JS Bach: Easter Oratorio & cantatas - Christophe Rousset

 

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Easter Oratorio & cantatas

Anna El-Khashem, soprano

Mari Askvik, contralto

Nick Pritchard, tenor

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: April 21, 2025, Philharmonie, Paris

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(01) Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (BWV 66) [28'03"]

cantata for the second day of Easter

(02) Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß (BWV 134) [24'35"]

cantata for the third day of Easter

(03) Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet) (BWV 249) [39'36"]

for the first day of Easter

Picture: The Resurrection of Christ (Benvenuto Tisi, 1520)

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Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen

Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß

Easter Oratorio

scores

Anna El-Khashem

Mari Askvik

Nick Pritchard

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

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A Scarlatti: Clori, Lidia e Filli - Simone Vallerotonda

 

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Clori, Lidia e Filli

serenata à 3 voci coi violini e il liuto (1701?)

Francesca Boncompagni, soprano (Lidia) 

Valeria La Grotta, soprano (Filli)

Gaia Petrone, contralto (Clori)

I Bassifondi

DIR: SIMONE VALLEROTONDA

recorded: Oct 15, 2025, Oratorio di San Filippo Neri, Bologna

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(01) Prima parte [30'05"]

(02) Concerto grosso No. 3 in F - 

Seconda parte [31'24"]

Picture: autograph serenata

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Clori, Lidia e Filli

Francesca Boncompagni

Valeria La Grotta

Gaia Petrone

I Bassifondi

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JCF Bach & Michael Haydn: Symphonies & concerto - Freiburger Barockorchester

 

Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH

&

Johann Michael HAYDN

Symphonies & concerto

Freiburger Barockorchester

Christine Schornsheim, fortepiano

DIR: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ

recorded: March 4, 2009, Konzerthaus, Freiburg

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Josef MYSLIVEČEK (1737-1781)

(01) Overture in A [10'46"]

Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH (1732-1795)

Symphony in G (Wf I,15 / BR JCFB C 23) [24'26"]

(02) largo [07'03"]

(03) romanza. andantino [08'40"]

(04) minuetto - trio [03'15"]

(05) rondo. allegretto [05'28"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E flat (Wf II,5 / BR JCFB C 43) [28'09"]

(06) allegro [12'38"]

(07) romanza [09'34"]

(08) rondo. allegro [05'57"]

Symphony in B flat (Wf I,20 / BR JCFB C 28) [20'57"]

(09) largo [06'13"]

(10) andante con moto [07'27"]

(11) minuetto - trio [03'49"]

(12) rondo. allegretto scherzando [03'28"]

Johann Michael HAYDN (1737-1806)

Symphony in G (MH 334 / P 16) [13'21"]

(13) [Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-1791)] 

Symphony in G (KV 444) (adagio maestoso) [01'12"]

(14) allegro con spirito [03'54"]

(15) andante sostenuto [04'34"]

(16) finale. allegro molto [03'41"]

Picture: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Johann Michael Haydn - score

Christine Schornsheim

Freiburger Barockorchester

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Schütz: Auferstehungshistorie - Ensemble Polyharmonique

 

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(1585 - 1672)

Historia der fröhlichen und siegreichen Auferstehung 

unsers einigen Erlösers und Seligmachers Jesu Christi

(SWV 50)

Ensemble Polyharmonique

DIR: ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER

recorded: August 2022, Zentralwerk, Dresden

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[47'57"]

Included: CD booklet with lyrics

Picture: Resurrection (Piero della Francesca, c1463)

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Ensemble Polyharmonique

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Passion Week (7) - Perti & Predieri: La sepoltura di Cristo - Boris Begelman

 

Giacomo Cesare PREDIERI

(1671 - 1753)

&

Giacomo Antonio PERTI

(1661 - 1756)

La sepoltura di Cristo

oratorio in two parts (Bologna, c1720)

libretto after Giuseppe Mazzoni

Francesca Aspromonte, soprano (Maria)

Chiara Brunello, contralto (Maddalena)

Leonardo Cortellazzi, tenor (San Giovanni Evangelista)

Fulvio Bettini, bass (Giuseppe ab Arimathaea)

Arsenale Sonoro

DIR: BORIS BEGELMAN

recorded: Nov 16, 2024, Kulturzwentrum, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2024]

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source: WDR3 (Cologne)

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Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)

(01) Sinfonia to Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier, Santa Beatrice d'Este [09'24"]

Giacomo Cesare PREDIERI

La sepoltura di Cristo: 

(02) Mortali, e che volete? [02'28"]

Giacomo Antonio PERTI

La Sepoltura di Cristo (after Giacomo Cesare Predieri)

(03) Prima parte [26'10"]

Giuseppe TORELLI (1658-1709)

(04) Concerto grosso in g minor, op. 8,6 [06'16"]

Tomaso Antonio VITALI (1663-1745)

(05) Sinfonia à 4 in G [05'54"]

Giacomo Antonio PERTI

La Sepoltura di Cristo (after Giacomo Cesare Predieri)

(06) Seconda parte [26'16"]

Picture: Burial of the Christ (Jacopo Bassano, 1585)

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Giacomo Cesare Predieri

Giacomo Antonio Perti

Giuseppe Torelli

Tomaso Antonio Vitali

Francesca Aspromonte

Chiara Brunello

Leonardo Cortellazzi

Fulvio Bettini

Arsenale Sonoro

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Passion Week (6) - Bach: St Matthew Passion - Masaaki Suzuki

 

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St Matthew Passion

(BWV 244)

Alison Lau, soprano (I)

