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JS Bach: Cantatas for Marian Feasts

Live recording at St Thomas Leipzig

Thomaner Paul Bernewitz (soprano), Thomaner Stefan Kahle (altus), Christoph Genz (tenor), Martin Petzold (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Matthias Weichert (bass)

Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir Leipzig) & Gewandhausorchester (Gewandhaus Orchestra), Thomaskantor Georg Christoph...

Release Date: 3rd Jun 2013
Catalogue No: ROP4039
Label: Rondeau
Series: The Liturgical Year with Johann Sebastian Bach
Length: 81 minutes

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anon.: Ex legis observantia

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Florilegium
Georg Christoph Biller
Recording Venue: Thomaskirche Leipzig, Germany

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV125 'Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin'

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Martin Petzold (tenor), Stefan Kahle (alto), Matthias Weichert (bass)
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Georg Christoph Biller
Recorded: 29-30 January 2010
Recording Venue: Thomaskirche Leipzig, Germany

Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin

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Ich will auch mit gebrochnen Augen

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O Wunder, daß ein Herz

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Ein unbegreiflich Licht erfüllt

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O unerschöpfter Schatz der Güte

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Er ist das Heil und selig Licht

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anon.: Quem terra, pontus, sidera

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Florilegium
Georg Christoph Biller
Recording Venue: Thomaskirche Leipzig, Germany

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV1 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'

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Paul Bernewitz (soprano), Christoph Genz (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor
Georg Christoph Biller
Recorded: 19-20 March 2010
Recording Venue: Thomaskirche Leipzig, Germany

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

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Du wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn

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Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen göttlichen Flammen

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Ein irdscher Glanz, ein leiblich Licht

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Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten

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Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh

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anon.: Quam laeta perfert nuncia

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Florilegium
Georg Christoph Biller
Recording Venue: Thomaskirche Leipzig, Germany

Bach, J S: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, Pt. 1

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Stefan Kahle (alto), Paul Bernewitz (soprano), Martin Petzold (tenor), Matthias Weichert (bass)
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Georg Christoph Biller
Recorded: 24-25 June 2011
Recording Venue: Thomaskirche Leipzig, Germany

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

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Gebenedeiter Mund!

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Schäme dich, o Seele nicht

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Verstockung kann Gewaltige verblenden

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Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn

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Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe

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Bach, J S: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, Pt. 2

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Stefan Kahle (alto), Matthias Weichert (bass), Martin Petzold (tenor)
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Georg Christoph Biller

Hilf, Jesu, hilf, daß ich auch dich bekenne

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Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand

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Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen

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Jesus bleibet meine Freude

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The liturgical year with Johann Sebastian Bach: Rondeau Production is publishing a ten-part CD series which presents a selection of cantatas for the liturgical year. In Leipzig, music for the liturgical year has an especially well kept tradition: up to the present day the Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir) and the Gewandhausorchester (Gewandhaus Orchestra) join forces each week in the performance of one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas at the church of St Thomas.

The current disc in the series turns to feasts for the Blessed Virgin Mary: the cantata “Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin” was composed in 1725 for the feast of Mary’s Purification, and Johann Sebastian Bach wrote “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” for the feast of the Annunciation in the same year. The famous chorale “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” forms part of the cantata “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”. This composition originally set a different text, and was intended for the fourth Sunday of Advent. After a number of modifications to the text, the cantata was performed in Leipzig on the feast of the Visitation also in 1725. The cantata’s opening chorus gains its particularly festive character through the initial trumpet motif.

The current cantor at St Thomas, Georg Christoph Biller, is fortunate to have boys from the choir’s own ranks performing the soprano and alto solos; a hallmark of the new recording’s unique level of artistry.

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Thomaner Paul Bernewitz (soprano), Thomaner Stefan Kahle (altus), Christoph Genz (tenor), Martin Petzold (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Matthias Weichert (bass)

Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir Leipzig) & Gewandhausorchester (Gewandhaus Orchestra), Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller (Thomas Cantor)

JS Bach: Cantatas for Marian Feasts

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