J.S. Bach - Cantatas, BWV 51, 82a, 199 (2008)

1. Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 - I Aria Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! 
2. Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 - II Recitativo Wir beten zu dem Tempel an 
3. Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 - III Aria Höchster, mache deine Güte 
4. Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 - IV Chorale Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren 
5. Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 - V Finale Alleluja! 
6. Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82a - I Aria Ich habe genug 
7. Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82a - II Recitativo Ich habe genug! 
8. Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82a - III Aria Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen 
9. Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82a - IV Recitativo Mein Gott! wenn kommt das schöne: Nun! 
10. Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82a - V Aria Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod 
11. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - I Recitativo Mein Herze schwimmt im blut 
12. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - II Aria & Recitativo Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen 
13. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - III Recitativo Doch Gott muss mir genädig sein 
14. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - IV Aria Tief Gebückt und voller Reue 
15. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - V Recitativo Auf diese Schmerzensreu 
16. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - VI Chorale Ich Dein bertrübtes Kind 
17. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - VII Recitativo Ich lege mich in diese Wunden 	
18. Cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im blut BWV 199 - VIII Aria Wie freudig ist mein Herz

Natalie Dessay, Neil Brough
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haim – conductor

Nothing quite says "Bach" like the image of a woman lying face-up on some pavement, wearing a strapless black dress. Or so Natalie Dessay would have us believe. She also dedicates her new album of Bach cantatas to Martin Luther King. Welcome to the woolly world of Natalie Dessay singing Bach, accompanied by the fearless period-instrument group Le Concert d'Astrée under Emmanuelle Haïm. It's a bit easier to imagine Dessay in Handel than in Bach, partly because she sings German with an accent that those with the sound of the language in their heads will find difficult to forget. But most of all because her extremely strong personality pulls at the boundaries of self-effacement demanded by Bach's flawless melodies and intricate musical constructions. It's to her credit that her performances of these three familiar cantatas for soprano and instrumental ensemble ("Ich habe genug" is performed in its soprano version, BWV 82a) are consistently listenable, and at times brilliant. The sterling example of the latter is the aria "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen" (track 7), which Dessay turns into a kind of gentle cradle song to herself. Elsewhere Dessay takes unorthodox, rather dramatic approaches to the texts, emphasizing unexpected words like "Hoffen" (hopes) in the opening aria of "Ich habe genug" (track 5). Her flashing silver voice is exciting up among the trumpets of the Cantata No. 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51, but the performances don't quite have the well-oiled quality one conventionally expects from Bach. None of this is the fault of Haïm and her band, who have made innovative recordings combining Baroque instruments with the distinctive voices of modern opera singers, and in the main made them work. It's treacherous to assign a definitive judgment to a recording like this, but one can guess that it will be essential for Dessay fans, if perhaps not for collectors of Bach cantata performances. All texts are in German, French, and English. ---James Manheim, Rovi

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