Rolf Schweizer, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 210 Mb | Total time: 44:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 94350 | Recorded: 1999
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 210 Mb | Total time: 44:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 94350 | Recorded: 1999
It is well known that Bach was a keen recycler – always borrowing old musical ideas and refashioning them for different expressive purposes. The Oster Oratorium is no exception in that its origins can be traced back to a secular cantata written in 1725 to celebrate the birthday of Duke Christian of Saxony-Weissenfels. Little over a month later the cantata was performed again, this time with an amended text and new recitatives to suit the celebration of Easter Sunday, but it was not until 1735 that the composer, having made further alterations to the work’s structure and scoring, chose to give it the revised title ‘oratorio’.