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Bach, W.F.: Cantatas (2 CDS)

Bach, W.F.: Cantatas (2 CDS)

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CD 1: Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis / Let us cast off the works of darkness · Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste / The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness
CD 2: Dies ist der Tag / This is the day · Erzittert und fallet / Tremble and fall

Disc 1
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
Mohring, J. F. - Lyricist
Lasset uns ablegen, Fk. 80
1 Chorus: Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis
04:35
2 Recitative: Es ist nun hohe Zeit (Alto)
00:46
3 Chorale: Steh auf vom Sundenschlaf (Chorus)
00:46
4 Recitative: Drum, Vater (Tenor)
00:20
5 Aria: Hore, Vater, mit Erbarmen (Soprano)
09:27
6 Accompanied Recitative: Ich weiss, die Nacht ist schon dahin (Bass)
00:46
7 Aria: Ich ziehe Jesum an im Glauben (Alto)
07:46
8 Chorale: Den Geist, der heilig ist
00:45
9 Chorus: Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis
04:38


Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers, Fk. 89
10 Chorus: Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wuste
06:42
11 Recitative: Gott hat uns Gnad und Heil in Christo angetragen (Tenor)
01:21
12 Aria: Der Trost gehoret nur vor Kinder (Soprano)
07:29
13 Accompanied Recitative: Dein Heiland lasst die Bahn (Alto)
01:58
14 Aria: Holdseligster Engel (Bass)
05:31
15 Chorale: Wir Menschen sind zu dem, o Gott
00:51


Disc 2
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
Sinfonia in D Major, Fk. 64
1 I. Allegro e maestoso
03:21
2 II. Andante
02:29
3 III. Vivace
03:23


Dies ist der Tag, Fk. 85
4 Recitative: Dies ist der Tag (Soprano)
03:03
5 Aria: Susser Hauch von Gottes Throne (Tenor)
09:22
6 Recitative: Ich folge dir (Alto)
01:28
7 Aria: Entzunde mich, du Kraft der grossten Liebe! (Bass)
08:32
8 Choral: Heilger Geist in Himmels Throne
00:54


Erzittert und fallet, Fk. 83
9 Choir: Erzittert und fallet
04:14
10 Aria: Was fur reizend, sanfte Blicke (Tenor)
05:41
11 Recitative: Das Grab ist leer (Tenor, Soprano)
01:57
12 Duett: Komm, mein Hirte, lass dich kussen (Soprano, Baritone)
06:49
13 Recitative: Mein Heiland kommt (Soprano, Alto)
01:33
14 Aria: Rauscht, ihr Fluten, donnernd Blitzen (Soprano)
05:31
15 Choral: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn
00:51


Johann Sebastian Bach’s eldest son was organist and musical director in Halle from 1746-64. The music directorate in Halle was similar in many respects to J.S. Bach’s position in Leipzig. In signing the certificate of appointment in Halle, Friedemann Bach undertook to perform a cantata every three weeks and additionally on all festival Sundays. Apparently it was not expected that a composition from his own pen should be performed every time, for Bach’s predecessor Gottfried Kirchhoff had already availed himself mainly of the works of Telemann. Friedemann too seems to have made use of this practice, but evidently had the ambition to appear on festival Sunday with his own especially carefully prepared works. The technical difficulties that his cantatas demanded of singers and instrumentalists, at all events, lie far beyond the average.

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