2019- an anniversary year. For three exceptional musicians 2019 brings cause for great joy and gratitude for several reasons. Ton Koopman, internationally renowned as a harpsichordist, organist, conductor, professor and musicologist, celebrates his 75th birthday. He also looks back on 40 highly successful years with the ensemble he founded, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. His wife, Tini Mathot, an outstandingly gifted harpsichord and fortepiano virtuoso as well as a very successful producer of countless international albums, celebrates her 70th birthday. Klaus Mertens, acclaimed for over four decades as an international concert singer with an admirably wide repertoire stretching from Monteverdi to contemporary composers, also celebrates his 70th birthday. "As the ideal conveyor of Bach's cantatas and passion texts..." he also receives the Bach-Medaille of the city of Leipzig in 2019. As if this were not sufficient cause to celebrate an anniversary, these three musicians cap it all by looking back on 40 years of successful and amicable music-making together in concerts and recording studios by presenting an anniversary album as well as several chamber concerts.

Tracklist:

Ich Bin Die Auferstehung Und Das Leben, Buxwv 44
Matthäus Passion, Bwv 244: Recitativo "Am Abend, Da Es Kühle War"
Matthäus Passion, Bwv 244: Aria "Mache Dich, Mein Herze, Rein"
Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus IX, Fuga A 4 Voci Alla Duodecima
The Notebook Of Anna Magdalena Bach: Willst Du Dein Herz Mir Schenken "Aria Di Giovannini" Bwv 518
Dalla Guerra Amorosa In B-Flat Major, Hwv 102a: Recitativo Dalla Guerra Amorosa
Dalla Guerra Amorosa In B-Flat Major, Hwv 102a: Aria "Non V’alletti Un’occhio Nero"
Dalla Guerra Amorosa In B-Flat Major, Hwv 102a: Recitativo "Fuggite, Sí Fuggite"
Dalla Guerra Amorosa In B-Flat Major, Hwv 102a: Aria "La Bellezza È Come Un Fiore"
Dalla Guerra Amorosa In B-Flat Major, Hwv 102a: Recitativo Ed Arioso" Fuggite, Sí Fuggite"
The Notebook Of Anna Magdalena Bach: Aria "Bist Du Bei Mir" Bwv 508
Schemelli’s Gesangbuch: Dir, Dir Jehova Will Ich Singen, Bwv 452
Schemelli’s Gesangbuch: Brunnquell Aller Güter, Bwv 445
Freude, Du Lust Der Götter Und Menschen, Wq 202a
Fuga In C Minor, K. 426
Das Veilchen In G Major, K. 476
Abendempfindung In F Major, K. 523
The Spirit’s Song, Hob.Xxvia:41
3 Scottish Songs Arranged For Voice, Fortepiano And Harpsichord: My Love She’s But A Lassie Yet, Hob.Xxxia:194
3 Scottish Songs Arranged For Voice, Fortepiano And Harpsichord: Argyle Is My Nname / Bannock O’barley Meal, Hob.Xxxia:171
3 Scottish Songs Arranged For Voice, Fortepiano And Harpsichord:Killicrankie, Hob.Xxxia:169
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: IV. Erstarrung. Ziemlich Schnell
Der Musensohn, D. 764

UPC: 608917282320
Label: Challenge Classics
Release Date: 7.5.19
Format: CD

Willst Du Dein Herz Mir Schenk / Various - Willst Du Dein Herz Mir Schenk (CD)