Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz, Kammerchor Stuttgart
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC18014
Release: 2019
Size: 522 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bach JCF: Ich lieg und schlafe ganz mit Frieden
01. Ich lieg und schlafe ganz mit Frieden, Wf XV:1
Bach JCF: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Carus – Motette für vierstimmigen Chor und Orgel ad libitum)
02. I. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
03. II. Zion hört die Waechter singen
04. III. Gloria sei dir gesungen
Altnickol: Befiel du deine Wege
05. No. 1, Befiel du deine Wege
06. No. 2, Dem Herren musst du trauen
07. No. 3, Dein ewge Treu und Gnaden
08. No. 4, Weg hast du allerwegen
09. No. 5, Und ob gleich alle Teufel
10. No. 6, Hoff, hoff, o du arme Seele
11. No. 7, Auf, auf, gib deinem Schmerze
12. No. 8, Ihn, ihn lass tun und walten
13. No. 9, Er wird zar eine Weile
14. No. 10, Wird’s aber sich befinden
15. No. 11, Wohl dir, wohl dir du Kind der Treue
16. No. 12, Mach End, o Herr, mach Ende
Altnickol: Nun danket alle Gott BWV Anh. 164 (Carus)
17. Nun danket alle Gott
Several of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach´s, (called the “Bückeburg Bach”) liturgical works benefited from choral writing in cantatas, passions and oratorios by his father Johann Sebastian; at times, these even appear in prominent positions, as in the motet on the familiar hymn by Otto Nicolai (1566–1608) “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (BR-JCFB H 101) with its elaborate counterpoint. The four-part chorale “Gloria sei dir gesungen” at the end of the work is taken from his father’s cantata of the same name (BWV 140). No specific occasion for the motet’s composition is known, and the work can be only approximately dated to the mid-1780s. Many passages written to show off the singer’s virtuosity are in the direct tradition of his father, who often gave his vocal writing an instrumental treatment – in accordance with his conviction that “everything must be possible”. The singers often found that this approach to composition tested them to the limit of their powers. We do not know the extent of Altnickol’s musical output. Very few of his compositions have survived. Apart from some keyboard works, a ricercare and the G minor harpsichord concerto, there are two Sanctus settings, two festival cantatas and the two chorale motets selected for the present recording, “Befiehl du deine Wege” and “Nun danket alle Gott”. Bach had testified to his pupil’s “quite special facility in Composition”. 1749 Altnickol married Bach´s daughter Elisabeth Juliane Friederica.