💯 again and again I hear in these recordings a large collective of individuals who are self-motivated to put themself in the service of co-creating a beautiful and powerful "whole". Everyone gets their space, everyone is able and willing to switch roles as needed from foreground and lead to background and follow. Remarkable thing to behold.
There have been many great performances by the Bachstiftung, but I find that this is as near to perfection as one can come. In addition to the superlative singing by soloists and choir, I would also single out the amazing traverso playing (M. Buffardin, or whoever Bach had available would be proud for the world's vanities to be portrayed this effectively). As this cantata fully utilizes the chorale melody even in arias and recitatives, the continuo playing must be mentioned, as well as the superlative quality of the large Italian style harpsichord. Wow, what a difference it makes to have first-rate instruments as well as players and singers. It's to be hoped that the audience of wise elders becomes augmented over time with members as young as many of the players and singers! This is as good as it gets, and should be heard and marvelled at by all. Kindermann, the librettist (and Bach) ask: "What do I ask of the world?" "Performances on this level" might be an appropriate answer!
FYI I'm reasonably confident the correct translation of "Was frag ich nach der Welt?" is more along the lines of "What am I doing demanding (anything) of this world?" or "Why am I asking (anything) if this world?" Or "What is the world to me?" Or "Why do I fret about this world?"
Die Messe in h-moll wurde Weltkulturerbe, mittlerweile braucht Bach die Anerkennung nicht, seine Musik war und ist sowieso die ganze Welt, Anfang und Ende.
The text of the tenor aria includes an interesting description: “[the world] burrows to gather mere yellow excrement, just like a mole in the ground, leaving Heaven unattended.”
Delightful! Such grace, such dignity, such perfection! Yet, so humble each one, though a master in his/her own right. When I listen I am in a hallowed presence.
Me faltan palabras: extraordinaria cantata, excepcional concierto. Coro, solistas, director...Gracias. Una vez la oí en Leipzip, en Santo Tomás, pero sin la calidad de este concierto. ¡Bach estaría maravillado!
Thank you so much for the English subtitles! I know enough German to get the meaning, and I love the performances, but this makes the experience more immediate.
21:48 Der Geiger hinten kommt mir hier vor als würde er gerade einen Hauch einer bisher unbekannten lebendigen Leichtigkeit erfahren. Er hat vor sich grad zwei wunderbare Vorbilder :)
I can see all the greatest composers nodding and saying “there are no arguments, Bach has to surpassed us all”, not to mention that God’s vote trumps everyone.
Who could possibly give this a thumbs down??? Among the best performances and production I have ever seen- not to mention the miraculous music of course.
As usual, a wonderful video with such great instrumentalists and voices. I wish every singer I knew could absorb something from these soloists. Anyway ... I love the fact that these are several performance made into one. Notice the heavenly illumination as God shines his light on the chorale at 26:38. That's the least he could have done for such performance(s). 😉
So i don't know music, but i guess I know greatness when i hear it. . The notes seem so perfect while there's singing and not singing. So on and so on.
At first hearing the first movement was too fast for me, but on the second one it seems that so it should be... Amazing how every time and with each new performance you learn something new with Bach. Thank you for this great performance
What do I ask about the world? I ask: “How did these magnificent singers and instrumentalists come together under a conductor who has Bach in his bones?” I will mention just one thing I treasure about Bach Foundation performances - with a few unfortunate exceptions, it gives us Bach without the mess of distracting vibrato. Many other performers seem to lack this talent or they suppose that “Bach” is just another way to spell “Wagner” ))) Some say that vibrato gives colour to music, but that is like using curry to give taste to ice cream. I will mention just one of the many fine singers - the Alto, Margot Oitzinger. What a delight. I hope we hear more of her (and the others).
I find wide vibrato is more a problem with sopranos which I agree with you is really unpleasant in Bach and problematic in fugue passages. On the other hand, ever have cardamom-flavored ice cream? It tastes amazing.
David Brown, I am sorry for my inadequate English. Quote: ...", it gives us Bach without the mess of distracting vibrato." I support you 100 % on this. I don't believe that people really know what's going on when the musicans use vibrato. "If you play with vibrato you'll be outside of the specified pitch for most of the time." In our days, Bach-performances is often without vibrato, search for HIP-performances.
@@geiryvindeskeland7208 Never mind your English, your understanding of music is superb and you make a valid point. Sadly, I think many CLASSICAL musicians are incapable of performing without vibrato, so they make a virtue of it. We could write many reasons against vibrato, eg, we see that in physics, vibrato is the same as a trill ornamentation: the pitch oscillates up and down rapidly. In a trill it is based on the note which is sung/played first and then it moves back and forth by a half or full note with a rhythm in line with the music. But vibrato gives us a sloppy, undisciplined 'trill' that does not necessarily play the note at all but goes each side of it by an amount which has no bearing on anything musical. Basically, the performer tells us that "the note is somewhere around about here", but they don't actually sing/play it. Performers should do authentic trills as Bach directs and not add their sloppy trills through the rest of his compositions. This is especially bad with female singers inflicting on us a wide and heavy vibrato. (Physics also explains the greater energy in the higher pitch of female singers.) In the choir vibrato doesn't matter so much - it just makes the sound a little bit muddy. The world needs a music ensemble dedicated to this authenticity and I wish the J.S.Bach Foundation would take it on, because they already come very close. By looking at the left hand of their string players we can see that they never add vibrato. So there is a start. I could make many more points against vibrato in Bach but the best case is made simply by listening. Music without vibrato is more beautiful, more sincere, more intimate, and more sexy (like Bach).
Choir ánd orchestra and soloists of very high level, I do like the vocal acrobatics of tenor Daniel Johannsen in particular and the chorus from 25.50 onwards. Wonder when this was, no date mentioned. Thank you for a reply.
...hermosa cantata, con un nivel de exigencia similar para todos los intérpretes, en este caso todos ellos de excelencia, tanto los cantantes como los instrumentistas.
Subtitles in german, italian, english, frech, spanish and catalan. And here are all the cantatas that we have already subtilted for the BachStiftung in Switzerland. czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQk1fD_JxaROH5TXKtiJ4qvI.html
At first that how I was feeling particularly the last part of the Cantatas , but as I listen again and again , I could feel compassion and love , Bach is such BRILLANT!
@jsfoundation Diese Tenorarie könnte man m.E. ruhig als einzelnes Stück nochmals separat hochladen. Ist m.E. sehr gut gelungen und als eigenständiges Stück geeignet.
Bachstiftung cantatas with subtitles: czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQk1fD_JxaROH5TXKtiJ4qvI.html (69j We are fans and admirers of these wonderful voices singing Bach. Cantatas with subtitles and the voice of: Núria Rial (9) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQmDuEXxQujVe4BgHcG23RGp.html Elvira Bill (8) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQn6wpEfsfo-NYXiPrKJ_B__.html Miriam Feuesinger (19) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQma5OtxjN2TXOX-32Wsem1k.html Claude Eichenberger (10) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQmT0kIaOLxBk1XcO7AFxYV1.html Daniel Johannsen (20) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQl2avwbPb1Bg0NIUWB4PFu_.html Alex Potter (9) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQkLKK_zm3ch2r9A2YrWDKE5.html
Oh, My God. I prayed again tonight with this awesome cantata. Thank you, thank you very much with all my soul from Argentina.
Margot Oitzinger the alto, such a beautiful voice and timbre.
Perfect for Bach.
Christiaan d'Hooghe absolutely concur !
Alto or mesosaprano?
@@tedhinshaw3174 warm colored mezzo, that feels like bright alto?
💯
This is the top epitome of what humans can do when they collaborate with each other...
I really love the flute obligato in this piece
💯 again and again I hear in these recordings a large collective of individuals who are self-motivated to put themself in the service of co-creating a beautiful and powerful "whole".
Everyone gets their space, everyone is able and willing to switch roles as needed from foreground and lead to background and follow.
Remarkable thing to behold.
The flutist is wonderful, as are all involved in this performance.
Marc Hantaï
And the combination of cello and bass is wonderful, sehr gut!
