JS Bach Complete Edition Liner Notes Sung Text
JS Bach Complete Edition Liner Notes Sung Text
JS Bach Complete Edition Liner Notes Sung Text
Liner notes
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: FORGOTTEN AND REDISCOVERED were practised, and concerts of French music were frequently given by the
After Bach was almost completely forgotten in the 19th century, save for a dukes French orchestra from nearby Celle.
small group of Bach scholars, much was made up for in the 20th century,
with the 250th anniversary of his death in 2000 sparking an array of Bach was probably taught in Lneburg by the organist Georg Bhm, a
commemoration events, focussing more attention on the composer than French-orientated composer who, like Bach, originated from Thuringia. In
ever before. In 1899 the famous conductor Willem Mengelberg initiated the summer holidays he sometimes walked 48 kilometres northwards to
the now traditional annual Palm Sunday performance of the St Matthew hear the celebrated organist Reincken play in Hamburg. At the age of 78
Passion by the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. In 1900 the Neue this Deventer-born organist and representative of the Amsterdam organ
Bachgesellschaft was founded, embarking on a new complete edition and school of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was still filling St Catherines church in
propagating Bach and his music in Germany through festivals and the Hamburg with his breath taking improvisations. Bach absorbed all these
establishment of the Bach Museum in Eisenach, Bachs birthplace. The first impressions and brought them to fruition in his own organ playing and
Bach festival took place in Berlin in 1901. In 1904 publication of the Bach- compositions.
Jahrbuch commenced, a series of books containing studies and articles that
still appears annually. A year later a study of the performance of Bachs Organist in Arnstadt and Mhlhausen
music was published by Wanda Landowska, the first pianist to play Bach in In 1703 Bach accepted his first real appointment, as organist of the New
public on a harpsichord. In the same year the celebrated doctor, Church in Arnstadt on his native Thuringian ground. Bach was truly
theologian and organist Albert Schweitzer published his authoritative work obsessed by the organ at the time, resolutely refusing to rehearse with the
on Bach and his music. And precisely 200 years after Bachs death (1950), boys choir. The conflict with his employers escalated in 1705, when Bach
Wolfgang Schmieders catalogue of Bachs works appeared. The walked 200 kilometres to Lbeck and stayed there two months longer than
classification and numbering of Bachs music that he introduced half a agreed in order to listen to the organ playing and church music of the
century ago is still internationally current: the so-called BWVnumbers organist Dieterich Buxtehude. Upon his return to Arnstadt Bach
(Bachs Werke Verzeichnis, or index of Bachs works). demonstrated his new virtuosic playing during the service, throwing the
entire congregation into confusion and making his position in Arnstadt
Bach and the European styles untenable. Moreover, he was accused of creeping into the wine cellar
Though considered old-fashioned and severe in his later years, as a young during sermons and making music in the church with a strange maiden,
man Bach was highly conscious of the musical fashions of his time. He was probably his niece Maria Barbara. After his departure from Arnstadt Bach
fond of all those strange sounds and colours, approaching and imitating became organist of the Blasiuskirche in Mhlhausen in 1707, where he
them with his typically German solidity. In the course of his life he composed organ works and cantatas, married his niece Maria Barbara and
gathered together an enormous library, including not only countless works set off again after only one year; it is clear that in this year Bach, with his
from bygone centuries but also the newest fashionable pieces by French, quickly growing reputation as an organ virtuoso and self-willed composer,
Italian and German composers. Thus we know today what he studied and had outgrown the limited scope of this Thuringian city.
arranged: Frescobaldi, Froberger, Lully, Corelli, Albinoni, Marcello,
Couperin, Dieupart, Kuhnau and Vivaldi. And Bach had the ability to absorb The world-famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 was written
all these different fashions and styles, to adapt them to his own purpose, during the Mhlhausen period. The piece seems to begin with a flash of
and even to far surpass his examples. lightning, followed by a terrific burst of thunder in the full organ chords;
this and further excitement late on in the work has ensured that it has
Youth become and remains Bachs most famous organ piece. In the year 1708 the
Bach probably underwent his very first musical experience in 1685 in the composers career planning took an important step forwards: in both
womb of his mother Elisabeth, who came from a musical family. His father financial and artistic terms he doubled his prospects by accepting a post in
too, like generations of the Bach family before him, was employed as a Weimar as court organist, chamber musician and concertmaster at the
town piper, violinist and trumpeter in Eisenach, the small town in east- court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Sachsen-Weimar.
German Thuringia where Bach was born on 21 March 1685. There the
young Sebastian attended the same school as the church reformer Martin The Vivaldi fashion
Luther 190 years earlier. Hardly ten years old, Bach lost both parents We now know that the dukes nephew Prince Johann Ernst, who studied in
within a short time and was taken in by his eldest brother Johann Utrecht, purchased large quantities of new music in Amsterdam,
Christoph, organist in Ohrdruf and probably Bachs first organ and particularly concertos by Vivaldi, and unleashed a veritable Vivaldi rage
harpsichord teacher. About five years later Johann Christoph was no longer upon his return to Weimar. Thus it was here that Bach made his first
able to support his young brother, and in 1700 Sebastian, with his school acquaintance with the new Italian concertos by Vivaldi and others: without
friend Georg Erdmann, set out for Lneburg. There they attended the ever setting foot in Italy, he allowed himself to be carried along by this
Gymnasium free of charge, in return for which they were obliged to sing fashion, arranging Vivaldis concertos for harpsichord solo and composing
daily in the choir of the Michaeliskirche. Like an insatiable sponge, the his own concertos according to the Italians example.
young Bach absorbed the great musical tradition of St Michaels school in
Lneburg, making his way through the contents of its celebrated library of The well-known Brandenburg Concertos owe their existence largely to
church music. Bachs familiarity with Vivaldis music; and the Violin Concerto in E major
bears witness not only to his fascination with Vivaldi, whose example he
The French style and The Netherlands art of variation leaves far behind him, but also to his love of the violin, an instrument that
In Lneburg Bach became acquainted not only with German choral music, he played himself (in addition to the organ, harpsichord and clavichord). As
but also with the French language, French culture and French music: St. well as organ works, Bach also composed cantatas and concertos in the
Michaels school also boasted a Ritteracademie, a school for the sons of Italian style in Weimar. From his marriage to Maria Barbara two sons were
wealthy nobility where French was spoken, French customs and etiquette born in this city, both of whom were later to become composers: Wilhelm
Leipzig
Our most familiar impression of Bach is that of the Thomaskirche cantor in BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS (CD1-2)
Leipzig. For no less than 27 years he was responsible for the music on The surviving orchestral works of Johann Sebastian Bach provide examples
Sundays and Feastdays in the four main churches of Leipzig: St Thomas, St of concertos and suites, the two most important orchestral genres in the
Nicholas, St Peters and the New Church. Here he composed his many late Baroque. Bach dedicated his final versions of the six Brandenburg
cantatas, his now world-famous St John and St Matthew Passions, and the Concertos (BWV1046-1051) on March 24, 1721 to Christian Ludwig, the
motets. To perform them, Bach selected students of Leipzig University as Margrave of Brandenburg. Probably each concerto had had earlier
well as the best choristers from the pupils of the neighbouring St Thomas performances (at least two - Nos. 1 and 5 - in different versions) in Weimar
school. Choir practices were held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and or Cthen. The Brandenburg Concertos are not solo concertos in the sense
Fridays, while on Saturdays there were rehearsals for choir, soloists and in which we understand concertos today, but examples of earlier forms of
orchestra for the cantata services on Sundays. Often, however, there was concerted music. Each of the six features a different combination of solo
hardly time to rehearse, and much to Bachs exasperation performances and tutti instruments, combinations that are highly unusual for the late
left much to be desired. Baroque. In three of these concertos (Nos. 1, 3 and 6) the orchestra is
divided into well-balanced instrumental groups which pass themes from
The enormous number of cantatas that Bach wrote in Leipzig (probably one to another in a lively musical dialogue, comparable to a series of
about 250) and their outstanding quality forms one of the most questions and answers. From time to time a solo instrument takes control
remarkable creative outbursts in the history of music. In 1729, the year in of the conversation. The three other concertos (Nos. 2, 4, and 5) are typical
which the St Matthew Passion was first performed, Bach became director of the concerto grosso, with three or four solo instruments (concertino)
of the Leipzig Collegium Musicum, a company of students and professional competing with an accompanying group of strings (the ripieno). However,
musicians founded by Georg Philipp Telemann in 1702. With this group one solo instrument in each of these concertos stands out above the
Bach gave weekly concerts on Friday evenings in Zimmermanns coffee others in the concertino (the trumpet, violin, and harpsichord in Nos. 2, 4,
shop, performing much chamber music (sadly now lost) as well as the and 5, respectively), thereby creating in effect three solo concertos.
harpsichord concertos (often with his eldest sons Friedemann and Although not conceived as a group, these six works seem to be brought
Emanuel) and cantatas. Of the latter the best known is the Coffee Cantata, together to demonstrate different ways of writing `concertos for several
a sort of musical advertisement for Zimmermanns coffee shop. Moreover, instruments, as the autograph title-page calls them.
Bach was appointed composer to the court of the Elector of Sachsen in
Dresden, for which he composed parts of the B Minor Mass. In the The first concerto, in F major, is scored for two horns, three oboes,
meantime he became the focal point of a growing number of pupils, bassoon, violin (a small violin, called violino piccolo), strings and continuo.
including Mizler, Kirnberger and Agricola, who devoted themselves to This seems to be an unusual ensemble, but one which Vivaldi used (with
theoretical and historical aspects of music. His work with these pupils and two oboes instead of three) in four concertos. More unusual is the works
with his two eldest sons exercised a strong influence on later works such as structure. At first glance it might appear that Bach has merely added a
the Goldberg Variations, the Musical Offering, the Well-Tempered Clavier French-style minuet to the usual three movement concerto. But in fact the
Part 2 and the Art of Fugue severe and old-fashioned compositions, but genesis of the work is more complicated than that. An earlier version
Just as the organ concerto was Handels personal innovation, the The F major Concerto (BWV1057) is Bachs arrangement of his
harpsichord concerto owes its origins to Bach, and while Corelli, Vivaldi Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (BWV1049), dated c.1719, and the only
and a few other Italians are credited with helping to forge the concerto harpsichord concerto to use two recorders in the accompaniment. The G
grosso and solo concerto for violin, Bach took over and, as always, minor Concerto (BWV1058), meanwhile, was constructed out of Bachs
transformed these forms into something new. Indeed, in requiring music Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV1041) and was composed around 1720.
for both the Collegium Musicum and his sons tuition, he transcribed his Here Bach uses the Vivaldian ritornello form for the outer fast movements,
own and others, including Vivaldis, violin concertos for keyboard, thereby and, by developing Vivaldis simple principle with his own original ideas,
initiating a new form of musical art. The keyboard versions are usually a transforms it into a richer and more diversified structure. In the first
tone lower than the originals, and while it may be that the transpositions movement, the clear contrast between solo and tutti is abandoned so that
were determined by differences in Cthen and Leipzig tunings, it is more the whole might be flowing and more unified; commencing with a lively
likely that they were necessary to compensate for the harpsichords lack of tempo in which ritornellos and solo episodes alternate in a regular and
high e prominent in the violin versions. Bach was an inveterate borrower symmetrical way, it eventually leads to the second movement a beautiful
from himself and even used a number of these concerto movements in his cantilena with ostinato bass, a simple harmonic backing that is repeated
cantatas. As the canon now stands, there are seven harpsichord concertos over and over again. The fast Allegro assai, which displays gigue rhythm,
(including BWV1052, see below) which are thought to derive from pre- provides an exuberant conclusion to the work.
existing Bach violin concertos.
Bach did not confine himself to simply writing concertos for single solo
While No.2 in Es movements (BWV1053s) are used again in two church harpsichord, and he also composed concertos for two, three and even four
cantatas, No.3 in D BWV1054 is a transposition of the Violin Concerto in E, harpsichords accompanied by string orchestra. These works seem once
and both No.4 in A BWV1055 and No.5 in F minor BWV1056 are probably again to be derived from earlier versions; among the Concertos for two
transcriptions of violin concertos. No.6 BWV1057, meanwhile, is identical harpsichords and strings, the one in C minor (BWV1062, see third CD) is
to the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto BWV1049, and No.7 in G minor based on the composers own Concerto in D minor for two violins
BWW1058 is a transcription of the A minor Violin Concerto. Of the three (BWV1043). A second C minor Concerto (BWV1060) is probably the
concertos for two harpsichords, No.3 in C minor BWV1062 is identical to transcription of a Concerto for oboe and violin which is no longer in
the Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043, No.2 in C major existence, and in both of these works the orchestra fully shares in the
BWV1061 is an original work for two harpsichords, and No.1 in C minor musical elaboration with beautiful dialogues unfolding between the
BWV1060 is regarded as a transcription of a lost original for violin and harpsichords and the strings. Indeed, the soloists are not always given
oboe. There are two concertos for three harpsichords one in D minor leading parts: often one or both of them fulfil the harpsichords original
BWV1063 and one in C major BWV1064 as well as one for four task as filling/a reinforcing continuo instrument, and sometimes the left
harpsichords in A minor BWV1065, a transcription of a concerto for four hand of one of the players is entrusted with a middle part, so that the
violins by Vivaldi. Bachs lack of consideration for posterity as regards the musical texture is enriched.
The specification senza basso accompagnato (without bass We do not know whether Bach himself could play his own solo violin
accompaniment) does not mean that Bachs six works for solo violin lack a works, nor are the circumstances and date of their composition
bass voice. As Johann Philipp Kirnberger noted, they come with their ascertainable. They must have been complete by 1720 (when Bach was
harmonies built in. Even a modestly knowledgeable listener can hear that. court Kapellmeister in Cthen), since that is the date of the autograph. It is
The polyphony is directly perceptible in the striking accents of the double quite possible that certain movements were written in Weimar and also
and multiple stopping and the spectacular chordal writing. The violin that Bachs friend the violinist Johann Georg Pisendel (who himself
seems to accompany itself with its own basso continuo or to play a duet composed a sonata for unaccompanied violin around this time) influenced
with itself by alternating between a high and a low register. Yet in these the composition of Bachs solo violin works. Pisendels experience in the
widely varied sonata and dance movements Bach aimed at and realised cosmopolitan Dresden Hofkapelle and studies in Italy enabled him to
polyphony in a much broader sense. The omnipresent harmony seems, as inform Bach about developments in Italian violin style, while his mastery of
it were, to be the rich soil out of which the individual forms grow, as if the instrument certainly stimulated Bachs imagination. Whatever the
several voices are latently always present and could emerge any time case, only someone intimately acquainted with the instruments potential
which they do, when monophonic writing unexpectedly fans out into two could have given him music like the Chaconne an apotheosis of the genre
and more voices. Harmonies are implied even in a single line of notes, with and of violin-playing. On a single staff and for a single small instrument,
what is logically simultaneous seeming to be merely unfolded in time and the man conceived a whole world of most profound ideas and powerful
even ornamental elements playing their part in the harmonic charge. The feelings, as Johannes Brahms once enthusiastically wrote. Had I been able
horizontal and the vertical are continually rebalanced against each other. to write, to conceive the piece, I am sure that the excess of excitement and
The use of the solo instrument as such is not extraordinary since, shock would have driven me mad.
particularly in German-speaking countries, music for solo violin enjoyed a
popularity established in the 17th century by master violinists like Biber, Bachs claim to conjure up a complete music on a single violin, with as
Schmeltzer, Westhoff and Johann Jakob Walther. The consistency with many voices as the four strings permit, still presents an enormous
which Bach explores the potential of polyphony on the violin is, however, challenge to any performer. The fact that it is technically impossible to
unprecedented. sustain as many notes as are written has in the 20th century led to
fantastical speculations about violin technique in Bachs age and even to
It is therefore only logical that the fugue, the most demanding of all the invention of special Bach bows that sounded more than two strings
polyphonic disciplines, is so extensively present in the three sonatas. In simultaneously, which permitted the execution of chords consisting of
these works, the representation of independent voices is taken to the several notes and were supposed to solve the technical problem of Bachs
limits of what is technically possible and musically imaginable. Because the polyphony once and for all. Yet it turns out that it is not necessarily of
violin is a melody instrument and is not able to produce several complete musical benefit to be able to execute all the notes as written. The fact that
fugal voices simultaneously in the manner of the organ, much of the the polyphony is incomplete has a suggestive effect, feeds the imagination,
writing is inevitably implicative and fragmentary. By exploiting the full stimulates us to take part in the creative act. That taxes us; one is indeed
potential of the instrument, Bach succeeds in suggesting a complete, tempted to say that we are systematically overtaxed, but that does us no
complex fugal architecture to the listener. His great achievement climaxes harm. In our age of recordings, we are at last able to listen to and explore
in the 354-bar fugue in the Third Sonata, which is as monumental as a Bachs speaking, singing and dancing voices as often as we like.
cathedral and as transparent as a castle in the air. Paradoxically, Bach Babette Hesse (Translated by J & M Berridge)
wrote this his longest fugue in terms of bars for an instrument which
actually cannot play real fugues. That is probably why he did it! In his Kristf Bartis way to Bachs Partitas and Solo Sonatas
violin writing he boldly reinterprets this richly traditional form, which is The way Baroque music has been interpreted during the 20th century has
bound to the strict rules of the canon, and combines it with modern evolved enormously. The spectrum is very wide, ranging from romantic,
structural elements by alternating delicate monophonic passages with intuitively free, self-centred approaches to historically aware but to my
powerful, polyphonically elaborated blocks like the solo and orchestral taste often dogmatic and inflexible interpretations. This leaves the young
tutti sections in an Italian violin concerto, and by ending with a da capo musician of the first half of the 21st century with the freedom to choose.
that again takes up the introductory material, which is highly unusual for a However, it is a complex task. Even more so, the choice has to reflect
fugue. complete conviction in order to convince an audience.
The amazing structure of that C major fugue has a counterpart in the My way through Bachs cycle for solo violin started with the supposedly
Second Partita in the Chaconne. In Bachs time the chaconne had a career easier movements from the Partitas. I played the Sonatas and particularly
behind it that was unprecedented in European musical history. Originally a the Ciaccona as soon as my technical and musical abilities allowed. After
South American dance, it had eventually made its way together with the several years of playing Bach I began performing the entire cycle in single
fashionable Spanish guitar to Italy, where it was found that the concerts. In 2002 I gave my first performance (recorded live) at the Salle
underlying bass pattern provided excellent opportunities for improvisation. Pleyel in Paris, but on reflection I was too preoccupied with the technical
Variations on an ostinato (constantly repeated) bass became one of the and physical aspects of the challenge. With time, this challenge has been
most productive compositional models of the Baroque era. Its potential for transposed into spiritual and intellectual spheres; Ive spent countless
musical invention is practically endless, with the organic context of the sessions reading the score again and again, analysing the emotional and
whole always remaining evident because of the recurrent structure using a structural components of these masterpieces.
predetermined bass line or harmonic scheme. In the 32 elaborately
interlinked variations which make up Bachs Chaconne, the underlying When the proposal to make a studio recording was raised a few months
sequence of notes which has already appeared in the preceding ago I became very enthusiastic and highly motivated to leave a picture
So these three tools, art, facts, artefacts, have been used here to create yet Note that the group title Suites for lute given to the works BWV995,
another tribute to old J.S. from Leipzig, to strew yet more rose petals onto 996, 997 and 1006a that is often found in practical editions or on
that mouldering layer of Horizonverschmelzung which obscures Bachs recordings is certainly not attributable either to Bach or to his
tomb. Here I find myself, for the second time, attaching my own vain contemporaries, but was first used by the German musicologist Hans
wreath of ribbons and tinsel to his weary old bones, fully aware that no Dagobert Bruger in his pioneering work Johann Sebastian Bach:
sound at all, neither that of personal interpretation nor of composers Kompositionen fr die Laute (1921). In geographical terms, the
intentions, can penetrate into the awesome, immense and eternal silence compositions originate from Bachs residencies in Weimar, Kthen and
where they lie. But a performer is always himself, and always performs for Leipzig (the last four), cities where the Kantor made contact with the
an audience that can hear him, which must needs be of his own time. The greatest exponents of the flourishing lute tradition of Germany and central
past is dead to his exertions, and the future, despite that miraculous Europe, at this time the last continental stronghold of the lute prior to its
modern musical preservative, recorded sound, will never hear his work imminent decline in popularity. Bach thus had personal contact with Silvius
within the context in which it was made, and thus can never hear it as it Leopold Weiss, the greatest representative of that worthy school, Johann
was heard when new. And so all the performers of Bachs music, from his Kropfgans, Johann Christian Weyrauch (to whom we owe the lute tablature
day to the present, catch hands in a great circle around him; all dance to of BWV997 and 1000) as well as Adam Falckenhagen, Ernst Gottlieb Baron,
his music with their own steps, according to their own natures and to the Johann Ludwig Krebs and Rudolph Straube, among others. Weiss was much
needs of their own times. Each generation adds new performers to the respected by Bach, who arranged the formers Sonata No.47 in A for lute
widening circle, as it grows ever farther removed from the composer at its as his own Suite in A BWV1025 for violin and harpsichord. The presence of
hub. It is often said that variety is the spice of life, but William Blake knew these personal contacts does not answer the question of whether or not
better: One Law for the Lion and Ox is Oppression. But nature needs no Bach was able to play the lute himself, but it does sufficiently clarify that
apology. he was familiar with its best performance practice. Bach also used the lute
Jed Wentz, 2009 in other compositions where, rather than employing it as a solo
instrument, it takes the role of the basso continuo: Cantata BWV198 Lass,
Frstin, lass noch einen Strahl (Trauer Ode), the opening themes of the St
LUTE MUSIC (CD15-16) Matthew Passion 244b and of the St John Passion BWV245, the Cantata
No more than a handful of pieces represent the entire musical heritage for BWV244a Klagt, Kinder, klagt es der Welt (Trauermusik), and the St Mark
baroque lute by Johann Sebastian Bach not a great deal when we Passion BWV247.
consider the enormity of the composers complete works. However, the
seven compositions ascribable to the lute have enjoyed and still do The instrument in use at this time differed greatly from the renaissance
extraordinary attention on the part of musicians due to their exceptional lute, conserving the original form but greatly increasing the dimensions
quality. Their success is largely due to transcriptions and arrangements by and extending the number of courses to 13 (the first two as single strings,
20th-century guitarists in search of a noble repertoire, and partly because and the last two or five according to the model being strung off the neck
of the harpsichord renaissance during the second half of the last century. A and used as bourdons, thanks to the so-called theorbo-style head). The
philological examination reveals that these pieces were not intended for a tuning, with the first six courses forming a full D minor chord, facilitated
specific instrument, obliging players and musicologists to find precise the flat keys (as opposed to the renaissance model), and its sonority added
contextual consistencies, or to render the works more agile in appreciable colour to chamber ensembles, where it could be used either as
performance. A certain ambiguity still remains today, witnessed by the a concertante or as a continuo instrument. A rare exception to this general
change of tonality deliberately employed by Mario DAgosto in three of the model appears in the Suite BWV995, where a 14-course instrument is
works (BWV996, 997 and 1006a, transposed into G minor, A minor and F required to produce a low G.
major respectively) in order to guarantee an execution more in keeping
with the true capacities of the lute. The pieces have come down to us in a The notation of lute music generally followed French tablature, a direct
variety of MS sources, both in mensural notation and in lute tablature, and consequence of the profound musical influence exerted by France over the
as many as three of them are authentic autograph manuscripts. German-speaking countries. Ornamentation was at the heart of
performance practice, with a wide variety of approaches and results
according to the nationality, school and personality of the performer.
Within their first four years together Bach twice compiled a The Trio Sonata in G major, BWV1039, likewise exists in different versions:
Clavierbchlein for Anna Magdalena, one in 1722 in Cthen and one in one for viola da gamba and concertato harpsichord (BWV1027, certainly
1725 in Leipzig. Together with the Clavierbchlein commenced earlier for authentic), and one for two flauto traversos (or violin and traverso) and
his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann, the two volumes for Anna Magdalena basso continuo (BWV1039, assumed to be authentic). In addition, the first,
give some idea of domestic music-making in the Bach family. Here second and fourth movements survive in a version for organ, or for
education and diversion went hand in hand. Some of the pieces were harpsichord or clavichord with pedals, BWV1027a. What Bach exactly had
included later in larger volumes with a didactic purpose, such as the fifteen in mind in respect to the second version we do not know, since it is not
Inventions and Sinfonias, the Clavier-bung part I (with the Six Partitas for clear whether it was intended as a work for three instruments, two flutes
harpsichord) and The Well-Tempered Clavier. Most of the first and basso continuo, or for just one flute and concertato harpsichord. In the
Clavierbchlein is by Bach himself, including the first five French Suites latter case the harpsichordist plays two parts, one of the two upper voices
(BWV812-816), but in the course of centuries it has become damaged and and the bass. Because of these different instrumentations this poetic
incomplete. Nevertheless, it offers a good impression of the music which (Andante) and at the same time happy and energetic work has enjoyed
Bach liked to have played at home. special attention. Moreover, it is one of the many examples of Bachs habit
of borrowing from his own work. The various instrumentations enabled
The second Clavierbchlein (1725) begins with the Third and Sixth Partitas him to give one and the same piece different expression and colour, thus
for harpsichord, and also includes in Anna Magdalenas handwriting some helping to save his music from quick oblivion.
short dances (menuets, polonaises, marches and a musette) which are not Clemens Romijn
by Bach. These simple and galant pieces were probably intended for the
small hands of the 11-year-old Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and for the
younger children. Several of them were actually composed by Carl Philipp THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER (CD23-26)
Emanuel: two marches, two polonaises and a solo. Some galant pieces The Well-Tempered Clavier is the generally accepted English translation of
were probably used for the dance lessons which the growing Bach children the German title, Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Bachs great collection of
received according to the custom of the time. A number of pieces may not 48 paired preludes and fugues, often referred to as simply `The 48. It is the
be by Bach, such as the anonymous aria Erbauliche Gedanken eines best known of Bachs clavier works. Part 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier
Tobackrauchers (Uplifting thoughts of a pipe smoker) and the wonderful was completed at Cthen in 1722, and Part 2 in Leipzig around 1740. Each
aria Bist du bei mir with its somewhat wry text. The volume also includes part consists of twenty-four preludes and fugues, one prelude and one
a love song Willst du dein Herz mir schenken by Giovannini, a Rondeau by fugue in each of the twelve major and minor keys, the keys being arranged
Franois Couperin, a Menuet possibly by Georg Bhm, and from Bachs in chromatic order, alternating in major and minor keys. Consequently, all
hand two French Suites (BWV812 and part of BWV813), the first prelude odd-numbered preludes and fugues are in major keys, and all even-
from The Well-Tempered Clavier, and a handful of chorales and arias. numbered ones are in minor keys. The first prelude and fugue in each of
Clemens Romijn the two books is in C major, the last prelude and fugue in each is in B
minor. It is easy to determine the key from the number and the number
from the key. If the number is odd, substract 1 and divide the result by 2,
VIOLIN SONATAS - TRIO SONATAS (CD22) which will give the count of semitones up from C and will determine the
At some time before 1720 Bach wrote, besides his epoch-making solo tonic of the key. Thus Prelude and Fugue No.15 will be in a major key since
violin sonatas and the six sonatas for violin with obbligato harpsichord 15 is an odd number, and specifically in the key of G major (15-1=14;
(which broke new ground texturally), two more sonatas for violin and 14:2=7; 7 semitones from C is G). For even numbers, substract 2 and then
continuo, each of which exhibits unusual features. The structure of that in divide the result by 2. Thus, Fugue No.16 will be in the key of G major (16-
E minor, which appears to be the earlier, is a curious mixture of sonata and 2=14; 14:2=7). To find the number from a given key, the procedure must
suite, or a suite from which some basic movements seem to be missing. It be reversed. Count the number of semitones from C to the tonic of the
opens, rather after the fashion of some of Bachs early organ works, with a prelude and fugue in question, and then multiply it by 2. If the key is major,
30-bar free flourish of impassioned semiquavers over a tonic pedal. This add 1; if the is minor add 2. The G major Prelude and Fugue must therefore
leads to an ornate Adagio whose intensity is heightened by poignant be No.15 (the interval from C to G is 7 semitones; 7x2=14; since the
chromaticisms. The thematically related Allemande which follows is even tonality is major add 1; 14+1=15). The Prelude and Fugue in C minor must
more elaborate; but immediately after this comes the concluding Gigue, in be No.2; the interval from C to C is 0; 0x2=0; since this is in a minor key,
which syncopations like those in the finale of the Sixth Brandenburg add 2 to the result: 0+2=2.
Concerto help to swing the rhythm along.
The complete original title of The Well-Tempered Clavier Part 1 could be
The G major work, which came to light only in 1928, when a manuscript rendered into English as follows: `The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes
copy in the hand of Anna Magdalena Bach was discovered in Eisenach, is a and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third,
four-movement sonata da chiesa. Much speculation has been aroused by that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi
the entire bass-line being identical with that of the Trio Sonata BWV1038 Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians
(another version of the BWV1022 violin sonata in F major), though in the desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already
latter case the upper parts are thought to be by one of Bachs sons or versed in this particular study, by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anno 1722. A
pupils. Points of technical interest here are the multiple-stopping in the rather didactic apologia for such an epoch-making work.
Vivace and the suggestions of polyphonic violin writing in the fugato finale.
The term well-tempered refers to the then novel system of equal (or
It is a remarkable fact that very few of Bachs trio sonatas for chamber almost equal) temperament, in which the octave is divided into 12 equal
instrumentation have survived; despite the fact that this was really the (or almost equal) semitones, and the tuning is such that the transposition
While in the Musical Offering the emphasis was on canonic forms (the Bachs two eldest sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel
strictest contrapuntal technique), in the Art of the Fugue all the related to their fathers first biographer, Johann Nicolaus Forkel, how he
possibilities of fugal composition are investigated. Even the four canons approached teaching: The first thing he did was to teach his scholars his
are really designed to demonstrate the possibilities of fugal writing. peculiar mode of touching the instrument...he made them practice, for
Despite, or perhaps by reason of, the relative simplicity and months together, nothing but isolated exercises for all the fingers of both
unpretentiousness of the short subject of the Art of the Fugue, it is hands, with constant regard to this clear and clean touch...but if he found
particularly effective as the foundation stone of this monumental that anyone, after some months of practice, began to lose patience, he
structure. The subject is entirely regular and symmetrical. When played in was so obliging as to write little connected pieces, in which those exercises
inversion (one imagines a horizontal axis: an upward leap becomes a were combined together. Of this kind are the six little Preludes for
downward one) the most important intervals (distances between notes) Beginners. They were created in the same manner as the Clavierbchlein
remain almost unaltered. When the subject is combined with its inversion, which Bach wrote in about 1720 for the ten-year-old Wilhelm Friedemann,
entirely satisfactory two-part counterpoint results. the only difference being that the latter collection also includes dancelike
pieces and works by other composers such as Telemann, Richter and
As Bach treats his subject in continually changing rhythmic and melodic Stlzel. Remarkable in both collections is that Bach not only gradually
variations, he gradually develops a complete manual of fugal composition. increased the technical difficulty of the pieces, but also arranged them
Each contrapunctus, as he calls the individual variations to underline their according to key. The Six Little Preludes for Beginners (BWV933-943) form
learned character, offers the definitive solution to a basic problem of a rising sequence through the keys of C major, C minor, D minor, D major, E
fugal composition. The work commences with a group of fugues based on major and E minor. In the Inventions and Sinfonias Bach was to extend this
the subject in its original form and in inversion. Contra-fugues and stretto- sequence to 15 keys, and in the Well-Tempered Clavier to all 24 keys of the
fugues follow, employing the subject not only in its normal form and in circle of fifths. Naturally, these collections were also intended to introduce
inversion, but also in condensed (diminution) and enlarged pupils to the most common genres and styles of the period, including the
(augmentation) form: the note values of the subject are shortened or free, more or less improvisatory prelude, the strict fugue, moulded around
lengthened so that it sounds twice as fast or twice as slow. Bach a single theme and forming a compendium of the rules of counterpoint,
demonstrates the potential of fugues with two or three subjects, but the and the fashionable, stylised dances of the suite. As we know, all these
magnificent contrapunctus 14 (a triple fugue with three subjects) which genres and styles were to be the subject of various separate collections in
was to form the climax of the work, remained unfinished. Just after the the course of Bachs life.
BWV22 BWV26
Cantata 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwlfe, like Cantata 159, was written BWV26 for 19 November 1724 is based on the chorale `Ach wie flchtig,
for Sunday Esto mihi (= Be with me, after Psalm 31). In fact the work was ach wie nichtig'. A text apt to fire Bach's imagination. The transitoriness of
first composed with Cantata 23 as a test piece in connection with Bachs life is shown by musical lines fleeting away into the mist. The
appointment as cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig on 7 February 1723. homophonous passages hammer the message home. The tenor aria (the
A year later he performed the cantata again on Sunday Esto mihi, 20 longest aria Bach wrote) alternates flute and flute/violin passages in an
February 1724. The opening arioso employs a gospel text, with the tenor as interesting way. The rushing water to which our life can be compared
the evangelist and the bass as Christ: Sehet, wir gehen hinauf gen provides the idea for the music. Words like Schnell and Eilen are as always
Jerusalem. In the succeeding aria Mein Jesu, ziehe mich nach dir (No.2), taken up for musical illustration. A recitative for alto follows, and then a
the alto and oboe engage in a beautiful dialogue. New examples of striking fascinating bass aria, in which the woodwind play a sarcastic dance
text illustration are heard in the following recitative, including fast motifs macabre: the temptation of concentrating on earthly goods will lead to
at the word laufen (running). The work ends with a four-part chorale. ruin. A soprano recitative and four-part chorale round off this great work.
Clemens Romijn Clemens Romijn
BWV23
BWV27
Cantata 23 Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn was written for Sunday Esto
In BWV27 (6 October 1726) the theme of death returns. The opening
mihi (= Be with me), as was Cantata 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwlfe.
chorale, interspersed with recitative, is quite solemn, with its pendulum-
Both works were originally composed as test pieces in connection with
like continuo, and an impressive long, pleading note on bet. After an
Bachs appointment as cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig on 7 February
interesting recitative (all's well that ends well) the alto sings a welcome to
1723, when one cantata was performed before the sermon and the other
death. The text is illustrated impressively in many ways: `following' music
afterwards. Originally without a final chorale, Bach probably added one
at the word folgen, chromatic lines on Plagen and Tod. A soprano
after his arrival in Leipzig, reinforcing the choir with cornetts and
recitative with a high note on Himmel and an upward surge on `fly away'
trombones at the same time. Another version (in a different key and with
leads to a vigorous bass aria with a vivid contrast between the quiet `good
other wind instruments) was performed by Bach in the period 1728-31.
night' and the raging confusion of the world. Here the believer is not with
The chorus usually sung at the end of this expressive cantata originally
one foot in his grave, but in heaven! The beautiful final chorale is unique in
formed the final movement of the St John Passion (in the 1725 version)
the cantatas. It is the only five-part chorale, and the only one not by Bach;
until Bach replaced it by the so familiar chorus Ach Herr, lass dein lieb
Bach uses a setting by Johann Rosenmller.
Engelein.
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Clemens Romijn
BWV24 BWV28
BWV24 (20 June 1723) is a truly baroque emotional outburst against the BWV28 for the Sunday after Christmas (30 December 1725) celebrates the
lack of `Redlichkeit in this world. The `German truth and goodness new year and prays for happiness in it. The delightful orchestral
referred to may makes us smile, but the `Falschheit, Trug und List we introduction is taken up by the soprano, the solo violin constantly being
encounter is vividly evoked in Bachs music. The opening aria starts with answered by the orchestra: a `frohes Danklied indeed. Then the choir
five staccato notes and then a run up and down which comes back in the comes in with an elaborate motet on the chorale `Nun lob, mein Seel, den
continuo and in the alto part. There is a long coloratura on `Handel and, Herren. The sopranos sing the chorale melody, the other voices
naturally, a long sustained note on `stehn. The tenor recitative explains sometimes singing elements of the tune, sometimes free material, in
that the lack of reason and integrity in our lives is because we should pay endless variety. A bass recitative with arioso is followed by another one for
more to receive it; a sensible advice. Then comes the chorus, right at the tenor with strings, in which the repeated word `lauter (only goodness,
heart of the cantata, in which the cries of `Alles! Alles! play a fine part, as only grace, only blessing) is beautifully stressed, as is the fact that in God
do the calls of `Das thut! Das thut! An almost aggressive bass recitative, we have everything. The alto/tenor duet sings of the blessings of the past
indicating that the Bad One is everywhere (`So geht es dort, upward year, with long coloraturas on `gesegnet and `begegnet; in the continuo
swing; `So geht es hir, downward swing), ends with a mild arioso praying we see the blessings come down from heaven. A richly orchestrated
to be protected from it all. A tenor aria with a long and beautiful chorale ends this lovely cantata.
introduction for two oboes damore, leads to the final chorale with tender Dingeman van Wijnen
interludes for strings, which retain their independence during the singing
of the hymn.
Dingeman van Wijnen
BWV49 BWV54
BWV49 (3 November 1726) is an exciting dialogue between Jesus and the Cantata 54 Widerstehe doch der Snde is twice as short (about 15
soul in which Song of Solomon imagery abounds. The superb opening minutes). While the previous cantata was for four soloists, choir and
sinfonia, part of an earlier keyboard concerto, probably serves to make up instrumentalists, this one, written about ten years earlier, is for alto soloist,
for the lack of a chorus. The first bass aria at once puts the central idea of strings and basso continuo only. This cantata has been described as one of
the cantata before us: the Bridegroom Jesus seeking his bride the church. It Bachs best musical sermons. Through ingenious use of consonances
BWV56 BWV60
One of Bachs most beautiful works for solo voice and orchestra is Cantata Cantata 60 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort is a celebrated example of an
56 Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (BWV56). This intimate cantata for allegorical dialogue cantata. Fear and Hope converse with one another in
Sunday 27 October 1726, the 17th Sunday after Trinity, was originally the face of death. These roles are taken by the alto (Fear) and the tenor
written for Bachs second wife Anna Magdalena, who had a fine soprano (Hope). The third figure is Christ, represented by the bass. The cantata has
voice and was often involved in performances of Bachs music. Later, in five movements and a symmetrical structure. The contrast between Fear
1731-32, Bach adapted the cantata for alto and even bass; since then this and Hope is considerable, as appears from the text of the recitative No.2:
work has moved countless churchgoers and concert audiences. The Fear: O schwerer Gang zum letzten Kampf und Streite!, to which Hope
composition is based on the gospel for the 19th Sunday after Trinity (St replies: Mein Beistand ist schon da. The introductory chorale-based
Matthew 9: 1-8), which tells of the paralysed man who was healed by movement too is a duet, the chorale melody being heard in the alto and in
Christ and redeemed from his sins. In the first aria, with a wonderful the horn part. The roles are cast to reflect the different characters, the
feeling for text depiction, Bach symbolises the word Kreuzstab (cross) tenor moving freely in aria-like writing while the alto sings only the
with a # (C sharp) and illustrates tragen (bearing) with expressive seufzer chorale. In the duet No.3 the oboe damore and solo violin follow the same
(sighing) motifs in voice and instruments. At the text Da leg ich den role pattern. In the alto recitative No.4 the pangs of death are full of
Kummer auf einmal ins Grab the bass sings in a sudden and conspicuous contrast as Fear is reassured three times by a bass arioso to words from
triplet rhythm, with a descending sixth at the word Grab (grave). These the Book of Revelation: Selig sind die Toten.
fine phrases of resignation are reinforced by long bass notes, affective Clemens Romijn
sighing in the strings and oboes, and a combination of quavers and
triplets. In the ensuing recitative we are again reminded of the same BWV61
passage from St Matthew, where Christ crosses the water by boat and The six-movement Advent Cantata 61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
arrives in his city. At the text Mein Wandel auf der Welt ist einer Schiffahrt (1714) is one of about 20 cantatas which Bach wrote in Weimar. The work
gleich Bach suggests the movement of the waves with an undulating motif is embraced by two choral movements, both based on world-famous
in the solo cello part. This accompaniment stops suddenly as the tired chorale tunes, the first on the Lutheran hymn Nun komm der Heiden
traveller reaches heaven, leaving the ship and finally finding peace after Heiland and the final chorus on Wie schn leuchtet der Morgenstern. In
such sorrow: So tret ich aus dem Schiff in meine Statt, die ist das the second recitative (No.4) there is a very graphic moment when Christ
Himmelreich, wohin ich mit den Frommen aus vieler Trbsal werde (the bass soloist) knocks on the door, accompanied by plucked notes on
kommen. Full of joy, the solo voice and oboe ring out to the text Endlich the strings.
wird mein Joch wieder von mir weichen mssen in the following da capo Clemens Romijn
aria in B flat major. The cantata concludes with a simple chorale setting,
Komm, o Tod. BWV62
Clemens Romijn The six-movement Advent Cantata 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland is
part of the 1724 cycle of chorale cantatas. It is framed by two choral
BWV57 movements based on the world-famous chorale Nun komm der Heiden
Cantata 57 Selig ist der Mann, in eight movements and conceived as a Heiland, the text of which is Luthers translation of the hymn Veni,
dialogue, was written for the second day of Christmas 1725. Two vocal redemptor gentium. In the opening chorus the melody is heard in the
soloists fulfill the main roles, the bass portraying Christ and the soprano soprano and the accompanying horn part. In the context of Advent ( =
the human soul, called Anima by Bach. Remarkably, the entire cantata coming or arrival) the crucial word is komm. Two aria-recitative pairs
text omits any reference to Christmas, the birth of ChriSt The theme is follow. In the bass recitative No.3 Bach illustrates the word laufen
rather the temptation of sin, over which Christ is victorious. Despite realistically with a scale figure, and the word Gefallne with a descending
frequent mention of martyrdom, optimism predominates in arias such as seventh. Quite appropriate to the pastoral mood of Advent and the image
No.5 Ja, ich kann die Feinde schlagen, with its lively bass and dominating of the child in a cradle is the rocking siciliano rhythm of the tenor aria No.2.
violin part. In the soprano aria No.7 Ich ende behende mein irdisches In the bass aria, in fighting spirit, Bach creates a continuo part in parallel
Leben, a fine trio for soprano, solo violin and basso continuo, the reason movement with the high strings.
for this optimism, the life everlasting, becomes clear: Mein Heiland ich Dingeman van WIjnen
sterbe mit hchster Begier. A simple chorale brings the cantata to an end
in a mood of acquiescence. BWV63
Clemens Romijn. Cantata 63 Christen, tzet diesen Tag takes us back some ten years to a
work written between 1713-1716 for Christmas Day, when Bach was
BWV58 employed as organist and concertmaster at the court of Weimar. It may
Cantata 58 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid was written almost four even be that Bach composed this agile and radiant work for his application
years later for the Sunday after New Year, 7 January 1727. However, the as organist of the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle. The cantata has an astonishing
work survives only in an adaptation made by Bach in 1733/34. The outer symmetry (chorus, recitative, duet, recitative, duet, recitative, chorus), in
BWV80 BWV85
Cantata 80 `Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott is a rather large-scale work (8 Cantata 85 Ich bin ein guter Hirt begins likewise with a bass solo
movements totalling about 30 minutes) written around 1728-31 for representing the words of Jesus. This work was intended for Sunday
Reformation Day. As far as we know the work is an extended version of Misericordias Domini, 15 April 1725. The central movement is again a
Cantata 80a Alles was von Gott geboren written in Weimar in 1715. chorale, with the melody in the soprano supported by the texture of two
Precisely when and for what purpose the cantata was written, we do not oboes and basso continuo. The succeeding aria Jesus ist ein guter Hirt
know. Bach appears to have added the opening chorus and central chorale offers a fine role for the violoncello piccolo (personification of Christ?).
(No.5) later. Bachs eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann reinforced the already Since Bachs manuscript of this cantata makes no mention of a choir, the
large and festive instrumentation by adding trumpets and timpani in Nos. 1 final chorale was probably performed by solo voices.
and 5. The cantata opens with one of Bachs very finest choral movements Clemens Romijn
and ends with a simple and sober chorale to the tune Ein feste Burg ist
unser Gott, the Lutheran hymn par excellence. BWV86
Clemens Romijn Cantata 86 Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch was composed by Bach for
the 5th Sunday after Easter, Sunday Rogate, 14 May 1724. The name is
BWV81 derived from the Latin text of the gospel for this particular Sunday, which
In Cantata 81 Jesus schlft, was soll ich hoffen for the 4th Sunday after begins with the word Rogate (= ask), after a text from St John 16: 23-30.
Trinity, 30 January 1724, the role of the choir is much more modest: the The structure of this cantata is similar to that of Cantata 85 Ich bin ein
final, simple chorale Unter deinen Schirmen is the only choral movement. guter Hirt. Both have a chorale as central movement. The opening
The work is based on the well-known episode from St Matthew 8: 23-27 movement, an aria in which the bass part represents the voice of Jesus, is
about Jesus sleeping on a boat, being woken by his fearful disciples, and of an archaic and strict character; it employs the above-mentioned text
calming the storm on the lake. The cantata opens with an alto aria in E from St John 16: 23-30, with the key words ask (see Rogate) and give.
minor, scored for the mild flute and violin as a sort of slumber song for The following aria (no.2) has a particularly virtuosic violin part, and both
Jesus. In the succeeding tenor recitative and aria the storm on the lake is violin and alto revel in word illustration with such welcome texts as Ich will
more realistically protrayed in panicky melodic leaps in the vocal part and a doch Rosen brechen, wenn auch gleich die Dornen stechen.
restless violin part: die schumenden Wellen ... verdoppeln die Wut. Clemens Romijn
Clemens Romijn
BWV87
BWV82 The seven-movement Cantata 87 Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in
Cantata 82 Ich habe genug (1727) is one of Bachs most moving and meinem Namen was written for Rogation Sunday, 6 May 1725. The text by
popular solo cantatas. With the cantata Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne Mariane von Ziegler is based on St Johns gospel (Joh. 16: 24, 33) and
tragen it belongs to the favourite repertoire of bass singers. The five- would appear to have been adapted by Bach himself. In the first two
movement cantata Ich habe genug, however, exists in three different movements we hear the words of Christ, first in an aria in D minor with the
versions including one for soprano and one for mezzo-soprano. The sober title text, and thereafter in a contemplative recitative. In the third
instrumentation, comprising solo voice, oboe, strings and basso continuo, movement, an alto aria, we hear a confession and a prayer for
was probably prompted by the fact that the work was written for the feast perseverance. The mood of prayer and adjuration is most convincingly
of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 2 February. portrayed in parallel seufzer (sighing) motifs in the two oboe da caccia
Clemens Romijn parts and the pleading, upward gestures in the basso continuo. The final
chorale Muss ich sein betrbet? employs the melody of Jesu, meine
BWV83 Freude.
Cantata 83 Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde was composed for the Clemens Romijn
Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas), 2 February 1724. The
readings for this day of the church year tell of the cleansing of Mary after BWV88
the birth of Jesus, and of the aged Simeon, to whom it had been On the fifth sunday after Trinity, for which BWV88 (21 July 1726) was
prophesied that he would not die until he had seen Jesus, the light of the written, the story of the miraculous draught of fish was read. Jesus tells
BWV114 BWV120
Cantata 114 Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost is for the 17th Sunday after BWV120, a Ratwechsel cantata of around 1742, starts not with the usual
Trinity, and was performed on 1 October 1724. It is another typical chorale festive music but with a quiet alto aria - evidently because of the `Stille of
cantata from Bachs first Leipzig cycle, with a chorus and chorale to begin which the text speaks. The silence is characterised both by long sustained
and end the work. The chorale melody in the soprano of the opening notes on `Stille (even longer ones in the da capo) and one dramatic pause.
chorus is anticipated in the instrumental introduction. Notable is the Next is the postponed opening chorus, with `Jauchzet as its characterising
suggestive role of the oboe, with its repeated notes and trills. A similarly idea. There is continuous alternation between soloruns and the full forces
striking role is given to the flute in the succeeding tenor aria (No.2), where coming in. Bach later reused the chorus for the Mass in B minor (Et
even without words Bach gives a most realistic rendition of the expecto). The bass recitative sings of the blessings for the `Lindenstadt
Jammertale (vale of tears). In No.4 the simple, unornamented chorale (these trees are never absent when the praises of Leipzig are sung), and
melody in the soprano is combined with a most lively bass line, full of then there is a fine soprano aria, based on an earlier piece for violin and
whimsical rests, illustrating instrumentally what the soprano sings in all harpsichord, BWV1019a. It is a peaceful song of `Heil und Segen. A tenor
simplicity: the wheat grain is barren unless it falls in the earth. recitative and simple chorale, Luthers Te Deum, end this cantata with
Clemens Romijn which the town councillers ought to have been well contented.
Dingeman van Wijnen
BWV115
BWV115, written for 5 November 1724, is called `One of the most perfect BWV121
of all' by Whittaker, and rightly so. The lovely, lovely opening chorale, with Cantata 121 Christum wir sollen loben schon is likewise for Christmas.
flute, oboe d'amore and violin in unison creating a wonderful sound, uses Bach wrote it in 1724, ten years after the above cantata, for the second
the melody also known as `Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn', a very day of Christmas. It forms part of the cycle of chorale cantatas, the entire
apposite association which the congregation would not have missed. work being based on the chorale of the same name by Martin Luther. This
Bach's joy rhythm which permeates the music stresses confidence in the ancient melody inspired Bach to write a somewhat archaic first movement
face of judgement. The alto aria is an impressive siciliano; the solemn, in strict motet style, in which the instruments double the choral parts, with
quiet melody evokes the idea of sleep in a superb way, a sleep out of which the chorale melody in the soprano. Before the simple four-part final
we may, however, be painfully woken up. A bass recitative follows, and chorale we hear two pairs of aria and recitative for tenor, alto, bass and
then another miraculous and truly lovely number follows, with a duet soprano respectively. In the bass aria No.4 Bach writes rich coloraturas for
between flute and violoncello piccolo. Adelightful grace note and a litlle the bass at the words freudenvolles Springen. Seven months earlier, for
high jump of the melody could be illustrations of our prayers going Sunday 7 May 1724, Bach wrote Cantata 166 Wo gehest du hin? for
upwards, while the downward lines illustrate our bending our knee in Cantata Sunday, the fourth Sunday after Easter; this Sunday is named
prayer. As with the alto aria our heart rejoices that there is a full da capo. after the opening words of the Introit psalm for the day, Cantate Domino
Arecitative and simple chorale end this gem. (Sing to the Lord). The work comprises six movements, the choir only
Clemens Romijn joining in for the final four-part chorale; the chorale melody is also heard in
long notes in the soprano in No.3. The work begins with a compact bass
BWV116 aria with oboe and string accompaniment. The wonderfully expressive
Cantata 116 `Du Friedefrst, Herr Jesu Christ was written for the 25th tenor aria No.2 Ich will an den Himmel denken can now be performed
Sunday after Trinity, 26 November 1724. The opening movement is once more thanks to a reconstruction by Alfred Drr. Here Bach juxtaposes
composed in Bachs favourite manner: an independent instrumental the words Gehen and Stehen by means of a rising scale motif and a long-
section in which the chorale melody is interwoven line by line. A poignant held note.
aria in F sharp minor follows (No.2), the alto and oboe damore Clemens Romijn
BWV161 BWV166
Cantata 161 Komm, du ssse Todesstunde, composed for the 16th Seven months earlier, for Sunday 7 May 1724, Bach wrote Cantata 166 Wo
Sunday after Trinity, is one of Bachs most impressive cantatas. As far as gehest du hin? for Cantata Sunday, the fourth Sunday after Easter; this
we know it was written in Weimar in 1715 but not performed completely Sunday is named after the opening words of the Introit psalm for the day,
until 27 September 1716. The six-movement work requires two soloists Cantate Domino (Sing to the Lord). The work comprises six movements,
(alto and tenor), four-part choir, two recorders, obbligato organ and basso the choir only joining in for the final four-part chorale; the chorale melody
continuo. The cantata begins with a chorale-based movement for alto is also heard in long notes in the soprano in No.3. The work begins with a
soloist, recorders, organ and continuo, in which the final chorale Herzlich compact bass aria with oboe and string accompaniment. The wonderfully
tut mich verlangen is anticipated. The sobbing motifs are remarkable, expressive tenor aria No.2 Ich will an den Himmel denken can now be
permeating even the basso continuo. According to the great Bach scholar performed once more thanks to a reconstruction by Alfred Drr. Here
Alfred Drr each movement has its origin in the final chorale melody. In Bach juxtaposes the words Gehen and Stehen by means of a rising scale
the last alto recitative (no. 4) the recorders and strings accompany the motif and a long-held note.
mortal soul realistically to its sanften Schlaf (soft sleep). Clemens Romijn
Clemens Romijn
BWV167
BWV162 Cantata 167 Ihr Menschen, rhmet Gottes Liebe is for the feast of St John
Precisely one week before Cantata 109 was heard in Leipzig, Bach the Baptist on 24 June. Bach performed it on this date in 1723, shortly
performed Cantata 162 on the 20th Sunday after Trinity 1723. The work after his appointment as cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. The work
had been written at Weimar seven years earlier (25 October 1717). Here comprises five movements: an aria, a duet, two recitatives and a final
again, Bach added a horn to strengthen the chorale melody. The further chorale. In terms of both concept and instrumentation the scope of the
instrumentation remains uncertain due to the fact that Bachs score has cantata is limited. In addition to strings and basso continuo only an oboe
been loSt There is an unusually large number of passages with only (or oboe da caccia) and trumpet (clarino) are required, merely to reinforce
continuo accompaniment, without any particular obbligato instruments. the vocal parts. The introductory aria Ihr Menschen, rhmet Gottes Liebe
The attractive solos for the four singers include a bass aria accompanied by sets the charming and pastoral mood of this cantata.
the full orchestra, a soprano aria, and a duet for alto and tenor with only Clemens Romijn
continuo accompaniment. The cantata ends with a simple four-part
chorale. BWV168
Clemens Romijn Bach probably composed the small-scale and sparingly orchestrated
Cantata 168 Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort for the 9th Sunday after Trinity,
BWV163 29 July 1725. The six-movement work requires four soloists, choir, two
BWV163, written for 24 November 1715, deals with the unlikely theme of oboes damore, strings and continuo. Special moments of typical Baroque
taxation. The words `each one his due' determine the opening tenor aria, text depiction include the opening aria for the bass, with dotted rhythms
echoing through continuo, violins and then the voice. A harmonically and long strings of triplets to the text tue Rechnung, and the aria for
interesting bass recitative leads to a truly astounding bass aria, with soprano and alto (No.5: Herz, zerreiss des Mammons Kette), where
unforgettable patterns and rhythms for the two celli. The whole number Mammons chain is portrayed by brusque scale passages in the bass,
uses low instruments and a low voice, yet everything glitters and shines while the voices make tearing movements in garlands of notes.
like the coins that we pay to Jesus: our hearts. A duet recitative, an Clemens Romijn
interesting experiment of the young Bach, leads on to a just as interesting
duet in which the two voices first compete and then get into line, the BWV169
chorale `Meinem Jesum lass ich nicht' being played by the violins. The choir Cantata 169 Gott soll allein mein Herze haben for the 18th Sunday after
finally enters with a simple chorale. Trinity, 20 October 1726, is a special work in view of its instrumentation
Clemens Romijn and parodic origin. The work requires just one solo voice (alto), a fourpart
choir, two oboes damore, oboe da caccia and obbligato organ. The latter is
BWV164 explained by the work upon which parts of the cantata are based, the
BWV164 (26 August 1725) is a sermon on the parable of the Good Harpsichord Concerto in E major BWV1053, which is probably based in turn
Samaritan: christians ought not to be Christians in word only, but christians on a lost oboe concerto. The first part of this concerto was arranged by
in deed. The opening phrase directed at the followers of Christ is sung Bach as the introductory sinfonia to the cantata. He transposed the work
twice, before the criticism starts. The bass recitative is a paraphrase of one from E major to D major, replaced the harpsichord by the organ and added
of the beatitudes (`Blessed are the merciful') in which the word three oboes. The middle movement of the concerto became the second
Barmherzigkeit gets a beautiful arioso. The plight of those who knock on aria (No.5) Stirb in mir, Welt, in which Bach added the alto part alongside
the doors of our heart in vain is painted in vivid colours. The alto aria has the obbligato organ and thus considerably intensified its expressive power.
one of those characteristic Bachian dialogues in which the two voices (here Clemens Romijn
two flutes) take over each other's musical phrases all the time; the word
BWV182 BWV187
Cantata 182 Himmelsknig, sei willkommen dates from approximately the BWV187 (4 August 1726, once again heavily reused for one of the Lutheran
same period. It was written for Palm Sunday 25 March 1714, and Bach Masses, BWV235 this time) opens with a lovely chorus full of quiet trust,
repeated it at least twice in Leipzig in 1724 and 1728. In view of the text it one of those long fugatic numbers where ones ears seem inadequate to
is understandable that Bach used the work in Leipzig on the feast of the take in all of the beauty. The different parts are unified by the orchestral
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (25 March); indeed, in 1714 Palm material. A bass recitative with a high note on `Berge leads to an alto aria
Sunday and the Annunciation fell on the same day. In the dignified opening with one of those unforgettable Bach melodies, for oboe and violin,
movement (Sonata) the king of heaven is welcomed by recorders, solo probably expressive of the crown of which the text speaks. The middle part
violin and plucked (later bowed) strings. The cantata boasts no less than is a beautiful variation, with fragments of the opening melody. A lively bass
three choral movements: one after the Sonata, and two to conclude the arioso on the words of Christ telling us not to worry is followed by a
work. In between are three arias: one for the bass, a wonderfully soprano aria characterized by a beautiful motive in both oboe and soprano
expressive movement for the alto, and a calm and sometimes richly voice. The work is rounded off by a soprano recitative and a wonderful
ornamented aria for the tenor. chorale of which two stanzas are sung.
Clemens Romijn Dingeman van Wijnen
BWV183 BWV188
The five-movement Cantata 183 Sie werden euch in den Bann tun was Cantata 188 Ich habe meine Zuversicht, like Cantata 98, was composed
composed for the 6th Sunday after Easter (Exaudi) 13 May 1725. The work for the 21st Sunday after Trinity. Picander, Bachs favourite Leipzig writer,
has the same title (and opening text) as Cantata 44, likewise for Exaudi, wrote the text, which was published in 1728-29. From this we may assume
though the similarities go no further. Cantata 183 has a remarkable scoring that Bach wrote his cantata in the same period and that it is therefore one
for two oboes damore, two oboes da caccia, a violoncello piccolo, strings of the approximately 63 cantatas for the 1728-29 cycle which has only
and continuo. The four oboes accompany the words of Christ in the partially survived. The manuscript of this cantata was torn to shreads after
introductory bass recitative. The solo contributions display an ascending Bachs death! The work was reconstructed from later sources. In the
There is no evidence whatsoever that major parts of the work, including A hymn of praise to god on high,
the Kyrie and Gloria completed in 1733, were performed during Bach's An exhortation to my fellow men.
lifetime. Nor do the sheets of music which the composer sent to Dresden
in 1733 reveal any signs of acrual use. Apparently, the court had little need This dictum (which graces the tide page of the "Little Organ Book") reflects
for Bach' s talents, and so the master had to make repeated bids, the ultimate purpose to which Bach devote his Mass in B minor.
accompanied by musical tributes complete with drums and trumpets, Dietmar Hiller
before he was finally granted the coveted title of composer to the Saxon
and Polish court in 1736.
MASSES BWV233-236 (CD98-99)
The score of the B minor Mass shows marks of incongruity where The Masses BWV236 are among the small minority of Johann Sebastian
heterogeneous sources were joined together. The choral parts vary in Bachs works that even eminent Bach experts treat with reserve, if not
number (four-, five- and six-part chorus, eight-part double chorus in the outright criticism. Bach created these works (and many others) by taking
"Osanna" - such a regrouping of forces is hardly possible on a narrow earlier compositions and giving them a new text - in this case, that of the
church gallery), different woodwind combinations appear in the tutti Latin Mass. Critics are of the opinion that this re-wording of the Short
movements (three oboes in the "Sanctus" as opposed to the usual Masses (missae breves) in a technique known as parody to
complement of two transverse flutes and two oboes), and some of the musicologists, did not produce particularly successful results. Music
rewording is rather awkward (e.g. "Osann' in excelsis"). These historian and theologian Albert Schweitzer went so far as to dismiss these
circumstances and disparities in the reallocation of the words to what were rearrangements as superficial and virtually senseless.
originally da capo arias and choruses tend to suggest that the music was
previously used for some other purpose. But the cyclic pattem which this On order to make clear the position occupied by the Short Masses
material is made to fit has been so carefully contrived that it lends the among Bachs parodied compositions, several facts must be considered.
overall work a compelling sense of uniny despite the different origins of its First, the rigid wording of the Mass is far harder to couple with cantata
constituent parts. movements previously rich in textual imagery than a new text. Secondly,
one should be clear about the conditions prevailing in church music in
Bach selected the material to be re-used on the basis of whether it was Leipzig at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The predetermined
suitable for integration into the cyclic whole into the theological and order of service of the mass, with its unchanging sung liturgy, had been
musical message he wished to convey and of whether it would lend itself modified by the word-oriented order of service of Lutheran public worship
to a new text. In marked contrast to a number of previous occasions (as in and by the intrusion of the hymn into the course of the Mass. The
me cases of several arias in the Christmas Oratorio), he was very careful in proprium de tempore, that part of the Latin Mass which changed from
choosing his material, often subjecting it to extensive changes with its new week to week, was gradually superseded by hymns and cantatas sung in
purpose in mind. (While working on the Mass, Bach sought to achieve a German. The language of the Lutheran service was the precise antithesis of
better balance by reallocating parts of the text to arias and choruses). The the standardized Latin of the Roman Catholic Church, the formal rigidity of
different sources employed are hardly discernible in the overall context. whose Mass was intended to embody eternal validity. From the time of
Luther onwards, the German language had made inroads into the service,
The wealth of musical resources makes Bach' s High Mass a veritable the focal point of the Mass being the approximately hour-long sermon -
compendium of the ecclesiastical style which was already on the way out the presentation of the gospel message so as to apply it to the everyday
at the time Bach was putting the finishing touches to his masterpiece. The life of the congregation. Only particularly solemn occasions warranted a
reasons for the trend were institutional (the decline of Latin schools and
The instrumentation of this chamber cantata is even smaller than that of The music of the numerous arias is charming and quite diverse. The aria
Cantata 210 in addition to the usual strings only a solo soprano and solo Sheep may safely graze has attained exceptional popularity. The aria
oboe are called for. But again Bach achieves maximum variety through While the herd, thick with wool ends with a ritornello that suggests a
compositional means. Exemplary thereof are the ascending string chords dance interlude, and the whole cantata concludes with hunting motives
representing the receding shadows of winter, or the nearly literal depiction that lend the work formal continuity.
of Apollo hurrying with swift horses. The opening aria, corresponding in Martin Mller (Translated by Mark Knoll)
its three-part form to the French overture, is a movement of great
expressivity. The second movement stands in stark contrast, requiring only
a continuo accompaniment. The two arias that follow are both trios, the SECULAR CANTATAS BWV205 & 207 (CD108)
first with solo violin, the second with solo oboe. Only in the concluding The university in Leipzig assumed a continuing and significant place in the
movement is the entire ensemble reunited, bringing the cantata to a close citys music life. It had at its disposal its own church in which music was
with a gavotte, a dance in whose rhythms Bach frequently expresses a performed regularly albeit not every week. In its Collegium Musicum it
feeling of contentment. had a fluent instrumental ensemble, and the musical enthusiasm of the
Martin Mller (Translated by Mark Knoll) students aided in bestowing on Leipzigs musical life an excellence that
The cantatas opening chorus is an arrangement of the final movement The lovely harmony thereby created is praised by all in recitative and in
from the Brandenburg Concerto No.3, with a choral part added. Bach the rondo of the concluding chorus.
frequently made use of this technique, and, although it is somewhat Martin Mller (Translated by Mark Knoll)
experimental, he succeeded in creating a unified and aesthetically
satisfying choral movement. Even the change from a starting downbeat to
an upbeat, caused by the stress of the text, is not noticeably detrimental. SECULAR CANTATAS BWV211 & 212 (CD110)
Following the fifth movement, a duet accompanied by continuo, Bach once Next to opera, the cantata was the most popular musical genre in the 17th
again inserts a borrowing from the third Brandenburg Concerto the and 18th centuries. It owed its appeal to an infinite capacity for adaptation
second trio rearranged and reorchestrated. In this way, the rather to different purposes. Cantatas were composed for a wide variety of
recitative-laden cantata is broken up and articulated. Conspicuous in the occasions. In this way the vocal music of the Baroque era came to
third aria for alto, are the quietly penetrating, fanfare-like motives of the transcend the boundaries of courtly life to find its way into more humble
unison violins and violas (Spitta), which are untypical for Bach. bourgeois circles.
The two compositions for the university by Johann Sebastian Bach that are Johann Sebastian Bach wrote cantatas of every description throughout his
joined on this recording reveal the music director at the peak of his creative life, producing music of superior quality for whoever
creative powers, powers that he by no means dedicated exclusively to commissioned or ordered him to supply such pieces. In fact, they were not
figural church music. just intended for his successive employers. He also composed cantatas,
Martin Mller (Translated by Mark Knoll) mostly secular ones, as well as motets and other works for a number of
private and public clients. The production of such pices doccasion was
something of a musical service industry. In this resect, Bach was no
SECULAR CANTATAS BWV206 & 215 (CD109) different from many of his fellow composers. Bach was always concerned
Friedrich August I (August the Strong), Elector of Saxony, who, as August II, to make repeated use of his music, both for other occasional works and for
was also King of Poland, died in the year 1733. His son, elector Friedrich sacred compositions. The fact that this sometimes involved a complicated
August II, likewise succeeded in being elected King of Poland as August reworking of the original material suggests an economical approach
III. During a hastily planned trip, he came to Leipzig in October of 1734, bordering on frugality.
In the cantata for the second day of Christmas, the focus centres on the Cantata 82 Ich habe genug, written in 1727, belongs with the Kreuzstab
angel's appearance to the shepherds. It is the only cantata of the six which cantata to the most moving and famous of Bachs solo cantatas. Both
begins with an instrumental movement - a Sinfonia bearing the designation belong to the favourite repertoire of bass singers. This five-movement
Hirtenmusik (shepherd's music). While parts I and II are dedicated to cantata, however, also survives in two later versions, one for soprano and
praising the majesty of God, here attention is focused upon earthly events one for mezzo-soprano. The sober forces, comprising solo voice, oboe,
- the shepherds in the field and God's incarnation. It is therefore not scored strings and basso continuo, were probably prompted by the occasion, the
for trumpets. The lullaby-like character of the alto aria Schlafe, mein Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Candlemas, on 2 February.
Liebster, geniesse der Ruh shows Mary in her role as mother.
During Lutheran services in Bachs day so-called Lutheran masses, choral
The shepherds' adoration in the stable in Bethlehem is the subject of the settings of parts of the Latin Mass, were custormary in some churches on
cantata for the third day of Christmas. The first section is concerned with feastdays. Thus the Kyrie was sung on the 1st Sunday in Advent, the Kyrie
the shepherd's iourney to the stable, which Bach introduces with the and Gloria at Christmas, and the Sanctus on various other feastdays. Bach
fugato setting of Lasset uns nun gehen nach Bethlehem. Later, the was particularly interested in these Roman Catholic Mass sections; he
central focus again falls on Mary; in her aria Schliesse, mein Herze, dies copied and arranged Latin church music by Palestrina, Pergolesi, Lotti,
selige Wunder she acknowledges in the shepherd's adoration the first sign Caldara and other masters, and composed not only the B Minor Mass but
of her own unshakeable faith. also four shorter masses, BWV233-236, on the basis of his own cantatas.
An example of a newly composed Mass movement is the Sanctus in D
The opening of the cantata for New Year's Day has an unusual ring, for only major, BWV238, probably commissioned by Count Franz Anton von Sporck
here did Bach use two horns. This part deals with Jesus's circumcision - an von Lissa (Bohemia) and written by Bach around 1723, shortly after his
event not directly related to the Christmas story. Its conclusion in the appointment as cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.
Christmas Oratorio is explained by the fact that it is the ceremony at which Clemens Romijn
Jewish boys are given their names.
In the fifth cantata for the Sunday after New Year, Bach goes on to TILGE, HCHSTER, MEINE SNDEN BWV1083 - MOTETS BWV188, 200 &
Matthew's account of the three wise men coming from the East to worship 231 (CD121)
jesus. This part is scored for very small forces. With the Star of Bethlehem It was not at all uncommon for Bach to borrow, quote or transcribe music
to show the magi their way as its starting-point, the central image of the by other composers; many of his contemporaries, including Telemann and
cantata is that of jesus as the Light of the world. Texts such as Dein Glanz Handel, did just the same. But the music which Bach quoted and borrowed
all Finsternis verzehrt and Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen reinforce most of all was his own, and he did so in about 400 cases. The world-
this image. The trio Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen is a dialogue famous Brandenburg Concertos consist partly of borrowed movements,
between the wise men, represented by the soprano and the tenor, and and were in turn remodelled to form new compositions. A celebrated
Mary, represented by the alto, who answers their questions. example of how Bach made only small adaptations in someone elses
music to produce something which looked quite new, or to give an old
In the concluding cantata, intended for the Feast of Epiphany, the story of piece a second youth, is Tilge, Hchster, meine Snden (psalm 51),
the wise men from the East continues with their audience with Herod. He BWV1083. It is in fact the Stabat Mater for soprano and alto by Pergolesi,
seeks to obtain from them the whereabouts of the newborn child so that supplied with a new text. A little constructive criticism from Bachs pen
he may kill it, seeing it as a threat to his position. These events centering concerned the habit of Italian composers such as Pergolesi to simply have
around the person of Herod serve to introduce generaI reflection upon the the viola play in unison with the basso continuo. Bach gave the viola its
enemies of the faith and their impotence in the face of the newborn child's own part and thus created the full four-part texture so typical of his own
divine power. This theme is taken up in the opening chorus Herr, wenn music. An example of borrowing from his own work is Sei Lob und Preis
die stoIzen Feinde schnauben, and continues in the ensuing choruses and mit Ehren, BWV231: the music is that of the second movement of Cantata
arias like Nun mogt ihr stoIzen Feinde schrecken. Christ's birth promises 28, fitted with a new text.
the faithful an end of the powers of darkness and bondage to evil. The
closing chorale of this cantata, which Bach again reinforces with trumpets In addition to hundreds of cantatas, Bach composed various occasional
for the first time since the third day of Christmas, ceIebrates the ultimate works in Leipzig: music for special events such as birthdays, weddings and
victory of the Son of God over sin and death - anticipating the resurrection. funerals. Besides cantatas these included motets, works for one or two
Wolfgang Marx (translation: Janet & Michael Berridge) choruses (without soloists) and basso continuo, in which the choir was
often reinforced by instruments. O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht
BWV118 is an example of a funeral motet, though in Schmieders index of
HIMMELFAHRTS-ORATORIUM BWV11 - ICH HABE GENUG BWV82A Bachs works (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) it is incorrectly listed among the
- SANCTUS BWV238 (CD120) cantatas. The work consists of a single movement for four-part choir and
The radiant Cantata Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11, also known as an extensive brass and wind instrumentation. The chorale melody is heard
the Ascension Oratorio, is an example of an extensive work for an from bar nine in the soprano part, the other voices following in imitation.
important feast in the church year, in this case Ascension Day. On such Two versions of the piece survive, one from about 1736 and one from after
occasions works were divided into two sections for performance before 1740. We do not know who was buried to the sound of this motet. Cantata
and after the sermon, as in the present case. 200 Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, probably written for the Feast of
the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas) on 2 February
The name oratorio originates from Bach. The work comprises no less than 1742, is one of Bachs later cantatas. The title covers only an aria,
11 movements, 1-6 forming the first section and 7-11 the second. The first discovered in 1924 and made public in 1935; this movement was probably
section ends with a chorale (No.6), while the cantata begins and ends with once part of a larger work. That is was written for Candlemas has been
complex choral movements. The festive opening chorus in D major is given assumed by reason of the text, which is a paraphrase of the Nunc Dimittis
extra radiance by three trumpets, timpani, two flutes and two oboes. Bach (the canticle of Simeon) from St Lukes gospel (2: 29-32). The musical drive
borrowed the music from his Cantata Froher Tag, verlangte Stunden, of the piece has been compared with Handel. The aria reveals that Bach,
BWVapp.I.18, written for the reopening of the Thomasschule after eight years before his death, was not insensitive to new stylistic trends.
extensive rebuilding in 1732. The two arias (Nos. 4 and 10) also originate Clemens Romijn
from an earlier work, the wedding cantata Auf! Sss entzckende Gewalt
CD130 The partita Sei gegret BWV768 came after O Gott, du frommer Gott,
The CD opens with the Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV545, of which which explains its greater maturity. In fact, it advances along the lines of
there are various versions, including one with a trio for the third the Orgelbchlein, but with a compositional technique that is better suited
movement (corresponding to the Largo of the Trio Sonata BWV529). to the development of the chorale, especially in relation to the use of the
Though the structure of the prelude is simple, the piece is dense and pedal obbligato for some of the variations. The five-voice conclusion with
imposing, with grand rhetorical gestures like the initial katabasis on the the organo pleno represents the culmination of a highly complex and
pedal, in which the build-up of energy finds release in the brief final chord. varied creative process. Variation 6, for instance, based on a text that
The fugue is very different in character, cantabile in the manner of the speaks of the flames of hell, is a magnificent case in point, in that it
Dorica BWV538 and the Fugue in F major BWV540. It emanates serenity involves a flurry of demisemiquavers on the reed and sesquialtera stops,
and simplicity, even in relation to the limited extension of the voices. rather as Monteverdi had used the trombone and regal registers in his
Orfeo to depict scenes of hell.
