Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith - Bach Cantatas, BWV 82 and 199 (2009)

Tracklist

01. BWV82: Aria: Ich habe genug
02. BWV82: Recitative: Ich habe genug. Mein Trost ist nur allein
03. BWV82: Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen
04. BWV82: Recitative: Mein Gott! wenn kommt das schoene: Nun!
05. BWV82: Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod
06. BWV199: Recitative: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
07. BWV199: Aria: Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen
08. BWV199: Recitative: Doch Gott muss mir gnaedig sein
09. BWV199: Aria: Tief gebueckt und voller Reue
10. BWV199: Recitative: Auf diese Schmerzensreu
11. BWV199: Chorale: Ich, dein betruebtes Kind
12. BWV199: Recitative: Ich lege mich in diese Wunden
13. BWV199: Aria: Wie freudig ist mein Herz

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's performances of these two cantatas are like deeply personal, supplicatory confessionals. The American mezzosoprano has a dark and well-focused sound, and brings words and music to life through a wealth of imaginative detail. The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music (a Boston-based church that incorporates the Bach cantata cycle into its regular liturgy) provides warm-hearted, rich-toned support from 11 strings plus bassoon, and Peggy Pearson shapes the obbligato oboe d'amore parts with exquisite sensitivity. A stunning and remarkably affecting achievement all around.

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