J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 94 "Was frag ich nach der Welt" (J.S. Bach Foundation) 

Christiaan d'Hooghe absolutely concur !

Alto or mesosaprano?

@@tedhinshaw3174 warm colored mezzo, that feels like bright alto?

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I really love the flute obligato in this piece

💯 again and again I hear in these recordings a large collective of individuals who are self-motivated to put themself in the service of co-creating a beautiful and powerful "whole". Everyone gets their space, everyone is able and willing to switch roles as needed from foreground and lead to background and follow. Remarkable thing to behold.

Marc Hantaï

And the combination of cello and bass is wonderful, sehr gut!

@@jorgelopez-pr6dr Bach really wrote for a 'family' of instruments

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One of my preferred soprano for Baroque music.

Und der Flötenspieler heißt : Marc HANTAÏ : einer unserer besten Barockflötenspieler in Frankreich !!!!

I completely echo the statement of Peter Watchorn! I would also like to see the instrumentalists/soloists information as well as the singers.

This and the next BWV 95 are among Bach's greatest cantatas or pieces full stop for me. Even up there with the Passions

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FYI I'm reasonably confident the correct translation of "Was frag ich nach der Welt?" is more along the lines of "What am I doing demanding (anything) of this world?" or "Why am I asking (anything) if this world?" Or "What is the world to me?" Or "Why do I fret about this world?"

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Thanks for appreciating :)

Thank you.

Happy to hear.

Ok

Just kidding.

I find wide vibrato is more a problem with sopranos which I agree with you is really unpleasant in Bach and problematic in fugue passages. On the other hand, ever have cardamom-flavored ice cream? It tastes amazing.

David Brown, I am sorry for my inadequate English. Quote: ...", it gives us Bach without the mess of distracting vibrato." I support you 100 % on this. I don't believe that people really know what's going on when the musicans use vibrato. "If you play with vibrato you'll be outside of the specified pitch for most of the time." In our days, Bach-performances is often without vibrato, search for HIP-performances.

@@geiryvindeskeland7208 Never mind your English, your understanding of music is superb and you make a valid point. Sadly, I think many CLASSICAL musicians are incapable of performing without vibrato, so they make a virtue of it. We could write many reasons against vibrato, eg, we see that in physics, vibrato is the same as a trill ornamentation: the pitch oscillates up and down rapidly. In a trill it is based on the note which is sung/played first and then it moves back and forth by a half or full note with a rhythm in line with the music. But vibrato gives us a sloppy, undisciplined 'trill' that does not necessarily play the note at all but goes each side of it by an amount which has no bearing on anything musical. Basically, the performer tells us that "the note is somewhere around about here", but they don't actually sing/play it. Performers should do authentic trills as Bach directs and not add their sloppy trills through the rest of his compositions. This is especially bad with female singers inflicting on us a wide and heavy vibrato. (Physics also explains the greater energy in the higher pitch of female singers.) In the choir vibrato doesn't matter so much - it just makes the sound a little bit muddy. The world needs a music ensemble dedicated to this authenticity and I wish the J.S.Bach Foundation would take it on, because they already come very close. By looking at the left hand of their string players we can see that they never add vibrato. So there is a start. I could make many more points against vibrato in Bach but the best case is made simply by listening. Music without vibrato is more beautiful, more sincere, more intimate, and more sexy (like Bach).

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At first that how I was feeling particularly the last part of the Cantatas , but as I listen again and again , I could feel compassion and love , Bach is such BRILLANT!

You shall find the right time and mood to listen to this kind of music.

August 15, 2014 in Teufen, Switzerland

@@konrad.bach4ever Vielen Dank Konrad und so schnell bei diesem Wetter ! Gruss aus Holland.

Intervention?

Ist notiert! :)

Marc Hantaï