The Trio Sonata BWV529 is one of the longest in the collection. The first Anna Maria Carla Proietto
Allegro, with its ensemble/solo form, has an initial theme that creates an
elaborate descending arpeggio and a second theme with a fugue in the
central section. Contrasting moods, both melancholic and chromatic, CD131
characterise the three-part Largo, while the final Allegro presents a second The BWV540a version of the Toccata in F major (BWV540), made by
theme in fugue form that is outgoing and full of refined harmonies, Johann T. Krebs around 1714, was intended for an instrument with a
creating an encounter with the first theme that leads to a vortex of rapid pedalboard reduced to D3. BWV540, on the other hand, envisaged a
semiquavers. Towards the end Bach returns to the opening theme, with an pedalboard that reached F3, which meant that it could be played on
interplay of the three voices that ushers in the conclusion. certain organs in Weissenfels and Buttstdt, where Krebs was the organist
This could suggest that it was in fact a revised version of BWV540a;
The expressiveness of the Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV535 is however, it might also be the fruit of an adaptation made for the Trost
completely different. It starts out with cello-like arpeggios, with various organ in Altenburg, where Krebss son, Johann Ludwig, was the organist
repetitions, broken chords and passages from one Orgelpunkt to the other, either way, it is a spectacular piece that embodies a wealth of ideas: from
not unlike Pachelbels toccatas. In general the style appears to lean the initial canon on the pedal with its triple counterpoint to the alternation
towards improvisation, with many bravura passages in this respect of themes and refrains, the pedal solos and the dialogues between the
reminiscent of the harpsichord cadenza of the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto manuals. Beautifully interwoven are several different influences, including
that can be played with echoes between the manuals. The fugue reveals the northern German idiom, that of Pachelbel and also of Vivaldi. The
the influence of the northern and central German school, in particular the fugue is alla breve, as with BWV538 and 545, with two contrasting themes
compositions of Reincken, Pachelbel, Buttstett and Kerll as regards the (one vocal and the other more leaping and instrumental), first exposed one
many repeated notes, and of Buxtehude in the use of the trilled at a time, and then superimposed in a crescendo of expressive and
semiquaver figure. The finale lingers on the Neapolitan sixth (as in the dynamic intensity. In the present recording this fugue is accompanied by
Passacaglia) and then re-establishes the virtuoso improvisation style, another, a miscellaneous piece (BWV579) that probably dates back to the
following the model of the toccatas in several sections typical of northern Weimar period. It is composed on a theme taken from the Sonata da
Germany. chiesa a tre Op.3 No.4 by Arcangelo Corelli.
The six chorales in the collection were published during the last years of Returning to the chorales, the focus is on the Schbler and Orgelbchlein
Bachs life by Georg Schbler (hence the name). Excluding BWV646, which collections, where it is important to bear in mind the characteristics of the
derives from an unidentified source, they are transcriptions of arias from chorale phenomenon in the Protestant liturgy. The great production of
other Bach cantatas in which the chorale becomes the cantus firmus with chorales is intimately linked to the theological aspect of the Lutheran
long values, sometimes in the pedal, sometimes in the right or the left Reformation, whereby the power of the Word could be experienced not
hand. The ABA form is typical of the Baroque aria, with melodies and only through contemplation, but also by means of the music itself. The
O Lamm Gottes BWV656 is a particularly long work in three verses, Komm Gott BWV667, an extended version of the chorale of the same
where the cantus firmus migrates from the soprano to the contralto and name in the Orgelbchlein (BWV631), uses brilliant semiquavers that stand
thence to the bass in the last section. It is cantabile in character, in the for the breath and the power of the Holy Spirit (see also BWV651). The
style of the composers of central Germany. The third verse, written in 9/8 subject of the chorale is first played by the soprano, then by the bass,
in the Weimar version, here appears in 9/4, creating an effect of greater creating a sort of unio mystica, a triptych on the Holy Spirit, together with
gravity, perhaps to symbolise in qui tollis peccata mundi the weight of the BWV651 (with the cantus firmus in the bass) and BWV652 (with the cantus
cross during the Passion of Christ, a concept already expressed in the firmus in the soprano).
previous chromatic section.
Vor deinen Thron BWV668 appears in Bachs manuscript following the
Nun danket BWV657 is a chorale expressing thanks in the form of a canonical variations on Vom Himmel hoch. It is interesting to note how
motet, with the subject in the soprano. The way the voices move and the pairing these two texts relating to mans relationship with God (Before Thy
use of the figura corta invest the work with a great feeling of joy. Throne I now appear and From Heaven high I come to you) already
implied the order in which to place them. In an earlier version, composed
Von Gott BWV658 is a plea to God beseeching Him to guide mankind in Weimar, this was based on the chorale Wenn wir in hchsten Nten
towards salvation, thereby ridding people of suffering. The feeling of sein, which was then replaced in Leipzig with a text on death: already
anxiety and dejection expressed in the text are rendered by means of blind, Bach dictated the few corrections to his son-in-law Atnickol in what
troubled runs of demisemiquavers and the use of the F minor key, defined proved to be the final days of the composers life.
by Mattheson as appassionata.
The Fugue BWV578 is a lively piece in the northern violin style that
The CD ends with the great Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV547, which reveals the influence of Reinckens Fugue in G minor, while the Chorale
was probably composed in Leipzig. There is a strong relationship between BWV728, a meditation on life beyond death, is a more immediate work,
the Prelude and the Fugue, largely on account of the diminished seventh both ornate and cantabile, conceived for a more intimate form of liturgy,
chords and the rhetorical pauses at the end of both pieces. The prelude is such as the typically Lutheran service for celebration in the home. From
developed around three basic elements: triplets, semiquavers and the the many works attributed to Bach we have chosen to include in this
ostinato on the pedal (in the timpani style), that together create a quasi- recording the two Trios, BWV585 and 586, on account of their strikingly
ritornello form suggesting a refrain as the harmonic crescendo evolves by expressive melody. They are also particularly well suited to giving voice to
way of chromaticism and a tendency towards distant tonality. The overall the sound potential of the Silbermann organ in Dresden. Both pieces
effect is joyous, and at the same time also majestic. The fugue is tightly derive from a Leipzig manuscript that also contains the Trio BWV1027a.
knit, intricate and complex, with the theme giving rise to each successive Also attributed to Bachs pupil, Johann Tobias Krebs, the first of these trios
element. Towards the conclusion, right when the harmony and consists of two movements and is in fact a transcription of a Sonata for
BWV59 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten Alto Recitativo
Aria Doch nun wird sich der Snden groe Schuld Der Heiland ist gekommen,
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, vor mein Gesichte stellen. Hat unser armes Fleisch und Blut
und mein Vater wird ihn lieben, und wir wer An sich genommen
den zu ihm kommen und Wohnung bei ihm Tenore
Und nimmet uns zu Blutsverwandten an.
machen. Gott wird deswegen doch kein Todesurteil fllen.
O allerhchstes Gut,
Er gibt ein Ende den Versuchungsplagen,
Was hast du nicht an uns getan?
Recitativo Da man sie kann ertragen.
Was tust du nicht
O, was sind das vor Ehren, Noch tglich an den Deinen?
Worzu uns Jesus setzt? 3. Aria (Duetto) Alto Tenore
Alto Du kommst und lsst Dein Licht
Der uns so wrdig schtzt, Mit vollem Segen scheinen.
Da er verheit, Mein letztes Lager will mich schrecken,
Samt Vater und dem heilgen Geist
Tenore
In unsern Herzen einzukehren.
Mich wird des Heilands Hand bedecken,
22. Herr Jesu Christ, wahrr Mensch und Gott, Cantate 40. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Cantate BWV177
30. Hilf, Gott, dass mirs gelinge BWV343
BWV127 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ,
Hilf, Gott, dass mirs gelinge,
Ach Herr, vergieb all unsre Schuld, ich bitt, erhr mein Klagen,
du edler Schpfer mein,
hilf dass wir warten mit Geduld, verleih mir Gnad zu dieser Frist,
die Wort in Reim zu bringen,
bis unser Stndlein kmmt herbei, lass mich doch nicht verzagen.
zu Lob dem Namen dein,
auch unser Glaub stets wacker sei, Den rechten Weg, o Herr, ich mein,
dass ich mag frhlich heben an
deinm Wort zu trauen festiglich den wollest du mir geben, mir zu leben,
von deinem Wort zu singen,
bis wir entschlafen seliglich. meinm Nchsten ntz zu sein,
Herr, du wollst mir bestahn.
dein Wort zu halten eben.
23. Herr, nun lass in Friede BWV337
31. Hilf, Herr Jesu, lass gelingen BWV344 Ich lieg im Streit und widerstreb,
Herr, nun lass in Friede,
Hilf, Herr Jesu, lass gelingen, hilf, o Herr Christ, dem Schwachen!
lebenssatt und mde,
hilf, das neue Jahr geht an, An deiner Gnad allein ich kleb,
deinen Diener fahren
lass es neue Krfte bringen, du kannst mich strker machen.
zu den Himmelsscharen,
dass aufs neu ich wandeln kann. Kommt nun Anfechtung, Herr, so wehr,
selig und im Stillen,
Neues Glck und neues Leben dass sie mich nicht umstosse.
doch nach deinem Willen.
wollst du mir aus Gnade geben. Du kannst machen, dass mirs nicht bring Gefahr;
ich weiss, du wirsts nicht lassen.
42. Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV353 48. Jesu, meine Freude BWV358
Jesu, der du meine Seele Jesu, meine Freude,
hast durch deinen bittern Tod meines Herzens Weide,
aus des Teufels finstrer Hhle Jesu, meine Zier.
und der schweren Snden noth Ach, wie lang, ach lange
krftiglich herausgerissen ist dem Herzen bange
und mich solches lassen wissen und verlangt nach dir.
durch dein angenehmes Wort: Gottes Lamm, mein Brutigam,
sei doch itzt, o Gott, mein Hort. ausser dir soll mir auf Erden
nichts sonst liebers werden.
43. Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV354
Jesu, der du meine Seele 49. Jesu, meine Freude BWV227
hast durch deinen bittern Tod Jesu, meine Freude,
aus des Teufels finstrer Hhle meines Herzens Weide,
und der schweren Snden noth Jesu, meine Zier.
krftiglich herausgerissen Ach, wie lang, ach lange
und mich solches lassen wissen ist dem Herzen bange
durch dein angenehmes Wort: und verlangt nach dir.
sei doch itzt, o Gott, mein Hort. Gottes Lamm, mein Brutigam,
ausser dir soll mir auf Erden
44. Jesu, der du meine Seele, Cantate BWV78 nichts sonst liebers werden.
Herrlich glaube, hilf mir Schwache, Weicht, ihr Trauergeister,
lass mich ja verzagen nicht; denn mein Freudenmeister,
du, du kannst mich strker machen, Jesus, tritt herein.
wenn mich Snd und Tod anficht. Denen, die Gott lieben,
Deiner Gte will ich trauen, muss auch ihr Betrben
bis ich frhlich werde schauen lauter Zucker sein.
dich, Herr Jesu, nach dem Streit Duld ich schon hier Spott und Hohn,
in der sssen Ewigkeit. dennoch bleibst du auch im Leide,
Jesu, meine Freude.
45. Jesu, der du selbst so wohl BWV355
Jesu, der du selbst so wohl 50. Jesu, meine Freude, Cantate BWV81
hast den Tod geschmecket, Unter deinen Schirmen
hilf mir, wenn ich sterben soll, bin ich vor den Strmen
wenn der Tod mich schrecket: aller Feinde frei.
Wenn mich mein Gewissen nagt Lass den Satan wittern,
und die Snden plagen, lass den Feind erbittern,
wenn der Satan mich verklagt, mir steht Jesus bei.
lass mich nicht verzagen. Ob es jetzt gleich kracht und blitzt,
obgleich Snd und Hlle schrecken:
46. Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben BWV356 Jesus will mich decken.
Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben,
meiner Seelen Brutigam,
der du bist fr mich gegeben
an des bittern Kreuzes Stamm.
Jesu, meine Freud und Wonne,
du mein Hoffnung, Schatz und Heil,
mein Erlsung, Schmuck und Heil,
Hirt und Knig, Licht und Sonne,
ach, wie soll ich wrdiglich,
mein Herr Jesu, preisen dich?
CD2
CONCERTO NO.4 IN G BWV1049
1 I. Allegro 642
2 II. Andante 331
3 III. Presto 434
OUVERTURE (ORCHESTRAL SUITE) NO.2 IN B MINOR BWV1067 for flute, strings & continuo
8 I. Ouverture 625
9 II. Rondeau 139
10 III. Sarabande 252
11 IV. Bourre I & II 150
12 V. Polonaise 259
13 VI. Menuet 109
14 VII. Badinerie 120
Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Gttler conductor
CD4
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E BWV1042*
1 I. Allegro 710
2 II. Adagio 646
3 III. Allegro assai 247
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR BWV1052 reconstructed from the Harpsichord Concerto BWV1052
7 I. Without tempo indication 725
8 II. Adagio 643
9 III. Allegro 741
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN G MINOR BWV1056* reconstructed from the Harpsichord Concerto BWV1056
10 I. Without tempo indication 325
11 II. Largo 306
12 III. Presto 307
CD6
HARPSICHORD CONCERTO IN F MINOR BWV1056
1 I. Without tempo indication 426
2 II. Largo 225
3 III. Presto 331
Musica Amphion
Pieter-Jan Belder concert master
CD8
CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, VIOLIN, HARPSICHORD, STRINGS AND B.C. IN A MINOR BWV1044
1 I. Allegro 854
2 II. Adagio 601
3 III. Alla breve 729
CD10
PARTITA NO.2 IN D MINOR BWV1004
1 I. Allemanda 304
2 II. Corrente 159
3 III. Sarabande 227
4 IV. Giga 308
5 V. Ciaccona 1257
CD11
SUITE NO.1 IN G BWV1007
1 I. Prelude 313
2 II. Allemande 449
3 III. Courante 257
4 IV. Sarabande 305
5 V. Minuet I & II 320
6 VI. Gigue 147
CD13
SONATA IN E MINOR BWV1034
1 I. Adagio ma non tanto 305
2 II. Allegro 230
3 III. Andante 258
4 IV. Allegro 503
SONATA IN A BWV1032
5 I. Vivace 315
6 II. Largo e dolce 230
7 III. Allegro 405
SONATA IN E BWV1035
12 I. Adagio ma non tanto 218
13 II. Allegro 250
14 III. Siciliana 232
15 IV. Allegro assai 254
SONATA IN G BWV1038
5 I. Largo 255
6 II. Vivace 054
7 III. Adagio 216
8 IV. Presto 125
CD15
SUITE IN E MINOR BWV996
1 I. Prelude 311
2 II. Allemande 313
3 III. Courante 238
4 IV. Sarabande 359
5 V. Bourre 140
6 VI. Gigue 325
SUITE IN E BWV1006A
5 I. Prelude 446
6 II. Loure 308
7 III. Gavotte en rondeau 335
8 IV. Menuet I & II 522
9 V. Bourre 225
10 VI. Gigue 249
CD17
SONATA IN D BWV1028
1 I. Adagio 215
2 II. Allegro 355
3 III. Andante 445
4 IV. Allegro 435
SONATA IN G BWV1027
5 I. Adagio 423
6 II. Allegro ma non tanto 354
7 III. Andante 215
8 IV. Allegro moderato 320
VERSCHIEDENE CANONES BER DIE ERSTEN 8 FUNDAMENTALXNOTEN DER ARIA AUS DEN GOLDBERG VARIATIONEN BWV1087
26 Canon simplex 037
27 Allroverscio 027
28 Beide sugleich, motu recto e contrario 032
29 Motu contrario e recto 037
30 Canon duplex a 4 039
31 Canon simplex ber besagtes Fundament a 3 028
32 Idem a 3 048
33 Canon simplex a 3 025
34 Canon in unisono post semi fugam a 3 028
35 Alio modo 030
36 Evolutio 027
37 Canon duplex a 5 035
38 Canon duplex a 5 041
39 Canon triplex a 6 025
40 Canon a 4 augmentationem et diminutionem 043
CD19
SONATA NO.1 IN B MINOR BWV1014
1 I. Adagio 344
2 II. Allegro 256
3 III. Andante 352
4 IV. Allegro 226
CD21
NOTENBCHLEIN FR ANNA MAGDALENA BACH
1 Menuet BWVAnhang 113 128
Christian Petzold
2 Menuet BWVAnh. 114 125
3 Menuet BWVAnh. 115 130
4 Rondeau Les Bergeries BWVAnh. 183 343
Franois Couperin
5 Menuet BWVAnh. 116 137
6 Polonaise BWVAnh. 117 152
7 Menuet BWVAnh. 118 114
8 Polonaise BWVAnh. 119 053
9 Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott lt walten BWV691 129
10 Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV510 144
11 Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV511 123
12 Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV512 114
13 Menuet BWVAnh. 120 111
14 Menuet BWVAnh. 121 059
C.P.E. Bach
15 Marche BWVAnh. 122 100
16 Polonaise BWVAnh. 123 116
17 Marche BWVAnh. 124 122
18 Polonaise BWVAnh. 125 146
19 Aria: So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife BWV515a 608
20 Menuet, fait par Mons. Bhm 110
21 Musette BWVAnh. 126 102
22 Marche BWVAnh. 127 138
23 Polonaise BWVAnh. 128 126
G.H. Stlzel
24 Bist du bei mir BWV508 240
25 Aria BWV988 356
C.P.E. Bach
26 Solo per il Cembalo BWVAnh. 129 258
J.A. Hasse
27 Polonaise BWVAnh. 130 152
28 Prludium BWV846 241
29 Without title BWVAnh. 131 046
30 Aria: Warum betrbst du dich BWV516 148
31 Rezitativ und Arie: Ich habe genug BWV82 825
32 Schaffs mit mir Gott BWV514 052
33 Menuet BWVAnh. 132 046
34 Aria di Giovannini BWV518 230
35 Chorale: Dir, Dir, Jehova, will ich singen BWV299 117
36 Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen BWV517 112
37 Aria: Gedenke doch, mein Geist BWV509 125
38 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort BWV513 120
Johannette Zomer soprano (11, 12, 19, 24, 3032 & 3438)
Pieter-Jan Belder harpsichord/clavichord/organ
Ensemble Il Quadrifoglio
CD23
THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK I
1-2 Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C BWV846 227/159
3-4 Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C minor BWV847 127/130
5-6 Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp BWV848 118/221
7-8 Prelude and Fugue No.4 in C sharp minor BWV849 237/408
9-10 Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D BWV850 120/202
11-12 Prelude and Fugue No.6 in D minor BWV851 135/135
13-14 Prelude and Fugue No.7 in E flat BWV852 431/149
15-16 Prelude and Fugue No.8 in E flat minor BWV853 334/555
17-18 Prelude and Fugue No.9 in E BWV854 120/118
19-20 Prelude and Fugue No.10 in E minor BWV855 208/114
21-22 Prelude and Fugue No.11 in F BWV856 108/125
23-24 Prelude and Fugue No.12 in F minor BWV857 206/445
CD24
THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK I
1-2 Prelude and Fugue No.13 in F sharp BWV858 118/157
3-4 Prelude and Fugue No.14 in F sharp minor BWV859 107/413
5-6 Prelude and Fugue No.15 in G BWV860 055/232
7-8 Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor BWV861 203/218
9-10 Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A flat BWV862 122/317
11-12 Prelude and Fugue No.18 in G sharp minor BWV863 114/230
13-14 Prelude and Fugue No.19 in A BWV864 120/215
15-16 Prelude and Fugue No.20 in A minor BWV865 109/500
17-18 Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat BWV866 116/140
19-20 Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B flat minor BWV867 232/256
21-22 Prelude and Fugue No.23 in B BWV868 057/241
23-24 Prelude and Fugue No.24 in B minor BWV869 459/728
CD26
THE WELLRTEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK II
1-2 Prelude and Fugue No.13 in F sharp BWV882 344/225
3-4 Prelude and Fugue No.14 in F sharp minor BWV883 243/503
5-6 Prelude and Fugue No.15 in G BWV884 247/121
7-8 Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor BWV885 226/318
9-10 Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A flat BWV886 413/236
11-12 Prelude and Fugue No.18 in G sharp minor BWV887 516/509
13-14 Prelude and Fugue No.19 in A BWV888 159/141
15-16 Prelude and Fugue No.20 in A minor BWV889 354/157
17-18 Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat BWV890 636/159
19-20 Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B flat minor BWV891 340/617
21-22 Prelude and Fugue No.23 in B BWV892 208/431
23-24 Prelude and Fugue No.24 in B minor BWV893 206/158
CD27
PARTITA NO.1 IN B FLAT BWV825
1 I. Prelude 159
2 II. Allemande 501
3 III. Corrente 249
4 IV. Sarabande 445
5 V. Menuet I - Menuet II 249
6 VI. Giga 221
CD29
1 SONATA in A minor BWV965, after Sonate No.1 in Johann Adam Reinckens Hortus musicus: 1627
Adagio - Fugue - Adagio - Presto - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue
CD30
1 PRELUDE in B minor BWV923 243
2 FUGUE in B minor BWV951, on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni 711
3 FUGUE in B minor BWV951a, on the same theme 540
4 OVERTURE in G minor BWV822
Ouverture - Aria - Gavotte en rondeau - Bourre - Menuet I - Menuet II - Menuet III - Gigue 1338
5 SONATA in C BWV966, after Sonata No.11 in Johann Adam Reinckens Hortus musicus:
Prelude - Fugue - Adagio - Allegro - Allemande 1015
6 CAPRICCIO in E BWV993, in honorem Johann Christoph Bachii Ohrdruf 643
7 PRELUDE with the SUITE in E minor BWV996:
Preludio - Passaggio - Allemanda - Courante - Sarabande - Bourre - Gigue 849
8 FUGUE in C BWV946, on a theme by Albinoni 301
9 SONATA in A minor BWV967 313
10 FUGUE in A BWV949 444
11 FUGUE in A minor BWV959 306
CD32
ITALIAN CONCERTO IN F BWV971
1 I. Allegro 406
2 II. Largo 446
3 III. Presto 402
CD33
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS IN G BWV988 Aria with 30 variations
1 Aria 502
2 Variatio 1 206
3 Variatio 2 136
4 Variatio 3: Canone allunisono 200
5 Variatio 4 110
6 Variatio 5 148
7 Variatio 6: Canone alla seconda 203
8 Variatio 7 153
9 Variatio 8 206
10 Variatio 9: Canone alla terza 239
11 Variatio 10: Fughetta 135
12 Variatio 11 206
13 Variatio 12: Canone alla quarta 251
14 Variatio 13 417
15 Variatio 14 222
16 Variatio 15: Canone alle quinta Andante 458
17 Variatio 16: Ouverture 304
18 Variatio 17 202
19 Variatio 18: Canone alla sesta 141
20 Variatio 19 039
21 Variatio 20 215
22 Variatio 21: Canone alla settima 222
23 Variatio 22: Alla breve 129
24 Variatio 23 224
25 Variatio 24: Canone allottava 253
26 Variatio 25 521
27 Variatio 26 150
28 Variatio 27: Canone alla nona 102
29 Variatio 28 244
30 Variatio 29 210
31 Variatio 30: Quodlibet 211
32 Aria da capo 234
CD35
SUITE NO.4 IN F BWV809
1 I. Prelude 452
2 II. Allemande 422
3 III. Courante 135
4 IV. Sarabande 332
5 V. Menuet I 125
6 Menuet II 130
7 Menuet I da capo 047
8 VI. Gigue 316
CD37
CONCERTO IN G BWV592A after Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
1 I. Allegro 301
2 II. Grave 207
3 III. Allegro 144
CONCERTO IN D MINOR BWV987 after Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
4 I. Grave - Presto - Grave - Presto - Grave 228
5 II. Allegro - Adagio 237
6 III. Vivace 117
CONCERTO IN B FLAT BWV982 after Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
7 I. Allegro 221
8 II. Adagio - Allegro 339
9 III. Allegro 141
CONCERTO IN C BWV984 after Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
10 I. Allegro 255
11 II. Adagio 156
12 III. Chaconne: Allegro assai 236
CONCERTO IN G MINOR BWV985 after Georg Philipp Telemann
13 I. Allegro 225
14 II. Adagio 158
15 III. Allegro 215
CONCERTO IN G BWV986 after an unknown German composer
16 I. Allegro 203
17 II. Adagio 120
18 III. Allegro 219
CONCERTO IN G MINOR BWV983 after an unknown German composer
19 I. Allegro 259
20 II. Adagio 227
21 III. Giga: Allegro 215
CONCERTO IN C BWV977 after an unknown German composer
22 I. Allegro 237
23 II. Adagio 123
24 III. Giga: Presto 220
CONCERTO IN B MINOR BWV979 after Giuseppe Torelli
25 I. Allegro 117
26 II. Adagio 052
27 III. Allegro - Adagio 333
28 IV. Andante 122
29 V. Adagio 043
30 VI. Allegro 358
CD39
SUITE NO.5 IN G BWV816
1 I. Allemande 336
2 II. Courante 154
3 III. Sarabande 529
4 IV. Gavotte 111
5 V. Bourre 111
6 VI. Loure 243
7 VII. Gigue 322
CD41
DIE KUNST DER FUGE BWV1080
1 Contrapunctus 1 BWV1080/1 335
2 Contrapunctus 2 BWV1080/2 348
3 Contrapunctus 3 BWV1080/3 302
4 Contrapunctus 4 BWV1080/4 522
5 Contrapunctus 5 BWV1080/5 336
6 Contrapunctus 6 a 4 in Stylo Francese BWV1080/6 440
7 Contrapunctus 7 a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem BWV1080/7 450
8 Contrapunctus 8 a 3 BWV1080/8 613
9 Contrapunctus 9 a 4 alla Duodecima BWV1080/9 326
10 Contrapunctus 10 a 4 alla Decima BWV1080/10 440
11 Contrapunctus 11 a 4 BWV1080/11 656
CD42
DIE KUNST DER FUGE BWV1080
