This deeply beautiful recording presents two of 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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[hifilofi] 01-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Aria (6:02)
[hifilofi] 02-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Recitative (0:26)
[hifilofi] 03-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Aria (3:14)
[hifilofi] 04-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Recitative (0:49)
[hifilofi] 05-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Aria (2:49)
[hifilofi] 06-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Recitative (0:49)
[hifilofi] 07-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Aria (3:57)
[hifilofi] 08-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Recitative (0:26)
[hifilofi] 09-Weichet nur betrubte Schatten Aria (1:44)
[hifilofi] 10-Ich Habe Genug Aria (7:20)
[hifilofi] 11-Ich Habe Genug Recitative (1:08)
[hifilofi] 12-Ich Habe Genug Aria (9:19)
[hifilofi] 13-Ich Habe Genug Recitative (0:51)
[hifilofi] 14-Ich Habe Genug Aria (3:33)
[hifilofi] 15-Liebster Jesu mein Veriangen Aria (4:58)
[hifilofi] 16-Liebster Jesu mein Veriangen Recitative (0:26)
[hifilofi] 17-Liebster Jesu mein Veriangen Aria (7:20)
[hifilofi] 18-Liebster Jesu mein Veriangen Recitative (2:12)
[hifilofi] 19-Liebster Jesu mein Veriangen Duet (5:07)
[hifilofi] 20-Liebster Jesu mein Veriangen Choral (1:20)