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Bach: Ascension Cantatas / Gardiner, English Baroque, Et Al


Release Date: 06/13/2000 
Label:  Archiv Produktion (Dg)   Catalog #: 463583   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Michael ChanceAnthony Rolfe JohnsonStephen VarcoeNancy Argenta,   ... 
Conductor:  John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Baroque SoloistsMonteverdi Choir
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 19 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

"[Gardiner's] choice of soloists is unerring and the musicianship of [his ensembles] always imposing. Rhythm articulation is light but well defined, and there is great technical finesse and unanimity of ensemble." -- The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs "[Gardiner's] choice of soloists is unerring and the musicianship of [his ensembles] always imposing. Rhythm articulation is light but well defined, and there is great technical finesse and unanimity of ensemble." -- The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Michael Chance (Countertenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Stephen Varcoe (Bass),
Nancy Argenta (Soprano)
Conductor:  John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Baroque Soloists,  Monteverdi Choir
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1735; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/1993 
Venue:  All Saints' Church, London, England 
Length: 28 Minutes 13 Secs. 
2. Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Christoph Genz (Tenor), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano),
Reinhard Hagen (Bass)
Conductor:  John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Baroque Soloists,  Monteverdi Choir
Written: 1725 
Date of Recording: 04/1999 
Venue:  St. John's Church, London, England 
Length: 16 Minutes 30 Secs. 
3. Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano),
Stephen Varcoe (Bass)
Conductor:  John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Baroque Soloists,  Monteverdi Choir
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1724; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/1993 
Venue:  All Saints' Church, London, England 
Length: 15 Minutes 30 Secs. 
4. Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano),
Stephen Varcoe (Bass)
Conductor:  John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Baroque Soloists,  Monteverdi Choir
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1726; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/1993 
Venue:  All Saints' Church, London, England 
Length: 18 Minutes 2 Secs. 

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