German bass-baritone Theo Adam celebrated his 80th birthday on August 1, 2006. In connection with this milestone, Berlin Classics, the heir to the East German labels that recorded Adam in his prime, has issued a couple of collections devoted to his art in its BC Reference series. Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistliche Arien consists of "bleeding chunks" taken from complete recordings of various cantatas, the St. Matthew Passion and the Christmas Oratorio. Not all of the selections are arias, as there are some duets with Peter ...
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German bass-baritone Theo Adam celebrated his 80th birthday on August 1, 2006. In connection with this milestone, Berlin Classics, the heir to the East German labels that recorded Adam in his prime, has issued a couple of collections devoted to his art in its BC Reference series. Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistliche Arien consists of "bleeding chunks" taken from complete recordings of various cantatas, the St. Matthew Passion and the Christmas Oratorio. Not all of the selections are arias, as there are some duets with Peter Schreier, Agnes Giebel, Arleen Augér, and Elisabeth Grümmer, although in most cases their parts are minimal compared to Adam's. His voice is always big, generous, and robust, his sense of pitch well placed and tone well rounded and plummy. Adam, at least in Bach movements set at moderate tempos, isn't always right on the rhythm and tends to drag certain notes, despite that the even-keel, semi-period conscious ensembles that provide the backing continue on without him. In recitatives,...
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