Bach: Cantata No. 32 "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen", Hermann Scherchen, Vienna 1951

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV 32 "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen"
Magda László, soprano
Alfred Poell, baritone
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hans Kamesch, oboe - Wilhelm Hübner, violin - Anton Heiller, harpsichord
conductor: Hermann Scherchen
recorded in 1951
Transfer from vinyl LP Westminster WL 5122 (1952). Copyright has expired in the European Union.
Nowadays it is hard to imagine that a conductor who was known as a pioneer of Mahler, Schönberg and the avant-garde was one of the first to record Bach cantatas. This is one of his finest.
The recording is available on CD by Archipel, but I think their transfer is a bit too flat in pitch. Obviously they set it to A = 440 Hz, but in Vienna a higher concert pitch was usual. According to my calibration, my speed is the correct one - the movements are a few seconds shorter than in the Archipel edition.

[@jugbywellington1134]

Wow, such beautiful oboe playing! I listen to the first aria again and again just for that.

[@andreykuznetsov6139]

I really like this cantata, especially this performance. I listen to it several times.

[@juliencaron3264]

Un véritable bonheur de retrouver Hermann Scherchen, trop peu enregistré. Et quelles voix ! Des sopranos véritables, des basses viriles que l'on retrouvait chez Mozart... Magnifique. Merci à vous, VerlorneFeldwacht.

[@FranciscoPTeixeira]

Absolutamente lindo!

[@patrickvanrhedenborg6784]

Poell makes the very difficult and high bass aria sound so easy! Astonishing, because it's hellishly difficult for a real bass!

[@dejanstevanic5408]

Mmm... TY