Compact disc.

Previously unissued recordings.

Program notes by Sara Lambert Bloom & English translations of vocal texts (24 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Recorded from live performances given between 1950 & 1980 (details on container), principally in New York City. BWV 84 aria is from the Bach Aria Group's farewell concert, Mar. 19, 1980 in Alice Tully Hall, New York City.

The Robert Bloom collection

Cantata BWV 116. Aria : Ach unaussprechlich ist die Not (Jennie Tourel, alto; Bernard Greenhouse, cello; Erich Itor Kahn, piano) (4:42)

Cantata BWV 187. Aria : Du Herr, du krönst allein das Jahr mit deinem (Marian Anderson, alto; Greenhouse; Kahn) (3:47)

Mass in G [BWV 236]. Aria : Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Seth McCoy, tenor; Timothy Eddy, cello; Yehudi Wyner, organ) (5:45)

Cantata BWV 84. Aria : Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot (Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano; Charles Treger, violin; Eddy; Wyner) (4:58)

Opening announcement, NBC, Mel Grant (1:21) ; Cantata BWV 12. Sinfonia (2:44) ; Aria : Kreuz und Krone sind verbunden (Carol Smith, alto; Greenhouse; Kahn) (7:35)

St. Matthew Passion. Recitative : O Schmerz! ; Aria : Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Jan Peerce, tenor; Greenhouse; Kahn) (9:17)

Cantata BWV 127. Aria : Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen (Benita Valente, soprano; Eddy; Wyner, piano) (4:49)

Cantata BWV 197. Aria : Schläfert aller Sorgen Kummer (Smith; Bloom, oboe d'amore; Greenhouse; Paul Ulanowsky, piano) (8:41)

Cantata BWV 68. Instrumental ritornello following the aria "Mein gläubiges Herze" (Maurice Wilk, violin; Greenhouse; Menachem Pressler, piano) (1:15)

Excerpt [spoken ; from] IBM presents "A salute to the arts" : WQXR, Apr. 1980 (June LaBelle, host, with guests William H. Scheide, Bloom & McCoy) (6:31) ; Cantata BWV 102. Aria : Weh der Seele, die den Schaden (Maureen Forrester, alto) (6:28) ; Cantata BWV 32. Aria : Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Lois Marshall, soprano) (6:45).

Cantatas, Sacred > Excerpts.

Masses > Excerpts.

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