This cantata contains so much more than 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' - but it's a great way in to this religious piece from 1723. Bach was a busy composer in his post at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, ...

In 1993, when Robert von Bahr received a letter at his Stockholm office proposing that his company, BIS Records, undertake a complete cycle of all 200 Bach cantatas with someone named Masaaki Suzuki ...

On Saturday, St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church will resonate with the sacred music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the voices of the Yale Voxtet — an ensemble of eight singers in the early music voice ...

Three hundred years ago, Johann Sebastian Bach came to Leipzig as cantor. This was celebrated extensively at the Bachfest. His works continue to shape the music world today. When Johann Sebastian Bach ...

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 ...

Composed in 1713, this secular choral work is known as Sheep May Safely Graze, the Hunting Cantata, AND the Birthday Cantata? Why all the names? Allow us to explain... It's rare to have a piece of ...

Thomas Quasthoff gets top billing, but the star of this disc is Dorothea Röschmann, who sings Bach's music with precision and tenderness. The repertoire includes three of Bach's dialogue cantatas, ...

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Planning your audio adventure should be easy enough: resolve to take in a cantata on every Sunday and other holy day throughout the church year. There are plenty of online guides to tell you what Bach ...

LEIPZIG, Germany — What will Bachfest Leipzig do for an encore? You had to wonder almost from the start of this year’s installment, last Friday. The festival ...