Bach "Schlummert ein" from cantata "Ich habe Genug" BWV 82

[ProfessorGrumpy]

A beautifully understated and intimate performance.

[jbxd8]

germany had great composer

[baubo]

Mr. Mertens always sings Bach with such simplicity and clarity. Thank you for posting this lovely piece.

[DivaKazza]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[picurillo09]

¿Alguien puede subir por favor una versión de la Oxford scuola cantorum interpretada por Nicholas Gedge? No es perfecta pero es la que mas aprecio

[laraineannebarker]

Thank you, Thomas. I'm used to Hunt-Liberson but this is lovely. I do prefer the smaller ensemble. I love the clarity it brings to the musical line, the feeling of intimacy and the poignancy it adds to the words: Fall asleep, you weary eyes, close softly and pleasantly! World, I will not remain here any longer, I own no part of you that could matter to my soul. Here I must build up misery, but there, there I will see sweet peace, quiet rest.

[yMew88]

And do not forget the old Fischer Dieskau recording with Karl Richter's orchestra. It is not a "small ensemble" but a very worthy performance. DiFiDi's voice quality is absolutely superb.

[crob647gtx]

this particular movement has, on occasion and with the right performance brought tears to my eyes. It's power to elicit such powerful emotions is beyond my comprehension.

[halloerde]

He sings OK, but the wonderful bass line is almost completely missing in this overall enemic ensemble. Three cheers for bel-canto and vibrato! By the way, check out Russian settings of "nunc dimmitis", especially Rachmaninoff's!

[laraineannebarker]

The bass line is there, but it's probably reduced by the crunching needed for videos on YouTube. Also, computers notoriously have poor speakers. I have a pair of external ones but they have to be small because there's not a lot of space to put them so they're pretty awful. (And that's probably being kind to them. *G*)

[andyuk]

@halloerde I'll take the bel-canto but you can keep the vibrato. :)

[fernan911]

Magnifico,exelente baritono y por dios! la musica de Bach lo dice todo.

[KSDynomite]

Wow -- what a graceful performance. So crisp and wonderful! Bravissimo!

[Bachalicious]

Great, love it! If the spelling of the video's title is corrected, people searching for "Ich habe Genug" could find this video. The interpretation is fantastic. More!

[ThomasGross27]

You are probably right about the search. Though... this is the correct spelling of the original cantata. We will try to combine the two worlds then. thank you.

[TermontBohlin]

daeviydt more than right about this. TV directors should be jailed for life for ruining such beautiful music performance

[daeviydt]

the zooming in and zooming out of particular parts of the cathedral is really ridiculous -- i wish THIS part of classical-videos would die already, it's been done, it's terrible, it's horrible, it's wrong... sorry, i just get frustrated when i see it again and again and again and again -- and it's NEVER good or right... ANYWAY, i very much appreciate seeing this/hearing this... yum

[laraineannebarker]

Annoying, isn't it? I wish they would keep their cameras focused where they should be: on the singer and the musicians.