1 Contrapunctus S12T a 4 rectus BWV1080/12, 1 339
2 Contrapunctus S12T a 4 inversus BWV1080/12, 2 338
3 Contrapunctus S13T a 3 inversus BWV1080/13, 1 234
4 Contrapunctus S13T a 3 rectus BWV1080/13, 2 230
5 Fuga a 3 soggetti SContrapunctus 14T BWV1080/19 804
6 Canon alla Ottava BWV1080/15 426
7 Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza BWV1080/16 520
8 Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta BWV1080/17 355
9 Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu BWV1080/14 339
APPENDIX
10 Fuga a 2 Clav. 222
Sarrangement of Contrapunctus 13, inversusT BWV1080/18, 1
11 Alio modo, Fuga a 2 Clav. 222
Sarrangement of Contrapunctus 13, rectusT BWV1080/18, 2
12 Canon in Hypodiatesseron, al roverscio e per augmentationem 555
perpetuus Searlier version of BWV1080/14T
CD44
1 FANTASIA AND FUGUE IN A MINOR BWV944 640
32 MENUET IN C MINOR BWV813A alternative Menuet from French Suite in C minor 106
33 MENUET IN E FLAT BWV815A alternative Menuet from French Suite in E flat 050
CD46
WIE SCHN LEUCHTET DER MORGENSTERN BWV1 for the Feast of Annunciation
1 I. Coro: Wie schn leuchtet der Morgenstern 718
2 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Du wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn 109
3 III. Aria (Soprano): Erfllet, ihr himmlischen 521
4 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Ein irdscher Glanz 100
5 V. Aria (Tenore): Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten 705
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh 108
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ACH GOTT, WIE MANCHES HERZELEID BWV3 for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
7 I. Coro: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 539
8 II. Choral, Recitativo (Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso, Coro): Wie schwerlich lt sich Fleisch 215
9 III. Aria (Basso): Empfind ich Hllenangst und Pein 740
10 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Es mag mir Leib und Geist 112
11 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Wenn Sorgen auf mich dringen 732
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Erhalt mein Herz im Glauben rein 036
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WO SOLL ICH FLIEHEN HIN BWV5 for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
13 I. Coro: Wo soll ich fliehen hin 345
14 II. Recitativo (Basso): Der Snden Wust hat mich 106
15 III. Aria (Tenore): Ergiee dich reichlich 659
16 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Mein treuer Heiland 128
17 V. Aria (Basso): Verstumme, Hllenheer 700
18 VI. Recitativo (Soprano): Ich bin ja nur 051
19 VII. Choral (Coro): Fhr auch mein Herz und Sinn 050
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
Total time 7023
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
CHRIST LAG IN TODES BANDEN BWV4 for the 1st day of Easter
7 I. Sinfonia 115
8 II. Coro: (Versus I): Christ lag in Todes Banden 350
9 III. Duetto (Soprano, Alto) (Versus II): Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt 342
10 IV. Aria (Tenore): (Versus III): Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn 203
11 V. Coro: (Versus IV): Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg 219
12 VI. Aria (Basso): (Versus V): Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm 307
13 VII. Duetto (Soprano, Tenore) (Versus VI): So feiern wir das hohe Fest 144
14 VIII. Choral (Coro): (Versus VII): Wir essen und leben wohl 117
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
BLEIB BEI UNS, DENN ES WILL ABEND WERDEN BWV6 for the 2nd day of Easter
15 I. Coro: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend 659
16 II. Aria (Alto): Hochgelobter Gottessohn 403
17 III. Choral (Soprano): Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ 417
18 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Es hat die Dunkelheit 044
19 V. Aria (Tenore): Jesu, la uns auf dich sehen 344
20 VI. Choral (Coro): Beweis dein Macht, Herr Jesu Christ 051
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
LIEBSTER GOTT, WENN WERD ICH STERBEN? BWV8 for the 16th Sunday after Trinity
21 I. Coro: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? 555
22 II. Aria (Tenore): Was willst du dich mein Geist 343
23 III. Recitativo (Alto): Zwar fhlt mein schwaches Herz 102
24 IV. Arioso (Basso): Doch weichet, ihr tollen 525
25 V. Recitativo (Soprano): Behalte nur, o Welt, das Meine! 105
26 VI. Choral (Coro): Herrscher ber Tod und Leben 059
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
CD48
CHRIST UNSER HERR ZUM JORDAN KAM BWV7 for the Feast of John the Baptist
1 I. Coro: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam 615
2 II. Aria (Basso): Merkt und hrt, ihr Menschenkinder 538
3 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Dies hat Gott klar mit Worten 112
4 IV. Aria (Tenore): Des Vaters Stimme lie sich hren 410
5 V. Recitativo (Basso): Als Jesus dort nach seinen Leiden 108
6 VI. Aria (Alto): Menschen, glaubt doch dieser 320
7 VII. Choral (Coro): Das Aug allein das Wasser sieht 116
Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER BWV9 for the 6th Sunday after Trinity
8 I. Coro: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her 525
9 II. Recitativo (Basso): Gott gab uns ein Gesetz 120
10 III. Aria (Tenore): Wir waren schon zu tief gesunken 435
11 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Doch mute das Gesetz 118
12 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Herr, du siehst statt guter Werke 639
13 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Wenn wir die Snd 125
14 VII. Choral (Coro): Ob sichs anlie, als wollt er nicht 106
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN BWV10 for the Feast of Visitation
15 I. Coro: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren 349
16 II. Aria (Soprano): Herr, der du stark 631
17 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Des Hchsten Gt und Treu 114
18 IV. Aria (Basso): Gewaltige stt Gott vom Stuhl 254
19 V. Aria (Duetto: Alto, Tenore): Er denket der Barmherzigkeit 145
20 VI. Recitativo (Tenore): Was Gott den Vtern alter Zeiten 155
21 VII. Choral (Coro): Lob und Preis sei Gott dem Vater 102
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
MEINE SEUFZER, MEINE TRNEN BWV13 for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
8 I. Aria (Tenore): Meine Seufzer, meine Trnen 759
9 II. Recitativo (Alto): Mein liebster Gott 101
10 III. Choral (Alto): Der Gott, hat mich versprochen 302
11 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Mein kummer nimmet zu 110
12 V. Aria (Basso): chzen und erbrmlich Weinen 936
13 VI. Choral (Coro): So sei nun, Seele, deine 058
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WR GOTT NICHT MIT UNS DIESE ZEIT BWV14 for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany
14 I. Coro: Wr Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit 637
15 II. Aria (Soprano): Unsre Strke heit zu schwach 439
16 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Ja, htt es Gott nur zugegeben 041
17 IV. Aria (Basso): Gott, bei deinem starken Schtzen 446
18 VI. Choral (Coro): Gott Lob und Dank, der nicht zugab 051
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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HERR GOTT, DICH LOBEN WIR, BWV16 for the Feast of Circumcision
1 I. Coro: Herr Gott, dich loben wir 130
2 II. Recitativo (Basso): So stimmen wir 126
3 III. Coro: & Aria (Basso): Lat uns jauchzen, lat uns freuen 345
4 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Ach treuer Hort 136
5 V. Aria (Tenore): Geliebter Jesu, du allein 809
6. VI Choral (Coro): All solch dein Gt wir preisen 113
Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WER DANK OPFERT, DER PREISET MICH BWV17 for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
Prima parte
7 I. Coro: Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich 412
8 II. Recitativo (Alto): Es mu die ganze Welt 103
9 III. Aria (Soprano): Herr, deine Gte 319
Seconda parte
10 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Einer aber unter ihnen 044
11 V. Aria (Tenore): Welch berma der Gte 330
12 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Sieh meinen Willen an 113
13 VII. Choral (Coro): Wie sich ein Vatr erbarmet 202
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
GLEICH WIE DER REGEN UND SCHNEE VOM HIMMEL FLLT BWV18 Weimar Version
14 I. Sinfonia 306
15 II. Recitativo (Basso): Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee 122
16 III. Recitativo (Soprano, Tenore, Basso, Coro): Mein Gott, hier wird mein Herze 615
17 IV. Aria (Soprano): Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort 245
18 V. Choral (Coro): Ich bitt, o Herr, aus Herzensgrund 111
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Robert Getchell tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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JESUS NAHM ZU SICH DIE ZWLFE BWV22 for Quinquagesimae Sunday
1 I. Aria Coro: (Tenore, Basso): Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwlfe 454
2 II. Aria (Alto): Mein Jesu, ziehe mich nach dir 458
3 III. Recitativo (Basso): Mein Jesu, ziehe mich 219
4 IV. Aria (Tenore): Mein Alles in Allem 313
5 V. Choral (Coro): Ertt uns durch dein Gte 156
Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
EIN UNGEFRBT GEMTE BWV24 for the 4th Sunday after Trinity
6 I. Aria (Alto): Ein ungefrbt Gemte 331
7 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Die Redlichkeit 151
8 III. Coro: Alles nun, das ihr wollet 305
9 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Dei Heuchelei ist eine Brut 149
10 V. Aria (Tenore): Treu und Wahrheit sei der Grund 309
11 VI. Choral (Coro): O Gott, du frommer Gott 205
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ES IST NICHTS GESUNDES AN MEINEM LEIBE BWV25 for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
12 I. Coro: Es ist nichts Gesundes 427
13 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Die ganze Welt ist nur ein Hospital 137
14 III. Aria (Basso): Ach, wo hol ich Armer Rat 339
15 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): O Jesu, lieber Meister 107
16 I. Aria (Soprano): ffne meinen schlechten Liedern 315
17 VI. Choral (Coro): Ich will alle meine Tage 108
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ACH WIE FLCHTIG, ACH WIE NICHTIG BWV26 for the 24th Sunday after Trinity
18 I. Coro: Ach wie flchtig, ach wie nichtig 247
19 II. Aria (Tenore): So schnell ein rauschend Wasser 656
20 III. Recitativo (Alto): Die Freunde wird zur Traurigkeit 049
21 IV. Arioso (Basso): An irdische Schtze 418
22 V. Recitativo (Soprano): Die hchste Herrlichkeit und Pracht 044
23 VI. Choral (Coro): Ach wie flchtig, ach wie nichtig 050
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WER WEI, WIE NAHE MIR MEIN ENDE? BWV27 for the 16th Sunday after Trinity
24 I. Coro, Recitativo: Wer wei, wie nahe mir mein Ende? 430
25 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Mein Leben hat kein ander Ziel 059
26 III. Aria (Alto): Willkommen! will ich sagen 447
27 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Ach, wer doch schon im Himmel wr! 043
28 V. Aria (Basso): Gute Nacht, du Weltgetmmel! 326
29 VI. Choral (Coro): Welt ade! ich bin dein mde 045
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WIR DANKEN DIR, GOTT, WIR ANKEN DIR BWV29 for the town council election 1731
7 I. Sinfonia 337
8 II. Coro: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir 243
9 III. Aria (Tenore): Halleluja, Strk und Macht 610
10 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Gottlob! es geht uns wohl! 101
11 V. Aria (Soprano): Gedenk an uns mit deiner Liebe 519
12 VI. Recitativo (Alto, Coro): Vergi es ferner nicht 027
13 VII. Aria (Alto): Halleluja, Strk und Macht 154
14 VIII. Choral (Coro): Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren 131
Marjon Strijk soprano, Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
FREUE DICH, ERLSTE SCHAR BWV30 for the Feast of John Baptist
Prima Parte
15 I. Coro: Freue dich, erlste Schar 350
16 II. Recitativo (Basso): Wir haben Rast 101
17 III. Aria (Basso): Gelobet sei Gott 513
18 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Der Herold kmmt 038
19 V. Aria (Alto): Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Snder 436
20 VI. Choral (Coro): Eine Stimme lt sich hren 105
Seconda Parte
21 VII. Recitativo (Basso): So bist du denn 057
22 VIII. Aria (Basso): Ich will nun hassen 609
23 IX. Recitativo (Soprano): Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand 058
24 X. Aria (Soprano): Eilt, ihr Stunden, kommt herbei 439
25 XI. Recitativo (Tenore): Geduld, der angenehme Tag 114
26 XII. Choral (Coro): Freue dich, geheilgte Schar 355
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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DER HIMMEL LACHT! DIE ERDE JUBILIERET BWV31 for the 1st day of Easter
1 I. Sonata 218
2 II. Coro: Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret 401
3 III. Recitativo (Basso): Erwnschter Tag! 222
4 IV. Aria (Basso): Frst des Lebens, starker Streiter 237
5 V. Recitativo (Tenore): So stehe dann 116
6 VI. Aria (Tenore): Adam mu ins uns verwesen 205
7 VII. Recitativo (Soprano): Weil dann das Haupt sein Glied 049
8 VIII. Aria (Soprano): Letzte Stunde, brich herein 438
9 IX. Choral (Coro): So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ 103
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
LIEBSTER JESU, MEIN VERLANGEN BWV32 for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany
10 I. Aria (Soprano): Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen 521
11 II. Recitativo (Basso): Was ists, da du mich gesuchet? 024
12 III. Aria (Basso): Hier, in meines Vaters Sttte 725
13 IV. Recitativo (Soprano, Basso): Ach! heiliger und groer Gott 214
14 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Basso): Nun verschwinden alle Plagen 522
15 VI. Choral (Coro): Mein Gott, ffne mir die Pforten 110
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ALLEIN ZU DIR, HERR JESU CHRIST BWV33 for the 13th Sunday after Trinity
16 I. Coro: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 449
17 II. Recitativo (Basso): Mein Gott und Richter 108
18 III. Aria (Alto): Wie furchtsam wankten 738
19 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Mein Gott, verwirf mich nicht 110
20 V. Aria (Duetto: Tenore, Basso) Gott, der du die Liebe heit 434
21 VI. Choral (Coro): Ehr sei Gott in dem hchsten Thron 119
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
GEIST UND SEELE WIRD VERWIRRET BWV35 for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Prima parte
6 I. Sinfonia 557
7 II. Aria (Alto): Geist und Seele wird verwirret 755
8 III. Recitativo (Alto): Ich wundre mich, denn alles 129
9 IV. Aria (Alto): Gott hat alles wohlgemacht 301
Seconda parte
10 V. Sinfonia 406
11 VI. Recitativo (Alto): Ach, starker Gott, la mich doch 117
12 VII. Aria (Alto): Ich wnsche mir, bei Gott zu leben 328
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SCHWINGT FREUDIG EUCH EMPOR BWV36 for the 1st Sunday of Advent
Prima Parte
13 I. Coro: Schwingt freudig dich empor 410
14 II. Choral (Soprano, Alto): Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 353
15 III. Aria (Tenore): Die liebe zieht mit sanften Schritten 606
16 IV. Choral (Coro): Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara 104
Seconda Parte
17 V. Aria (Basso): Willkommen, werter Schatz 357
18 VI. Choral (Tenore): Der du bist dem Vater gleich 157
19 VII. Aria (Soprano): Auch mit gedmpften 802
20 VIII. Choral (Coro): Lob sei Gott, dem Vater, gton 034
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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WER DA GLUBET UND GETAUFT WIRD BWV37 for Ascension Day
1 I. Coro: Wer da glubet und getauft wird 245
2 II. Aria (Tenore): Der Glaube ist das Pfand der Liebe 510
3 III. Choral (Soprano, Alto): Herr Gott Vater, mein starker Held 256
4 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Ihr Sterblichen, verlanget ihr mit mir 104
5 V. Aria (Basso): Der Glaube schafft der Seele Flgel 302
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Den Glauben mir verleihe 119
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
AUS TIEFER NOT SCHREI ICH ZU DIR BWV38 for the 21th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir 358
8 II. Recitativo (Alto): In Jesu Gnade wird allein 050
9 III. Aria (Tenore): Ich hre mitten in den Leiden 746
10 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Ach! Da mein Glaube 122
11 V. Aria (Soprano, Alto, Basso): Wenn meine Trbsal als mit Ketten 310
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Ob bei uns ist der Snden viel 108
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
BRICH DEM HUNGRIGEN DEIN BROT BWV39 for the 1st Sunday after Trinity
Prima Parte
13 I. Coro: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot 658
14 II. Recitativo (Basso): Der reiche Gott wirft seinen 134
15 III. Aria (Alto): Seinem Schpfer noch auf Erden 408
Seconda Parte
16 IV. Aria (Basso): Wohlzutun und mitzuteilen 254
17 V. Aria (Soprano): Hchster, was ich habe 305
18 VI. Recitativo (Alto): Wie soll ich dir, o Herr 147
19 VII. Choral (Coro): Selig sind, die aus Erbarmen 109
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
DAZU IST ERSCHIENEN DER SOHN GOTTES BWV40 for the 2nd Day of Christmas
20 I. Coro: Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes 416
21 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Das Wort ward Fleisch 110
22 III. Choral (Coro): Die Snd macht Leid 042
23 IV. Aria (Basso): Hllische Schlange 203
24 V. Recitativo (Alto): Die Schlange, so im Paradies 107
25 VI. Choral (Coro): Schttle deinen Kopf und sprich 057
26 VII. Aria (Tenore): Christenkinder, freuet euch 340
27 VIII. Choral (Coro): Jesu, nimm dich deiner Glieder 109
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor (BWV40) Bas Ramselaar bass
CD58
SIE WERDEN EUCH IN DEN BANN TUN BWV44 for Exaudi Sunday
1 I. Aria (Duetto: Tenore, Basso): Sie werden euch in den Bann tun 243
2 II. Coro: Es kmmt aber die Zeit 135
3 III. Aria (Alto): Christen mssen auf der Erden 516
4 IV. Choral (Tenore): Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 127
5 V. Recitativo (Basso): Es sucht der Antichrist 056
6 VI. Aria (Soprano): Es ist und bleibt der Christen Trost 512
7 VII. Choral (Coro): So sei nun, Seele, deine 052
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ES IST DIR GESAGT, MENSCH, WAS GUT IST BWV45 for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Prima parte
8 I. Coro: Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist 524
9 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Der Hchste lt mich 053
10 III. Aria (Tenore): Wei ich Gottes Rechte 333
Seconda parte
11 IV. Arioso (Basso): Es werden viele zu mir sagen 309
12 V. Aria (Alto): Wer Gott bekennt 321
13 VI. Recitativo (Alto): So wird denn Herz und Mund 052
14 VII. Choral (Coro): Gib, da ich tu mit Flei 107
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SCHAUET DOCH UND SEHET OB IRGENDEIN SCHMERZ SEI BWV46 for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
15 I. Coro: Schauet doch und sehet 548
16 II. Recitativo (Tenore): So klage du, zerstrte Gottesstadt 144
17 III. Aria (Basso): Dein Wetter zog sich auf von weiten 358
18 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Doch bildet euch 043
19 V. Aria (Alto): Doch Jesus will auch bei der Strafe 404
20 VI. Choral (Coro): O groer Gott der Treu 121
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WER SICH SELBST ERHHET, DER SOLL ERNIEDRIGET WERDEN BWV47 for the 17th Sunday after Trinity
21 I. Coro: Wer sich selbst erhhet 540
22 II. Aria (Soprano): Wer ein wahrer Christ will heien 921
23 III. Recitativo (Basso): Der Mensch ist Kot, Stank 149
24 IV. Aria (Basso): Jesu beuge doch mein Herze 458
25 V. Choral (Coro): Der zeitlichen Ehrn will ich gern 044
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH GEH UND SUCHE MIT VERLANGEN BWV49 for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
8 I. Sinfonia 644
9 II. Aria (Basso): Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen 537
10 III. Recitativo (Soprano, Basso): Mein Mahl ist zubereit 205
11 IV. Aria (Soprano): Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schn 508
12 V. Recitativo (Soprano, Basso): Mein Glaube hat mich selbst 130
13 VI. Aria (duetto: Soprano, Basso): Dich hab ich je und je geliebet 446
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
FALSCHE WELT, DIR TRAU ICH NICHT BWV52 for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
20 I. Sinfonia 409
21 II. Recitativo (Soprano): Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht 103
22 III. Aria (Soprano): Immerhin, immerhin 312
23 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Gott ist getreu! 110
24 V. Aria (Soprano): Ich halt es mit dem lieben Gott 351
25 IV. Choral (Coro): In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr 050
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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WIDERSTEHE DOCH DER SNDE BWV54 for Oculi Sunday
1 I. Aria (Alto): Widerstehe doch der Snde 806
2 II. Recitativo(Alto): Die Art verruchter Snden 110
3 III. Aria (Alto): Wer Snde tut, der ist vom Teufel 304
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH ARMER MENSCH, ICH SNDENKNECHT BWV55 for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
4 I. Aria (Tenore): Ich armer Mensch, ich Sndenknecht 511
5 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt 126
6 III. Aria (Tenore): Erbarme dich 413
7 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Erbarme dich! Jedoch nun 130
8 V. Choral (Coro): Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen 111
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH WILL DEN KREUZSTAB GERNE TRAGEN BWV56 for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
9 I. Aria (Basso): Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen 644
10 II. Recitativo (Basso): Mein Wandel auf der Welt 155
11 III. Aria (Basso): Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch 726
12 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Ich stehe fertig und bereit 135
13 V. Choral (Coro): Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder 131
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SELIG IST DER MANN BWV57 for the 2nd day of Christmas
14 I. Aria (Basso): Selig ist der Mann 354
15 II. Recitativo (Soprano): Ach! dieser se Trost 125
16 III. Aria (Soprano): Ich wnschte mir den Tod 607
17 IV. Recitativo (Soprano, Basso): Ich reiche dir die Hand 026
18 V. Aria (Basso): Ja, ja, ich kann die Feinde schlagen 640
19 VI. Recitativo (Soprano, Basso): In meiner Scho liegt Ruh 127
20 VII. Aria (Soprano): Ich ende behende 405
21 VIII. Choral (Coro): Richte dich, Liebste 052
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WER MICH LIEBET, DER WIRD MEIN WORT HALTEN BWV59 for the 1st day of Pentecost
22 I. Duetto (Soprano, Basso): Wer mich liebet 310
23 II. Recitativo (Soprano): O, was sind das vor Ehren 149
24 III. Choral (Coro): Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott 128
25 IV. Aria (Basso): Die Welt mit allen Knigreichen 310
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND BWV61 for the 1st Sunday of Advent
11 I. Ouvertre (Coro): Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 301
12 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Der Heiland ist gekommen 133
13 III. Aria (Tenore): Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche 359
14 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tr 046
15 V. Aria (Soprano): ffne dich, mein ganzes Herze 347
16 VI. Choral (Coro): Amen, Amen! 051
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
CHRISTEN, TZET DIESEN TAG BWV63 for the 1st day of Christmas
17 I. Coro: Christen, tzet diesen Tag 514
18 II. Recitativo (Alto): O selger Tag! 258
19 III. Duetto (Soprano, Basso): Gott, du hast es wohl gefget 742
20 IV. Recitativo (Basso): So kehret sich nun heut 051
21 V. Duetto (Alto, Tenore): Ruft und fleht den Himmel an 358
22 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Verdoppelt euch demnach 105
