JS Bach - The First Cantata Year Vol.1
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Label: Haenssler Classic
Cat No: HC23025
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st December 2023
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis'Cantata BWV24 'Ein ungefarbt Gemute'
Cantata BWV75 'Die Elenden sollen essen'
Cantata BWV76 'Die Himmel erzahlen die ehre Gottes'
Cantata BWV185 'Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe'
Artists
Natasha Schnur (soprano)Mirian Feuersinger (soprano)
Alex Potter (countertenor)
Patrick Grahl (tenor)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (bass)
Matthias Winckhler (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey
Conductor
Hans-Christoph RademanWorks
Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis'Cantata BWV24 'Ein ungefarbt Gemute'
Cantata BWV75 'Die Elenden sollen essen'
Cantata BWV76 'Die Himmel erzahlen die ehre Gottes'
Cantata BWV185 'Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe'
Artists
Natasha Schnur (soprano)Mirian Feuersinger (soprano)
Alex Potter (countertenor)
Patrick Grahl (tenor)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (bass)
Matthias Winckhler (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey
Conductor
Hans-Christoph RademanAbout
Just eight days later, on 30 May, Bach presented his first cantata. On every Sunday and feast day outside the periods of Advent and Lent preceding Christmas and Easter respectively, it was the task of the Thomaskantor to direct such pieces in the churches of St Nicolai and St Thomas in turn. He had at his disposal the more musical of the 55 boys at St Thomas’s school and eight instrumentalists paid by the City. Talented students filled the gaps in the ensemble. They came from far and wide to improve their knowledge and play their part in Leipzig’s great musical tradition.
The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart is performing all these cantatas in chronological order exactly 300 years later. The 23 concerts in all are taking place in and around Stuttgart; the refined live recordings are being released in this CD series on the Hänssler Classic label. The performances follow the latest state of Bach research documented in the new 2022 catalogue of Bach’s works, “BWV3”.
The ensemble of the Bachakademie, the Gaechinger Cantorey, plays under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann. For this purpose it comprises the instrumentalists and up to four vocalists per voice, including the soloists, all specialists in their field, as Bach himself wished it. This is a vision that only now can be fulfilled in its ideal form. To this day the music will inspire its audience to devotion, challenge them to reflect and make them glad. It addresses questions of faith and comes to terms with particular situations of human life.
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