JS BACH Arias with Piccolo Cello

Gaillard plays Bach on an experimental instrument

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Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach

Label: Aparte

Magazine Review Date: 04/2013

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 67

Mastering:

Stereo

Catalogue Number: AP045

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', Movement: Aria: Mein gläubiges Herze (S) (Eng: My heart ever faithful)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
(6) Schübler Chorales, Movement: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 41, 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset', Movement: Aria: Woferne du den edlen Frieden (T)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 199, 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut', Movement: Choral: Ich Dein betrübtes Kind	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 85, 'Ich bin ein guter Hirt', Movement: Aria: Jesus ist ein guter Hirt (A)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 6, 'Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden', Movement: Choral: Ach, bleib' bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (S)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 49, 'Ich gehe und suche mit Verlangen', Movement: Aria: Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schön (S)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 175, 'Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Name, Movement: Aria: Es dünket mich ich seh' dich kommen (T)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
(6) Schübler Chorales, Movement: Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter, BWV650	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 115, 'Mache dich, mein Geist bereit', Movement: Aria: Bete aber auch (S)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 183, 'Sie werden euch in den Bann tun', Movement: Aria: Ich fürchte nicht des Todes Schrecken (T)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 159, 'Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerus, Movement: Aria: Es ist vollbracht (B)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Orgel-Büchlein, Movement: Ich ruf' zu dir, BWV639	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano
Cantata No. 53, 'Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christophe Dumaux, Singer, Alto Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Singer, Tenor Ensemble Pulcinella Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Orphélie Gaillard, Musician, Cello Sandrine Piau, Singer, Soprano

Author: Richard Lawrence

This enjoyable disc features arias with an obbligato part for the violoncello piccolo, thought to be a smaller version of the conventional cello with a fifth string for the tenor register. That is what Ophélie Gaillard plays, anyway, apparently changing to a full-size instrument – the booklet-note is vague – for two of the three purely instrumental numbers.

Sandrine Piau starts off with a nicely decorated account of ‘My heart ever faithful’ from BWV68. It takes a little while for the ear to adjust to the hollowness surrounding her voice but Bach’s sense of joy comes through at full strength. I didn’t much care for the second track, ‘Wachet auf’ in the version for organ, with the violoncello piccolo taking the top line and the chorale melody given to a sackbut.

The latter seems particularly perverse when there was a fine tenor on hand who could have sung the chorale in its original version from BWV140. Emiliano Gonzalez Toro is unaffectedly simple in the prayerful aria from BWV41, a cantata for New Year’s Day. He paces the long aria from BWV183 well, without quite matching Paul Agnew for Gardiner (SDG, A/08), where time seems to stand still.

Ophélie Gaillard plays admirably: springy in fast passages – repeated listening to so many numbers with such ‘busy’ writing might prove wearing, however – and soulful elsewhere. She is silent only in the apocryphal BWV53, where the accomplished countertenor of Christophe Dumaux is complemented by strings and bells. Good support and lovely obbligatos from Pulcinella.

JS Bach_Arias with Piccolo Cello

Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt', Movement: Aria: Mein gläubiges Herze (S) (Eng: My heart ever faithful)

(6) Schübler Chorales, Movement: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645

Cantata No. 41, 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset', Movement: Aria: Woferne du den edlen Frieden (T)

Cantata No. 199, 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut', Movement: Choral: Ich Dein betrübtes Kind

Cantata No. 85, 'Ich bin ein guter Hirt', Movement: Aria: Jesus ist ein guter Hirt (A)

Cantata No. 6, 'Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden', Movement: Choral: Ach, bleib' bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (S)

Cantata No. 49, 'Ich gehe und suche mit Verlangen', Movement: Aria: Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schön (S)

Cantata No. 175, 'Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Name, Movement: Aria: Es dünket mich ich seh' dich kommen (T)

(6) Schübler Chorales, Movement: Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter, BWV650

Cantata No. 115, 'Mache dich, mein Geist bereit', Movement: Aria: Bete aber auch (S)

Cantata No. 183, 'Sie werden euch in den Bann tun', Movement: Aria: Ich fürchte nicht des Todes Schrecken (T)

Cantata No. 159, 'Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerus, Movement: Aria: Es ist vollbracht (B)

Orgel-Büchlein, Movement: Ich ruf' zu dir, BWV639

Cantata No. 53, 'Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde

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