Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Florilegium
Format: DSD64 (dsf tracks)
Label: Channel Classics
Release: 2007
Size: 3.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Cantata BWV146 Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal – Sinfonia
Cantata BWV82a Ich habe genug
02. Aria Ich habe genug
03. Recitativo Ich habe genug! Mein Trost ist nur allein
04. Aria Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen
05. Recitativo Mein Gott! Wenn kömmt das schöne Nun!
06. Aria Ich freue mich auf meinem Tod
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor BWV1067
07. Ouverture
08. Rondeau
09. Sarabande
10. Bourrée I, II
11. Polonaise – Double
12. Menuet
13. Badinerie
Cantata BWV199 Mein Herze Schwimmt in Blut
14. Recitativo Mein Herze Schimmt Im Blut
15. Aria Stumme Seufzer, Stille Klagen
16. Recitativo Doch Gott Muß Mir Genadig Sein
17. Aria Tief Gebuckt Und Voller Reue
18. Recitativo Auf Diese Schmerzensreu
19. Chorale Ich, Dein Betrubtes Kind
20. Recitativo Ich Lege Mich In diese Wunden
21. Aria Wie Freudig Ist Mein Merz
In 1737, at the peak of his career, Bach received a devastating public critique of his work by his former pupil, Adolph Scheibe. According to Scheibe, a son of the Enlightenment, Bachs music was confused and turgid to the extent that this excess of art bordered on the unapproachable. It seems incredible today that any such criticisms could be levelled at the greatest composer of all. And yet, given the highly-crafted art music of the Second Suite dances, the tightly structured figural density of Sinfonia BWV146, or the extreme penitentiality of Cantatas BWV199 and 82a, it is interesting that Bach remains one of the most widely popular of all classical composers.