This is the opening chorus of J.S.Bach's cantata 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', in a first edit, in The Bach Players' recording. More details here: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/sleepers_awake

J.S.Bach: 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (BWV 140) Opening Chorus, First Edit

A first edit of this track by The Bach Players. The musicians are: Nicolette Moonen (violin), Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba), Silas Wollston (harpsichord). This will be released in 2017 on the group's 'Musical offering' CD. More details here: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/musical_offering

Dieterich Buxtehude: Sonata no. 6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo

The opening choral from J.S. Bach’s Cantata ‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’, BWV 78, from The Bach Players’ CD ‘Every one a chaconne’ [Hyphen Press Music 002], recorded in 2008. The musicians are: Rachel Elliott (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Marion Moonen (flute), James Eastaway (oboe), Catherine Latham (oboe), Alastair Mitchell (bassoon), Nicolette Moonen (violin & director), Rodolfo Richter (violin), Anne Schumann (violin), Rachel Stott (viola), Alison McGillivray (cello), Elizabeth Bradley (double bass), Silas Wollston (organ). For more information: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/every_one_a_chaconne

Every one a chaconne

‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’

J.S. Bach’s Cantata ‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’, BWV 78: opening choral

Henry Purcell, Chacony in G minor, from The Bach Players’ CD ‘Every one a chaconne’ [Hyphen Press Music 002], recorded in 2008. The musicians are: Nicolette Moonen (violin), Rodolfo Richter (violin), Rachel Stott (viola), Alison McGillivray (cello), Silas Wollston (harpsichord). For more information: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/every_one_a_chaconne

Chacony in G minor

Henry Purcell, Chacony in G minor

The opening chorus from J.S. Bach’s Cantata ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 61, from The Bach Players’ CD ‘Nun komm!’ [Hyphen Press Music 003], recorded in 2009. The musicians are: Rachel Elliott (soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Jonathan Gunthorpe (bass), Nicolette Moonen (violin & director), Sophie Barber (violin), Rachel Isserlis (viola), Rachel Stott (viola), Alison McGillivray (cello), Philip Turbett (bassoon), Silas Wollston (organ). For more information: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/nun_komm

Nun komm!

J.S. Bach’s Cantata ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 61: coro (overture)

Overture from Philipp Heinrich Erlebach’s Ouverture VI, from The Bach Players’ CD ‘Nun komm!’ [Hyphen Press Music 003], recorded in 2009. The musicians are: Nicolette Moonen (violin & director), Sophie Barber (violin), Rachel Isserlis (viola), Rachel Stott (viola), Alison McGillivray (cello), Silas Wollston (organ), William Carter (guitar). For more information: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/nun_komm

Overture from Philipp Heinrich Erlebach’s Ouverture VI

Fugue no.1 in C minor [BWV 871], from the Well-tempered Clavier II, arranged for string quartet by W.A. Mozart, K 405, from The Bach Players’ CD ‘Bach arranging and arranged’ [Hyphen Press Music 001], recorded in 2008. The musicians are: Rodolfo Richter (violin), Nicolette Moonen (violin), Huw Daniel (viola), Alison McGillivray (cello). For more information: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/bach_arranging_and_arranged

Bach arranging and arranged

Fugue no.1 in C minor [BWV 871], from the Well-tempered Clavier II, arranged for string quartet by W.A. Mozart

Fugue no.1 in C minor, from the Well-tempered Clavier II, arranged for string quartet by W.A. Mozart

Verse 1 of G.B. Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in F minor, arranged by J.S. Bach on the text of Psalm 51: ‘Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden’, BWV 1083, from The Bach Players’ CD ‘Bach arranging and arranged’ [Hyphen Press Music 001], recorded in 2008. The musicians are: Rachel Elliott (soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (alto), Nicolette Moonen (violin & director), Rodolfo Richter (violin), Huw Daniel (violin), Sophie Barber (violin), Anne Schumann (viola), Alison McGillivray (cello), Elizabeth Bradley (double bass), Pawel Siwczak (organ). For more information: http://thebachplayers.org.uk/recordings/bach_arranging_and_arranged

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, arranged by J.S. Bach: ‘Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden’, BWV 1083: verse 1

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Sonata II in B flat major, for two violins and basso continuo, recorded in July 2017 by The Bach Players for their CD, ‘Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Chamber Music from the Brossard Collection’ on the Coviello Classics label (COV91815), released in 2018. The musicians are: Nicolette Moonen (violin), Oliver Webber (violin), Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba), Silas Wollston (harpsichord).

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Sonata II in B flat major, for two violins and basso continuo

We play music of the baroque and early classical period with small forces and without a conductor.