J S Bach - New Year’s Day Cantatas

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72296

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th April 2009

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV16 'Herr Gott, dich loben wir'
Cantata BWV28 'Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende'
Cantata BWV41 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'
Cantata BWV171 'Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm'

Artists

Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Deborah York (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Annette Markert (alto)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Jorg Durmuller (tenor)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Ton Koopman

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV16 'Herr Gott, dich loben wir'
Cantata BWV28 'Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende'
Cantata BWV41 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'
Cantata BWV171 'Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm'

Artists

Conductor

Ton Koopman

About

The New Year’s Day cantatas invariably display particular orchestral splendor in that all of them are richly orchestrated for brass and woodwind instruments, in addition to the standard strings. Although not an important date in the liturgical calendar, New Year’s Day was of special importance in Leipzig because of the opening of the “Neujahrs-Messe,” the first of three annual trade fairs that brought scores of merchants and visitors to the city. This offered Bach an opportunity to exhibit Leipzig church music which had no parallel elsewhere.

Four of the five cantatas used for this particular occasion are featured on this album. The texts of all five works make reference to the traditional Gospel reading of the feast day, Luke 2: 21 (the naming of Jesus); BWV 171 does it even in its first line (“Gott, wie dein Name…”). BWV 28, included in this album, is designated for the Sunday after Christmas and was first performed on December 30, 1725. However, the text of the opening movement as well as the use of a New Year’s hymn for the concluding chorale strophe emphasize this cantata’s proximity to the turn of the year.

These recordings have been selected from the award-winning cycle of recordings of the complete cantatas of J S Bach by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.

Contents:
"Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm" BWV 171
Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Bogna Bartosz (alto) / Christoph Prégardien (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

"Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" BWV 41
Sibylla Rubens (soprano) / Annette Markert (alto) / Christoph Prégardien (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

"Gottlob, nun geht das Jahr zu Ende" BWV 28
Deborah York (soprano) / Bogna Bartosz (alto) / Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

"Herr Gott, dich loben wir" BWV 16
Bogna Bartosz (alto) / Paul Agnew (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

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