CD 1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

For the First Sunday after Easter

Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul BWV 150

14:42

1

1

Sinfonia

1:39

2

2

Chorus - Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

3:23

3

3

Aria: Soprano - Yet I am and shall remain content

1:25

4

4

Chorus - Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me

1:52

5

5

Aria (Trio): Alto, Tenor, Bass - Cedars must before the tempest

1:24

6

6

Chorus - Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord;

2:03

7

7

Chorus - All my days of suffering

2:56

Remember that Jesus Christ BWV 67

12:56

8

1

Chorus - Remember that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead.

2:44

9

2

Aria: Tenor - My Jesus is risen

2:12

10

3

Recitative: Alto - My Jesus, Thou art called the poiston of death and the plague of Hell

0:30

11

4

Chorale - The glorious day is come

0:35

12

5

Recitative: Alto - Yet is seems as though the remaining foe

0:47

13

6

Aria & Chorus - Peace by unto you!

5:11

14

7

Chorale - Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ

0:56

Then the same day at evening BWV 42

26:49

15

1

Sinfonia

5:46

16

2

Recitative: Tenor - Then the same day at evening

0:35

17

3

Aria: Alto - Where two or three are gathered together in the precious name of Jesus

12:32

18

4

Chorale (Duet): Soprano, Tenor - Do not despair, O little flock

2:20

19

5

Recitative: Bass - One can see here a fine example of what happened in Jerusalem

0:38

20

6

Aria: Bass - Jesus shields His own people

3:00

21

7

Chorale - Graciously grant us peace

1:58

Peace be unto you BWV 158

12:40

22

1

Recitative: Bass - Peace be unto you

1:41

23

2

Aria & Chorale - World, farewell, I am weary of you

8:16

24

3

Recitative & Arioso: Bass - Now, O Lord, govern my thoughts

1:18

25

4

Chorale - Here is the true Easter Lamb that God has offered

1:24

CD 1 TT:

67:23

Gillian Keith soprano

Daniel Taylor alto

Charles Daniels tenor

Stephen Varcoe bass

CD 2

For the Second Sunday after Easter

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel BWV 104

16:30

1

1

Chorus - Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock,

4:08

2

2

Recitative: Tenor - The highest shepherd provides for me

0:39

3

3

Aria: Tenor - Though my shepherd hides too long

3:03

4

4

Recitative: Bass - Yea, this word is food to my soul and balm to my breast

0:46

5

5

Aria: Bass - Happy flock, sheep of Jesus

6:53

6

6

Chorale - The Lord is my faithfuly shepherd

1:01

I am the good shepherd BWV 85

15:50

7

1

Aria: Bass - I am the good shepherd

3:12

8

2

Aria: Alto - Jesus is a good shepherd

3:08

9

3

Chorale: Soprano - The Lord is my faithful shepherd

4:51

10

4

Recitative: Tenor - When the hirelings sleep

0:58

11

5

Aria: Tenor - Behold what love can do

2:41

12

6

Chorale - With God as my refuge and faithful shepherd

0:58

The Lord is my faithful shepherd BWV 112

11:37

13

1

Verse I - The Lord is my faithful shepherd

2:27

14

2

Verse II - He leads me to the pure waters that restore my soul

3:19

15

3

Verse III - And though I walk through the valley of darkness

1:34

16

4

Verse IV - Thou preparest a table for me before my enemis on every side

3:14

17

5

Verse V - Goodness and mercy follow me all the day of my life

1:02

CD 2 TT:

44:08

Katherine Fuge soprano

William Towers alto

Norbert Meyn tenor

Stephen Varcoe bass

John Eliot Gardiner

Cover photography by Steve McCurry