Freiburger Barockorchester, Vox Luminis & Lionel Meunier - Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 320 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:59
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 320 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:59
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics
Vox Luminis has teamed up with the Freiburger Barockorchester again, and together they celebrate music for Ascension Day. This topic inspired great composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, four of whose Ascension cantatas have been preserved. The festive and colourful Cantata BWV 128 was composed towards the end of Bach’s second year in Leipzig. The Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 was written for larger forces and ends with a triumphant chorus. In the case of Georg Philipp Telemann, more than thirty cantatas for Ascension Day alone have survived. The cantata Ich fahre auf zu meinem Vater (I ascend unto my Father) was composed in 1721 and receives its world premiere recording here. Lionel Meunier’s ensemble and the FBO give a fervent rendering of this captivating music with its texts focusing on the afterlife.