Altnickol & Bach: Bach's Family Choral Motets

$15.99
Label
Haenssler Classic
Release Date
June 14, 2019
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ALTNICKOL BACH, J.C.F.
    • PERFORMER
      Kammerchor Stuttgart, Bernius
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 14, 2019
    • UPC
      881488180145
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HC18014
    • LABEL
      Haenssler Classic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ich lieg und schlaf, W. XV/1, H. 100

      Composer: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    2. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

      Composer: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    3. Zion hort die Wachter singen

      Composer: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    4. Gloria sei dir gesungen

      Composer: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    5. Befiehl du deine Wege

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    6. Dem Herren musst du trauen

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    7. Aria: Dein ewge Treu und Gnaden

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    8. Trio: Weg hast du allerwegen

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    9. Und ob gleich alle Teufel

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    10. Hoff, hoff, o du arme Seele

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    11. Auf, auf, gib deinem Schmerze

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    12. Trio: Ihn, ihn lass tun und walten

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    13. Er wird zar eine Weile

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    14. Wird's aber sich befinden

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    15. Trio: Wohl dir, wohl dir du Kind der Treue

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    16. Mach End, o Herr, mach Ende

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius

    17. Nun danket alle Gott

      Composer: Johann Christoph Altnickol

      Ensemble: Kammerchor Stuttgart

      Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz

      Conductor: Frieder Bernius


Several of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach´s, (called the “Bückeburg Bach”) liturgical works benefited from choral writing in cantatas, passions and oratorios by his father Johann Sebastian; at times, these even appear in prominent positions, as in the motet on the familiar hymn by Otto Nicolai (1566–1608) “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (BR-JCFB H 101) with its elaborate counterpoint. The four-part chorale “Gloria sei dir gesungen” at the end of the work is taken from his father’s cantata of the same name (BWV 140). No specific occasion for the motet’s composition is known, and the work can be only approximately dated to the mid-1780s. Many passages written to show off the singer’s virtuosity are in the direct tradition of his father, who often gave his vocal writing an instrumental treatment – in accordance with his conviction that “everything must be possible”. The singers often found that this approach to composition tested them to the limit of their powers. We do not know the extent of Altnickol’s musical output. Very few of his compositions have survived. Apart from some keyboard works, a ricercare and the G minor harpsichord concerto, there are two Sanctus settings, two festival cantatas and the two chorale motets selected for the present recording, “Befiehl du deine Wege” and “Nun danket alle Gott”. Bach had testified to his pupil’s “quite special facility in Composition”. 1749 Altnickol married Bach´s daughter Elisabeth Juliane Friederica.