Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Dominik Wörner, Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A466
Release: 2019
Size: 669 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cantata “Ich habe genung”, BWV 82
01. I. [Aria] “Ich habe genung”
02. II. Recit. “Ich habe genung”
03. III. Aria “Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen”
04. IV. Recit. “Mein Gott! wenn kömmt das schöne: nun!”
05. V. Aria “Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod”
06. Aria “Gott ist Gerecht” (From Cantata “O, Ewigkeit Du Donnerwort”, BWV 20)
Cantata “Die Friede sei mit Dir”, BWV 158
07. I. Recit. “Die Friede sei mit dir”
08. II. Aria con Corale “Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde”
09. III. Recit. “Nun, Herr, regiere meinen Sinn”
10. IV. Choral “Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm”
From Cantata “Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig”, BWV 26
11. I. Aria “An irdische Schätze das Herze zu hängen”
Cantata “Ich will den Kreutztab gerne tragen”, BWV 56
12. II. Aria “Ich will den Kreuztab gerne tragen”
13. III. Recit. “Mein Wandel auf der Welt”
14. IV. Aria “Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch”
15. V. Recit. “Ich stehe fertig und bereit”
16. V. Choral “Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder”
17. Aria “Warum willst Du so zornig sein” (From Cantata “Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott”, BWV 101)
After releasing all the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, Zefiro joins forces with authoritative singer Dominik Woerner to investigate the intriguing relationship between bass voice and reed instruments in Bach’s sacred cantatas. “Johann Sebastian Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel tells us of his father’s talent as a singer: ‘He had a good penetrating voice of wide range and good singing style.’ It is therefore not surprising that the three church cantatas for solo bass are among his most exquisite and personal vocal works. Singing voice and instruments enter into a special relationship in these pieces. The dense yet sensitive polyphony is filled with a warmth and tenderness that seems to bring us closer to Bach, who is otherwise so ‘hermetically closed’. The ‘I’ voice in the poems of cantatas BWV 56 and 82 becomes the composer’s voice. Bach’s solo cantatas are precious gems whose subtle beauties go straight to the listener’s heart.”