J. S. Bach Foundation.
"Widerstehe doch der Sünde" (Stand steadfast against transgression)
Cantata BWV 54 for the Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi) for alto (Markus Forster), strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Thomas Sprecher
"Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" (Christians, etch ye now this day)
Cantata BWV 63 for Christmas Day for soprano (Eva Oltiványi), alto (Jan Börner), tenor (Julius Pfeifer) and bass (Markus Volpert), choir, trumpet I-IV, timpani, oboe I-III, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Iso Camartin
"Jesu, der Du meine Seele" (Jesus, thou who this my spirit)
Cantata BWV 78 for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Julia Neumann), alto (Margot Oitzinger), tenor (Bernhard Berchtold) and bass (Markus Volpert), choir, flute, oboe I+II, horn, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Rüdiger Görner
"Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen" (Jesus sleeps, what should my hope be?)
Cantata BWV 81 for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany for alto (Roswitha Müller), tenor (Bernhard Berchtold) and bass (Wolf Matthias Friedrich), (soprano in closing chorale), recorder I+II, oboe d’amore I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Rolf Dubs
"Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden" (See now, I will send out many fishers)
Cantata BWV 88 for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Miriam Feuersinger), alto (Ruth Sandhoff), tenor (Andreas Weller) and bass (Markus Volpert), horn I+II, oboe d’amore I+II, taille, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Isabelle Graesslé
"Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin" (In peace and joy do I depart)
Cantata BWV 125 for the Purification of St Mary the Virgin for alto (Alex Potter), tenor (Andreas Post) and bass (Markus Volpert), choir, horn, flute, oboe d’amore, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Martin Meyer
"Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott" (Give honour to the Lord)
Cantata BWV 129 for Trinity Sunday for soprano (Ulrike Hofbauer), alto (Claude Eichenberger) and bass (Klaus Häger), choir, trumpet I-III, timpani, flute, oboe I+II, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Countess Felizitas of Schönborn
"Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott" (Blest he who self can to his God)
Cantata BWV 139 for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Susanne Frei), alto (Antonia Frey), tenor (Johannes Kaleschke) and bass (Ekkehard Abele), choir, oboe d’amore I+II, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Thomas Held
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (Wake, arise, the voices call us)
Cantata BWV 140 for the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Nuria Rial), tenor (Bernhard Berchtold) and bass (Markus Volpert), choir, horn, oboe I+II, taille, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Beatrice von Matt
"Wo gehest Du hin" (Where to dost thou go?)
Cantata BWV 166 for the Fourth Sunday after Easter for alto (Terry Wey), tenor (Gerd Türk) and bass (Markus Volpert), oboe, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Katharina Hoby-Peter
"Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" (God all alone my heart shall master)
Cantata BWV 169 for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity for alto (Claude Eichenberger), choir (chorale), oboe I+II, taille, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Christiaan Lucas Hart Nibbrig
Choir and orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation
Conductor: Rudolf Lutz