23 VII. Coro: Hchster, schau in Gnaden an 619
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND BWV62 for the 1st Sunday of Advent
1 I. Coro: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 527
2 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Bewundert, o Menschen 651
3 III. Recitativo (Basso): So geht aus Gottes Herrlichkeit 050
4 IV. Aria (Basso): Streite, siege, starker Held 531
5 V. Recitativo (Soprano, Alto): Wir ehren diese Herrlichkeit 047
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Lob sei Gott, dem Vater 039
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SEHET, WELCH EINE LIEBE HAT UNS DER VATER ERZEIGET BWV64 for the 3rd day of Christmas
7 I. Coro: Sehet, welch eine Liebe 244
8 II. Choral (Coro): Das hat er alles uns getan 037
9 III. Recitativo (Alto): Geh, Welt! behalte nur das Deine 043
10 IV. Choral (Coro): Was frag ich nach der Welt 051
11 V. Aria (Soprano): Was die Welt in sich hlt 630
12 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Der Himmel bleibet mir gewi 122
13 VII. Aria (Alto): Von der Welt verlang ich nichts 625
14 VIII. Choral (Coro): Gute Nacht, o Wesen 123
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
ALSO HAT GOTT DIE WELT GELIEBT BWV68 for the 2nd day of Pentecost
7 I. Coro: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt 512
8 II. Aria (Soprano): Mein glubiges Herze 347
9 III. Recitativo (Basso): Ich bin mit Petro nicht vermessen 047
10 IV. Aria (Basso): Du bist geboren mir zugute 409
11 V. Coro: Wer an ihn glubet 255
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
LOBE DEN HERRN, MEINE SEELE BWV69 for the Town Council Inauguration
12 I. Recitativo (Soprano): Wie gro ist Gottes Gte doch 123
13 II. Aria (Alto): Mein Seele, auf, erzhle 559
14 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Der Herr hat groe Ding 218
15 IV. Choral (Coro): Es danke, Gott, und lobe dich 119
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
GOTT IST MEIN KNIG BWV71 for the Town Council Inauguration 1708
16 I. Coro: Gott ist mein Knig 143
17 II. Aria (Soprano, Tenore): Ich bin nun achtzig Jahr 411
18 III. Coro: Dein alter sei wie deine Jugend 203
19 IV. Arioso (Basso): Tag und Nacht ist dein 257
20 V. Aria (Alto): Durch mchtige Kraft 110
21 VI. Coro: Du wollest dem Feinde nicht geben 256
22 VII. Choral (Coro): Das neue Regiment 303
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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WACHET! BETET! BETET! WACHET! BWV70 for the 26th Sunday after Trinity
Prima Parte
1 I. Coro: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! 405
2 II. Recitativo (Basso): Erschrecket, ihr verstockten Snder 114
3 III. Aria (Alto): Wenn kmmt der Tag 401
4 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Auch bei dem himmlischen 044
5 V. Aria (Soprano): Lat der Sptter Zungen schmhen 247
6 VI. Recitativo (Tenore): Jedoch bei dem unartigen 036
7 VII. Choral (Coro): Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele 109
Seconda Parte
8 VIII. Aria (Tenore): Hebt euer Haupt empor 310
9 IX. Recitativo (Basso): Ach, soll nicht dieser groe Tag 151
10 X. Aria (Basso): Seligste Erquickungstag 259
11 XI. Choral (Coro): Nicht nach Welt 055
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ALLES NUR NACH GOTTES WILLEN BWV72 for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
12 I. Coro: Alles nur nach Gottes willen 345
13 II. Recitativo (Alto): O selger Geist 209
14 III. Aria (Alto): Mit allem, was ich hab und bin 418
15 IV. Recitativo (Basso): So glaube nun! 100
16 V. Aria (Soprano): Mein Jesus will es tun 441
17 VI. Choral (Coro): Was mein Gott will, das gescheh 107
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR, WIE DU WILLT, SO SCHICKS MIT MIR BWV73 for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
18 I. Coro, Recitativo (Soprano, Tenore, Basso): Herr, wie du willt 426
19 II. Aria (Tenore): Ach, senke doch den Geist 351
20 III. Recitativo (Basso): Ach, unser Wille bleibt verkehrt 033
21 IV. Aria (Basso): Herr, so du willt 338
22 V. Choral (Coro): Das ist des Vaters Wille 101
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WER MICH LIEBET, DER WIRD MEIN WORT HALTEN BWV74 for the 1st day of Pentecost
23 I. Coro: Wer mich liebet 313
24 II. Aria (Soprano): Komm, komm, mein Herze 251
25 III. Recitativo (Alto): Die Wohnung ist bereit 034
26 IV. Aria (Basso): Ich gehe hin 332
27 V. Aria (Tenore): Kommt, eilet, stimmet 525
28 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Es ist nichts Verdammliches 032
29 VII. Aria (Alto): Nichts kann mich erretten 555
30 VIII. Choral (Coro): Kein Menschenkind hier auf der Erd 050
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JESU, DER DU MEINE SEELE BWV78 for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Coro: Jesu, der du meine Seele 511
2 II. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Wir eilen mit schwachen 501
3 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach! ich bin ein Kind der Snden 210
4 IV. Aria (Tenore): Das Blut, so meine Schuld 323
5 V. Recitativo (Basso): Die Wunden, Ngel, Kron und Grab 229
6 VI. Aria (Basso): Nun, du wirst mein Gewissen stillen 309
7 VII. Choral (Coro): Herr, ich glaube, hilf mir Schwachen 107
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
GOTT, DER HERR, IST SONN UND SCHILD BWV79 for the Feast of the Reformation
8 I. Coro: Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild 455
9 II. Aria (Alto): Gott ist unsre Sonn und Schild 334
10 III. Choral (Coro): Nun danket alle Gott 202
11 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Gottlob, wir wissen 103
12 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Basso): Gott, ach Gott 304
13 VI. Choral (Coro): Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit 039
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
EIN FESTE BURG IST UNSER GOTT BWV80 for the Feast of the Reformation
14 I. Coro: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott 516
15 II Aria (Soprano, Basso): Mit unser Macht 356
16 III Recitativo (Basso): Erwge doch, Kind Gottes 156
17 IV Aria (Soprano): Komm in mein Herzenshaus 316
18 V Choral (Coro): Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wr 347
19 VI Recitativo (Tenore): So stehe denn bei Christi 124
20 VII Duetto (Alto, Tenore): Wie selig sind doch die 401
21 VIII Choral (Coro): Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn 109
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
JESUS SCHLFT, WAS SOLL ICH HOFFEN BWV81 for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany
22 I. Aria (Alto): Jesus schlft, was soll ich hoffen? 430
23 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Herr! warum trittest du so ferne? 111
24 III. Aria (Tenore): Die schumenden Wellen 304
25 IV. Arioso (Basso): Ihr Kleinglubigen, warum seid ihr 057
26 V. Aria (Basso): Schweig, aufgetrmtes Meer! 553
27 VI. Recitativo (Alto): Wohl mir, mein Jesus 026
28 VII. Choral (Coro): Unter deinen Schirmen 113
Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
Total time 7959
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WAHRLICH,WAHRLICH, ICH SAGE EUCH BWV86 for Rogation Sunday
1 I. Aria (Basso): Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch 238
2 II. Aria (Alto): Ich will doch wohl Rosen brechen 540
3 III. Choral (Soprano): Und was der ewig gtige Gott 145
4 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Gott macht es nicht 032
5 V. Aria (Tenore): Gott hilft gewi 227
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Die Hoffnung wart 113
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
BISHER HABT IHR NICHTS GEBETEN IN MEINEM NAMEN BWV87 for Rogate Sunday
7 I. Aria (Basso): Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten 144
8 II. Recitativo (Alto): O Wort, das Geist und Seel 036
9 III. Aria (Alto): Vergib, o Vater, unsre Schuld 836
10 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Wenn unsre Schuld 056
11 V. Aria (Basso): In der Welt habt ihr Angst 200
12 VI. Aria (Tenore): Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen 443
13 VII. Choral (Coro): Mu ich sein betrbet? 136
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SIEHE, ICH WILL VIEL FISCHER AUSSENDEN BWV88 for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
Prima Parte
14 I. Aria (Basso): Siehe, ich will viel Fischer 606
15 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Wie leichtlich knnte doch 052
16 III. Aria (Tenore): Nein, Gott ist allezeit geflissen 343
Seconda Parte
17 IV. Recitativo, Aria (Tenore, Basso): Jesus sprach zu Simon 205
18 V. Duetto (Soprano, Alto): Beruft Gott selbst, so mu der Segen 400
19 VI. Recitativo (Soprano): Was kann dich denn 124
20 VII. Choral (Coro): Sing, bet und get 103
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WAS SOLL ICH AUS DIR MACHEN, EPHRAIM? BWV89 for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
21 I. Aria (Basso): Was soll ich aus dir machen 331
22 II. Recitativo (Alto): Ja, freilich sollte Gott 054
23 III. Aria (Alto): Ein unbarmherziges Gerichte 237
24 IIV. Recitativo (Soprano): Wohlan! mein Herze legt Zorn 104
25 V. Aria (Soprano): Gerechter Gott 230
26 VI. Choral (Coro): Mir mangelt zwar sehr viel 055
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
ES REIET EUCH EIN SCHRECKLICH ENDE BWV90 for the 25th Sunday after Trinity
27 I. Aria (Tenore): Es reiet euch ein schrecklich Ende 533
28 II. Recitativo (Alto): Des Hchsten Gte wird von Tag 133
29 III. Aria (Basso): So lschet im Eifer 344
30 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Doch Gottes Auge sieht 043
31 V. Choral (Coro): Leit uns mit deiner rechten Hand 059
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
Total time 7801
ICH HAB IN GOTTES HERZ UND SINN BWV92 for Septuagesimae Sunday
7 I. Coro: Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn 607
8 II. Recitativo Choral (Basso): Es kann mir fehlen nimmermehr 344
9 III. Aria (Tenore): Seht, seht! wie reit, wie bricht 306
10 IV. Choral (Alto): Zudem ist Weisheit und Verstand 327
11 V. Recitativo (Tenore): Wir wollen nun nicht lnger zagen 116
12 VI. Aria (Basso): Das Brausen von den rauhen Winden 431
13 VII. Choral Recitativo (Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso): Ei nun, mein Gott, so fall ich dir 229
14 VIII. Aria (Soprano): Meinem Hirten bleib ich treu 306
15 IX. Choral (Coro): Soll ich denn auch des Todes Weg 121
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WER NUN DEN LIEBEN GOTT LT WALTEN BWV93 for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
16 I. Coro: Wer nun den lieben Gott lt walten 526
17 II. Recitativo, Choral (Basso): Was helfen uns die schweren Sorgen 149
18 III. Aria (Tenore): Man halte nur ein wenig stille 241
19 IV. Aria, Choral (Soprano, Alto): Er kennt die rechten Freudenstunden 239
20 V. Recitativo, Choral (Tenore): Denk nicht in deiner Drangsalshitze 216
21 VI. Aria (Soprano): Ich will auf den Herren schaun 229
22 VII. Choral (Coro): Sing, bet und geh auf Gottes Wegen 055
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WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT BWV94 for the 9th Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Coro: Was frag ich nach der Welt 241
2 II. Aria (Basso): Die Welt ist wie ein Rauch 241
3 III. Recitativo, Choral (Tenore): Die Welt sucht Ehr und Ruhm 337
4 IV. Aria (Alto): Betrte Welt, betrte Welt! 436
5 V. Recitativo, Choral (Basso): Die Welt bekmmert sich 213
6 VI. Aria (Tenore): Die Welt kann ihre Lust und Freud 531
7 VII. Aria (Soprano): Es halt es mit der blinden Welt 403
8 VIII. Choral (Coro): Was frag ich nach der Welt 202
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN BWV95 for the 16th Sunday after Trinity
9 I. Coro (Recitativo: Tenore): Christus, der ist mein Leben 424
10 II. Recitativo (Soprano): Nun, falsche Welt 051
11 III. Choral (Soprano): Valet will ich dir geben 148
12 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach, knnte mir doch bald 038
13 V. Aria (Tenore): Ach, schlage doch bald 716
14 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Denn ich wei dies 123
15 VII. Choral (Coro): Weil du vom Tod erstanden bist 104
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR CHRIST, DER EINGE GOTTESSOHN BWV96 for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
16 I. Coro: Herr Christ der einge Gottessohn 537
17 II. Recitativo (Alto): O Wunderkraft der Liebe 117
18 III. Aria (Tenore): Ach, ziehe die Seele 722
19 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Ach, fhre mich, o Gott 049
20 V. Aria (Basso): Bald zur Rechten, bald zur Linken 229
21 VI. Choral (Coro): Ertt uns durch dein Gte 051
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WAS GOTT TUT, DAS IST WOHLGETAN BWV98 for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
22 I. Coro: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan 428
23 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach Gott! wenn wirst du mich 103
24 III. Aria (Soprano): Hrt, ihr Augen, auf zu weinen 349
25 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Gott hat ein Herz 106
26 V. Aria (Basso): Meinen Jesum la ich nicht 432
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WAS GOTT TUT, DAS IST WOHLGETAN BWV99 for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
10 I. Coro: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan 503
11 II. Recitativo (Basso): Sein Wort der Wahrheit stehet fest 114
12 III. Aria (Tenore): Erschttre dich nur nicht 522
13 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Nun, der von Ewigkeit 113
14 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Wenn des Kreuzes Bitterkeiten 320
15 VI. Choral (Coro): Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan 058
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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NIMM VON UNS, HERR, DU TREUER GOTT BWV101 for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Coro: Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott 556
2 II. Aria (Tenore): Handle nicht nach deinen Rechten 328
3 III. Recitativo, Choral (Soprano): Ach! Herr Gott 230
4 IV. Aria (Basso): Warum willst du so zornig sein 420
5 V. Recitativo, Choral (Tenore): Die Snd hat uns verderbet sehr 215
6 VI. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Gedenk an Jesu bittern Tod 606
7 VII. Choral (Coro): Leit uns mit deiner rechten Hand 058
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR, DEINE AUGEN SEHEN NACH DEM GLAUBEN BWV102 for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Prima parte
8 I. Coro: Herr, deine Augen 622
9 II. Recitativo (Basso): Wo ist das Ebenbild 104
10 III. Aria (Alto): Weh der Seele 433
11 IV. Arioso (Basso): Verachtest du den Reichtum 326
Seconda parte
12 V. Aria (Tenore): Erschrecke doch 441
13 VI. Recitativo (Alto): Beim Warten ist Gefahr 109
14 VII. Choral (Coro): Heut lebst du, heut bekehre dich 146
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR, GEHE NICHT INS GERICHT BWV105 for the 9th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht 559
8 II. Recitativo (Alto): Mein Gott, verwirf mich nicht 058
9 III. Aria (Soprano): Wir zittern und wanken 558
10 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Wohl aber dem 142
11 V. Aria (Tenore): Kann ich nur Jesum 612
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Nun, ich wei, du wirst mir stillen 153
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor (BWV105) Bas Ramselaar bass
GOTTES ZEIT IST DIE ALLERBESTE ZEIT (ACTUS TRAGICUS) BWV106 occasion unspecified
13 I. Sonatina 243
14 II. a Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - b Arioso (Tenore): Ach Herr, lehre uns -
c Arioso (Basso): Bestelle dein Haus - d Arioso (Soprano): Es ist der alte Bund 916
15 III. Aria (Alto): In deine Hnde Arioso, Choral (Alto, Basso): Heute wirst du mit mir 639
16 IV. Coro: Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit 250
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WAS WILLST DU DICH BETRBEN BWV107 for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
17 I. Coro: Was willst du dich betrben 359
18 II. Recitativo (Basso): Denn Gott verlsset keinen 104
19 III. Aria (Basso): Auf ihn magst du es wagen 301
20 IV. Aria (Tenore): Wenn auch gleich aus der Hllen 302
21 V. Aria (Soprano): Er richts zu seinen Ehren 234
22 VI. Aria (Tenore): Drum ich mich ihm ergebe 233
23 VII. Choral (Coro): Herr, gib, da ich dein Ehre 157
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor (BWV107) Bas Ramselaar bass
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ES IST EUCH GUT, DA ICH HINGEHE BWV108 for Cantata Sunday
1 I. Aria (Basso): Es ist euch gut, da ich hingehe 351
2 II. Aria (Tenore): Mich kann kein Zweifel stren 340
3 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Dein Geist wird mich also regieren 035
4 IV. Coro: Wenn aber jener 235
5 V. Aria (Alto): Was mein Herz von dir begehrt 334
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Dein Geist, den Gott 102
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH GLAUBE, LIEBER HERR, HILF MEINEM UNGLAUBEN! BWV109 for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Ich glaube, lieber Herr 619
8 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Des Herren Hand ist ja 122
9 III. Aria (Tenore): Wie zweifelhaftig 615
10 IV. Recitativo (Alto): O fasse dich 041
11 V. Aria (Alto): Der Heiland kennet ja die Seinen 531
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Wer hofft in Gott 347
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
UNSER MUND SEI VOLL LACHENS BWV110 for the 1st day of Christmas
13 I. Coro (Solo: Soprano,Tenore, Alto, Basso): Unser Mund sei voll Lachens 635
14 II. Aria (Tenore): Ihr Gedanken und ihr Sinnen 439
15 III. Recitativo (Basso): Dir, Herr, ist niemand gleich 031
16 IV. Aria (Alto): Ach Herr, was ist ein Menschenkind 411
17 V. Duetto (Soprano, Tenore): Ehre sei Gott in der Hhe 402
18 VI. Aria (Basso): Wacht auf! ihr Adern und ihr Glieder 406
19 VII. Choral (Coro): Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott 038
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
DER HERR IST MEIN GETREUER HIRT BWV112 for Misericordias Domini Sunday
20 I. Coro: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt 256
21 II. Aria (Alto): Zum reinen Wasser er mich weist 406
22 III. Recitativo (Basso): Und ob ich wandelt im finstern Tal 143
23 IV. Duetto (Soprano, Tenore): Du bereitest fr einen Tisch 357
24 V. Choral (Coro): Gutes und die Barmherzigkeit 055
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR JESU CHRIST, DU HCHSTES GUT BWV113 for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Herr Jesu Christ, du hchstes Gut 339
8 II. Choral (Alto): Erbarm dich mein in solcher Last 418
9 III. Aria (Basso): Frwahr, wenn mir das kmmet ein 329
10 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Jedoch dein heilsam Wort 223
11 V. Aria (Tenore): Jesus nimmt die Snder an 532
12 VI. Recitativo (Tenore): Der Heiland nimmt die Snder an 200
13 VII. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Ach Herr, mein Gott 225
14 VIII. Choral (Coro): Strk mich mit deinem Freudengeist 115
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ACH, LIEBEN CHRISTEN, SEID GETROST BWV114 for the 17th Sunday after Trinity
15 I. Coro: Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost 414
16 II. Aria (Tenore): Wo wird in diesem Jammertale 906
17 III. Recitativo (Basso): O Snder, trage mit Geduld 151
18 IV. Choral (Soprano): Kein Frucht das Weizenkrnlein 207
19 V. Aria (Alto): Du machst, o Tod 508
20 VI. Recitativo (Tenore): Indes bedenke deine Seele 045
21 VII. Choral (Coro): Wir wachen oder schlafen ein 104
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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MACHE DICH, MEIN GEIST, BEREIT BWV115 for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Coro: Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit 412
2 II. Aria (Alto): Ach, schlfrige Seele, wie? 819
3 III. Recitativo (Basso): Gott, so vor deine Seele wacht 115
4 IV. Aria (Soprano): Bete aber auch dabei 514
5 V. Recitativo (Tenore): Er sehnet sich nach unserm Schreien 052
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Drum so lat uns immerdar 052
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
DU FRIEDEFRST, HERR JESU CHRIST BWV116 for the 25th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Du Friedefrst, Herr Jesu Christ 439
8 II. Aria (Alto): Ach, unaussprechlich ist die Not 306
9 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Gedenke doch, o Jesu 048
10 IV. Aria (Terzetto: Soprano, Tenore, Basso): Ach, wir bekennen unsre Schuld 517
11 V. Recitativo (Alto): Ach, la uns durch die scharfen Ruten 102
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Erleucht auch unser Sinn und Herz 100
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SEI LOB UND EHR DEM HCHSTEN GUT BWV117 occasion unspecified
13 I. Coro: Sei Lob und Ehr dem hchsten Gut 427
14 II. Recitativo (Basso): Es danken dir die Himmelsheer 109
15 III. Aria (Tenore): Was unser Gott geschaffen hat 304
16 IV. Choral (Coro): Ich rief dem Herrn in meiner Not 059
17 V. Recitativo (Alto): Der Herr ist noch und nimmer nicht 116
18 VI. Aria (Basso): Wenn Trost und Hlf ermangeln mu 359
19 VII. Aria (Alto): Ich will dich all mein Leben lang 301
20 VIII. Recitativo (Tenore): Ihr, die ihr Christi Namen nennt 047
21 IX. Choral (Coro): So kommet vor sein Angesicht 101
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
GOTT, MAN LOBET DICH IN DER STILLE BWV120 for the Leipzig town council inauguration 17289
22 I. Aria (Alto): Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille 554
23 II. Coro: Jauchzet, ihr erfreuten Stimmen 627
24 III. Recitativo (Basso): Auf, du geliebte Lindenstadt 115
25 IV. Aria (Soprano): Heil und Segen soll und mu 525
26 V. Recitativo (Tenore): Nun, Herr, so weihe selbst 042
27 VI. Choral (Coro): Nun hilf uns, Herr, den Dienern dein 100
Ruth Holton soprano Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
CHRISTUM WIR SOLLEN LOBEN SCHON BWV121 for the 2nd day of Christmas
10 I. Coro: Christum wir sollen loben schon 306
11 II. Aria (Tenore): O du von Gott erhhte Kreatur 429
12 III. Recitativo (Alto): Der Gnade unermelichs Wesen 112
13 IV. Aria (Basso): Johannis freudenvolles Springen 819
14 V. Recitativo (Soprano): Doch wie erblickt es dich 057
15 VI. Choral (Coro): Lob, Ehr und Dank sei dir gesagt 059
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
LIEBSTER IMMANUEL, HERZOG DER FROMMEN BWV123 for the Feast of Epiphany
22 I. Coro: Liebster Immanuel 543
23 II. Recitativo (Alto): Die Himmelssigkeit 049
24 III. Aria (Tenore): Auch die harte Kreuzesreise 553
25 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Kein Hllenfeind kann mich 045
26 V. Aria (Basso): La, o Welt, mich aus Verachtung 657
27 VI. Choral (Coro): Drum fahrt nur immer hin 133
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MEINEN JESUM LA ICH NICHT BWV124 for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany
1 I. Coro: Meinen Jesum la ich nicht 344
2 II. Recitativo (Tenor): Solange sich 048
3 III. Aria (Tenore): Und wenn der harte Todesschlag 328
4 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Doch ach! 105
5 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Entziehe dich eilends 423
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Jesum la ich nicht von mir 102
Ruth Holton soprano (BWV127, 95, 124) Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
MIT FRIED UND FREUD ICH FAHR DAHIN BWV125 for the Feast of the Purification
7 I. Coro: Mit Fried und Freud 521
8 II. Aria (Alto): Ich will auch mit 744
9 III. Recitativo (Basso): O Wunder, da ein Herz 215
10 IV. Aria (Duetto: Tenore, Basso): Ein unbegreiflich Licht 510
11 V. Recitativo (Alto): O unerschpfter Schatz der Gte 044
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Er ist das Heil und selig Licht 047
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ERHALT UNS, HERR, BEI DEINEM WORT BWV126 for Sexagesimae Sunday
13 I. Coro: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort 256
14 II. Aria (Tenore): Sende deine Macht von oben 401