Miku Yasukawa, soprano (II)

Alexander Chance, alto (I)

Christopher Lowrey, alto (II)

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Evangelist)

Raphael Höhn, tenor (I)

Shimon Yoshida, tenor (II)

Stephan MacLeod, bass (Jesus) (I)

Toru Kaku, bass (II)

Kampen Boys Choir

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR: MASAAKI SUZUKI

recorded: March 29, 2026, Grote Kerk, Naarden (NL)

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(01) [Part 1] [69'00"]

(02) [Part 2a] [50'04"]

(03) [Part 2b] [45'05"]

Picture: Mocking of Jesus Christ 

(Martin Schongauer (ca 1445-1491) & Atelier, c1480)

links: 

St Matthew Passion

score

text & translation

Alison Lau

Miku Yasukawa

Alexander Chance

Christopher Lowrey

Nicholas Mulroy

Raphael Höhn

Shimon Yoshida

Stephan MacLeod

Toru Kaku

Kampen Boys Choir

Netherlands Bach Society

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Passion Week (5) - Leçons de Ténèbres - Scherzi Musicali (Nicolas Achten)

 

Leçons de Ténèbres

Couperin, Fiocco & Van Helmont

Scherzi Musicali

DIR: NICOLAS ACHTEN

recorded: April 4, 2024, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

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source: RTBF (Brussels)

Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano

Wei-Lian Huang, soprano

Nicolas Achten, baritone, theorbo

Ronan Kernoa, viola da gamba, cello

Mathilde Wolfs, cello, basse de violon

François Dambois, theorbo

Mathieu Valfré, harpsichord

Beniamino Paganini, organ

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François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

(01) Première Leçon du Mercredi Saint [15'11"]

Joseph Hector FIOCCO (1703-1741)

(02) Troisième Leçon du Vendredi Saint [12'25"]

François COUPERIN

(03) Troisième Leçon du Mercredi Saint [10'52"]

Joseph Hector FIOCCO

(04) Première Leçon du Jeudi Saint [14'04"]

Charles-Joseph VAN HELMONT (1715-1790)

(05) Troisième Leçon du Vendredi Saint [06'19"]

Joseph Hector FIOCCO

(06) Libera me [07'11"]

Picture: Christ carrying the Cross (Il Sodoma [Giovanni Antonio Bazzi], c1510)

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Couperin, Leçons de Ténèbres - scores

Joseph Hector Fiocco

Charles-Joseph Van Helmont

Scherzi Musicali

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Passion Week (4) - Bach: St John Passion - Gaétan Jarry

 

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St John Passion 

(BWV 245)

Felix Hofbauer, soprano

Florian Markus, soprano

Ludwig Meier-Meitinger, contralto

Iker Jahn Valenzuela, contralto

Linard Vrielink, tenor (Evangelist)

Moritz Kallenberg, tenor

Halidou Nombre, baritone (Pilatus)

Nicolas Brooymans, bass-baritone (Jesus)

Tölzer Knabenchor

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal

DIR: GAÉTAN JARRY

recorded: March 2024, Chapelle Royale, Versailles

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N.B. The bass arias are sung by Nicolas Brooymans, 

except 'Mein teurer Heiland', which is sung by Halidou Nombre

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(01) [Part 1] [34'28"]

(02) [Part 2] [1.17'10"]

Picture: Christ before Pilate (Tintoretto [Jacopo Robusti], 1566-67)

links: 

St John Passion

lyrics & translation

score

Linard Vrielink

Moritz Kallenberg

Halidou Nombre

Nicolas Brooymans

Tölzer Knabenchor

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal

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Passion Week (3) - Ferrabosco I: Lamentationes Jeremiae - La Compagnia del Madrigale

 

Alfonso FERRABOSCO I

(1543 - 1588)

Lamentationes Jeremiae

La Compagnia del Madrigale

DIR: GIUSEPPE MALETTO

recorded: April 19, 2025, Artus Court, Gdańsk

[Actus Humanus Resurrectio 2025]

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(01) In monte Oliveti a 6 [04'02"]

(02) Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Aleph a 5 [09'20"]

(03) Heu mihi, Domine a 6 [03'33"]

(04) De lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae. Daleth a 5 [09'22']

(05) O vos omnes a 6 [03'08"]

(06) Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Zain a 5 [12'05"]

(07) Peccantem me quotidie a 5 [04'06"]

(08) Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lamed a 6 [12'11"]

Picture: The Passion of Christ (anon, 17th C)

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Alfonso Ferrabosco I

La Compagnia del Madrigale

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Passion Week (2) - Liszt: Via crucis - Laurens Vocaal (Wiecher Mandemaker)

 

Franz LISZT

(1811 - 1886)

Via crucis

Laurens Vocaal

Codarts Kamerkoor

Dirk Luijmes, harmonium

DIR: WIECHER MANDEMAKER

recorded: March 4, 2026, Laurenskerk, Rotterdam

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Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa (1566-1613)

(01) In monte Oliveti [05'07"]

(02) Tristis est anima mea [05'51"]

Franz LISZT

(03-17) Via crucis (S 53) [41'35"]

Carlo GESUALDO

(18) Tamquam ad latronem existis [03'41"]

(19) Tenebrae factae sunt [05'47"]

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)

(20) Christus factus est (WAB 11) [06'11"]

Picture: Via crucis (anon, late 19th C)

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Franz Liszt, Via crucis - score

Gesualdo, Responsoria

Bruckner, Christus factus est - score

Laurens Vocaal

Codarts Rotterdam

Dirk Luijmes

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