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Masaaki Suzuki- Secular Cantatas 3

SKU: 7318599920412
¥154.00
the album cover for Masaaki Suzuki - Secular Cantatas 3
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Although two of the works on this disc were composed for weddings, they are completely different in character. Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten is a charming and gracious garland of recitatives and arias for soprano solo in which Spring, Flora, Apollo and Amor are all invoked in a blessing of the newly wedded couple and their union. The Quodlibet (Latin for 'what pleases') on the other hand, is an altogether unceremonious composition which was probably intended for a private function in Bach's own circle or family. All we have is a fragment of the work - in Bach's own hand - and the beginning and ending of the piece, including the title page, are missing. It is therefore not even certain that it is Bach's own work, but may have been a collaboration between several of the wedding guests. Compositions of this kind belong to a tradition which combines quotations from songs, toasts, market traders' calls, proverbs and puns, and were especially popular at weddings - where they frequently got out of hand! The third disc in Bach Collegium Japan's series of secular cantatas also includes a birthday cantata composed in the honour of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Kethen, Bach's employer during years 1717-23. Durchlauchtster Leopold ('Most illustrious Leopold') celebrates the 'propitious day' while extolling the ruler's 'excellent attributes' and 'princely renown'. Two duets in minuet form lend the work the character of a courtly serenade, which didn't stop Bach from reusing it, with a new text, as a church cantata a few years later. The name of the recipient of Schwingt freudig euch empor, another congratulatory cantata, is no longer known, but the text tells US that he was a teacher of high standing and of an advanced age. Once again Bach, who must have been attached to the work, reused it as a church cantata, but also, with the new title Steigt freudig in die Luft, as a birthday tribute to Charlotte Friederike of Anhalt-Kethen, the wife of Prince Leopold.

Tracklist:

  1. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Recitative: Durchlauchtster Leopold (Soprano)
  2. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: Guldner Sonnen Frohe Stunden (Soprano)
  3. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Leopolds Vortrefflichkeiten (Bass)
  4. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: Unter Seinem Purpursaum (Soprano, Bass)
  5. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Recitative: Durchlauchtigster, Den Anhalt Vater Nennt (Soprano, Bass)
  6. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: So Schau Dies Holden Tages Licht (Soprano)
  7. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: Dein Name Gleich Der Sonnen Geh (Bass)
  8. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Chorus: Nimm Auch, Grosser Furst, Uns Auf (Soprano, Bass)
  9. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten
  10. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: Die Welt Wird Wieder Neu
  11. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Phoebus Eilt Mit Schnellen Pferden
  12. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: Drum Sucht Auch Amor Sein Vergnugen
  13. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Wenn Die Fruhlingslufte Streichen
  14. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: Und Dieses Ist Das Glucke
  15. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Sich Uben Im Lieben
  16. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: So Sei Das Band Der Keuschen Liebe
  17. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria (Gavotte): Sehet In Zufriedenheit
  18. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor (Chorus)
  19. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Ein Herz, In Zartlichem Empfinden (Tenor)
  20. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Aria: Die Liebe Fuhrt Mit Sanften Schritten (Tenor)
  21. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Du Bist Es Ja, O Hochverdienter Mann (Bass)
  22. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Aria: Der Tag, Der Dich Vordem Gebar (Bass)
  23. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Nur Dieses Einzge Sorgen Wir (Soprano)
  24. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Aria: Auch Mit Gedampften, Schwachen Stimmen (Soprano)
  25. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Bei Solchen Freudenvollen Stunden (Tenor)
  26. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Chorus And Recitative: Wie Die Jahre Sich Verneuen (Tenor, Bass, Soprano)
  27. Quodlibet, Bwv 524
Format: New CD/Classical

Masaaki Suzuki- Secular Cantatas 3

SKU: 7318599920412
¥154.00

Release Date: 05.28.2013

 
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Although two of the works on this disc were composed for weddings, they are completely different in character. Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten is a charming and gracious garland of recitatives and arias for soprano solo in which Spring, Flora, Apollo and Amor are all invoked in a blessing of the newly wedded couple and their union. The Quodlibet (Latin for 'what pleases') on the other hand, is an altogether unceremonious composition which was probably intended for a private function in Bach's own circle or family. All we have is a fragment of the work - in Bach's own hand - and the beginning and ending of the piece, including the title page, are missing. It is therefore not even certain that it is Bach's own work, but may have been a collaboration between several of the wedding guests. Compositions of this kind belong to a tradition which combines quotations from songs, toasts, market traders' calls, proverbs and puns, and were especially popular at weddings - where they frequently got out of hand! The third disc in Bach Collegium Japan's series of secular cantatas also includes a birthday cantata composed in the honour of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Kethen, Bach's employer during years 1717-23. Durchlauchtster Leopold ('Most illustrious Leopold') celebrates the 'propitious day' while extolling the ruler's 'excellent attributes' and 'princely renown'. Two duets in minuet form lend the work the character of a courtly serenade, which didn't stop Bach from reusing it, with a new text, as a church cantata a few years later. The name of the recipient of Schwingt freudig euch empor, another congratulatory cantata, is no longer known, but the text tells US that he was a teacher of high standing and of an advanced age. Once again Bach, who must have been attached to the work, reused it as a church cantata, but also, with the new title Steigt freudig in die Luft, as a birthday tribute to Charlotte Friederike of Anhalt-Kethen, the wife of Prince Leopold.

Tracklist:

  1. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Recitative: Durchlauchtster Leopold (Soprano)
  2. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: Guldner Sonnen Frohe Stunden (Soprano)
  3. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Leopolds Vortrefflichkeiten (Bass)
  4. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: Unter Seinem Purpursaum (Soprano, Bass)
  5. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Recitative: Durchlauchtigster, Den Anhalt Vater Nennt (Soprano, Bass)
  6. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: So Schau Dies Holden Tages Licht (Soprano)
  7. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Aria: Dein Name Gleich Der Sonnen Geh (Bass)
  8. Durchlauchtster Leopold, Bwv 173a: Chorus: Nimm Auch, Grosser Furst, Uns Auf (Soprano, Bass)
  9. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten
  10. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: Die Welt Wird Wieder Neu
  11. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Phoebus Eilt Mit Schnellen Pferden
  12. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: Drum Sucht Auch Amor Sein Vergnugen
  13. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Wenn Die Fruhlingslufte Streichen
  14. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: Und Dieses Ist Das Glucke
  15. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Sich Uben Im Lieben
  16. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Recitative: So Sei Das Band Der Keuschen Liebe
  17. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, Bwv 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria (Gavotte): Sehet In Zufriedenheit
  18. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor (Chorus)
  19. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Ein Herz, In Zartlichem Empfinden (Tenor)
  20. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Aria: Die Liebe Fuhrt Mit Sanften Schritten (Tenor)
  21. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Du Bist Es Ja, O Hochverdienter Mann (Bass)
  22. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Aria: Der Tag, Der Dich Vordem Gebar (Bass)
  23. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Nur Dieses Einzge Sorgen Wir (Soprano)
  24. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Aria: Auch Mit Gedampften, Schwachen Stimmen (Soprano)
  25. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Recitative: Bei Solchen Freudenvollen Stunden (Tenor)
  26. Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, Bwv 36c: Chorus And Recitative: Wie Die Jahre Sich Verneuen (Tenor, Bass, Soprano)
  27. Quodlibet, Bwv 524