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Bach Motets - VOCES8 - The Senesino Players

 
Bach Motets - VOCES8 - The Senesino Players-Choir-Vocal Collection
ID: SIGCD213 (EAN: 635212021323)  | 1 CD | DDD
Publi: 2010
LABEL:
Signum Records
Collection:
Vocal Collection
Subcollection:
Choir
Compositeurs:
BACH, Johann Sebastian
Orchestre
The Senesino Players | VOCES8
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Voces8 return to disc with this new recording of J.S.Bach’s Motets, BWV 225-230. Joined by the Senesino players, this young group prove their versatility and skill in performing some of Bach’s most challenging and engaging compositions.
This disc follows their a cappella debut disc with Signum earlier this year, Aces High (SIGCD187) themed around some stunning jazz arrangements and songs from the James Bond films: “The slickest of the lot … two parts King’s Singers, three parts Swingle Singers, a dash of Bobby McFerrin and California sunshine … fans of a cappella ought to hear this, not just for the singing but the production values and Jim Clements's audacious arrangements” Andrew McGregor, CD Review, BBC Radio 3
Tracklist
 
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) 
Bach Motets 
1. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 22511:45 
2. Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir BWV 2287:27 
3. Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 2306:07 
4. Jesu, meine Freude BWV 22718:23 
5. Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 2297:30 
6. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV 2267:15 

Analyse:
 

"The singing is crisp and accurate … The period performance movement has demonstrated how to bring life and energy back to Bach's choral textures, but none of the big names have produced anything that is quite as much fun as this."

MusicWeb.com

The young British crossover a cappella octet Voces8 sounds a bit like the King's Singers and has been advised by its members. These are light, fleet, clear performances, not usually terms associated with Bach's six motets. Even if Bach's contrapuntally weighty and theologically hardcore motets are an odd choice of repertoire for such an ensemble, it's fair to say that fans of the King's Singers will enjoy checking out Voces8. It's a bit of a misnomer for Voces8 to emphasize its status as an a cappella group in connection with this recording, for the motets are accompanied by an organ and a small group of strings. This is the fashion, however, and to go with the cutting-edge graphic design, Voces8 adopts another current trend simply by singing the motets with a small ensemble instead of a choir. The jury is very much out on this, for evidence that Bach's choral music was sometimes performed this way doesn't equal evidence that, in a time of scant material resources incomprehensible to modern performers, these were ideal performances. The chief musical argument in favor of small-group performances is that they enable a kind of madrigalian expressiveness, and here Voces8 achieves mixed results. At times (sample the opening of "Jesu, meine Freude," track 4) the quick tempos lead them into mannered singing. But in general there's a commitment here toward putting the meaning of the texts across, and this is ultimately what distinguishes a good Bach vocal performance from a rote one. This commitment is reflected in the translations of the motet texts into English in the booklet -- not just parallel, but line by line, which is a practice more booklet editors ought to follow. This certainly doesn't close any books on Bach's motets, but it's an intriguing and distinctive recording. ˜ James Manheim, Rovi All Music Guide


 

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