DVD Box 2010
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantatas BWV 1, 22, 57, 90, 93, 103, 109, 137, 138, 156, 184
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.
“Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” (How beauteous beams the morning star)
Cantata BWV 1 for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary for soprano (Eva Oltiványi), tenor (Makoto Sakurada) and bass (Manuel Walser), choir, horn I+II, oboe da caccia I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Elisabeth Bronfen
“Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe” (Jesus took to him the twelve)
Cantata BWV 22 for Estomihi for alto (Markus Forster), tenor (Johannes Kaleschke) and bass (Ekkehard Abele), choir, oboe, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Sr. Ingrid Grave
“Selig ist der Mann, der die Anfechtung erduldet” (Blessed is the man who bears temptation with patience)
Cantata BWV 57 for the Second Day of Christmas for soprano (Julia Neumann), alto (Antonia Frey), tenor (Nicolas Savoy), and bass (Ekkehard Abele), oboe I+II, oboe da caccia, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Annemarie Pieper
“Es reisset euch ein schrecklich Ende” (To ruin you an end of terror)
Cantata BWV 90 for the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Leonie Gloor), alto (Antonia Frey), tenor (Bernhard Berchtold) and bass (Klaus Häger), trumpet, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Rainer Erlinger
“Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” (The man who leaves to god all power)
Cantata BWV 93 for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Miriam Feuersinger), alto (Jan Börner), tenor (Julius Pfeifer) and bass (Markus Volpert), choir, oboe I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Michael von Brück
“Ihr werdet weinen und heulen” (Ye will be weeping and wailing)
Cantata BWV 103 for Jubilate for alto (Ruth Sandhoff) and tenor (Andreas Weller), choir, trumpet, flauto piccolo, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Berthold Rothschild
“Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben” (I have faith, O dear Lord, help my unbelieving)
Cantata BWV 109 for the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity for alto (Ruth Sandhoff) and tenor (Bernhard Berchtold), choir, corno da caccia, oboe I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Suzette Sandoz
“Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren” (Praise the Almighty, the powerful king of all honour)
Cantata BWV 137 for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Miriam Feuersinger), alto (Claude Eichenberger), tenor (Johannes Kaleschke) and bass (Markus Volpert), choir, trumpet I-III, timpani, oboe I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Martin Johann Stähli
“Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz” (Why art thou troubled, O my heart?)
Cantata BWV 138 for the fifteen Sunday after Trinity for soprano (Julia Sophie Wagner), alto (Alex Potter), tenor (Makoto Sakurada) and bass (Wolf Matthias Friedrich), choir, oboe d’amore I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Christoph Wolff
“Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe” (I stand with one foot in the grave now)
Cantata BWV 156 for the Third Sunday after Epiphany for soprano (Muriel Schwarz), alto (Terry Wey), tenor (Bernhard Berchtold) and bass (Markus Volpert), oboe, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Gottfried Schatz
“Erwünschtes Freudenlicht” (O welcome light of joy)
Cantata BWV 184 for the Third Day of Pentecost for soprano (Ulrike Hofbauer), alto (Margot Oitzinger), tenor (Daniel Johannsen) and bass (Fabrice Hayoz), flauto traverso I+II, strings and continuo.
Reflection lecture: Alois Hass
Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation
Conductor: Rudolf Lutz