Cantata: Yet Can I Hear... Bejun Mehta & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132c:
• 1 I. Mi palpita il cor - Agitata è l'alma mia - Tormento e gelosia 02:06
• 2 II. Ho tanti affanni in petto 06:14
• 3 III. Clori di te mi lagno 00:49
• 4 IV. Se un di m'adora la mia crudele 03:18
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Ich habe genug, BWV 82:
• 5 I. Ich habe genug 06:51
• 6 II. Ich habe genug 01:06
• 7 III. Schlummert ein 09:05
• 8 IV. Mein Gott! Wann kömmt das schöne 00:40
• 9 V. Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod 03:35
• Melchior Hoffmann (1495 - 1543):
• 10 Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BC V 99 06:46
• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759):
• 11 Siete rose rugiadose, HWV 162 05:09
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede, RV 676:
• 12 I. Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede 00:59
• 13 II. Lusinga è del nocchier 04:15
• 14 III. O ingannato nocchiero 01:08
• 15 IV. Cor ingrato, dispietato 03:35
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 16 Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte 07:13
• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250b:
• 17 I. I Will Magnify Thee 04:10
• The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69:
• 18 Oh Cease, Enchanting Siren! 00:18
• 19 No. 10, Yet, Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay 04:23
• Total Runtime 01:11:40

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This album contains a selection of solo cantatas, both secular and sacred, from the Italian, German, and English traditions. Including works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach in settings large and small, with obbligato instruments ranging from oboe to chimes, the magnificent cantatas on this album create a portrait of this intimately transcendent repertoire.

With CANTATA; yet can I hear…, the American countertenor Bejun Mehta releases his first album on PENTATONE. Hailed as “arguably the best countertenor in the world today” by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Mehta here joins forces with the players of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of today’s most renowned early music ensembles.

Bejun Mehta, countertenor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck, concert master

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