Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque Orchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Michel Cantatas 130, 19, 149 (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 226 Mb | Total time: 54:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ATMA Classique | # SACD22401 | Recorded: 2005
Even by Bach’s standards, they are exceptional. All three of them were conceived as grateful celebrations of the ancient feastday of the Archangel Michael . St Michael’s day commemorates the apocalyptic combat and eventual victory of Michael and the angels of Heaven against the armies of Satan. All three of these cantatas are set for a festive orchestra with strings plus three trumpets, drums, and other luxuries (an extra third hautboy, a traverso in Cantata 130, and hautboys doubling on hautbois d’amour or playing oboe da caccia in Cantata 19).