15 III. Recitativo (Alto, Tenore): Der Menschen Gunst und Macht 215
16 IV. Aria (Basso): Strze zu Boden 529
17 V. Recitativo (Tenore): So wird dein Wort 053
18 VI. Choral (Coro): Verleih uns Frieden gndiglich 152
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR JESU CHRIST, WAHR MENSCH UND GOTT BWV127 for Estomihi Sunday
19 I. Coro: Herr Jesu Christ 522
20 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Wenn alles sich zur letzten Zeit 126
21 III. Aria (Soprano): Die Seele ruht in Jesu Hnden 659
22 IV. Recitativo Aria (Basso): Wenn einstens die Posaunen schallen 416
23 V. Choral (Coro): Ach Herr, vergib all unsre Schuld 047
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GELOBET SEI DER HERR, MEIN GOTT BWV129 for the Feast of Trinity
6 I. Coro: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott 425
7 II. Aria (Basso): Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott 401
8 III. Aria (Soprano): Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott 432
9 IV. Aria (Alto): Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott 502
10 V. Choral (Coro): Dem wir das Heilig itzt mit Freuden 141
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERR GOTT, DICH LOBEN ALLE WIR BWV130 for the Feast of St Michael
11 I. Coro: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir 318
12 II. Recitativo (Alto): Ihr heller Glanz 101
13 III. Aria (Basso): Der alte Drache brennt vor Neid 435
14 IV. Recitativo (Soprano, Tenore): Wohl aber uns 117
15 V. Aria (Tenore): La, o Frst der Cherubinen 443
16 VI. Choral (Coro): Darum wir billig loben dich 128
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
AUS DER TIEFEN RUFE ICH, HERR, ZU DIR BWV131 Penitential Service
17 I. Coro: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich 435
18 II. Duetto (Soprano, Basso): So du willst, Herr 421
19 III. Coro: Ich harre des Herrn 314
20 IV. Aria (Tenore, Alto): Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn 709
21 V. Coro: Israel, hoffe auf den Herrn 409
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BEREITET DIE WEGE, BEREITET DIE BAHN BWV132 for the 4th Sunday of Advent
1 I. Aria (Soprano): Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn 541
2 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Willst du dich Gottes Kind 222
3 III. Aria (Basso): Wer bist du? frage dein Gewissen 234
4 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Ich will, mein Gott 156
5 V. Aria (Alto): Christi Glieder, ach bedenket 336
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Ertt uns durch dein Gte 056
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH FREUE MICH IN DIR BWV133 for the 3rd day of Christmas
7 I. Coro: Ich freue mich in dir 419
8 II. Aria (Alto): Getrost! es fat ein heilger Leib 416
9 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Ein Adam mag sich voller Schrecken 056
10 IV. Aria (Soprano): Wie lieblich klingt es in den Ohren 742
11 V. Recitativo (Basso): Wohlan, des Todes Furcht 100
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Wohlan, so will ich mich 105
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
EIN HERZ, DAS SEINEN JESUM LEBEND WEI BWV134 for the 3rd day of Easter
13 I. Recitativo (Alto, Tenore): Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum 040
14 II. Aria (Tenore): Auf, Glubige, singet 627
15 III. Recitativo (Alto, Tenore): Wohl dir, Gott hat an dich gedacht 219
16 IV. Aria (Duetto: Alto, Tenore): Wir danken, wir preisen 829
17 V. Recitativo (Alto, Tenore): Doch wirke selbst den Dank 152
18 VI. Coro: Erschallet, ihr Himmel 744
Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ACH HERR, MICH ARMEN SNDER BWV135 for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity
19 I. Coro: Ach Herr, mich armen Snder 510
20 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach heile mich, du Arzt der Seelen 111
21 III. Aria (Tenore): Trste mir, Jesu, mein Gemte 327
22 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Ich bin von Seufzen mde 057
23 V. Aria (Basso): Weicht, all ihr beltter 313
24 VI. Choral (Coro): Ehr sei ins Himmels Throne 104
Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
LOBE DEN HERREN, DEN MCHTIGEN KNIG DER EHREN BWV137 for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Lobe den Herren 326
8 II. Aria (Alto): Lobe den Herren, der alles 342
9 III. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Basso): Lobe den Herren, der knstlich 341
10 IV. Aria (Tenore): Lobe den Herren, der deinen 304
11 V. Choral (Coro): Lobe den Herren 053
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WARUM BETRBST DU DICH, MEIN HERZ? BWV138 for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
12 I. Coro: Recitativo (Alto): Warum betrbst du dich, mein Herz? 443
13 II. Recitativo (Basso): Ich bin veracht 059
14 III. Coro: Recitativo (Soprano, Alto): Er kann und will dich lassen nicht 343
15 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach ser Trost! 101
16 V. Aria (Basso): Auf Gott steht meine Zuversicht 502
17 VI. Recitativo (Alto): Ei nun! so will ich auch 025
18 VII. Choral (Coro): Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist 212
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WACHET AUF, RUFT UNS DIE STIMME BWV140 for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
19 I. Coro: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 715
20 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Er kommt, der Brutgam kommt 103
21 III. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Basso): Wann kmmst du, mein Heil? 604
22 IV. Choral (Tenore): Zion hrt die Wchter singen 418
23 V. Recitativo (Basso): So geh herein zu mir 124
24 VI. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Basso): Mein Freund ist mein! 555
25 VII. Choral (Coro): Gloria sei dir gesungen 131
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WOHL DEM, DER SICH AUF SEINEN GOTT BWV139 for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Coro: Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott 428
2 II. Aria (Tenore): Gott ist mein Freund 614
3 III. Recitativo (Alto): Der Heiland sendet ja die Seinen 036
4 IV. Aria (Basso): Das Unglck schlgt auf allen Seiten 522
5 V. Recitativo (Soprano): Ja, trag ich gleich den grten Feind 050
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Dahero trotz der Hllen Heer 054
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
LOBE DEN HERRN, MEINE SEELE BWV143 for New Years Day
7 I. Coro: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele 115
8 II. Choral (Soprano): Du Friedefrst, Herr Jesu Christ 213
9 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Wohl dem, des Hilfe der Gott 023
10 IV. Aria (Tenore): Tausenfaches Unglck 335
11 V. Aria (Basso): Der Herr ist Knig ewiglich 147
12 VI. Aria (Tenore): Jesu, Retter deiner Herde 220
13 VII. Coro: Halleluja 228
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH LEBE, MEIN HERZE, ZU DEINEM ERGTZEN BWV145 for the 3rd Sunday of Easter
14 I. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Tenore): Ich lebe, mein Herze 330
15 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Nun fordre, Moses, wie du willt 059
16 III. Aria (Basso): Merke, mein Herze 332
17 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Mein Jesus lebt! 049
18 V. Choral (Coro): Drum wir auch billig frhlich sein 040
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
WIR MSSEN DURCH VIEL TRBSAL IN DAS REICH GOTTES EINGEHEN BWV146 for Jubilate Sunday
19 I. Sinfonia 800
20 II. Coro: Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal 526
21 III. Aria (Alto): Ich will nach dem Himmel zu 748
22 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Ach! wer doch schon 145
23 V. Aria (Soprano): Ich se meine Zhren 613
24 VI. Recitativo (Tenore): Ich bin bereit 119
25 VII. Duetto (Tenore, Basso): Wie will ich mich freuen 617
26 VIII. Choral (Coro): Denn wer selig dahin fhret 052
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
HERZ UND MUND UND TAT UND LEBEN BWV147 for the Feast of Visitation
Prima Parte
7 I. Coro: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben 429
8 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Gebenedeiter Mund! 154
9 III. Aria (Alto): Schme dich, o Seele, nicht 325
10 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Verstockung kann Gewaltige 140
11 V. Aria (Soprano): Bereite dir, Jesu 437
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Wohl mir, da ich Jesum habe 256
Seconda Parte
13 VII. Aria (Tenore): Hilf, Jesu, hilf 323
14 VIII. Recitativo (Alto): Der hchsten Allmacht 205
15 IX. Aria (Basso): Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen 258
16 X. Choral (Coro): Jesu bleibet meine Freude 311
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
BRINGET DEM HERRN EHRE SEINES NAMENS BWV148 for the 17th Sunday after Trinity
17 I. Concerto: Bringet dem Herrn Ehre 347
18 II. Aria (Tenore): Ich eile, die Lehren des Lebens 456
19 III. Recitativo (Alto): So wie der Hirsch 120
20 IV. Aria (Alto): Mund und Herze steht dir offen 457
21 V. Recitativo (Tenore): Bleib auch, mein Gott, in mir 043
22 VI. Choral (Coro): Amen zu aller Stund 056
Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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MAN SINGET MIT FREUDEN VOM SIEG BWV149 for the feast of St Michael
1 I. Coro: Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg 406
2 II. Aria (Basso): Kraft und Strke sei gesungen 247
3 III. Recitativo (Alto): Ich frchte mich 046
4 IV. Aria (Soprano): Gottes Engel weichen nie 517
5 V. Recitativo (Tenore): Ich danke dir, mein lieber Gott 037
6 VI. Aria (Duetto: Alto, Tenore): Seid Wachsam, ihr heiligen Wchter 335
7 VII. Choral (Coro): Ach Herr, la dein lieb Engelein 136
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SER TROST, MEIN JESUS KMMT BWV151 for the 3rd Sunday of Christmas
8 I. Aria (Soprano): Ser Trost, mein Jesus kmmt 822
9 II. Recitativo (Basso): Erfreue dich, mein Herz 109
10 III. Aria (Alto): In Jesu Demut kann ich Trost 520
11 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Du teurer Gottessohn 050
12 V. Choral (Coro): Heut schleut er wieder auf die Tr 038
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
TRITT AUF DIE GLAUBENSBAHN BWV152 for the Sunday after Christmas
13 I. Concerto 322
14 II. Aria (Basso): Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn 254
15 III. Recitativo (Basso): Der Heiland ist gesetzt 205
16 IV. Aria (Soprano): Stein, der ber alle Schtze 415
17 V. Recitativo (Basso): Es rgre sich die kluge Welt 129
18 VI. Duetto (Soprano, Basso): Wie soll ich dich 414
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
SCHAU, LIEBER GOTT, WIE MEINE FEIND BWV153 for the Sunday after New Year
19 I. Choral (Coro): Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind 054
20 II. Recitativo (Alto): Mein liebster Gott 036
21 III. Aria (Basso): Frchte dich nicht, ich bin mit dir 150
22 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Du sprichts zwar, lieber Gott 126
23 V. Choral (Coro): Und ob gleich alle Teufel 103
24 VI. Aria (Tenore): Strmt nur, strmt 237
25 VII. Recitativo (Basso): Getrost! mein Herz 138
26 VIII. Aria (Alto): Soll ich meinen Lebenslauf 242
27 IX. Choral (Coro): Drum will ich, weil ich lebe noch 117
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
MEIN GOTT, WIE LANG, ACH LANGE BWV155 for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
9 I. Recitativo (Soprano): Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? 149
10 II. Aria (Duetto: Alto, Tenore): Du mut glauben, du mut hoffen 520
11 III. Recitativo (Basso): So sei, o Seele, sei zufrieden 209
12 IV. Aria (Soprano): Wirf, mein Herze, wirf dich noch 210
13 V. Choral (Coro): Ob sichs anlie, als wollt er nicht 056
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH STEH MIT EINEM FU IM GRABE BWV156 for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
14 I. Sinfonia 234
15 II. Aria, Choral (Soprano, Tenore): Ich steh mit einem Fu im Grabe 557
16 III. Recitativo (Basso): Mein Angst und Not 129
17 IV. Aria (Alto): Herr, was du willt 354
18 V. Recitativo (Basso): Und willst du 059
19 VI. Choral (Coro): Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir 107
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH LASSE DICH NICHT, DU SEGNEST MICH DENN BWV157 for the Feast of the Purification
20 I. Duetto (Tenore, Basso): Ich lasse dich nicht 409
21 II. Aria (Tenore): Ich halte meinen Jesum feste 658
22 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Mein lieber Jesu du 125
23 IV. Aria (Basso): Ja, ja, ich halte Jesum feste 558
24 V. Choral (Coro): Meinen Jesum la ich nicht 057
Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SEHET, WIR GEHN HINAUF GEN JERUSALEM BWV159 for Estomihi Sunday
25 I. Arioso Recitativo (Basso, Alto): Sehet! Komm, schaue doch 304
26 II. Aria Choral (Alto, Soprano): Ich folge dir nach 407
27 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Nun will ich mich, mein Jesu 056
28 IV. Aria (Basso): Es ist vollbracht 434
29 V. Choral (Coro): Jesu, deine Passion 114
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DER FRIEDE SEI MIT DIR BWV158 for the Feast of the Purification
1 I. Recitativo (Basso): Der Friede sei mit dir 134
2 II. Aria Choral (Soprano, Basso): Welt ade! ich bin dein mde 626
3 III. Recitativo (Basso): Nun Herr, regiere meinen Sinn 123
4 IV. Choral (Coro): Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm 117
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ACH, ICH SEHE, ITZT, DA ICH ZUR HOCHZEIT GEHE BWV162 for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
11 I. Aria (Basso): Ach, ich sehe 409
12 II. Recitativo (Tenore): O groes Hochzeitfest 144
13 III. Aria (Soprano): Jesu, Brunnquell aller Gnaden 358
14 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Mein Jesu, la mich nicht 140
15 V. Aria (Duetto: Alto, Tenore): In meinem Gott bin ich erfreut 422
16 VI. Choral (Coro): Ach, ich habe schon erblicket 056
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
NUR JEDEM DAS SEINE BWV163 for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
17 I. Aria (Tenore): Nur jedem das Seine 351
18 II. Recitativo (Basso): Du bist, mein Gott 132
19 III. Aria (Basso): La mein Herz die Mnze sein 327
20 IV. Recitativo (Soprano, Alto): Ich wollte dir, o Gott 232
21 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Nimm mich mir 314
22 VI. Choral (Coro): Fhr auch mein Herz 058
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
IHR, DIE IHR EUCH VON CHRISTO NENNET BWV164 for the 13th Sunday after Trinity
23 I. Aria (Tenore): Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet 425
24 II. Recitativo (Basso): Wir hren zwar 152
25 III. Aria (Alto): Nur durch Lieb und durch Erbarmen 349
26 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach, schmelze doch 118
27 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Basso): Hnden, die sich nicht verschlieen 343
28 VI. Choral (Coro): Ertt uns durch dein Gte 058
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
IHR MENSCHEN, RHMET GOTTES LIEBE BWV167 for the feast of John the Baptist
13 I. Aria (Tenore): Ihr Menschen, rhmet 449
14 II. Recitativo (Alto): Gelobet sei der Herr Gott Israel 213
15 III. Duetto (Soprano, Alto): Gottes Wort, das trget nicht 733
16 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Des Weibes Samen kam 114
17 V. Choral (Coro): Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren 223
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
GOTT SOLL ALLEIN MEIN HERZE HABEN BWV169 for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
18 I. Sinfonia 736
19 II. Arioso, Recitativo (Alto): Gott soll allein mein Herze haben 221
20 III. Aria (Alto): Gott soll allein mein Herze haben 638
21 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Was ist die Liebe Gottes? 046
22 V. Aria (Alto): Stirb in mir 437
23 VI. Recitativo (Alto): Doch meint es auch 025
24 VII. Choral (Coro): Du se Liebe 107
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TUE RECHNUNG! DONNERWORT BWV168 for the 9th Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Aria (Basso): Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort 324
2 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Es ist nur fremdes Gut 144
3 III. Aria (Tenore): Kapital und Interessen 308
4 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Jedoch, erschrocknes Herz 153
5 V. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): Herz, zerrei des Mammons Kette 241
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Strk mich mit deinem Freudengeist 059
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
VERGNGTE RUH, BELIEBTE SEELENLUST BWV170 for the 6th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Aria (Alto): Vergngte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust 536
8 II. Recitativo (Alto): Die Welt, das Sndenhaus 121
9 III. Aria (Alto): Wie jammern mich 717
10 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Wer sollte sich demnach 118
11 V. Aria (Alto): Mir ekelt mehr zu leben 612
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
GOTT, WIE DEIN NAME, SO IST AUCH DEIN RUHM BWV171 for New Year
12 I. Coro: Gott wie dein Name 201
13 II. Aria (Tenore): Herr, soweit die Wolken gehen 350
14 III. Recitativo (Alto): Du ser Jesus Name du 107
15 IV. Aria (Soprano): Jesus soll mein erstes Wort 524
16 V. Recitativo (Basso): Und da du, Herr, gesagt 153
17 VI. Choral (Coro): Dein ist allein die Ehre 154
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Marcel Beekman tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ICH LIEBE DEN HCHSTEN VON GANZEM GEMTE BWV174 for the 2nd day of Whitsun
7 I. Sinfonia (Concerto) 549
8 I. Aria (Alto): Ich liebe den Hchsten 817
9 III. Recitativo (Tenore): O Liebe, welcher keine gleich! 116
10 IV. Aria (Basso): Greifet zu, fat das Heil 429
11 V. Choral (Coro): Herzlich lieb hab ich dich 137
Sytse Buwalda alto Nico van der Meel tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ER RUFET SEINEN SCHAFEN MIT NAMEN BWV175 for the 3rd day of Whitsun
12 I. Recitativo (Tenore): Er rufet seinen Schafen 029
13 II. Aria (Alto): Komm, leite mich 445
14 III. Recitativo (Tenore): Wo find ich dich? 030
15 IV. Aria (Tenore): Es dnket mich 319
16 V. Recitativo (Alto, Basso): Sie vernahmen aber nicht 108
17 VI. Aria (Basso): ffnet euch, ihr beiden Ohren 425
18 VII. Choral (Coro): Nun, werter Geist, ich folg dir 125
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ICH RUF ZU DIR, HERR JESU CHRIST BWV177 for the 4th Sunday after Trinity
19 I. Coro: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 745
20 II. Aria (Alto): Ich bitt noch mehr 526
21 III. Aria (Soprano): Verleih, da ich aus Herzensgrund 546
22 IV. Aria (Tenore): La mich kein Lust noch Furcht 436
23 V. Choral (Coro): Ich lieg im Streit und widerstreb 121
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ES IST EIN TROTZIG UND VERZAGT DING BWV176 for Trinity
1 I. Coro: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding 206
2 II. Recitativo (Alto): Ich meine, recht verzagt 048
3 III. Aria (Soprano): Dein sonst hell beliebter Schein 312
4 IV. Recitativo (Basso): So wundre dich, o Meister, nicht 140
5 V. Aria (Alto): Ermuntert euch 247
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Auf da wir also allzugleich 106
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Bas Ramselaar bass
WO GOTT DER HERR NICHT BEI UNS HLT BWV178 for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
7 I. Coro: Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hlt 508
8 II. Choral Recitativo (Alto): Was Menschenkraft 215
9 III. Aria (Basso): Gleichwie die wilden Meereswellen 404
10 IV. Choral (Tenore): Sie stellen uns wie Ketzern nach 151
11 V. Choral (Coro) - Recitativo (Alto, Tenore, Basso): Aufsperren sie den Rachen weit 136
12 VI. Aria (Tenore): Schweig, schweig nur 330
13 VII. Choral (Coro): Die Feind sind all in deiner Hand 149
Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SIEHE ZU, DA DEINE GOTTESFURCHT NICHT HEUCHELEI SEI BWV179 for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
14 I. Coro: Siehe zu, da deine Gottesfurcht 235
15 II. Recitativo (Tenore): Das heutge Christentum 107
16 III. Aria (Tenore): Falscher Heuchler Ebenbild 318
17 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Wer so von innen wie von auen ist 140
18 V. Aria (Soprano): Liebster Gott, erbarme dich 524
19 VI. Choral (Coro): Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Snder 108
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SCHMCKE DICH, O LIEBE SEELE BWV180 for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
20 I. Coro: Schmcke dich, o liebe Seele 546
21 II. Aria (Tenore): Ermuntre dich 618
22 III. Recitativo Arioso (Soprano): Wie teuer sind des heilgen 305
23 IV. Recitativo (Alto): Mein Herz fhlt in sich 120
24 V. Aria (Soprano): Lebens Sonne, Licht der Sinnen 402
25 VI. Recitativo (Basso): Herr, la an mir dein treues Lieben 057
26 VII. Choral (Coro): Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens 109
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
SIE WERDEN EUCH IN DEN BANN TUN BWV183 for the Sunday after the Ascension
14 I. Recitativo (Basso): Sie werden euch in den Bann tun 035
15 II. Aria (Tenore): Ich frchte nicht des Todes Schrecken 704
16 III. Recitativo (Alto): Ich bin bereit 055
17 IV. Aria (Soprano): Hchster Trster, heilger Geist 356
18 V. Choral (Coro): Du bist ein Geist, der lehret 106
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
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BARMHERZIGES HERZE DER EWIGEN LIEBE BWV185 for the 4th Sunday after Trinity
1 I. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Tenore): Barmherziges Herze 315
2 II. Recitativo (Alto): Ihr Herzen, die ihr euch 215
3 III. Aria (Alto): Sei bemht in dieser Zeit 403
4 IV. Recitativo (Basso): Die Eigenliebe schmeichelt sich 118
5 V. Aria (Basso): Das ist der Christen Kunst 257
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 118
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
RGRE DICH, O SEELE, NICHT BWV186 for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Prima parte
7 I. Coro: rgre dich, o Seele, nicht 318
8 II. Recitativo (Basso): Die Knechtsgestalt, die Not 138
9 III. Aria (Basso): Bist du, der mir helfen soll 320
10 IV. Recitativo (Tenore): Ach, da ein Christ so sehr 231
11 V. Aria (Tenore): Mein Heiland lt sich merken 310
12 VI. Choral (Coro): Ob sichs anlie, als wollt er nicht 157
Seconda parte
13 VII. Recitativo (Basso): Es ist die Welt die groe Wstenei 148
14 VIII. Aria (Soprano): Die Armen will der Herr umarmen 426
15 IX. Recitativo (Alto): Nun, mag die Welt 135
16 X. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto): La, Seele, kein Leiden 442
17 XI. Choral (Coro): Die Hoffnung wart der rechten Zeit 209
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
ES WARTET ALLES AUF DICH BWV187 for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Prima Parte
18 I. Coro: Es wartet alles auf dich 623
19 II. Recitativo (Basso): Was Kreaturen hlt das groe 102
20 III. Aria (Alto): Du Herr, du krnst allein das Jahr 411
Seconda Parte
21 IV. Aria (Basso): Darum sollt ihr nicht sorgen 251
22 V. Aria (Soprano): Gott versorget alles Leben 358
23 VI. Recitativo (Soprano): Halt ich nur fest an ihm 123
24 VII. Choral (Coro): Gott hat die Erde zugericht 144
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CD94
LICHT IMMER WIEDER AUFGEHEN BWV195 Wedding cantata
1 I. Coro (Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso): Dem Gerechten mu das Licht 459
2 II. Recitativo (Basso): Dem Freudenlicht gerechter Frommen 122
3 III. Aria (Basso): Rhmet Gottes Gt und Treu! 454
4 IV. Recitativo (Soprano): Wohlan, so knpfet denn ein Band 113
5 V. Coro (Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso): Wir kommen, deine Heiligkeit Nach der Trauung 642
6 VI. Choral (Coro): Nun danket all und bringet Her 111
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Martinus Leusink tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
MEIN HERZE SCHWIMMT IM BLUT BWV199 for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
