Each workday a programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach with producer Govert Jan Bach and host Joop van Zijl. Episode 208. Soloist portrait of English soprano Elizabeth Watts.
Soprano Elizabeth Watts joins the queue of great English singers like Kathleen Ferrier, Janet Baker, Carolyn Watkinson and Susan Graham. She is seen as one of the biggest voices of this moment.
1. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
– Magnificat "Quia respexit humilitatem eius"
Elisabeth Watts, soprano. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Hans-Christophe Rademann
(HMC 902167)
J. S. Bach
2. Aria "Ich wünsche mir den Tod" uit Dialogue cantata BWV 57 "Selig ist der Mann"
3. Cantata BWV 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut"
4. Soprano aria "Wie zittern und wanken" from cantata BWV 105 "Herr, gehe nicht ins gericht"
5. Opening aria from cantata BWV 84 "Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke"
Elisabeth Watts, soprano. The English Consort conducted by Harry Bicket
(HMU 807550)
Supplement:
6. From Trio Sonata in D Major, BWV 529: Largo
Florilegium
Hosted by: Joop van Zijl
