Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Cantatas Vol. 1

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This disc makes a valuable contribution towards a fuller understanding of this highly gifted but complex member of the Bach clan. In the mid-1740s Wilhelm Friedemann was appointed Director of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: C10425
Label: Capriccio
Length: 53 minutes

Bach, W F: Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis

Work length29:55

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Barbara Schlick, Claudia Schubert, Wilfried Jochens, Stephan Schreckenberger
Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max

Chorus. Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis

Track length4:35

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Recitative. Es ist nun hohe Zeit (Alto)

Track length0:46

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Chorale. Steh auf vom Sundenschlaf (Chorus)

Track length0:46

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Recitative. Drum, Vater (Tenor)

Track length0:20

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Aria. Hore, Vater, mit Erbarmen (Soprano)

Track length9:27

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Accompanied Recitative. Ich weiss, die Nacht ist schon dahin (Bass)

Track length0:46

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Aria. Ich ziehe Jesum an im Glauben (Alto)

Track length7:46

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Chorale. Den Geist, der heilig ist (Chorus)

Track length0:45

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Chorus. Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis

Track length4:44

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Bach, W F: Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste

Work length23:52

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Barbara Schlick, Claudia Schubert, Wilfried Jochens, Stephan Schreckenberger
Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max

Chorus. Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wuste

Track length6:42

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Recitative. Gott hat uns Gnad und Heil in Christo angetragen (Tenor)

Track length1:21

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Aria. Der Trost gehoret nur vor Kinder (Soprano)

Track length7:29

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Accompanied Recitative. Dein Heiland lasst die Bahn (Alto)

Track length1:58

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Aria. Holdseligster Engel (Bass)

Track length5:31

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Chorale. Wir Menschen sind zu dem, o Gott (Chorus)

Track length0:51

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2010

This disc makes a valuable contribution towards a fuller understanding of this highly gifted but complex member of the Bach clan. In the mid-1740s Wilhelm Friedemann was appointed Director of Music and organist at the Liebfrauenkirche at Halle. He remained in the post for almost 20 years, a period which witnessed the composition and performance of all the cantatas represented here. Among the many delights to be found in this music are those occasioned by Friedemann's disparate, even opposing terms of reference. In other words the stylistic vocabulary is both rich and varied, often harking back to a strong paternal influence – what better one has there ever been? JS Bach's idiom, for instance, is startlingly apparent in the opening chorus of the Advent cantata, F80 ('Let us cast off the works of darkness'). Both the arias of this fine cantata are of high quality, the first, for soprano with obbligato flute ably demonstrating how carefully Friedemann thought out his declamation.
For the most part the performances are excellent.
The four soloists are first-rate, Barbara Schlick and Wilfried Jochens in particular; and the singing of the Rheinische Kantorei is effective, though just occasionally its component 16 voices sound under threat from Bach's sometimes exacting requirements.
Imaginative programming and sympathetic performances add to this musical revelation.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Cantatas Vol. 1

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