Category Cantatas

Conducted by Kristian Commichau, the vocal-concertisten performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (For Thee, O Lord, I long), BWV 150, an early church cantata. Recorded at the Inselkirche Hermannswerder in Potsdam, Germany, in 2015.

Conducted by Shunske Sato, the Netherlands Bach Society performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank we all our God), BWV 192. Recorded on 20 June 2022 at the Philharmonie Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Accompanied by the Baroque music ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée, French operatic coloratura soprano Sabine Devieilhe and Franco-Italian mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre record “Per abbatter il rigore” from Aminta e Fillide, a secular cantata in 11 movements written by the German-British Baroque…

Conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir perform Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (Lord Jesus Christ, O highest good), BWV 113, a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Soloists: Magdalena Kožená: soprano, William…

Antonio Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater for solo alto and orchestra, RV 621; performed by the Spanish countertenor Carlos Mena and Ricercar Consort, the Belgian instrumental ensemble conducted by Philippe Pierlot, the French flutist and first flute of the Orchestre National de…

Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei (See to it, that your fear of God be not hypocrisy), BWV 179; Mein Herze…

Conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Choir of Clare College perform Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (HWV 74), a secular cantata composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Ambrose Philips. Soloist:…