Damien Guillon, Céline Scheen, Le Banquet Céleste - Bach: Psaume 51, BWV 1083 - Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV608 (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
02. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Ist mein Herz in Missetaten
03. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Missetaten, die mich drücken
04. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Dich erzürnt mein Tun und Lassen
05. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen
06. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Sieh, ich bin in Sünd empfangen
07. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Sieh, du willst die Wahrheit haben
08. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Wasche mich doch rein von Sunden
09. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Lass mich Freud und Wonne spüren
10. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Schaue nicht auf meine Sünden
11. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Öffne Lippen, Mund und Seele
12. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Denn du willst kein Opfer haben
13. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Lass dein Zion blühend dauern
14. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater): Amen
15. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Nisi Dominus. Allegro
16. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Vanum est vobis. Largo
17. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Surgite postquam sederitis. Presto
18. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum. Largo
19. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Sicut saggitae in manu potentis. Allegro
20. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Beatus vir qui implevit. Andante
21. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Gloria Patri. Larghetto
22. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Sicut erat in principio. Allegro
23. Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Amen. Allegro



Damien Guillon, who has been proving himself as an interpreter of the more spiritual side of Baroque music, now makes his debut on Glossa both as countertenor soloist and director.

In a fascinating pairing of Bach and Vivaldi psalm settings, 'Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden' and 'Nisi Dominus', Guillon directs his ensemble Le Banquet Céleste, with which he recently made his debut in Avignon, conducting 'Acis and Galatea'.

Whilst he was Konzertmeister in Weimar, Bach was entrusted with transcribing scores by Vivaldi brought back from Amsterdam, thereby a fascination ensued, especially with Vivaldi's concertos.

As is pointed out by Stefano Russomanno in his booklet essay, Vivaldi would have employed the concerto logic also in his sacred vocal works, such as the early 'Nisi Dominus' recorded here. It was however a Neapolitan composer from the next generation, GB Pergolesi, whose music Bach turned to as the basis for a setting of Psalm 51, 'Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden'. The result was a magisterially rendered reworking – in parody form – of Pergolesi’s theatrical (and catholic) Stabat Mater, adjusted by Bach to accommodate the different demands of the German Protestant text. The warmth of Guillon’s countertenor finds an ideal match in the soprano Céline Scheen, another fabulous singer of Baroque music, whose vocal agility and purity has been entrancing audiences across Europe.

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