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Cantata BWV 84 for solo soprano falls to Dorothee Mields, an affecting Bach singer whose linear clarity and fresh, somewhat boyish vocal timbre enhances the music at every turn. Her contribution... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2008
Catalogue No: HMC901969
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Series: Herreweghe Bach Cantatas
Length: 62 minutes

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV27 'Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende?'

Work length13:32

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1. [Choral +] Recitativo "Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende?"

Track length4:03

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2. Recitativo "Mein Leben hat kein ander Ziel"

Track length0:55

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3. Aria "Willkommen! will ich sagen"

Track length3:46

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4. Recitativo "Ach, wer doch schon im Himmel wär!"

Track length0:42

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5. Aria "Gute Nacht, du Weltgetümmel!"

Track length3:03

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6. Choral "Welt, ade! Ich bin dein müde"

Track length1:03

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV84 'Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke'

Work length13:28

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1. Aria "Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke"

Track length5:29

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2. Recitativo "Gott ist mir ja nichts schuldig"

Track length1:22

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3. Aria "Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot"

Track length4:44

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4. Recitativo "Im Schweiße meines Angesichts"

Track length0:57

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5. Choral "Ich leb indes in dir vergnüget"

Track length0:56

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV95 'Christus, der ist mein Leben'

Work length18:01

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1. [Choral + Recitativo] "Christus, der ist mein Leben"

Track length4:58

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2. Recitativo "Nun, falsche Welt!" - 3. Chorale "Valet will ich dir geben"

Track length2:56

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4. Recitativo "Ach könnte mir doch bald sowohl geschehn"

Track length0:36

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5. Aria "Ach, schlage doch bald, selge Stunde"

Track length6:59

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6. Recitativo "Denn ich weiß dies"

Track length1:21

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7. Choral "Weil du vom Tod erstanden bist"

Track length1:11

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV161 'Komm, du süsse Todesstunde'

Work length17:25

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1. Aria "Komm, du süße Todesstunde"

Track length4:41

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2. Recitativo "Welt! deine Lust ist Last!"

Track length1:48

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3. Aria "Mein Verlangen"

Track length4:40

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4. Recitativo "Der Schluß ist schon gemacht"

Track length2:01

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5. Chor "Wenn es meines Gottes Wille"

Track length2:56

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6. Choral "Der Leib zwar in der Erden"

Track length1:19

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Although Bach had dreamt of establishing a ‘well-regulated church music’ since his early days, it was only between 1723 and 1750 that he finally had the chance to do so, as Kantor and Director Musices in Leipzig. Here he invented the ‘modern’ cantata, combining chorales and traditional biblical texts with arias and recitatives on freely composed texts.

The four cantatas recorded by Philippe Herreweghe offer a magisterial demonstration of the transition from cantatas initially judged ‘too theatrical’ to a perfectly achieved form - as in the cantata BWV 84, among the very last to be written.

The four works assembled on this recording document by Philippe Herreweghe offer a magisterial demonstration of the musical development of the Bach church cantata over a period of some twelve years. The cantata Komm, du süße Todesstunde BWV161 was probably written for a performance in Weimar on 27 September 1716. Its libretto comes from a cycle of poems published in 1715 by the Weimar court poet Salomon Franck, and was appointed for the 16th Sunday after Trinity. Christus, der ist mein Leben BWV95 belongs to Bach's first Leipzig Jahrgang, and was written for performance on 12th September 1723; it is associated with the same Sunday as its Weimar sister work BWV161.A third work conceived for the 16th Sunday after Trinity is the cantata Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende BWV 27, written in the framework of

Bach's third Leipzig cycle for a performance on 6th October 1726; here again the central focus is on the themes of yearning for death and the certainty of resurrection.

Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke BWV84, is a virtuoso bravura piece for solo soprano, probably written for performance on 9th February 1727, and therefore stands at the end of Bach's third cycle for Leipzig, with which the composer ceased his regular output of cantatas.

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May 2008

Cantata BWV 84 for solo soprano falls to Dorothee Mields, an affecting Bach singer whose linear clarity and fresh, somewhat boyish vocal timbre enhances the music at every turn. Her contribution to Bach's playful trio setting with two oboes d'amore of the chorale melody which we associate with the hymn 'All glory, laud and honour' (BWV 95) is captivating.

Herreweghe brings a sense of period-instrument luxury to these cantatas.

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