Voices of Music An Evening With Bach Total time: 73:40 Release date: 3/29/07 Location of artist: CA, USA

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Based on the creative vision of directors David Tayler and Hanneke van Proosdij, the Voices of Music ensemble takes the view that Renaissance and Baroque music should be centered around the very finest singing—a philosophy that really shines through on An Evening With Bach. Along with the transcendent, instantly recognizable instrumentals of the opener, "Air on a G string," this album contains some truly lilting vocal performances. Susanne Ryden's soprano sounds amazing and weightless on tracks like "Bist du bei mir," while Jennifer Lane's rich alto serves as ideal counterpoint on more somber ones such as "Es is vollbracht." This recording features some of the world's finest early musicians and rightly showcases their talents on several purely instrumental selections, including Bach's "Prelude in G Major" played on solo theorbo instead of cello—a lovely choice. Download a pdf of the full liner notes for this album by clicking here.

m3u audio streams (if the flash player above doesn't work for you): [hifi lofi] Play all tracks as an m3u audio stream (or xspf, ogg, mp3 file) [hifi lofi] 01-Air on a G string (BWV 1069) (5:12) [hifi lofi] 02-Schlummert ein (BWV 82) (9:06) [hifi lofi] 03-Badinerie (BWV 1067) (1:22) [hifi lofi] 04-Ich folge dir gleichfalls (BWV 245) (3:34) [hifi lofi] 05-Giga (BWV 1004) (4:30) [hifi lofi] 06-Schafe konnen sicher weiden (BWV 208) (4:16) [hifi lofi] 07-Prelude in C Minor (BWV 871) (3:34) [hifi lofi] 08-Schlafe mein Leibster (BWV 213) (8:56) [hifi lofi] 09-Prelude in G Major (BWV 1007) (3:22) [hifi lofi] 10-Es ist vollbracht (BWV 245) (5:09) [hifi lofi] 11-Sarabanda (BWV 1004) (3:51) [hifi lofi] 12-Kein Artz (BWV 103) (4:19) [hifi lofi] 13-Prelude in E Flat Major (BWV 998) (2:37) [hifi lofi] 14-Bist du bei mir (BWV 508) (2:44) [hifi lofi] 15-Passacaglia: Mein Freund ist mein (J.C. Bach) (11:08)