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Albrecht Mayer
Voices of Bach
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 75
2. I Allegro
3. II Andante
4. III Allegro
5. Jesu bleibet meine Freude from BWV 147
6. Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren from BWV 167
7. Dein Blut, der edle Saft from BWV 136
8. I Larghetto
9. II Adagio
10. III Allegro
11. Ich bitte dich, Herr Jesu Christ from BWV 166
12. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme from BWV 140
13. So fahr' ich hin zu Jesu Christ from BWV 31
14. I Allegro
15. II Andante
16. III Adagio
17. IV Allegro
18. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan from BWV 12

CD Details

All Artists: Albrecht Mayer
Title: Voices of Bach
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Decca
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 3/16/2010
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947815174

Synopsis

Album Description

Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a hugely successful recording artist in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer is a world-renowned musician and winner of Germany's prestigious ECHO-Klassik as Instrumentalist of the Year. His latest Decca solo album is a celebration of the music of J.S. Bach. The album includes works written specifically for wind instruments (both oboe and cor anglais) as well as great melodies from the choral works in new, authentic arrangements made for this recording by Andreas Tarkmann. Albrecht Mayer is joined by one of Europe's best-known baroque orchestras--The English Concert--who are among the world's finest chamber orchestras with a reputation for inspiring performances of Baroque music. The album also features the award winning specialist baroque choir: Trinity Baroque.

CD Reviews

Voice of the Oboe

Eileen Pollock | New York, NY | 03/19/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard Albrecht Mayer last fall when he played with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and I was very impressed with his virtuosity in a Strauss concerto. Now we have this fine recording of Bach cantatas arranged for oboe instead of voice. The sounds of the oboe, at times augmented by the baroque choir and backed by the English Concert, are entirely natural, serene, and uplifting. You feel the oboe is as idiomatic to Bach as the harpsichord. Albrecht Mayer is principal oboe of the Berlin Philharmonic and a very talented virtuoso. You can listen over and over to this CD and be transported to a world of tranquility, order, and reverence."