Bach: Easter Oratorio • Magnificat
Orchestra and Chorus of Cantata Collective
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Harrison Hintzsche, baritone
11th April 2025
AV2756 | 822252275629
£13.49 (1CD Digipack | 24-page booklet) | • PRE-ORDER
Summary:
San Francisco-based Cantata Collective continues its exploration of J.S. Bach’s major choral masterworks with a third in the ongoing series, pairing the composer’s Easter Oratorio and Magnificat. Released in time for Holy Week, both works are lavishly scored and feature some of Bach’s most festive and popular vocal writing. With celebrated baroque music specialist Nicholas McGegan on the podium, and a roll call of today’s finest early music vocal soloists, this release is poised to build on the auspicious previous releases – a “bold and beautifully constructed” St. John Passion (BBC Radio 3 Record Review), and “an exemplary performance” of the Mass in B Minor (American Record Guide).
Tracklist:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
EASTER ORATORIO, BWV 249
1. I. Sinfonia
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Duetto e Coro: Kommt, eilet und laufet; Duetto: Komm, gehet und eilet (1st-2nd versions)
4. IV. Recitativo (SATB): O kalter Männer Sinn!
5. V. Aria (Soprano): Seele, deine Spezereien
6. VI. Recitativo (ATB): Hier ist die Gruft
7. VII. Aria (Tenor): Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer
8. VIII. Recitativo (SA): Indessen seufzen wir
9. IX. Aria (Alto): Saget, saget mir geschwinde
10. X. Recitativo (Bass): Wir sind erfreut
11. XI. Chorus: Preis und Dank
MAGNIFICAT in D major, BWV 243.2 (243)
12. I. Chorus: Magnificat anima mea
13. II. Aria: Et Exultavit
14. III. Aria: Quia respexit
15. IV. Chorus: Omnes generationes
16. V. Aria: Quia fecit mihi magna
17. VI. Duetto: Et Misericordia
18. VII. Chorus: Fecit potentiam
19. VIII. Aria: Deposuit
20. IX. Aria: Esurientes
21. X. Terzetto: Suscepit Israel
22. XI. Chorus: Sicut locutus est
23. XII. Chorus: Gloria Patri
Orchestra and Chorus of Cantata Collective
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Harrison Hintzsche, baritone
Recorded 18–21 March 2024, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, California
Recording production, engineering, editing and mixing: David v.R. Bowles (Swineshead Productions, LLC)
Assistant engineer and Atmos authoring: Margaret Tobin (Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco)
Production assistants: Heidi Trefethen and Justin Park
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