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SDG150 - Bach Cantatas Vol 17 (12 Dec 2008)

Cantatas Vol 17 (SDG), the most recent release in John Eliot Gardiner's life-affirming series of the complete cantatas, recorded live over the course of one extraordinary year in 2000.  This double-CD set comprises Cantatas for New Year's Day and the Sunday after New Year.  The epic, grand opening chorus of Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset (Jesus Now Be Praised) makes you want to leap up and dance for joy.  Indeed, the whole release bubbles with life and hope, bringing a note of spirituality to the most determinedly secular heart. Warwick Thompson