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C.P.E. Bach: Spiritual Songs / Meyn, Charston
Toccata

C.P.E. Bach: Spiritual Songs / Meyn, Charston

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Composer
BACH, C.P.E.
Artist
Meyn, Charlston
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Apr 29, 2014
Catalog #
TOCC0248
UPC
5060113442482

About

C.P.E. Bach’s two collections of religious songs were among the most popular 18th Lieder publications. The songs selected for this CD have never been recorded before with their complete texts. The other work recorded here is the ‘Hamlet Fantasy’ which resulted when the poet Gerstenberg imposed his free translation of Hamlet’s soliloquy on one of C. P. E. Bach’s keyboard works. This CD is released to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

REVIEW:

These devotional songs by CPE Bach are culled from two major sources: Geistliche Oden und Lieder mit Melodien (1758) on poetry by CF Gellert; and Sturms Geistliche Gesänge mit Melodien on texts by Christian Carl Sturm (1780–1). More than half of the songs on the program are recorded here for the first time: ‘Bitten’, ‘Prüffung am Abend’, ‘Abendlied’, ‘Busslied’, ‘Uber die Finsternis Kurz vor dem Tode Jesu’, ‘Passionslied’, ‘Der Tag des Weltgerichts’, ‘Empfindungen in der Sommernacht’, and ‘Der Frühling’.

Meyn and Charlston perform the full text of each lyric (‘Prüffung am Abend’ has 10 stanzas) and in intimate surroundings that replicate the original domestic setting for the performance of these songs. It is the perfect setting for the clavichord (built by Peter Bavington), which is the instrument Bach had in mind. Meyn’s tenor voice is light, just right for this repertory and setting. Texts and notes are in English.

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Passionslied 05:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    Passionslied
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  2. 2 Bitten 03:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Bitten
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  3. 3 Prufung am Abend 09:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    Prufung am Abend
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  4. 4 Abendlied 04:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    Abendlied
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  5. 5 Busslied 04:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    Busslied
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  6. 6 Trost eines schwermutigen Christen 03:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Trost eines schwermutigen Christen
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  7. 7 Seyn oder Nicht-seyn 06:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    Seyn oder Nicht-seyn
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  8. 8 No. 29. Uber die Finsternis kurz vor dem Tode Jesu 05:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 29. Uber die Finsternis kurz vor dem Tode Jesu
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  9. 9 No. 2. Passionslied 04:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Passionslied
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  10. 10 No. 13. Der Tag des Weltgerichts 03:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 13. Der Tag des Weltgerichts
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  11. 11 30 Geistliche Gesange mit Melodien, Book 2, Wq. 198, H. 752: No. 18. Empfindungen in der Sommernacht 02:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    30 Geistliche Gesange mit Melodien, Book 2, Wq. 198, H. 752: No. 18. Empfindungen in der Sommernacht
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston
  12. 12 30 Geistliche Gesange mit Melodien, Book 1, Wq. 197, H. 749: No. 14. Der Fruhling 03:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    30 Geistliche Gesange mit Melodien, Book 1, Wq. 197, H. 749: No. 14. Der Fruhling
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Norbert Meyn, Terence R. Charlston