Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol 3 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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BIS
Release Date
July 30, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki, Lunn, Aoki, Sakurada, Williams
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 30, 2013
    • UPC
      7318599920412
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2041
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Recitative: Durchlauchtster Leopold (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. Aria: Guldner Sonnen frohe Stunden (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. Leopolds Vortrefflichkeiten (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. Aria: Unter seinem Purpursaum (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. Recitative: Durchlauchtigster, den Anhalt Vater nennt (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. Aria: So schau dies holden Tages Licht (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. Aria: Dein Name gleich der Sonnen geh (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. Chorus: Nimm auch, grosser Furst, uns auf (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. Aria: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. Recitative: Die Welt wird wieder neu

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. Aria: Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    12. Recitative: Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    13. Aria: Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    14. Recitative: Und dieses ist das Glücke

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    15. Aria: Sich üben im Lieben

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    16. Recitative: So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    17. Gavotte: Sehet in Zufriedenheit

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    18. Schwingt freudig euch empor (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    19. Recitative: Ein Herz, in zartlichem Empfinden (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Makoto Sakurada

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    20. Aria: Die Liebe fuhrt mit sanften Schritten (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Makoto Sakurada

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    21. Recitative: Du bist es ja, o hochverdienter Mann (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    22. Aria: Der Tag, der dich vordem gebar (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    23. Recitative: Nur dieses Einzge sorgen wir (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    24. Aria: Auch mit gedampften, schwachen Stimmen (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    25. Recitative: Bei solchen freudenvollen Stunden (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Makoto Sakurada

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    26. Chorus and Recitative: Wie die Jahre sich verneuen (Tenor, Bass, Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Makoto Sakurada, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    27. Quodlibet, BWV 524

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Hiroya Aoki, Makoto Sakurada, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki


Although two of the works on this disc were composed for weddings, they are completely different in character. Weichet nur, betrübte 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-Köthen, 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-Köthen, the wife of Prince Leopold.