Bach Cantatas - Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Choir | 
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 39446
Format: Classical, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 178
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 4204
UPC: 032031420496
EAN: 0032031420496
ASIN: B000P6R6NS
Release Date: June 26, 2007
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Description
Widely accepted as a leading authority on Baroque music, Ton Koopman introduces and conducts five of J.S. Bach's religious cantatas (composed between 1707 and 1731) and his famous secular Kaffee Kantate. Performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, the ensemble aptly illustrates the enormous skill and diversity in J.S. Bach's music.PActus Tragicus, BWV 106BRAus der Tiefen, BWV 131BRWachet auf, BWV 140BRHerz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147BRSchweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Kaffee Kantate) BWV 211BRIch will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56PRecorded in The Netherlands at Pieterskerk, Utrecht; Grote Kerk, Naarden; Stadscafe de Waag, Doesburg..P The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra And Choir, Ton KoopmanPContains 6 Full-Length Cantatas.
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Cantata Starter Kit October 9, 2008
I'm just starting exploring Bach cantatas. I ordered $300 worth of recommended CDs and DVDs. This is the best of them all. I adore Koopman's educational talks before each cantata... and musically they are glorious. br /FIVE STARS
Beyond the music, excellent photography! September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like some others, I am relishing repeated showings/listenings of this luscious DVD. I love it, and also enjoying Koopman's mini lectures. I have many many classical music videos...some of which I share with my mother, who has dementia. If the photography is appealing and clear, she is sucked right in and conducts along with the music, as she did here. Although the ensembles are bare bone, as in Bach's days, the production is not at all dry. The multiple cameras do more than just pan and zoom in. Cameras are on booms and perhaps even a steadicam. The camera floats over the orchestra, around the front to focus on the soloist. The choice of camera angles and shots seems to be flawless...you can always tell what is going on. The "Kaffee Kantata" is shot at a picturesque old coffee house...and partially staged with costumes. Also, the other cantatas are shot in a few different venues, with the performers changing outfits, so nothing seems old. Enjoyed hearing a few less familiar pieces, such as the Actus Tragicus and the 131. Wish he'd film the St. John and b minor mass. This set was expensive to film...wow. Oh, the solo soprano tones rather stressed my Bose computer speakers, but sounded great on the Sennheiser headphones.
Was fuer schoener Musik! April 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For someone born, raised, and currently still living in the Central United States, having the chance to see even one major Bach work without having to travel at least an hour by car is a rarity. Being able to see so many as are featured on this DVD is a veritable Bach buffet! Ton Koopman's renditions leave naught for want and, as a special treat, the Kaffe Kantate adds an amazingly candid look at how human Bach actually was! (Who would have thought!?)br /When I first received this DVD, I watched it through completely twice before I was able to go on with anything else; what a treat!
 captivating Bach November 5, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dutch musician/musicologist Ton Koopman leads performances of six Bach cantatas in a mostly successful filmed musical venture. The performances by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir adhere to accepted standards of 'Baroque performance' while manifesting Bach's red-blooded music with passionate abandon. Especially welcomed is the inclusion of BWV 106 'Actus Tragicus', Bach's funeral cantata of humble mien and ecstatic everlasting richness, with a superbly played opening sonatina, the singers entering the stage only toward its conclusion. My one disappointment was the really unnecessary commentary throughout by Koopman. I'm a musician and teacher who appreciates Koopman's musical attainment, but his ability to communicate Bach's essence with words is fraught with the nomenclature of musicians that translates confusedly at best to the average viewer, a criticism frequently made to me by my students who have watched the film. I reckon one man's 'informative soliloquy' is another's made-to-order bore. I don't find the spiritual attainment in these performances that one finds in the Cantata performances of Bach Collegium Japan, but the rewards here are plentiful regardless. Recommended for lovers of Bach's cantatas. This dvd is definitely a worthwhile plus to the available catalogue.
How Could Bach Be Wrong? October 18, 2007
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
That's the question I used to ask myself in my Lutheran childhood, decades ago, when my faith in Bach's religion began to fade away. But if I could spend eternity listening to Ton Koopman and his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, perhaps Heaven wouldn't be so unbearable after all. If Jehovah were half as skillful a Creator as Bach was a Composer, perhaps we wouldn't be suffering the seven plagues of the modern world: drug-resistant bacteria, ethnic cleansing, homelessness in the midst of extravagant wealth, methamphetamines, traffic jams, cell phones in restaurants, and Republicans! Yes, yes, I know I'm being a sacrilegious smart-aleck, but this DVD has given such a rush of adrenaline that I can't help myself.br /br /Highlights: Koopman's brief and charming pre-music talks, the operatic setting of the Coffee Cantata, the piquant photography of the orchestra members wielding their quaint original instruments, the fabulous recitativos of tenor Lothar Odinius and basso Klaus Mertens, and the flawless performances of Wachet auf Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, two of Bach's greatest cantatas! Oh, and of course the Dutch clarity and precision of the choir, plus their joyful faces! Don't let my sardonic intro discourage you from purchasing this DVD immediately!
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