A weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach with producer Govert Jan Bach and host Joop van Zijl. Episode 472: this week the Wohltemperierte Klavier I by pianist Geoffrey Madge, complemented by cantatas by Masaaki Suzuki and an hommage to counter tenor Alfred Deller.
1. Cantate BWV 181 “Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister” (for Sunday 13 February, Sexagesimae 1724)
Yakari Nonoshita, soprano. Robin Blaze, altus. Gerd Türk, tenor. Peter Kooij, bass. Bach Collegium Japan under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki
(BIS CD 1221)
2. Cantate BWV 170 “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebet Seelenlust” (for the sixth Sunday after Trinitatis 1726)
3. Cantate BWV 54 “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” (for Sunday Oculi 1714)
4. Aria Agnus dei from Hohe Messe
Alfred Deller, altus. Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble under the direction of Gustav Leonhardt with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, baroque cello
(VANGUARD 08506971)
In photo: Alfred Deller
