Bach: Easter Oratorio, Magnificat

Bach: Easter Oratorio, Magnificat
Eugene Ormandy & Leonard Bernstein
Sony Classics SBK 60 261 [CD]

Contents:

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
  1. I. Sinfonia
  2. II. AdagioAria: Et exultavit spiritus meus
  3. III. Duet: Kommt, eilet und laufet
  4. IV. Recitative: O kalter Männer Sinn!
  5. V. Aria: Seele, deine Spezereien
  6. VI. Recitative: Hier ist die Gruft
  7. VII..Aria: Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer
  8. VIII. Recitative and Arioso: Indessen seufzen wir
  9. IX. Aria: Saget, saget mir geshwinde
  10. X. Recitative: Wir sind erfreut
  11. XI. Chorus: Press und Dank

    12. Johann Sebastian Bach, Magnificat in D, BWV 243
  12. Chorus: Magnificat anima mea
  13. Aria (soprano II): Et exultavit spiritus meus
  14. Aria (soprano I): Quia respexit humilitatem
    Chorus: Omnes generationes
  15. Aria (bass): Quia fecit mihi magna
  16. Duet (alto, tenor): Et misericordia a progenie

    17. ----
  17. Chorus: Fecit potentiam in brachio suo
  18. Aria (tenor): Deposuit potentes de sede
  19. Aria (alto): Esurientes implevit bonis
  20. Trio (2 sopranos, alto): Suscepit Israel puerum suum
  21. Chorus: Sicut locotus est ad patres nostros
  22. Chorus: Gloria Patri et Filio

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[11] Herbert Beatty (bass), John De Lancie (oboe), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), Murray Panitz (flute), Judith Raskin (soprano), Louis Rosenblatt (english horn) with The Temple University Concert Choir - Robert E. Page, dir. & Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy, cond.
[12]-[22] Lee Venora (soprano I), Jennie Tourel (soprano II), Russell Oberlin (counter-tenor / alto part), Charles Bressler (tenor), Norman Farrow (bass) with The Schola Cantorum - Hugh Ross, dir. & New York Philarmonia - Leonard Bernstein, cond.

Recording site and date:
[1]-[11] Philadelphia Athletic Club, Philadelphia, PA [04/1963]
[12]-[22] CBS 39th Street Studiom New York City, NY [12/1959]

Excerpts:
[1]-[11] Columbia "Masterworks" ML 5939 [LP, mono] Johann Sebastian Bach - Easter oratorio
[1]-[11] Columbia "Masterworks" MS 6539 [LP, stereo] Johann Sebastian Bach - Easter oratorio
[12]-[22] Columbia "Masterworks" ML 5775 [LP, mono] Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnificat BWV 243
[12]-[22] Columbia "Masterworks" MS 6375 [LP, stereo] Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnificat BWV 243

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