DVD Box 2009
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Cantatas BWV 18, 23, 26, 34, 35, 42, 135, 155, 161, 180, 191
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.
"Gleich wie der Regen" (Just as the showers)
Cantata BWV 18 for Sexagesima Sunday for soprano (Nuria Rial), tenor (Makoto Sakurada) and bass (Dominik Wörner), choir, recorder I+II, bassoon, viola I, II, III, IV and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Hans Jecklin
"Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn" (Thou, very God and David's son)
Cantata BWV 23 for Estomihi (Quinguagesima Sunday), verion in C minor for soprano (Miriam Feuersinger), alto (Markus Forster), tenor (Jens Weber) and bass (Fabrice Hayoz), choir, oboe I+II, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Konrad Hummler
"Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig" (Ah, how fleeting, ah, how empty)
Cantata BWV 26 for the Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity for alto (Antonia Frey), tenor (Daniel Johannsen) and bass (Klaus Häger), choir, horn, flute, oboe I–III, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Gerhard Schwarz
"O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe" (O fire everlasting, O fountain of loving)
Cantata BWV 34 for Pentecost (Whitsunday) for alto (Margot Oitzinger), tenor (Jens Weber) and bass (Fabrice Hayoz), choir, trumpet I–III, timpani, flute I+II, oboe I+II, bassoon, strings, organ and harpsichord.
Reflection lecture: Arthur Godel
"Geist und Seele wird verwirret" (Soul with spirit is bewildered)
Cantata BWV 35 for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity for alto (Claude Eichenberger), oboe I+II, oboe da caccia, bassoon, organ obligato, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Ulrike Landfester
"Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats" (That evening, though, of the very same Sabbath)
Cantata BWV 42 for the First Sunday after Easter for soprano (Ulrike Hofbauer), alto (Irène Friedli), tenor (Bernhard Berchtold) and bass (Markus Volpert), oboe I+II, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Barbara Bleisch
"Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder" (Oh Lord, me a poor sinner)
Cantata BWV 135 for the Third Sunday after Trinity for alto (Jan Börner), tenor (Hans Jörg Mammel) and bass (Klaus Häger), choir, oboe I+II, bass trombone, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Emmanuel Wiemer
"Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange" (My God, how long, how long then?)
Cantata BWV 155 for the Second Sunday after Epiphany for soprano (Julia Neumann), alto (Margot Oitzinger), tenor (Julius Pfeifer) and bass (Raphael Jud), bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Hugo Loetscher
"Komm, du süsse Todesstunde" (Come, O death, thou sweetest hour)
Cantata BWV 161 for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity for alto (Alex Potter) and tenor (Daniel Johannsen), choir, flute I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Alex Rübel
"Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" (Deck thyself, O soul beloved)
Cantata BWV 180 for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Maria Cristina Kiehr), alto (Jan Börner), tenor (Julius Pfeifer) and bass (Fabrice Hayoz), choir, recorder I+II, flute, oboe, oboe da caccia, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Monica Rüthers
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (Glory be to God on high)
Cantata BWV 191 for the First day of Christmas for soprano (Gerlinde Sämann) and tenor (Johannes Kaleschke), choir, trumpet I–III, timpani, flute I+II, oboe I+II, bassoon, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Abbot Primate Notker Wolf
Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation
Conductor: Rudolf Lutz