Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith, conductor (Nonesuch) This recording is an outgrowth of Peter Sellars’ staging of J.S. Bach’s Cantatas BWV 82 and 199 ...

“Ich habe genug,” Bach’s Cantata No. 82, is commonly rendered in English as “I am content.” At the cantata’s center is a lullaby of consoling sweetness, generosity of spirit and somnolent blessedness, ...

Cantata No. 82, 'Ich habe genug' Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Emmanuel Music Orchestra Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Mezzo soprano Craig Smith, Conductor Cantata No. 199, 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut' ...

These accounts of Bach's two cantatas for solo contralto will probably upset the period-instrument purists - Craig Smith's conducting of a modern chamber orchestra owes little to recent notions of ...

Cantatas 82 and 199 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music; Craig Smith, conductor; Nonesuch, $16.99 No one in the Bay Area needs to be persuaded or even reminded ...

Montréal’s blend of New World freedom and Old World substance permeates the uninhibited, spontaneous music-making in this joyful Bach Cantatas release. The use of one voice per part, easily dismissed ...

Cantata No. 170, 'Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seele Arcangelo Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Jonathan Cohen, Conductor Cantata No. 52, 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht', ...

Bach’s “It is Enough” Cantata (No. 82, “Ich habe genug”) continues to fascinate and disturb. New recordings continually surface, and the ever-inventive director Peter Sellars even devised a ...

Thomas Quasthoff proves a wonderfully eloquent baritone soloist in all three of these cantatas, accompanied by orchestra, that manage to combine the best of both worlds - the tonal power and richness ...

“Ich habe genug,” Bach’s Cantata No. 82, is commonly rendered in English as “I am content.” At the cantata’s center is a lullaby of consoling sweetness, generosity of spirit and somnolent blessedness, ...