@@jorgelopez-pr6dr Bach really wrote for a 'family' of instruments
@@neilwalsh3977 の…
❤
@@jorgelopez-pr6dr 空 か
There have been many great performances by the Bachstiftung, but I find that this is as near to perfection as one can come. In addition to the superlative singing by soloists and choir, I would also single out the amazing traverso playing (M. Buffardin, or whoever Bach had available would be proud for the world's vanities to be portrayed this effectively). As this cantata fully utilizes the chorale melody even in arias and recitatives, the continuo playing must be mentioned, as well as the superlative quality of the large Italian style harpsichord. Wow, what a difference it makes to have first-rate instruments as well as players and singers. It's to be hoped that the audience of wise elders becomes augmented over time with members as young as many of the players and singers! This is as good as it gets, and should be heard and marvelled at by all. Kindermann, the librettist (and Bach) ask: "What do I ask of the world?" "Performances on this level" might be an appropriate answer!
I completely echo the statement of Peter Watchorn! I would also like to see the instrumentalists/soloists information as well as the singers.
This and the next BWV 95 are among Bach's greatest cantatas or pieces full stop for me. Even up there with the Passions
💯 well put
FYI I'm reasonably confident the correct translation of "Was frag ich nach der Welt?" is more along the lines of "What am I doing demanding (anything) of this world?" or "Why am I asking (anything) if this world?" Or "What is the world to me?" Or "Why do I fret about this world?"
Love Nuria Rial! What a voice! So expressive. And so enjoyable to watch perform, she so enjoys herself!
One of my preferred soprano for Baroque music.
Ah, pre-Covid days when there was an audience, yet still left breathless because of the beauty of Bach.
Really pleased to see that the audience know how good that is. The dream team, with perfection from all. Thanks you so much for posting.
Die Messe in h-moll wurde Weltkulturerbe, mittlerweile braucht Bach die Anerkennung nicht, seine Musik war und ist sowieso die ganze Welt, Anfang und Ende.
KARL HASSMANN DAS IST DIE MUSIK DAS WIR HEUTE BRAUCHEN DANKE BRAUCHEN
Wie der Flötenklang und die Altstimme miteinander verschmelzen. Einfach genial!
Wunderbare Aufführung! Jeden Sonntag eine Bach Kantate ins Hauptabendprogramm oder am Morgen ausgestrahlt käme mir als gute Idee vor.
Ihr seit die besten heutzutage in der Welt, die es wissen mit Werken von Musikgott umzugehen
Across the entire globe, are there really only a few hundred people who like this supernal music?
What a beauty that tenor aria is!
💯
Thank you so much. Locked down in the San Francisco area listening.
Mme Rial a vraiment une technique éblouissante : aisance, naturel, justesse, sensibilité..., - tout y est !
Bravo à cette grande artiste. 👏
Great performance! Bravo Bach! Bravo Bachstiftung! Thanks for uploading and sharing your wonderful work. ❤️👼🎼🎵🎶👏🇮🇪☘️
A taste of Heaven. Thank you.
Aria de Alto profundamente emocionante.
Woooonderful🌹💞
“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”
― Johann Sebastian Bach
"Und du bist meine Ruh......." die Traversflöte spielt so wunderbar.
Und der Flötenspieler heißt : Marc HANTAÏ : einer unserer besten Barockflötenspieler in Frankreich !!!!
The text of the tenor aria includes an interesting description: “[the world] burrows to gather mere yellow excrement, just like a mole in the ground, leaving Heaven unattended.”
Nuria rial cantas espectacular!!!!!
Delightful! Such grace, such dignity, such perfection! Yet, so humble each one, though a master in his/her own right. When I listen I am in a hallowed presence.
Bach never ceases to beguile. Absolutely amazing
Alt und Sopran sind besonders schön. Danke an alle Musiker! 🏵🌼🌹
Me faltan palabras: extraordinaria cantata, excepcional concierto. Coro, solistas, director...Gracias. Una vez la oí en Leipzip, en Santo Tomás, pero sin la calidad de este concierto. ¡Bach estaría maravillado!
Wunderschön der Alt von Margot Oitzinger. Eine sehr gelungene Kantate, danke aus Hannover! :-)
Thank you so much for the English subtitles! I know enough German to get the meaning, and I love the performances, but this makes the experience more immediate.
Een grandioze uitvoering. Ales hier getuigt van begrip voor de muziek en de tekst. Grootse solisten (allemaal), perfect koor en orkest. En ja, Bach!!!
She looks and sings like an angel.
Excellent performances, of an unusual cantata.
cantata deliziosa eseguita magistralmente da tutti , marc hantai flautista insuperabile .
