La Petite Bande & Sigiswald Kuijken
Release Date: 23 April 2012
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 608917254525
Genres: Classical
Description
This new Hybrid SACD recording of JS Bach's St John's Passion has been produced by one of the great early music partnerships of recent times, the vocal and orchestral ensemble La Petite Band and its artistic director Sigiswald Kuijken. As with their previous recordings of the composer's Mass in B Minor and St Matthew Passion, the approach to the score is based on recent scholarship, and the music is performed with a small number of soloists and instrumentalists.
La Petite Bande was founded in 1972 by Sigiswald Kuijken, and although it was not meant to become a permanent orchestra, the success of several recordings by the group under the direction of Gustav Leonhardt was such that it began to give concerts regularly. All its members are internationally renowned early music specialists.
During J.S. Bach's lifetime there were four different performances of his St. John's Passion. Each of these took place with modifications. Some were in response to the circumstances at the time, others influenced by which musicians and instruments Bach had at his disposal at a particular time. This new recording is a version based on research by one of the leading experts in the composer's work, the eminent Dutch musical director and early music specialist Sigiswald Kuijken.
Personnel: La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (direction & violin, gamba, viola d'amore)
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
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La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken
