Voices of Angels - J.S. Bach's Most Beautiful Arias and Choruses

J.S.Bach: Voices Of Angels

mp3, 320kbps

If you enjoy the music of Bach and/or the sound of boy sopranos then you will enjoy this CD. It presents some of Bach's best and best loved songs, sung with expert precision by some very fine boy sopranos--a few of them have truly beautiful voices, and all of them are good. There is a good balance of solo pieces and chorales sung by men and boys together. One word, though: if you are accustomed to British or American boy singers then you will find these continental European ones something quite different--the boys are trained in a style more similar to opera singers and their voices are have more vibrato than their English counterparts--the sound is perhaps less "angelic", but fuller and richer. This is a worthy choice for any true Bach fan or someone who really appreciates the beauty of an unchanged male voice. Top-rate quality of singing throughout.

Track listing:


1. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Coro: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen

2. Cantata No. 68, 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt,' BWV 68 (BC A86): Aria: Mein gläubiges Herze

3. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Choral: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

4. Cantata No. 31, 'Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret,' BWV 31 (BC A55): Aria: Letzte Stunde, brich herein

5. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Coro: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

6. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Aria: Blute nur, du liebes H

7. Cantata No. 172, 'Erschallet, ihr Lieder,' BWV 172 (BC A81): Coro: Erschallet, ihr Lieder

8. Cantata No. 143, 'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele' (doubtful), BWV 143 (BC T99): Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ

9. Cantata No. 8 'Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben' (first version), BWV 8 (BC A137a): Coro: Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben

10. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Aria: Ich folge die gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten

11. Cantata No. 143, 'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele' (doubtful), BWV 143 (BC T99): Coro: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele

12. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Aria: Aus Liebe will mein He

13. Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,' BWV 140 (BC A166): Coro: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

14. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Aria: Flö