I love the alto's dress. Rudolph Lutz is always so gracious pointing out all of the musicians.
Fantastic Bach, all round, music, performance. The love and devotion is so touching to watch.
Simply gorgeous.
Amazing ensemble Thanks for sharing with the world.
Thanks for appreciating :)
Très bel ensemble et interprétation attachante. Chorale finale émouvante. Merci Bachstiftung et, naturellement: J S Bach!
Ok
Rigtig smuk melodisk musik og nogle fine solopræstationer........
Muy buena música. Felicitaciones, nos hace falta esta música en América española. Muchas gracias.
Another superlative performance that makes my day!
Happy to hear.
A wonderful, meaningful, rich and timely sung sermon for today. Thanks!
Die alt het 'n wonderbaarlike stem. Lieflike uitvoering wat my liefde vir Bach laat toeneem. Dankie. Louwene Louw.
Sublime Bach
you are great !! i enjoy your concerts every time .
18:05 Tenor Arie. Einfach groooossssartig umgesetzt.
21:48 Der Geiger hinten kommt mir hier vor als würde er gerade einen Hauch einer bisher unbekannten lebendigen Leichtigkeit erfahren.
Er hat vor sich grad zwei wunderbare Vorbilder :)
Wunderbar und vollendet .Danke
I can see all the greatest composers nodding and saying “there are no arguments, Bach has to surpassed us all”, not to mention that God’s vote trumps everyone.
Just to let you know, I'm not a musician. But wow that mesosaprano has some pipes! Wow!
well done!
Thank you.
Entusiasmante!! Un vero piacere per lo spirito.
Who could possibly give this a thumbs down??? Among the best performances and production I have ever seen- not to mention the miraculous music of course.
Just kidding.
Traverso player is ON!
Vielen Dank
Beautiful voices, pronunciation perfect. Small ensemble & Choir no doubt same as in Bach's day.
Amazing 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Muchas gracias Saúl por la traducción al castellano 😁
Wonderful. Flawless. 👍❤️
Yet another breathtaking performance. Bravi tutti!
Dankeschön!😊❤
Parfait comme toujours
As usual, a wonderful video with such great instrumentalists and voices. I wish every singer I knew could absorb something from these soloists. Anyway ... I love the fact that these are several performance made into one. Notice the heavenly illumination as God shines his light on the chorale at 26:38. That's the least he could have done for such performance(s). 😉
So i don't know music, but i guess I know greatness when i hear it. . The notes seem so perfect while there's singing and not singing. So on and so on.
At first hearing the first movement was too fast for me, but on the second one it seems that so it should be...
Amazing how every time and with each new performance you learn something new with Bach.
Thank you for this great performance
Excelente
What do I ask about the world?
I ask: “How did these magnificent singers and instrumentalists come together under a conductor who has Bach in his bones?”
I will mention just one thing I treasure about Bach Foundation performances - with a few unfortunate exceptions, it gives us Bach without the mess of distracting vibrato. Many other performers seem to lack this talent or they suppose that “Bach” is just another way to spell “Wagner” ))) Some say that vibrato gives colour to music, but that is like using curry to give taste to ice cream.
I will mention just one of the many fine singers - the Alto, Margot Oitzinger. What a delight. I hope we hear more of her (and the others).
I find wide vibrato is more a problem with sopranos which I agree with you is really unpleasant in Bach and problematic in fugue passages. On the other hand, ever have cardamom-flavored ice cream? It tastes amazing.
David Brown, I am sorry for my inadequate English. Quote: ...", it gives us Bach without the mess of distracting vibrato." I support you 100 % on this. I don't believe that people really know what's going on when the musicans use vibrato. "If you play with vibrato you'll be outside of the specified pitch for most of the time." In our days, Bach-performances is often without vibrato, search for HIP-performances.
@@geiryvindeskeland7208 Never mind your English, your understanding of music is superb and you make a valid point. Sadly, I think many CLASSICAL musicians are incapable of performing without vibrato, so they make a virtue of it.
We could write many reasons against vibrato, eg, we see that in physics, vibrato is the same as a trill ornamentation: the pitch oscillates up and down rapidly. In a trill it is based on the note which is sung/played first and then it moves back and forth by a half or full note with a rhythm in line with the music. But vibrato gives us a sloppy, undisciplined 'trill' that does not necessarily play the note at all but goes each side of it by an amount which has no bearing on anything musical. Basically, the performer tells us that "the note is somewhere around about here", but they don't actually sing/play it.
