Bach Cantatas : The Sarasa Ensemble

The Sarasa Ensemble : Bach Cantatas.
Lively, bright baroque .

This deeply beautiful recording presents two of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas for solo voice, one—Weichet nur—a celebratory wedding ode and the other his celebrated masterpiece for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin. Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Dominique Labelle and three time Grammy nominee Sanford Sylvan lend their incredible voices to the Sarasa Ensemble in order to depict both the idyllic, pagan landscape of the first work, and the luminous, "lullaby to the soul" of the second. A third work—Liebster Jesu—features a "sacred dialogue" between these two sublime voices, and the entire album makes clear why The Sarasa Ensemble is so often praised for its great clarity of style.

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Release date: 7/20/2006
The Sarasa Ensemble lives in Massachusetts USA

Tagged as: Classical, Orchestral, Baroque, Opera, Classical Singing, Cello, Harpsichord, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Oboe, Violin

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