Easter Oratorio, BWV249 (Bach)
from Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios (CKD373)
1 Sinfonia [3'52]
2 Adagio [3'39]
3 Kommt, eilet und laufet (Petrus/Johannes) [4'41]
4 O kalter Männer Sinn! (Maria Magdalena/Maria Jacobi/Petrus/Johannes) [0'52]
5 Seele, deine Spezereien (Maria Jacobi) [10'49]
6 Hier ist die Gruft (Petrus/Johannes/Maria Magdalena) [0'37]
7 Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer (Petrus) [7'15]
8 Indessen seufzen wir (Maria Jacobi/Maria Magdalena) [0'50]
9 Saget, saget mir geschwinde (Maria Magdalena) [5'40]
10 Wir sind erfreuet (Johannes) [0'33]
11 Preis und Dank [2'16]
41 minutes 4 seconds 11 tracks
'Matthew Halls neatly juxtaposes bustling vitality and an unforced conversational quality in the first part of the Sinfonia [of the Easter Oratorio], with the three natural trumpets sounding particula ...
BBC Music Magazine
'In the 1730s Bach drew together elements of his sacred music, most famously in the six cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio. His two works for the present period of the church year are equally fascinat ...