On the back of one of Eloquence’s most applauded and best-selling CDs – that of Dutch contralto, Aafje Heynis, singing Bach and Handel – comes a recording of her as the centrepiece in two Bach Cantatas and seven sublime but rarely-performed Sacred Songs. The piece de resistance is of course, Vergnugte Ruh (‘Contented Rest’), here heard complete.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Cantata, ‘Vernügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’, BWV 170
Aafje Heynis, contralto
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Szymon Goldberg
Cantata ‘Gott soll allein mein Herze haben’, BWV 169
Aafje Heynis, contralto
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
Albert de Klerk, organ
Anton van der Horst
Seven Sacred Songs
Aafje Heynis, contralto
Simon C. Jansen, organ
Recording dates: 1-12: 1960, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 13, 15, 18, 19: 1960, Adventskerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 14, 16, 17: 1957, Adventskerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands