Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan - Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol.2, BWV 208 and 134a (2012)
Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan - Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol.2, BWV 208 and 134a (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 366 Mb | Total time: 74:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-1971 | Recorded: 2011
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 366 Mb | Total time: 74:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-1971 | Recorded: 2011
Compared with J.S. Bach’s production of church music his secular vocal works occupy a modest place in his output: today we know of the existence of some fifty secular cantatas, but only about half of these have survived in performable condition. They were occasional pieces, tailored especially to the situation that engendered them. Unlike the church cantatas they could therefore not be performed again in unaltered form, and were thus of little practical interest for Bach’s heirs. The earliest surviving secular cantata is the ‘Hunt’ Cantata, composed in 1713 in Weimar for the birthday of Duke Christian of Sachsen-Weißenfels. The Duke was a passionate huntsman and Bach’s work was performed during a birthday banquet held at the Prince’s hunting lodge. The libretto includes a modest dramatic plot in which four divinities from ancient mythology appear, and to which Bach’s music adds variety and colour through the use, in various movements, of two hunting horns, a trio of oboes and a pair of recorders. Bach must have valued the work highly: he adjusted it at least twice for performances in honour of other people, and also used ‘parody’ versions of various movements in sacred cantatas. Intended for the 1719 New Year’s celebrations in Köthen, Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht would also be recycled by Bach, who five years later transformed it into a cantata for Easter Sunday. Of a more philosophical cast than its companion piece, the cantata is set as a dialogue between Time (tenor) and Divine Providence (alto), who in the final movement are joined by a chorus wishing ‘glückseligen Zeiten’ (‘joyous times’) to the princely house of Anhalt-Köthen. Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have previously recorded one disc of secular cantatas (BIS-CD-1411), with the Coffee Cantata and the wedding cantata O Holder Tag, Erwünschte Zeit. With this second volume, the team now picks up the thread of this series which runs parallel to the traversal of the church cantatas.
Performer:
Sophie Junker, soprano I
Joanne Lunn, soprano II
Damien Guillon, alto
Makoto Sakurada, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Track List:
01. Sinfonia in F major, BWV 1046a/1
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208
02. 1. Recitativo (Soprano I). Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!…
03. 2. Aria (Soprano I). Jagen ist die Lust der Götter…
04. 3. Recitativo (Tenore). Wie? schönste Göttin? wie?…
05. 4. Aria (Tenore). Willst du dich nicht mehr ergötzen…
06. 5. Recitativo (Soprano I, Tenore). Ich liebe dich zwar noch!…
07. 6. Recitativo (Basso). Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott…
08. 7. Aria (Basso). Ein Fürst ist seines Landes Pan!…
09. 8. Recitativo (Soprano II). Soll denn der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?…
10. 9. Aria (Soprano II). Schafe können sicher weiden…
11. 10. Recitativo (Soprano I). So stimmt mit ein…
12. 11. Chorus. Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden…
13. 12. Duetto (Soprano I, Tenore). Entzücket uns beide…
14. 13. Aria (Soprano II). Weil die wollenreichen Herden…
15. 14. Aria (Basso). Ihr Felder und Auen…
16. 15. Chorus. Ihr lieblichste Blicke, ihr freudige Stunden…
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a
17. 1. Recitativo (Tenore, Alto). Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht…
18. 2. Aria (Tenore). Auf, Sterbliche, lasset ein Jauchzen ertönen…
19. 3. Recitativo (Tenore, Alto). So bald, als dir die Sternen hold…
20. 4. Aria (Alto, Tenore). Es streiten, es siegen die künftigen Zeiten…
21. 5. Recitativo (Alto, Tenore). Bedenke nur, beglücktes Land…
22. 6. Aria (Alto). Der Zeiten Herr hat viel vergnügte Stunden…
23. 7. Recitativo (Tenore, Alto). Hilf, Höchster, hilf…
24. 8. Chorus. Ergetzet auf Erden…
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