The baroque spirit in all its musical forms. Easter cantatas by Nicolaus Bruhns and Georg Riedel performed by the Ricercar Consort.
Over the past decades, the Belgian Ricercar Consort has recorded many German passion and Easter cantatas. In this hour, we’ll hear a few of them.
1. Georg Riedel (1676-1738)
Cantata “Harmonische Freude frommer Seelen” Greta de Reyghere, soprano. James Bowman, alto. Guy De Mey, tenor. Max van Egmond, baritone. Ricercar Consort conducted by Philippe Pierlot. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- “Christ lag in Todesbanden” BWV718 Bernard Foccroulle, organ
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
3. Cantata “Hemmt eure Tränenflut”
4.Cantata “Erstanden ist der heilige Christ”
Greta de Reyghere, soprano (3). James Bowman, alto (3). Guy De Mey, tenor (3 and 4). Ian Honeyman, tenor (4). Max van Egmond, baritone (3). Ricercar Consort conducted by Philippe Pierlot. (from CD box German Baroque Sacred Music – Passion-Resurrection, Ricercar RIC 344, 2014) Nicolaus Bruhns
- Cantata “O werter heilger Geist” Greta de Reyghere, soprano. James Bowman, alto. Guy De Mey, tenor. Max van Egmond, baritone. Ricercar Consort conducted by Philippe Pierlot. (from CD Nicolaus Bruhns – Sämtliche Werke, Kantaten (Vol.1), Ricercar RIC 048035, 1993)
Additional: Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
6.Chorale setting “Christ lag in Todesbanden” no.6:1 Bernard Foccroulle, organ (from CD box German Baroque Sacred Music – Passion-Resurrection, Ricercar RIC 344, 2014) Thanks to Muziekweb.
Featured photo: Philippe Pierlot (source: ricercarconsort.com)
