| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001843 000911 003032 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
The 1st and 3rd works for solo voices (SATB), mixed chorus, and orchestra; the 2nd work for mixed chorus and orchestra. |
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"The Motetto, Actus tragicus and Trauer-Ode recorded here, though numbered with the church 'cantatas,' are all works specifically written for the solemn occasions of funeral or memorial service ..."--Notes, p. 4. |
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Words by Martin Behm (2nd work) and Johann Christoph Gottsched (3rd work). |
| Performer |
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Michael Chance, countertenor; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Stephen Varcoe, bass; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. |
| Note |
Performed on period instruments. |
| Event |
Recorded Sept. 1989, St. John's, Smith Square, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Richard Campbell, and texts with English translations (12 p.) in container. |
| Contents |
Actus tragicus : Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit : BWV 106 (18:43) -- O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht : Motetto, BWV 118b (9:11) -- Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl : Trauer-Ode = Mourning ode = Ode funèbre = Ode funèbre : BWV 198 (30:32). |
| Language |
Sung in German. |
| Subject |
Cantatas, Sacred.
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Cantatas, Sacred. |
| Genre/Form |
Funeral music.
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Funeral music.
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Motets.
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Motets.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Behm, Martin, 1557-1622, librettist.
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Gottsched, Johann Christoph, 1700-1766, librettist.
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Argenta, Nancy, performer.
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Chance, Michael, performer.
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Rolfe Johnson, Anthony, performer.
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Varcoe, Stephen, performer.
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Gardiner, John Eliot, conductor.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl.
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Monteverdi Choir, performer.
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English Baroque Soloists, performer.
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| Added Title |
Cantatas. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81144648
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Trauer-Ode |
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Actus tragicus.
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Trauerode.
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Mourning ode.
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Ode funèbre.
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| Music No. |
429 782-2 Archiv Produktion |
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