Since you are interested in Easter and Ascension Oratorios, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
J.S. BACH
Violin Concertos No. 1 BWV 1041 - No. 2 BWV 1042; Concerto for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060; Double Concerto BWV 1043 Hilary Hah (violin) Margaret Batjer & Allan Vogel / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane [ DG SACD / SACD - released 30/Sep/2003 ] Debut album of Bach Concertos on Deutsche Grammophon by one of the finest young violinists. "America's best young classical musician": Time Magazine - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas (Vol 43) BWV57, BWV110, BWV151 Hana Blazíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Türk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Three Christmas cantatas from 1725 make up the programme of the 43rd volume in Masaaki Suzuki's and Bach Collegium Japan's highly praised cycle of Bach's cantatas. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 47) BWV27, BWV36, BWV47 Hana Blazíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Suzuki and company continue their excellent work in this superb series, easily the best- sounding of the complete, fuller-chorus versions currently going, done in excellent surround sound. Not much else to say here except keep it coming!" (AudAud.com) |
J.S. BACH
Complete Organ Music (Incls Die Kunst der Fuge) Hans Fagius (organ) [ BIS / 5 SACD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] These single layer SACDs can only be played back on an SACD player) - "One of the best complete recordings of Bach's organ music. Fagius demonstrates a magnificent understanding of Bach's organ music, and the instruments used are excellent." |
J. S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Bach/Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe) / English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] These ground breaking performances are now available in PentaTone's unique RQR series. The playing by Heinz Holliger in the Oboe Concertos is surely the bench mark by which all others must be judged. |
J.S. BACH
Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) Hesparion XX / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 SACD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "Listening in SACD format slightly broadens the sound stage and marginally heightens the instrumental clarity (especially the winds)." Classics Today 10/9 performance and sound quality) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas BWV146, BWV82a, BWV199 Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Florilegium [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 26/Oct/2007 ] 'Johannette Zomer is an appealing soprano, pure and bright in tone, graceful in phrasing.' BBC Music Magazine |
J.S. & J.C. BACH / SCHUTZ / BOHM
Beloved and Beautiful Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos Van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Netherlands Bach Society proves their mettle time and time again and so once more here. Though I am usually rigorously opposed to such small ensembles, like the use of a string quartet here, the soundness of the performance and particulars of... |
BUXTEHUDE
Membra Jesu Nostri Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos Van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] "Magnificent new versions of moving meditations on the crucified Christ" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (June 2006) |
J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Julia Fischer (violin) [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] All Pentatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |