Rate Points :5.0
Binding :Audio CD
Label :Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer :Deutsche Grammophon
MPN :463589
ProductGroup :Music
Studio :Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher :Deutsche Grammophon
UPC :028946358924
EAN :0028946358924
Price :$16.98USD
Lowest Price :$11.18USD
Customer ReviewsEngrave this performance in your mind!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :16
If you like Bach and are a fan of Gardiner, youll love this recording! The words to the opening cantata, when translated into English, read: "Christians, engrave this day(Christmas)in metal and marbel..." In this opening cantata, Bach, as no other composer can, paints a vivid musical picture of a hammer hitting a chisle(timpani) on metal(trumpets). Gardiner, the English Boroque Soloists, and the Monteverdi Choir, offer a performance of the Christmas Cantatas that will be "engraved" in the listeners mind even after the Christmas season.
Joyful Bach!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :7
This recording of Four of Bachs Christmas Cantatas shows the listener some of his most joyful music. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Montiverdi
Choir and the English Baroque Soloists deliver the goods on every selection. My personal favorte is BWV 63 "Christen atzet diesen Tag"
These recordings are part of the DG Archiv series of Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recordings, which for reasons of Money, et al, discontinued.
So Sir John and company decided to start their own label SDG or Soli Deo
Gloria which is working hard to record the rest of the cantatas from the
pilgrimage. The cantata are performed on Authentic Instruments, but do not
sound like an academic excersise in performance, instead they sound like
a celebration of Bachs music and spiritually. I can easily recommend the
entire series of recordings on both labels. Also their DVD of Bachs "
Christmas Oratorio" on Arthaus is a must have item, and a great compliment
to these recordings.
Arkiv or SDG?
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
I would agree with most of Craigs review, apart from the fact that these Arkiv recordings were not exactly a part of Gardiners Bach Pilgrimage. They were recorded in London England, at Abby Road Studios, not live in a famous church in Western Europe that Bach had some connection with. This Arkiv version of Cantata No. 63 is the finished recording of the "In Rehearsal with John Eliot Gardiner" DVD, where you get to see how John conducts his rehearsals. Very interesting to say the least. I purchased them both and used as a comparison. Although VERY good, I would still choose Gardiners "Soli Deo Gloria" recordings of the actual Pilgrimage. I am a subscriber of the Bach Pilgrimage recordings, and every on is absolutely fantastic. Notably, Niklas Eklund on Baroque trumpet is absolutely the best in the world, and his interpretation of the Cantatas plays circles around both Mark Bennet and Crispian Steele-Perkins! As for the SDG version of No. 63, the Pilgrimage version has not yet been released, but it will be included on Vol. 18 of the set, so watch for it, as it will be a fantastic addition to the subscription.
Great Series!!!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :16
This Christmas cantata volume is the crown jewel of the Monteverdi Choirs series of complete Bach cantatas. The opening chorus of the first cantata on this CD is what heaven must sound like. Unlike a few recordings Ive heard of these cantatas where the instruments overpower the voices, John Gardiner does a great job of balancing out the orchestra and choir. I listened to this CD constantly when I first got it. Buy the Monteverdi Choirs disk with the Advent cantatas to supplement this superb recording.
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