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Bach Sacred Cantatas Volume 7
BWV 4 :: 106 :: 9 :: 181
Cantates pour l'éternité
The Saving Word


Odéi Bilodeau | Elaine Lachica
Philippe Gagné | Drew Santini
MONTRÉAL BAROQUE
Eric Milnes


ACD2 2406

The seventh recording in a complete series of J.S.Bach's Sacred Cantatas

• Pour l‘éternité is volume 7 of ATMA cycle of J.S. Bach's sacred cantatas and as the title suggests, these works evoke the quest for the great beyond.

• Cantata BWV 4 (Christ lay in the bonds of death) was written for Easter Sunday. Composed for the sixth Sunday after Trinity.

• Cantata BWV 9 (Salvation now has come for all) is a choral cantata. Unlike the cantatas composed for Sunday liturgy.

• Cantata BWV 106 (God's time is the very best time, posthumously named Actus tragicus), is a setting of Biblical and other texts selected to serve as a meditation on the death of Christ.

• Written for the Sexagesima Sunday (the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday), the short cantata BWV 181 (Light-minded frivolous spirits) promises the salvation of the believer.

• This is the seventh release in ATMA's project to record the sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in conjunction with the Montréal Baroque Festival.

• This cycle is performed in keeping with the latest scholarship on Bach's own performances, with the chorus sections sung by the four soloists, one voice per part.

• The Festival Montréal Baroque is held every year in Old Montréal, with performance venues in churches, factories, and a warehouse that actually date back to the Baroque era. The Festival has gained an international reputation amongst Early Music performers, and draws both artists and audience from around the world.


Odéi Bilodeau, soprano
Elaine Lachica soprano
Philippe Gagné tenor
Drew Santini baritone

MONTRÉAL BAROQUE
Susie Napper direction artistique | artistic director
Eric Milnes direction | conductor


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

CANTATES POUR L'ETERNITE

CHRIST LAG IN TODES BANDEN, BWV 4
Christ gisait dans les liens de la mort l Christ lay in the bonds of death
Cornet à bouquin, 3 saqueboutes, cordes et basse continue
Cornetto, 3 sackbuts, strings, and continuo (Mülhausen, 1708)
  1. I. SINFONIA     1:17
  2. II. CHŒUR: Christ lag in Todesbanden     3.48
  3. III. DUO: Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt [SOPRANO ET ALTO]     4:11
  4. IV. AIR: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn [TENOR]     2:02
  5. V. CHŒUR: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg     2:24
  6. VI. AIR Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm [BASSE, CHŒUR]     3:14
  7. VII. DUO: So feiern wir das hohe Fest [SOPRANO, TENOR, CHŒUR]     1:30
  8. VIII. CHORAL - Wir essen und leben wohl     0:54

GOTTES ZEIT IST DIE ALLERBESTE ZEIT, BWV 106,
«ACTUS TRAGICUS»
Le temps de Dieu est vraiment le meilleur | God's time is the very best time
2 flutes à bec, 2 violes de gambe et basse continue
2 recorders, 2 violas da gamba, and continuo (Mülhausen, 1707)
  9. I. SONATINA     2:33
10. IIA. CHŒUR: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit     8:40
      IIB. ARIOSO: Ach Herr, lehre uns bedenken [TENOR]
      IIC. AIR: Bestelle dein Haus [BASSE]
      IID. CHŒUR ARIOSO: Es ist der alte Bund [BASSE, SOPRANO]
11. IIIA. AIR: In deinen hande befehle ich meinen Geist [ALTO]     6:32
      IIIB. ARIOSO CHORAL: Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sien [BASSE, ALTO]
12. IV. CHŒUR: Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit 2.39

ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER, BWV 9
C'est le salut qui vient vers nous l Salvation now has come for all
Traversiere, hautbois d'amour, cordes et basse continue
Traverso, oboe d'amore, strings, and continuo (Leipzig 1732-1735)
13. I. CHŒUR: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her     4:58
14. II. RECITATIF: Gott gab uns ein Gesetz [BASSE]     1:10
15. III. AIR: Wir waren schon zu tief gesunken [TENOR]     6:08
16. IV. RECITATIF: Doch musste das Gesetz erfüllet werden [BASSE]     1:07
17. V. DUO: Herr, du siehst statt guter Werke [SOPRANO ET ALTO]     7:03
18. VI. RECITATIF: Wenn wir die Sund aus dem Gesetz erkennen [BASSE]     1:16
19. VII. CHORAL: Ob sich's anliess, als wollt er nicht     0:51

LEICHTGESINNTE FLATTERGEISTER, BWV 181
Les esprits frivoles et insoudants l Light-minded frivolous spirits
Cantate pour la Sexagesime l Cantata for Sexagesimae
Trompette, traversiere, hautbois, cordes et basse continue
Trumpet, traverso, oboe, strings, and continuo (Leipzig 1732-1735)
20. I. AIR: Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister [BASSE]     3:04
21. II. RECITATIF: 0 ungluckselger Stand verkehrter Seelen [ALTO]     1:29
22. III. AIR: Der schädlichen Dornen unendliche Zahl [TENOR]     2:38
23. IV. RECITATIF: Von diesen wird die Kraft erstickt [SOPRANO]     0.38
24. V. CHŒUR: Lass, Höchster, uns zu allen Zeiten     4:37



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