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Consider, My Soul: Sacred Arias | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Spiritual Traditional, Sebastian Weigle, Stefan Maass, Dresden Staatskapelle, Sibylla Rubens, Markus Schmutzler
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 147919
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000710302
UPC: 028947763994
EAN: 0028947763994
ASIN: B000H4VVCA
Release Date: September 12, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 Grosser Herr, o starker Koenig | | • | Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen | | • | St. John Passion BWV 245 Betrachte, meine Seel | | • | Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen | | • | St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein | | • | Messiah HWV 56 Behold, I tell you a mystery | | • | The trumpet shall sound | | • | The Seasons Hob. XXI: 3 Vom Widder strahlet jetzt | | • | Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann, Erblicke hier, betoerter Mensch | | • | The Creation Hob. XXVIII: 4 Und Gott sprach: Es sammle sich das | | • | Wasser unter dem Himmel zusammen, Rollend in schaeumenden Wellen | | • | Elias op. 70 Herr Gott Abrahams, Isaaks und Israels | | • | Es ist genug! So nimm nun, Herr | | • | Paulus op. 36 Gott, sei mir gnaedig | | • | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Arr. Meyer) | | • | Deep River (Arr. Meyer) |
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Album Description
Thomas Quasthoff follows his internationally acclaimed and GrammyA winning Bach Cantatas recording with an atmospheric program of sacred arias, including selections from oratorios by Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Mr. QuasthoffA's warm, expressive bass-baritone voice perfectly suits this musicA—a genre that has always been both central to his artistic life and close to his heart. Pieces include HandelA's A"The trumpet shall soundA" from the Messiah, A"Schon eilet froh der AckermannA" from HaydnA's Die Jahreszeiten, and excerpts from BachA's St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio. The album also includes a special version of the spiritual classic A"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.A" With Thomas QuasthoffA's unique artistry supported by the acclaimed Staatskapelle Dresden, Consider My Soul is a revelation of beauty and power.
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| Customer Reviews:
Soaring with Thomas Quasthoff March 18, 2007
Amie T. Araaya (New York, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On this beautiful CD,"Consider My Soul," Thomas Quasthoff,baritone extraordinaire, takes the listener to great heights with his renditions of arias from the "Christmas Oratorio", "St. John's Passion", "St. Matthew's Passion", and others.
The duet with Sibylla Rubens, from the "Christmas Oratorio", is achingly exquisite, as the two powerful voices-soprano and baritone - blend in sublime beauty and strength.
And what a joy to hear Quasthoff sing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot",as a bonus track.
All one can say, is "Bravo!" and "Bravi Tutti!"
Excellent Collection of Sacred Arias January 9, 2007
Jane L. Reimers
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent collection of sacred arias, sung by the incredible
talent, Thomas Quasthoff, one of the best male singers to come along
in a long time.
Quasthoff Focuses on Sacred Works and Makes Them New November 25, 2006
Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Thomas Quasthoff continues to astonish us with the depth of his sensitivity to a broad range of vocal repertoire. Just when it seems as though he is settling in to the Romantic and Post-Romantic works he records this album of works by the masters of the earlier era.
Singing with the fine support of the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Sebastian Weigle, Quasthoff re-visits works that made him famous. From Bach he has selected arias from the Christmas Oratorio and from both the St John and the St Matthew Passions. The color and extensive range of his baritone voice are simply amazing and he brings to these arias conviction and communication. Likewise with the excerpts form Handel's Messiah he converses with solo instruments in a sense of uncanny equality. From Mendelssohn he offers arias from both Elijah and Paulus: few baritones can compare to his dramatic sense he brings to these works.
For this listener, ending the recital with versions of 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' and 'Deep River' diminishes the majesty of the CD. Not that his resonant voice is not as tender and warm as any recorded version of these spirituals, for the singing is rich and moving. It just feels like an abrupt change, or encore, to the heftier works on the CD. A small quibble. It remains a fine recording experience. Grady Harp, November 06
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