Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 / Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart & Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn & Helmuth Rilling

Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, and Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11 are sacred oratorios by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1725 and 1735 respectively. They exemplify Bach's Baroque sacred style through a mix of choral and solo vocal writing with orchestral accompaniment, and they form part of his Leipzig-period liturgical output as festive works intended for the Easter and Ascension services.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: I. Sinfonia
    4:03
  2. 2.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: II. Adagio
    4:18
  3. 3.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: III. Coro “Kommt, eilet und laufet”
    4:43
  4. 4.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: IV. Recitativo (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass) “O kalter Männer Sinn”
    1:07
  5. 5.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: V. Aria (Sopran) “Seele, deine Spezereien”
    8:21
  6. 6.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: VI. Recitativo (Alt, Tenor, Bass) “Hier ist die Gruft”
    0:48
  7. 7.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: VII. Aria (Tenor) “Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer”
    6:11
  8. 8.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: VIII. Recitativo (Sopran, Alt) “Indessen seufzen wir”
    0:56
  9. 9.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: IX. Aria (Alt) “Saget, saget mir geschwinde”
    6:58
  10. 10.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: X. Recitativo (Bass) “Wir sind erfreut”
    0:42
  11. 11.
    Oster‐Oratorium, BWV 249: XI. Coro “Preis und Dank”
    2:47
  12. 12.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: I. Coro “Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen”
    4:41
  13. 13.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: II. “Der Herr Jesu hub seine Hände auf” (Evangelista)
    0:30
  14. 14.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: III. Recitativo (Bass) “Ach, Jesu, ist dein Abschied schon so nah”
    1:06
  15. 15.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: IV. Aria (Alt) “Ach bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben”
    6:14
  16. 16.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: V. “Und ward aufgehaben zusehends” (Evangelista)
    0:26
  17. 17.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: VI. Choral “Nun lieget alles unter dir”
    1:11
  18. 18.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: VII. “Und da sie ihm nachsahen” (Evangelista)
    2:11
  19. 19.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: VIII. Aria (Sopran) “Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke”
    5:43
  20. 20.
    Himmelfahrts‐Oratorium, BWV 11: IX. Choral “Wenn soll es doch geschehen”
    4:10

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