Bach Secular Cantatas, Vol. 4: Academic Cantatas / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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BIS
Release Date
July 8, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
    • PERFORMER
      Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki, Lunn, Blaze, Lattke, Williams
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 08, 2014
    • UPC
      7318599920016
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-SACD-2001
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Zerreisset, zerspringet, zertrummert die Gruft (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. Recitative: Ja, ja! Die Stunden sind nunmehro nah (Aeolus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. Aria: Wie will ich lustig lachen (Aeolus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. Recitative: Gefurcht'ter Aolus (Zephyrus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Wolfram Lattke

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. Aria: Frische Schatten, meine Freude (Zephyrus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Wolfram Lattke

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. Recitative: Beinahe wirst du mich bewegen (Aeolus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. Aria: Konnen nicht die roten Wangen (Pomona)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. Recitative: So willst du, grimmger Aolus (Pomona, Pallas)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze, Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. Aria: Angenehmer Zephyrus (Pallas)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. Recitative: Mein Aeolus, Ach! (Pallas, Aeolus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. Aria: Zurucke, zurucke, geflugelten Winde (Aeolus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    12. Recitative: Was Lust! Was Freude! Welch Vergnugen! (Pallas, Pomona, Zephyrus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Wolfram Lattke

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    13. Aria: Zweig und Aste (Pomona, Zephyrus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze, Wolfram Lattke

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    14. Recitative: Ja, ja! Ich lad euch selbst zu dieser Feier ein (Pallas)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    15. Vivat August, August vivat! (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    16. Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    17. Recitative: Wen treibt ein edler Trieb (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Wolfram Lattke

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    18. Aria: Zieht euren Fuss nur nicht zurucke (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Wolfram Lattke

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    19. Recitative: Dem nur allein soll meine Wohnung offen sein (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    20. Duet: Den soll mein Lorbeer schutzend decken (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    21. Ritornello

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    22. Recitative: Es ist kein leeres Wort (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    23. Aria: Atzet dieses Angedenken (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Robin Blaze

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    24. Recitative: Ihr Schlafrigen, herbei! (Tenor, Bass, Soprano, Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Wolfram Lattke, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    25. Anhang: Marche

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    26. Kortte lebe, Kortte bluhe! (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki


This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

The two works on this disc perfectly illustrate a particular type of secular cantata, the so-called ‘dramma per musica’. In such works the libretto is constructed dramatically, and the singers embody various roles, such as gods and other characters from antiquity, and allegorical figures. The parallel with opera is apparent, although the ‘drammi per musica’ do without any scenic element. Bach primarily used the form in works intended for princely tributes or academic festivities: educated audiences could be expected to recognize the characters and literary traditions involved. Both cantatas recorded here are ‘academic’ cantatas, composed in honour of eminent members of the faculty at the University of Leipzig. BWV 205 celebrates the name day of Dr August Friedrich Müller (3rd August 1725), and takes us to Aeolia, where Aeolus, the King of the Winds, holds the mighty autumn storms captive until it is time to let them loose on the world. To prevent any disruption of the celebrations for Dr Müller, the goddess Pallas, among others, entreats Aeolus to keep the storms in check for a while longer. Grudgingly he concedes to her wish, but only after singing an aria full of splendid bluster (Wie will ich lustig lachen…). One year later, Bach composed the cantata BWV 207 for the appointment of Dr Gottlieb Kortte as ‘professor extraordinarius’. The young jurist enjoyed particular popularity among the young academics, who probably were the commissioners of the cantata. In this work it is virtues such as Diligence and Honour which take musical shape, singing the praise of the eminent academic. The cantata closes with a chorus, Kortte lebe, Kortte blühe!, wishing the new professor a long and flourishing life – unfortunately to little avail, as Dr Kortte died only five years later, at the age of 33.