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Bach cantatas : Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts cantatas BWV 179, 199 & 113 and takes his Monteverdi Choir on an historic Bach pilgrimage /

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Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner's attempt to perform all of Bach's cantatas in a single year. Follows him on a pilgrimage with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists to the places where Bach lived and worked.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, St. Davids Cathedral, British Broadcasting Corporation, Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors: Gardiner, John Eliot, Kožená, Magdalena, Towers, William, Padmore, Mark, Loges, Stephan, Morris, Fiona, Whitbourn, James, Huw, Rhodri, Carter, Jane
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:Sung in Germanwith optional subtitles in English, French and German. Full texts of all three cantatas included in German with English translations.
Published: [London] : Heathfield, East Sussex : BBC ; Opus Arte, [2001]
Subjects:
Bach, Johann Sebastian, > 1685-1750. > Works.
Cantatas, Sacred.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Description
Summary:Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner's attempt to perform all of Bach's cantatas in a single year. Follows him on a pilgrimage with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists to the places where Bach lived and worked.
Item Description:Illustrated booklet with historical notes and biographies in English, French and German.
PAL side requires PAL DVD player.
Widescreen presentation.
Includes Sir John Eliot Gardiner's pilgrimage tour with recorded performances from Weimar, Leipzig, Hamburg, Eisenach, Arnstadt, Blythburgh, Kirkwall, Iona, St Davids, Cologne & New York (60 minutes).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user guide (30. pages :illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD; PCM stereo; Dolby digital 5.0 surround ; PAL & NTSC.