Barbara Schlick, Soprano
Kai Wessel, Contralto
James Taylor, Tenor
Peter Kooy, Bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor
Music for Easter
Each of the compositions on this record was destined to celebrate the Easter festivities, but was originally a secular piece. The borderline between the terrestrial and the celestial worlds meant very little to Bach, who, making full use of the principle of the parody, here created two quite extraordinary cantatas and an Easter Oratorio.