Performers should do authentic trills as Bach directs and not add their sloppy trills through the rest of his compositions. This is especially bad with female singers inflicting on us a wide and heavy vibrato. (Physics also explains the greater energy in the higher pitch of female singers.) In the choir vibrato doesn't matter so much - it just makes the sound a little bit muddy.
The world needs a music ensemble dedicated to this authenticity and I wish the J.S.Bach Foundation would take it on, because they already come very close. By looking at the left hand of their string players we can see that they never add vibrato. So there is a start.
I could make many more points against vibrato in Bach but the best case is made simply by listening. Music without vibrato is more beautiful, more sincere, more intimate, and more sexy (like Bach).
Todo es perfecto en esta interpretación. ❤
Wonderful
Belíssima!!!!
Unübertroffen!
Maravilhoso!!👏👏👏👏🇧🇷
Sublime💙
20:20 Wahnsinn wie da im ritardando aufeinander gehört und gemeinsam gestaltet wird.
quelle magnifique cantate ! avec des musiciens de grande classe aussi bien le choeur que les solistes et..... la flute .
Muy bien
podrían detallar a los miembros de la orquesta, son excelentes músicos!!!...toca marc hantaï y no es mencionado, la concertino es fantásica!!!
Juju my pet cat says that each Bach Cantata is like a Faberge Egg filled with exquisite delights and in his case Temptations Treats.
Okay, the soloists are great, but I really love the flautist.
Maravilhoso
Choir ánd orchestra and soloists of very high level, I do like the vocal acrobatics of tenor Daniel Johannsen in particular and the
chorus from 25.50 onwards. Wonder when this was, no date mentioned. Thank you for a reply.
August 15, 2014 in Teufen, Switzerland
@@konrad.bach4ever Vielen Dank Konrad und so schnell bei diesem Wetter ! Gruss aus Holland.
...hermosa cantata, con un nivel de exigencia similar para todos los intérpretes, en este caso todos ellos de excelencia, tanto los cantantes como los instrumentistas.
This is it
💯
Einsame Spitze
Subtitles in german, italian, english, frech, spanish and catalan.
And here are all the cantatas that we have already subtilted for the BachStiftung in Switzerland.
czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQk1fD_JxaROH5TXKtiJ4qvI.html
Bonne intervention de Dominik Wörner dans son Aria à 3:30
Intervention?
I feel that the music brings me sadness and I therefore must do all I can to fight that feeling even if that means listening less.
At first that how I was feeling particularly the last part of the Cantatas , but as I listen again and again , I could feel compassion and love , Bach is such BRILLANT!
You shall find the right time and mood to listen to this kind of music.
sehr schon
@jsfoundation Diese Tenorarie könnte man m.E. ruhig als einzelnes Stück nochmals separat hochladen.
Ist m.E. sehr gut gelungen und als eigenständiges Stück geeignet.
Ist notiert! :)
It would have been appropriate to also put the Flutist's name in the description of the video: Marc Hantai!
❤️
Is it possible to list the names of the performers, both singers and orchestra?
Could you tell me what decided the number of cantatas?
Bachstiftung cantatas with subtitles:
czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQk1fD_JxaROH5TXKtiJ4qvI.html (69j
We are fans and admirers of these wonderful voices singing Bach.
Cantatas with subtitles and the voice of:
Núria Rial (9) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQmDuEXxQujVe4BgHcG23RGp.html
Elvira Bill (8) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQn6wpEfsfo-NYXiPrKJ_B__.html
Miriam Feuesinger (19) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQma5OtxjN2TXOX-32Wsem1k.html
Claude Eichenberger (10) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQmT0kIaOLxBk1XcO7AFxYV1.html
Daniel Johannsen (20) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQl2avwbPb1Bg0NIUWB4PFu_.html
Alex Potter (9) czcams.com/play/PLk8lf2IHuDQkLKK_zm3ch2r9A2YrWDKE5.html
😇💖💖💖
Immer noch so voll!
Wie heißt der vortreffliche Flötenspieler?
Marc Hantaï
12:26 😍😂
ein wichtiges Kennzeichen des Korans durch Erklärung des Namenträgers