Johann Kuhnau, Vincenzo Albrici: Soprano Cantatas (2010)
Barbara Christina Steude, soprano; Concerto Con Voce; Jan Katzschke, director
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 336 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 177 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Baroque, Vocal | Label: CPO | # CPO 777 531-2 | Time: 01:07:32
Barbara Christina Steude, soprano; Concerto Con Voce; Jan Katzschke, director
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 336 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 177 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Baroque, Vocal | Label: CPO | # CPO 777 531-2 | Time: 01:07:32
Johann Kuhnau owes his fame today mainly to the fact that he was Bach's predecessor as cantor at St. Thomas's in Leipzig. The 17th and 18th centuries meet in Kuhnau's cantatas, where a heavily text-bound musical language following on from the Schütz tradition is combined with Italian melodies and a late-baroque spaciousness – a combination especially delightful to today's ears. Rounding off the CD are cantatas by Kuhnau’s close friend Vincenzo Albrici.