“Ich habe genug,” Bach’s Cantata No. 82, is commonly rendered in English as “I am content.” At the cantata’s center is a lullaby of consoling sweetness, generosity of spirit and somnolent blessedness, ...

Montréal’s blend of New World freedom and Old World substance permeates the uninhibited, spontaneous music-making in this joyful Bach Cantatas release. The use of one voice per part, easily dismissed ...

“For the glory of God alone.” With these words, Bach signed off each of his two hundred sacred cantatas. But with so many to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin. Our guide lifts the lid on a ...

Cantatas 82 and 199 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music; Craig Smith, conductor; Nonesuch, $16.99 No one in the Bay Area needs to be persuaded or even reminded ...

Choosing the "best" of Johann Sebastian Bach's nearly 200 sacred cantatas is a daunting task, as each one seems perfect. But three leading Bach experts took up the challenge. Peter Wollny, director of ...

Although acted-out versions of Bach’s passions and cantatas are hardly unprecedented – even the Metropolitan Opera staged one of the secular cantatas (No. 201) as long ago as 1942 – the possibilities ...

Johann Sebastian Bach has been a central figure in the life of British conductor John Eliot Gardiner since he was a youngster. On his way to bed, he couldn't help glancing up at the famous ...

“Ich habe genug,” Bach’s Cantata No. 82, is commonly rendered in English as “I am content.” At the cantata’s center is a lullaby of consoling sweetness, generosity of spirit and somnolent blessedness, ...