CD 1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750

For Whit Sunday

Resound, ye songs, ring out, ye strings! BWV 172

1

1

Chorus - Resound, ye songs, ring out, ye strings!

3:25

2

2

Recitative: Bass - If a man love me, he will keep my words

0:52

3

3

Aria: Bass - Most Holy Trinity

2:06

4

4

Aria: Tenor - O paradise of souls

4:54

5

5

Aria (Duet) with instrumental chorale: Soprano, Alto - Come, let me wait no longer

4:42

6

6

Chorale - A joyful light comes to me from God

1:09

7

7

Chorus - Resound, ye songs, ring out, ye strings!

1:21

If a man love me, he will keep my words I BWV 59

8

1

Duet: Soprano, Bass - If a man love me, he will keep my words

3:21

9

2

Recitative: Soprano - Oh, what glories are these

1:52

10

3

Chorale - Come, Holy Spirit, O Lord God

1:43

11

4

Aria: Bass - This world with all its kingdoms

2:59

12

5

Chorale - O sacred ardour, sweet comfort

1:41

If a man love me, he will keep my words II BWV 74

13

1

Chorus - If a man love me, he will keep my words

3:12

14

2

Aria: Soprano - Come, come, my heart is open to Thee

3:01

15

3

Recitative: Alto - Thy dwelling is prepared

0:33

16

4

Aria: Bass - I go away, and come again unto you

2:48

17

5

Aria: Tenor - Come, hasten, tune your strings and hymn

4:33

18

6

Recitative: Bass - These is therefore now no condemnation to them

0:26

19

7

Aria: Alto - Nothing can deliver me

5:01

20

8

Chorale - No mortal child here on earth

0:56

O eternal fire, O source of love BWV 34

21

1

Chorus - O eternal fire, O source of love

6:53

22

2

Recitative: Tenor - Lord, our hearts keep

0:41

23

3

Aria: Alto - Happy are you, you chosen souls

6:38

24

4

Recitative: Bass - If God chooses the holy dwellings

0:32

25

5

Chorus - Peace upon Israel!

1:58

CD 1 TT:

67:39

Lisa Larsson

Nathalie Stutzmann alto

Derek Lee Ragin alto

Christoph Genz

Panajotis Iconomou

CD 2

For Whit Monday

Exalted flesh and blood BWV 173

1

1

Recitative: Tenor - Exalted flesh and blood

0:34

2

2

Aria: Tenor - A sanctified soul

3:19

3

3

Aria: Alto - God wishes, O mortal children

1:22

4

4

Aria(Duet): Soprano, Bass - God so loved the world

3:52

5

5

Recitative (Duet): Soprano, Tenor - O infinite one, whom we still call Father

1:28

6

6

Chorus - Touch our spirit, Almighty one

2:20

God so loved the world BWV 68

7

1

Chorus (Chorale) - God so loved the world

5:02

8

2

Aria: Soprano - My faithful heart

2:55

9

3

Recitative: Bass - I am like Peter not presumptuous

0:42

10

4

Aria: Bass - Thou wast born for my well-being

2:58

11

5

Chorus - He that believeth on Him is not condemned

2:05

I love the Almighty with all my heart BWV 174

12

1

Sinfonia

5:26

13

2

Aria: Alto - I love the Almighty with all my heart

8:59

14

3

Recitative: Tenor - O love without compare!

1:07

15

4

Aria: Bass - Seize it

3:32

16

5

Chorale - I love Thee with my heart, O Lord

1:55

CD 2 TT:

47:58

Lisa Larsson soprano

Nathalie Stutzmann alto

Christoph Genz tenor

Panajotis Iconomou bass

John Eliot Gardiner

Cover photography by Steve McCurry