CD 1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

For the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

There is no soundness in my flesh BWV 25

17:42

1

1

Chorus with instrumental choral - There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine anger;

6:38

2

2

Recitative: Tenor - The entire world is but a hospital where countless human beings and even children in the cradle lie gravely ill.

1:36

3

3

Aria: Bass - Ah, where can I, poor man, find help?

4:13

4

4

Recitative: Soprano - O Jesus, dear Master,

1:09

5

5

Aria: Soprano - Open to my poor songs,

2:57

6

6

Chorale - All my days I shall praise Thy mighty hand,

1:09

Jesus, who hast wrested my soul BWV 78

23:05

7

1

Chorus (Chorale) Jesus, who hast wrested my sould through Thy bitter death

6:30

8

2

Aria (Duest): Soprano, Alto - We hasten with weak but diligent steps,

4:20

9

3

Recitative: Tenor - Ah! I am a child of sin.

2:09

10

4

Aria: Tenor - Thy blood, which cancels my guilt,

3:36

11

5

Recitative: Bass - The wounds, the nails, the crown and the grave,

2:08

12

6

Now shalt Thou quieten my conscience,

3:08

13

7

Chorale - Lord, I believe, help my weakness, let me not despair

1:15

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me BWV 17

16:24

Part 1

14

1

Chorus - Whose offereth praise glorifieth Me; and in this way I shall show him the salvation of God

4:26

15

2

Recitative: Alto - The whole world must become a silent witness of God's exalted majesty,

1:01

16

3

Aria: Soprano - Lord, Thy goodness reaches as far as heaven,

3:08

Part II

17

4

Recitative: Tenor - And one of them, when he saw that he was healed,

0:42

18

5

Aria: Tenor - What excess of goodness dost Thou give me!

3:21

19

6

Recitative: Bass - Look upon my will, I know what I am;

1:13

20

7

Chorale - As a father has mercy on his little children,

2:33

CD 1 TT:

57:27

Malin Hartelius soprano

Robin Tyson alto

James Gilchrist tenor

Peter Harvey bass

CD 2

For the Feast of St Michael and All Angels

Now is come salvation and strength BWV 50

3:15

1

1

Chorus - Now is come salvation and strength,

3:15

Lord God, we all praise Thee BWV 130

15:30

2

1

Chorus (Chorale) - Lord God, we all praise Thee,

2:58

3

2

Recitative: Alto - Their radiance and high wisdom show how God inclines Himself to man

0:50

4

3

Aria: Bass - The ancient dragon burns with envy

4:23

5

4

Recitative (Duet): Soprano, Tenor - It is well for us that, day and night,

1:19

6

5

Aria: Tenor - Grant, O Prince of the Cherubim,

4:37

7

6

Chorale - Therefore we justly praise Thee and thank Thee, O God, eternally,

1:22

There arose a war BWV 19

20:24

8

1

Chorus - There arose a war.

3:50

9

2

Recitative: Bass - Praise God! The dragon is laid low.

0:51

10

3

Aria: Soprano - God sends us to Mahanaim;

4:37

11

4

Recitative: Tenor - What is vile man, that child of earth?

0:51

12

5

Aria with instrumental chorale: Tenor - Stay, ye angels, stay by me!

8:03

13

6

Recitative: Soprano - Let us love the countenance of righteous angels,

0:36

14

7

Chorale - Let Thine angel travel with me on Elijah's fiery chariot

1:35

The voice of rejoicing and salvation BWV 149

18:21

15

1

Chorus - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous;

3:48

16

2

Aria: Bass - Might and power be sung to God,

2:41

17

3

Recitative: Alto - I have no fear of a thousand foes.

0:44

18

4

Aria: Soprano - The angels of God never retreat.

5:06

19

5

Recitative: Tenor - I give Thee thanks, my dear God, for this;

0:35

20

6

Aria (Duet): Alto, tenor - Be wakeful, you hold watchmen,

3:30

21

7

Chorale - Ah Lord, let Thy dear angel bear this soul of mine, when I die,

1:57

CD 2 TT:

57:44

Malin Hartelius soprano

Richard Wyn-Roberts alto

James Gilchrist tenor

Peter Harvey bass

John Eliot Gardiner

Cover photography by Steve McCurry