Bach: Cantatas - Aus Der Tiefen, Himmelskonig Sei Willkommen / Gropper, Jurda, Kiener, Schlecht

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Label
Oehms Classics
Release Date
February 22, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Barock Orchestra L'Arpa Festante
    • PERFORMER
      Arcis Vocalisten, Gropper
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 22, 2011
    • UPC
      4260034867833
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      OC783
    • LABEL
      Oehms Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Sinfonia - Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    2. Arioso: So du willst, Herr, Sunde zurechnen (Bass) - Chorale: Erbarm dich mein in solcher Last (Chorus Sopranos)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Franz Schlecht

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    3. Ich harre des Herrn (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    4. Aria: Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn (Tenor) - Chorale: Und weil ich denn in meinem Sinn (Chorus Altos)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Maximilian Kiener

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    5. Israel, hoffe auf den Herrn (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    6. Sonata

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    7. Himmelskonig, sei willkommen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    8. Recitative: Siehe, ich komme (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Franz Schlecht

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    9. Aria: Starkes Lieben (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Franz Schlecht

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    10. Aria: Leget euch dem Heiland unter (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Regine Jurda

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    11. Aria: Jesu, lass durch Wohl und Weh (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Maximilian Kiener

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    12. Chorale: Jesu, deine Passion (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper

    13. So lasset uns gehen in Salem der Freuden (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Thomas Gropper




BACH Cantatas: No. 131 2,3; No. 182 1-3 • Thomas Gropper (cond); 1 Regine Jurda (alt); 2 Maximiian Kiener (ten); 3 Franz Schlecht (bs); Arsis Vocalists Munich; L’Arpa Festante; (period instruments) • OEHMS OC 783 (47:23 Text, no Translations)


Bach’s Cantata 131 may have been his first ever, composed at Mühlhausen in 1707 or 1708. We can hear in it the youthful composer remaining true to his German roots, but stretching his wings, experimenting with an episodic, through-composed structure, and succeeding brilliantly. The experiment, however, was short-lived. By the time Bach moved to Weimar in 1714, he was settling on a new format, which he would refine and perfect in later years: a succession of individual movements, usually including an elaborate choral number, a group of solo pieces, and an unadorned setting of the relevant chorale. A heightened awareness of international trends surfaced in French overtures and Italianate recitatives and da capo arias. Cantata 182 was Bach’s first for Weimar.


Both of these early cantatas on this disc are likely candidates for chamber-sized performances, but they are sung here by a chorus of about 50 singers. Thomas Gropper’s temperate direction serves the music well. The choral singing is nicely burnished and admirably precise. The first chorus of No. 182 seemed to lose a bit of its forward momentum, but order is quickly restored and the cantata (and the disc) ends well. The soloists are similarly effective. One can get a vague sense of meandering in the bass aria of BWV 182, but the overall impression is positive. The featured (but unnamed) wind soloists—the oboe in No. 131 and the recorder in No. 182—are especially fine, more reasons to give the disc your consideration. In all, an excellent 131; a good 182.


FANFARE: George Chien