J S Bach - Cantatas Vol.17 | SDG SDG150

J S Bach - Cantatas Vol.17

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Label: SDG

Cat No: SDG150

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th October 2008

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Recorded in January 2000 within the grand neo-Gothic Gethsemanekirche in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, this programme features Cantatas for New Year’s Day and for the Sunday after New Year. In contrast to the modest BWV 143 Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele II that opens the programme, Bach begins BWV 41 Jesu, nun sei gepreiset with the fantastically grand opening chorus 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'.  The jewel in this particular cantata is the tenor aria ‘Woferne du den edlen Frieden’ (No.4), wonderfully rich and descriptive. 

BWV 171 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm is equally magnificent as a cantata, replete with emotional and thematic contrast.  As the tenor pleads for salvation in BWV 153 Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, crying ‘…help, Helper, help! Save my soul!’, we are reminded that our afflictions have been heard as the alto sings of the ‘blessed rapture and eternal joy’ of heaven. 

BWV 58 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid II continues this theme of the beleaguered Christian.  This is beautifully illustrated through the use of the distressed, persecuted soul (soprano) in dialogue with a guardian angel, by implication, Jesus (bass).

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Cantatas for New Year’s Day:
- Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele II BWV 143
- Jesu, nun sei gepreiset BWV 41
- Herr Gott, dich loben wir BWV 16
- Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm BWV 171

Cantatas for the Sunday after New Year:
- Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind BWV 153
- Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid II BWV 58

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