Episode 135. Each workday host Joop van Zijl and producer Govert Jan Bach will plough through the oeuvre of the great master Johann Sebastian Bach. On our way to Christmas with the fifth cantata from the Weihnachtsoratotrium and a worldly cantata.
1. Cantata "Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen" BWV 215
Els Bongers, soprano. Paul Agnew, tenor. Klaus Mertens, bass. Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman
(Koopman cantates vol.4)
2. Fifth cantata "Ehre sei Dir, Gott, gesungen" from Weihnachts Oratorium BWV 248/V
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano. Andreas Scholl, altus. Werner Gura, tenor. Klaus Hager, bass. RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by René Jacobs
(HM France)
Any remarks? Please email tobach@concertzender.nl
Image: the 3 wise men from the East (Henry Siddons Mowbray)
Hosted by: Joop van Zijl
