Choosing the "best" of Johann Sebastian Bach's nearly 200 sacred cantatas is a daunting task, as each one seems perfect. But three leading Bach experts took up the challenge. Peter Wollny, director of ...

“For the glory of God alone.” With these words, Bach signed off each of his two hundred sacred cantatas. But with so many to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin. Our guide lifts the lid on a ...

Montréal’s blend of New World freedom and Old World substance permeates the uninhibited, spontaneous music-making in this joyful Bach Cantatas release. The use of one voice per part, easily dismissed ...

If one wonders why Johann Ludwig – Bach’s distant cousin, employed 150 miles away at the court of Meiningen – was so favoured ...

Thomas Quasthoff gets top billing, but the star of this disc is Dorothea Röschmann, who sings Bach's music with precision and tenderness. The repertoire includes three of Bach's dialogue cantatas, ...