12 I. Recitativo (Soprano): Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut 208
13 II. Aria (Soprano): Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen 651
14 III. Recitativo (Soprano): Doch Gott mu mir gendig sein 104
15 IV. Aria (Soprano): Tief gebckt und voller Reue 900
16 V. Recitativo (Soprano): Auf diese Schmerzensreu 014
17 VI. Choral (Soprano): Ich, dein betrbtes Kind 157
18 VII. Recitativo (Soprano): Ich lege mich in diese Wunden 048
19 VIII. Aria (Soprano): Wie freudig ist mein Herz 226
Ruth Holton soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
CD96
MASS IN B MINOR BWV232
I MISSA
KYRIE
1 I. Chorus: Kyrie eleison (a 5) 1010
2 II. Duet (Soprano I & II): Christe eleison 521
3 III. Chorus: Kyrie eleison (a 4) 416
GLORIA
4 IV. Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo (a 5) 148
5 V. Chorus: Et in terra pax (a 5) 641
6 VI. Aria (Soprano II): Laudamus te 417
7 VII. Chorus: Gratias agimus (a 4) 232
8 VIII. Duet (Soprano I, Tenor): Domine Deus 528
9 IX. Chorus: Qui tollis (a 4, soloists) 230
10 X. Aria (alto): Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris 414
11 XI. Aria (Bass II): Quoniam tu solus Sanctus 437
12 XII. Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu (a 5) 348
III. SANCTUS
10 Chorus: Sanctus (a 6) 517
CD98
MASS IN F BWV233
1 I. Kyrie 503
2 II. Gloria 637
3 III. Domine Deus 330
4 IV. Qui tollis 457
5 V. Quoniam 442
6 VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu 306
MASS IN A BWV234
7 I. Kyrie 703
8 II. Gloria 538
9 III. Domine Deus 613
10 IV. Qui tollis 652
11 V. Quoniam 337
12 VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu 325
CD99
MASS IN G MINOR BWV235
1 I. Kyrie 719
2 II. Gloria 407
3 III. Gratias 335
4 IV. Domine Fili 541
5 V. Qui tollis 407
6 VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu 543
MASS IN G BWV236
7 I. Kyrie 409
8 II. Gloria 500
9 III. Gratias 513
10 IV. Domine Deus 416
11 V. Quoniam 452
12 VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu 436
CD101
SACRED SONGS AND ARIAS from Musicalisches Gesangbuch G.C. Schemelli BWV439-507
1 ABOUT THE SONG OF PRAISE 132
I. Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen
2 ABOUT THE DENIAL OF THE WORLD AND OF HIMSELF 348
I. Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr
II. O liebe Seele, zieh die Sinnen
III. Beglckter Stand getreuer Seelen
IV. Es glnzet der Christen inwendiges Leben
3 ABOUT THE JUSTIFICATION 258
I. Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier
II. Eins ist not!
III. Mein Jesu, dem die Seraphinen
4 ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD 428
I. Jesus ist das schnste Licht
II. Vergi mein nicht
III. Seelenbrutigam, Jesu, Gotteslamm
IV. Liebes Herz, bedenke doch
5 ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST 556
I. Ich freue mich in dir
II. Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist
III. Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohen Lfte
IV. O Jesulein s
V. Ich steh an deiner Krippe hier
6 COMFORTING JESUS SONGS 624
I. Was bist du doch, o Seele, so betrbet
II. Auf, auf ! Die rechte Zeit ist hier
III. Ich lass dich nicht
IV. Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen
V. Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein
VI. Ich liebe Jesum alle Stund
7 SONGS ABOUT DYING AND HOPE IN GOD 1156
I. Liebster Gott, wann werdich sterben?
II. O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergehen?
III. Komm ser Tod, komm selge Ruh!
IV. Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht
V. Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben
VI. Meines Lebens letzte Zeit
VII. Liebster Herr Jesu, wo bleibst du so lange?
VIII. Ach, da nicht die letzte Stunde
IX. O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
X. Kein Stndlein geht dahin
XI. So wnsch ich mir zu guter letzt
8 ABOUT PATIENCE AND CALM 245
I. Ich halte treulich still
II. Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille
DER GEIST HILFT UNSER SCHWACHHEIT AUF BWV226 Motet for double chorus
4 Choruses I & II 348
5 Alla breve: Unison choruses 227
6 Chorale: Choruses I & II 141
FRCHTE DICH NICHT, ICH BIN BEI DIR BWV228 Motet for double chorus
18 Choruses I & II 844
LOBET DEN HERRN, ALLE HEIDEN BWV230 Motet for double chorus
20 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden 701
CD103
OSTER-ORATORIUM BWV249
1 I. Sinfonia 413
2 II. Adagio 412
3 III. Duet & Chorus: Kommt, eilet und laufet 500
4 IV. Recitative: O kalter Mnner Sinn 059
5 V. Aria (soprano): Seele, deine Spezereien 1111
6 VI. Recitative: Hier ist die Gruft 043
7 VII. Aria (tenor): Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer 634
8 VIII. Recitative: Indessen seufzen wir 056
9 IX. Aria (Soprano, Alto): Saget, saget mir geschwinde 701
10 X. Recitative: Wir sind erfreut 038
11 XI. Chorus: Preis und Dank 234
12 XII. Chorale: Es hat mit uns nun keine Not 044
Christine Brenk soprano Anne Greiling alto Frank Bossert tenor Thomas Pfeiffer bass
Trompetenensemble Pfeiffer
Motettenchor Pforzheim
Sdwestdeutsches Kammerorchester
Pforzheim
Prof. Rolf Schweizer
MAGNIFICAT IN D BWV243
Second version
13 I. Magnificat anima mea (Chorus) 320
14 II. Et exultavit spiritus meus (Soprano) 233
15 III. Quia respexit humilitatem (Soprano) 256
16 IV. Omnes generationes (Chorus) 133
17 V. Quia fecit mihi magna (Bass) 157
18 VI. Et misericordia (Alto, Tenor) 402
19 VII. Fecit potentiam (Chorus) 205
20 VIII. Deposuit potentes (Tenor) 207
21 IX. Esurientes (Alto) 258
22 X. Suscepit Israel puerum suum (Soprano, Alto) 200
23 XI. Sicut locutus est (Chorus) 146
24 XII. Gloria (Chorus) 213
Mitsuko Shirai soprano Doris Soffel alto Peter Schreier tenor Hermann Christian Polster bass
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
CD105
GESCHWINDE, IHR WIRBELNDEN WINDE BWV201 Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan, Dramma per musica
1 I. Chorus: Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde 519
2 II. Recitative (Phoebus, Pan, Momus): Und du bist doch so unverschmt und frei 152
3 III. Aria (Momus): Patron, das macht der Wind! 301
4 IV. Recitative (Mercurius, Phoebus, Pan): Was braucht ihr euch zu zanken? 058
5 V. Aria (Phoebus): Mit Verlangen drck ich deine zarten Wangen 824
6 VI. Recitative (Momus, Pan): Pan, rcke deine Kehle nun 020
7 VII. Aria (Pan): Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge 542
8 VIII. Recitative (Mercurius, Tmolus): Nunmehro Richter her! 047
9 IX. Aria (Tmolus): Phoebus, deine Melodei 450
10 X. Recitative (Pan, Midas): Komm, Midas, sage du nun an 049
11 XI. Aria (Midas): Pan ist Meister, lat ihn gehn! 550
12 XII. Recitative (Momus, Mercurius, Tmolus, Phoebus, Midas, Pan): Wie, Midas, bist du toll? 109
13 XIII. Aria (Mercurius): Aufgeblasne Hitze, aber wenig Grtze 636
14 XIV. Recitative (Momus): Du guter Midas, geh nun hin 121
15 XV. Chorus: Labt das Herz, ihr holden Saiten 244
CD106
WEICHET NUR, BETRBTE SCHATTEN BWV202 Wedding Cantata
1 I. Aria: Weichet nur, betrbte Schatten 715
2 II. Recitative: Die Welt wird wieder neu 031
3 III. Aria: Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden 336
4 IV. Recitative: Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergngen 048
5 V. Aria: Wenn die Frhlinglfte streichen 257
6 VI. Recitative: Und dieses ist das Glck 048
7 VII. Aria: Sich ben im Lieben 442
8 VIII. Recitative: So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe 028
9 IX. Gavotte: Sehet in Zufriedenheit 142
Edith Mathis soprano I (Diana) Arleen Augr soprano II (Pales) Peter Schreier tenor (Endymion) Theo Adam bass (Pan)
Berliner Solisten chorus master Dietrich Knothe Kammerorchester Berlin conductor Peter Schreier
CD108
ZERREISSET, ZERSPRENGET, ZERTRMMERT DIE GRUFT BWV205 Der zufriedengestellte olus, Dramma per musica
1 I. Chor der Winde: Zerreiet, zersprenget, zertrmmert die Gruft 610
2 II. Recitative (Bass): Ja! ja! Die Stunden sind nunmehro nah 139
3 III. Aria (Bass): Wie will ich lustig lachen 409
4 IV. Recitative (Tenor): Gefrchtter olus 051
5 V. Aria (Tenor): Frische Schatten, meine Freude 332
6 VI. Recitative (Bass): Beinahe wirst du mich bewegen 032
7 VII. Aria (Alto): Knnen nicht die roten Wangen 344
8 VIII. Recitative (Soprano, Alto): So sollst du, grimmger olus 050
9 IX. Aria (Soprano): Angenehmer Zephyrus 356
10 X. Recitative: Mein olus, ach! stre nicht die Frhlichkeiten 218
11 XI. Aria (Bass): Zurcke, zurcke, geflgelten Winde 323
12 XII. Recitative (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): Was Lust! Was Freude! Welch Vergngen! 139
13 XIII. Duet (Alto, Tenor): Zweig und ste 317
14 XIV. Recitative (Soprano): Ja! ja! ich lad euch selbst zu dieser Feier ein 044
15 XV. Chorus: Vivat! August, August vivat! 256
CD110
SCHWEIGT STILLE, PLAUDERT NICHT BWV211 Coffee Cantata
1 I. Recitative (Tenor): Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht 044
2 II. Aria (Bass): Hat man nicht mit seinen Kindern 321
3 III. Recitative (Bass, Soprano): Du bses Kind, du loses Mdchen 042
4 IV. Aria (Soprano): Ei! wie schmeckt der Kaffee se 451
5 V. Recitative ZBass, Soprano: Wenn du mir nicht den Kaffee lt 112
6 VI. Aria (Bass): Mdchen, die von harten Sinnen 306
7 VII. Recitative (Bass, Soprano): Nun folge, was dein Vater spricht 054
8 VIII. Aria (Soprano): Heute noch, heute noch! 725
9 IX. Recitative (Tenor): Nun geht und sucht der alte Schlendrian 047
10 X. Chorus & Terzetto: Die Katze lt das Mausen nicht 546
Edith Mathis soprano (Liesgen) Peter Schreier tenor (Erzhler) Theo Adam bass (Schlendrian)
Berliner Solisten chorus master Dietrich Knothe Kammerorchester Berlin
Peter Schreier
CD112
MATTHUS-PASSION BWV244, PART 1
1 Chorus: Kommt, ihr Tchter, helft mir klagen 850
2 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte 055
3 Chorale (Chorus): Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen 058
4 Recitative: Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester (Evangelist) - Ja nicht auf das Fest (Chorus) - Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanen (Evangelist) - Wozu dienet
dieser Unrat? (Chorus) - Da das Jesus merkete (Evangelist, Jesus) 337
5 Recitative (Alto): Du lieber Heiland du 0 56
6 Aria (Alto): Bu und Reu 446
7 Recitative (Evangelist, Judas): Da ging hin der Zwlfen einer 039
8 Aria (Soprano): Blute nur, du liebes Herz! 444
9 Recitative: Aber am ersten Tage der sen Brot (Evangelist) - Wo willst du, da wir dir bereiten (Chorus) - Er sprach: Gehet hin in die Stadt (Evangelist, Jesus)
- Und sie wurden sehr betrbt (Evangelist) - Herr, bin ich's? (Chorus) 231
10 Chorale (Chorus): Ich bin's, ich sollte ben 056
11 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Er antwortete und sprach 407
12 Recitative (Soprano): Wiewohl mein Herz in Trnen schwimmt 124
13 Aria (Soprano): Ich will dir mein Herze schenken 410
14 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten 116
15 Chorale (Chorus): Erkenne mich, mein Hter 113
16 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus, Petrus): Petrus aber antwortete und sprach zu ihm 124
17 Chorale (Chorus): Ich will hier bei dir stehen 115
18 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe 201
19 Recitative with Chorale Tenor, Chorus): O Schmerz! Hier zittert das gequlte Herz 143
20 Aria with Chorus Tenor, Chorus): Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen 530
21 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Und ging hin ein wenig 056
22 Recitative (Bass): Der Heiland fllt vor seinem Vater nieder 113
23 Aria (Bass): Gerne will ich mich bequemen 424
Peter Schreier tenor (Evangelist) Theo Adam bass (Jesus) Siegfried Vogel bass (Petrus)
Arias & Recitatives: Adele Stolte soprano Annelies Burmeister alto Hans-Joachim Rotzsch tenor
Gnther Leib bass Dresdner Kreuzchor Thomanerchor Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Rudolf Mauersberger, Erhard Mauersberger conductors
PART 2
7 Aria with Chorus (Alto, Chorus): Ach! nun ist mein Jesus hin! 416
8 Recitative (Evangelist): Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten 108
9 Chorale (Chorus): Mir hat die Welt trglich gericht 052
10 Recitative (Evangelist, Caiaphas, Witnesses I & II): Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten 114
11 Recitative (Tenor): Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lgen stille 050
12 Aria (Tenor): Geduld! 408
13 Recitative: Und der Hohepriester antwortete und sprach zu ihm (Evangelist, Caiaphas, Jesus) - Er ist des Todes schuldig! (Chorus)
- Da speieten sie aus (Evangelist) - Weissage uns, Christe (Chorus) 229
14 Chorale (Chorus): Wer hat dich so geschlagen 103
15 Recitative: Petrus aber sa drauen im (Evangelist, Damsels I & II, Petrus) - Wahrlich, du bist auch einer von denen (Chorus)
- Da hub er an, sich zu verfluchen (Evangelist, Petrus) 237
16 Aria (Alto): Erbarme dich 709
17 Chorale (Chorus): Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen 108
18 Recitative: Des Morgens aber hielten alle (Evangelist, Judas) - Was gehet uns das (Chorus)
- Und er warf die Silberlinge in den Tempel (Evangelist, Priests I & II) 151
19 Aria (Bass): Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder 320
20 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus): Sie hielten aber einen Rat 218
21 Chorale (Chorus): Befiehl du deine Wege 117
Peter Schreier tenor (Evangelist) Theo Adam bass (Jesus) Siegfried Vogel bass (Petrus) Johannes Knzel bass (Judas)
Hermann Christian Polster bass (Pilatus) Hans Martin Nau bass (Caiaphas) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, tenor (1st Priest)
Hans Martin Nau, bass (2nd Priest) Gerda Schriever alto (1st Witness) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch tenor (2nd Witness)
Erika Wustmann soprano (1st Damsel) Gerda Schriever alto (2nd Damsel)
Arias & Recitatives: Adele Stolte soprano Annelies Burmeister alto Hans-Joachim Rotzsch tenor Gnther Leib bass
Dresdner Kreuzchor Thomanerchor Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Rudolf Mauersberger, Erhard Mauersberger conductors
CD114
MATTHUS-PASSION BWV244
PART 2
1 Recitative and Chorus: Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit (Evangelist, Pilatus, Wife of Pilatus, Chorus) -
Chorus: La ihn kreuzigen! (Chorus) 240
2 Chorale (Chorus): Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe! 101
3 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Der Landpfleger sagte 018
4 Recitative (Soprano): Er hat uns allen wohlgetan 120
5 Aria (Soprano): Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben 421
6 Recitative: Sie schrieen aber noch mehr (Evangelist) - La ihn kreuzigen! (Chorus) - Da aber Pilatus sahe (Evangelist, Pilatus)
- Sein Blut komme ber (Chorus) - Da gab er ihnen Barrabam los (Evangelist) 209
7 Recitative (Alto): Erbarm es Gott! 058
8 Aria (Alto): Knnen Trnen meiner Wangen 647
9 Recitative: Da namen die Kriegsknechte (Evangelist) - Gegret seist du, Jdenkning (Chorus)
- Und speieten ihn an (Evangelist) 105
10 Chorale (Chorus): O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden 247
11 Recitative (Evangelist): Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten 049
12 Recitative (Bass): Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut 042
13 Aria (Bass): Komm, ses Kreuz 604
14 Recitative: Und da sie an die Sttte kamen (Evangelist) - Der du den Tempel Gottes zerbricht (Chorus) - Desgleichen auch die Hohenpriester (Evangelist)
- Andern hat er geholfen (Chorus) - Desgleichen schmheten ihn auch die Mrder (Evangelist) 355
15 Recitative (Alto): Ach Golgatha! 140
16 Aria with Chorus (Alto, Chorus): Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand 341
17 Recitative: Und von der sechsten Stunde an (Evangelist, Jesus) - Der rufet dem Elias (Chorus)
- Und bald lief einer unter ihnen (Evangelist) - Halt! la sehen (Chorus) - Aber Jesus schriee abermal laut (Evangelist) 243
18 Chorale (Chorus): Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden 153
19 Recitative: Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerri - (Evangelist) XWahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen (Chorus)
- Und es waren viel Weiber da (Evangelist) 256
20 Recitative (Bass): Am Abend, da es khle war 214
21 Aria (Bass): Mache dich, mein Herze, rein 717
22 Recitative: Und Joseph nahm den Leib (Evangelist) - Herr, wir haben gedacht (Chorus) - Pilatus sprach zu ihnen (Evangelist, Pilatus) 252
23 Recitative with Chorus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus): Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht 233
24 Chorus: Wir setzen uns mit Trnen nieder 653
Peter Schreier tenor (Evangelist) Theo Adam bass (Jesus) Hermann Christian Polster bass (Pilatus)
Eva Habecker soprano (Wife of Pilatus) Arias & Recitatives: Adele Stolte soprano Annelies Burmeister alto
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch tenor Gnther Leib bass Dresdner Kreuzchor Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Rudolf Mauersberger, Erhard Mauersberger conductors
PART 2
21 Chorale (Chorus): Christus, der uns selig macht 104
22 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): 033
Da fuhreten sie Jesum
23 Chorus: Ware dieser nicht ein Ubeltater 059
24 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Da sprach Pilatus zu ihnen 008
25 Chorus: Wir durfen niemand toten 037
26 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus): Auf dass erfullet wurde das Wort Jesu 142
27 Chorale (Chorus): Ach grosser Konig 133
28 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus, Pilatus): Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm 116
29 Chorus: Nicht diesen, diesen nicht 013
30 Recitative (Evangelist): Barrabas aber war ein Morder 028
31 Arioso (Bass): Betrachte, meine Seel 202
32 Aria (Tenor): Erwage, wie sein blutgefarbter Rucken 801
Evangelist & Arias: Christoph Genz tenor Christiane Oelze soprano Annette Markert alto Egbert Junghanns bass (Jesus)
Andreas Scheibner bass (Petrus, Pilatus & Arias) Sylke Schwab soprano (Maiden) Hans-Jrgen Richter tenor (Servant)
Hallenser Madrigalisten Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Gttler
CD116
JOHANNES-PASSION BWV245
PART 2
1 Recitative (Evangelist): Und die Kriegsknechte flochten 009
2 Chorus: Sei gegrusset, lieber Judenkonig 036
3 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Und gaben ihm Backenstreiche 055
4 Chorus: Kreuzige, kreuzige 053
5 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Pilatus sprach zu ihnen 009
6 Chorus: Wir haben ein Gesetz 118
7 Recitative: (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus) Da Pilatus das Wort horete 118
8 Chorale (Chorus): Durch dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn 049
9 Die Juden aber schrieen (Evangelist) - Lassest du diesen los (Chorus) 117
10 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Da Pilatus das Wort hrete 033
11 Chorus: Weg, weg mit dem 058
12 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Spricht Pilatus zu ihnen 006
13 Chorus: Wir haben keinen Konig 014
14 Recitative (Evangelist): Da uberantwortete er ihn 049
15 Aria (Bass, Chorus): Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen 357
16 Recitative (Evangelist): Allda kreuzigten sie ihn 105
17 Chorus: Schreibe nicht: der Juden Konig 036
18 Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus): Pilatus antwortet 014
19 Chorale (Chorus): In meines Herzens Grunde 100
20 Recitative (Evangelist): Die Kriegsknechte aber 032
21 Chorus: Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen 124
22 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Auf dass erfullet werde die Schrift 138
23 Chorale (Chorus): Er nahm alles wohl in acht 109
24 Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Und von Stund an 130
25 Aria (Alto): Es ist vollbracht 452
26 Recitative (Evangelist): Und neiget sein Haupt und verschied 026
27 Aria ZBass, Chorus): Mein teurer Heiland 520
28 Recitative (Evangelist): Und siehe da, der Vorhang 028
29 Arioso (Tenor): Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt 042
30 Aria (Soprano): Zerfliesse, mein Herze 604
31 Recitative (Evangelist): Die Juden aber 213
32 Chorale (Chorus): O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn 101
33 Recitative (Evangelist): Darnach bat Pilatum 155
34 Chorus: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine 709
35 Chorale (Chorus): Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein 149
Evangelist & Arias: Christoph Genz tenor Christiane Oelze soprano Annette Markert alto Egbert Junghanns bass (Jesus)
Andreas Scheibner bass (Petrus, Pilatus & Arias) Sylke Schwab soprano (Maiden) Hans-Jrgen Richter tenor (Servant)
Hallenser Madrigalisten Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Gttler
CD118
WEIHNACHTSYORATORIUM BWV248
PART 3 for the third day of Christmas
1 Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels 216
2 Recitative (Evangelist): Und da die Engelvon ihnen gen Himmel fuhren 009
3 Chorus: Lasset uns nun gehen 053
4 Recitative (Bass): Er hat sein Volk getrst 045
5 Chorale (Chorus): Dies hat er alles uns getan 053
6 Duet (Soprano, Bass): Herr, dein Mitleid 809
7 Recitative (Evangelist): Und sie kamen eilend 134
8 Aria (Alto): Schliee, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder 519
9 Recitative (Alto): Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren 027
10 Chorale (Chorus): Ich will dich mit Flei bewahren 109
11 Recitative (Evangelist): Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um 027
12 Chorale (Chorus): Seid froh dieweil 055
13 Chorus, da capo: Herrscher des Himmels 216
Arleen Augr soprano (Angel) Peter Schreier tenor (Evangelist) Annelies Burmeister contralto
Theo Adam bass (Herodes) Dresdner Kreuzchor Dresdner Philharmonie
Martin Flmig
CD120
HIMMELFAHRTSYORATORIUM BWV11 LOBET GOTT IN SEINEN REICHEN
1 Chorus: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen 437
2 Recitative (Tenor): Der Herr Jesus hub seine Hnde 030
3 Recitative (Bass): Ach, Jesu, ist dein Abschied 104
4 Aria (Alto): Ach, bleibe doch 641
5 Recitative (Tenor): Und ward aufgehoben zusehends 033
6 Chorale (Chorus): Nun lieget alles unter dir 106
7 Recitative Tenor, Bass): Und da sie ihm nachsahen 115
8 Recitative (Alto): Ach ja! so komme bald zurck 035
9 Recitative (Tenor): Sie aber beteten an 042
10 Aria (Soprano) Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke 630
11 Chorale (Chorus): Wann soll es doch geschehen 420
SANCTUS IN D BWV238
17 Chorus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus 255
Marjon Strijk soprano Sytse Buwalda alto Knut Schoch tenor Bas Ramselaar bass
Holland Boys Choir Netherlands Bach Collegium Pieter Jan Leusink
CD121
TILGE, HCHSTER, MEINE SNDEN (PSALM 51) BWV1083 after Pergolesis Stabat Mater
1 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Tilge, Hchster, meine Snden 335
2 Aria (Soprano): Ist mein Herz in Missetaten 231
3 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Missetaten, die mich drcken 158
4 Aria (Alto): Dich erzrnt mein Tun und Lassen 218
5 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen 206
6 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Sieh! ich bin in Snd empfangen 037
7 Aria (Soprano): Sieh, du willst die Wahrheit 343
8 Aria (Alto): Wasche mich doch rein 225
9 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): La mich Freud und Wonne spren 214
10 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Schaue nicht auf meine Snden 523
11 Aria (Alto): ffne Lippen, Mund und Seele 305
12 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Denn du willst kein Opfer 225
13 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): La dein Zion blhend dauern 215
14 Aria (Duet: Soprano, Alto): Amen 205
CD129
PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN D BWV532
1 I. Prelude 445
2 II. Fugue 651
SCHBLER CHORALES
8 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 428
9 Wo soll ich fliehen hin / Auf meinen lieben Gott BWV646 211
10 Wer nur den lieben Gott lt walten BWV647 414
CD131
TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN F BWV540A
1 I. Toccata 920
2 II. Fugue 708
SCHBLER CHORALES
3 Meine Seele erhebt den Herren BWV648 240
4 Ach bleibt bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV649 224
5 Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter auf Erden BWV650 344
6 Fugue on a theme by Corelli BWV579 640
CD133
CLAVIERBUNG O PART 3 conclusion
1 Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV685 149
2 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV686 650
3 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV687 337
4 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns BWV688 347
5 Fuga super Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV689 502
6 Duetto I BWV802 210
7 Duetto II BWV803 355
8 Duetto III BWV804 335
9 Duetto IV BWV805 302
10 Fugue 5 BWV552/II 758
11 Fantasia in C minor BWV1121 409
12 Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV718 557
13 Fantasia super Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV695 350
CD134
PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN A BWV536
1 I. Prelude 211
2 II. Fugue 536
CD136
TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR BWV538
1 I. Toccata 550
2 II. Fugue 937
EINIGE KANONISCHE VERNDERUNGEN BER DAS WEIHNACHTSLIED VOM HIMMEL HOCH, DA KOMM ICH HER BWV769A
2 Clav. e Ped.
5 Canon at the Octave 149
6 Canon at the Fifth 146
7 Cantus firmus in canon 313
8 Canon at the Seventh 318
9 Augmentation Canon 343
CD138
CONCERTO IN G AFTER JOHANN ERNST VON SACHSEN-WEIMAR BWV592
1 I. Allegro 344
2 II. Grave 219
3 III. Presto 148
4 Fantasia super Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hlt BWV1128 722
5 Fugue in G BWV577 359
CD140
PRELUDE STOCCATAT AND FUGUE IN E BWV566
1 I. Prelude. Toccata 220
2 II. Fugue 900
FANTASIA IN G BWV571
26 I. Allegro 343
27 II. Adagio 208
28 III. Allegro 202
29 MEINE SEELE ERHEBT DEN HERREN BWV733 Fugue on the Magnificat, pro organo pleno 436
CD142
PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN C MINOR BWV546
1 I. Prelude 703
2 II. Fugue 641