This five-disc set is extracted from the Brilliant label's 160-CD complete Bach edition, an impressive achievement on purely logistical grounds (although there's a logistical hiccup here -- the box is variously designated as Vol. IV and Volume 9 on its cover). Some of that massive undertaking required the licensing of existing material, but a good deal of the music, especially in choral genres, was newly recorded. This set of cantatas, recorded in 1999, is part of that group. Brilliant is a budget label, selling its ...
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This five-disc set is extracted from the Brilliant label's 160-CD complete Bach edition, an impressive achievement on purely logistical grounds (although there's a logistical hiccup here -- the box is variously designated as Vol. IV and Volume 9 on its cover). Some of that massive undertaking required the licensing of existing material, but a good deal of the music, especially in choral genres, was newly recorded. This set of cantatas, recorded in 1999, is part of that group. Brilliant is a budget label, selling its products in chain stores in the Netherlands and increasingly often in other countries. U.S. buyers may wonder whether they're going to turn up at Wal-Mart soon. If so, buyers will get a taste of what historically informed Bach performance is all about, although they could certainly do better with a bigger outlay of cash. The Holland Boys Choir is an accomplished group, with accurate intonation that does not flag even in the lengthy, triumphant type of cantata chorus like the first movement...
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Add this copy of Bach Edition 9 / Cantatas 4 to cart. $18.58, like new condition, Sold by Streetlight_Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Cruz, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1900 by Brilliant Classics.
