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Cantatas - 24 Highlights
Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantatas - 24 Highlights

Ton Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917233728
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Catalog number: CC 72337
Releasedate: 04-05-09
The Bach medal that has just been awarded by the city of Leipzig to Ton Koopman may as well be seen as the crown he deserves for his resolution and tenacity – against the opposition of the mighty commercial record-industry - to continue on his own ‘Antoine Marchand’ label – with the help of Challenge Records – the production of his prestigeous Bach Cantata Series, of which this volume is an attractive compilation of Highlights.
  • The perfect introduction to the Complete Cantata series
  • The musically best and most authorative performance by worlds greatest specialist
  • Early instruments and small transparent choir
  • Internationally acclaimed soloists
Between 1999 and 2004, Koopman, a conductor, musicologist, organist, and harpsichordist, recorded the complete cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, which he founded in 1979. 
This 2-CD volume contains a selection of Highlights from the award winning 22-volume multibox series of the Complete Cantatas.

The inlay contains an additional listing of all cantatas in order of BWV-numbers, referring to the volumes of the complete series.