- Artist:
- John Eliot Gardiner
BACH Sacred Masterpieces & Cantatas
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Release date: 21 April 2023
Article Number: 502762000
Over the past decades, together with the two ensembles he founded: The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has recorded some of the most important Bach recordings ever made. For many, Gardiner is considered the greatest Bach interpreter of our time. To celebrate Gardiner's 80th birthday, this 22-CD edition "J.S. Bach - Sacred Masterworks and Cantatas" is available again. In addition to reference recordings of the Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion and B Minor Mass for the ARCHIV label, the edition also includes 12 CDs of the famous "Pilgrimage" on which Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles performed Bach cantatas live in churches throughout Europe and recorded them.
"Gardiner once said: If he didn't meet Bach in heaven – should he ever get there - he wouldn't need to go there at all. If Gardiner's cantatas weren't played there, we'd prefer purgatory, too." - Die Welt
Tracklist:
CD 1 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One, Two and Three
CD 2 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four, Five and Six
CD 3 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One
CD 4 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two
CD 5 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two (cont.)
CD 6 St. John Passion, BWV 245, Part One and Two
CD 7 St. John Passion, BWV 245, Part Two (cont.)
CD 8 Mass, BWV 232
CD 9 Mass, BWV 232 (cont.)
CD 10 Magnificat, BWV 243; Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Cantata BWV 51
CD 11 Advent Cantatas, BWV 36, 61 & 62
CD 12 Christmas Cantatas, BWV 63, 64, 121 & 133
CD 13 New Year Cantata, BWV 16; Cantatas for the 21st and 23rd Sunday after Trinity, BWV 98 & 139
CD 14 Cantatas for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, BWV 72, 73, 111 & 156
CD 15 Cantatas for the Feast of the Purification of Mary (2 February), BWV 82, 83, 125 & 200
CD 16 Easter Cantatas, BWV 6 & 66
CD 17 Cantatas for Ascension Day, BWV 11, 37, 43 & 128
CD 18 Cantatas for the 1st day of Whitsun, BWV 34, 59, 74 & 172
CD 19 Cantatas for the 9th Sunday after Trinity, BWV 94, 105 & 168
CD 20 Cantatas for the 11th Sunday after Trinity, BWV 113, 179 & 199
CD 21 Cantatas for the 27th Sunday after Trinity, BWV 140 & for the Feast of the Visitation of Mary (2 July), BWV 147
CD 22 Cantatas BWV 106; 118/231 & 198
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
