Homilius: Siehe, der Herr kommt - Christmas & Advent Cantatas / Willens, Kolner Akademy

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Label
CPO
Release Date
February 7, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HOMILIUS, GOTTFRIED AUGUST
    • PERFORMER
      Herfurtne Gottwald, Poplutz, Borgioni, Kolner Akademie, Willens
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 07, 2020
    • UPC
      761203527823
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555278-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Chorus: Siehe, der Herr kömmt mit vielen tausend Heiligen (Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    2. Accompanied Recitative: Wie wird uns dann… (Tenor)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    3. Aria: Dann zittern und heulen die Sünder der Erden (Tenor)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    4. Recitative: O Christen, wagt es nicht, den Heiland zu erbittern (Soprano)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Hanna Herfurtner

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    5. Duet: Wenn nun dies wird geschehn (Soprano, Bass)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Hanna Herfurtner, Mauro Borgioni

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    6. Chorus: Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt im Rat der Gottlosen (Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    7. Aria: Lehre meine Hände tragen (Tenor)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    8. Recitative: Ihr Frevler wagt es nur, dem Herrn zu spotten (Soprano)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Hanna Herfurtner

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    9. Aria: Ihr Sünder, lasst euch unterrichten (Bass)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    10. Chorale: Dein Wort lass mich bekennen für dieser argen Welt (Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    11. Chorus: So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum (Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    12. Recitative: Mein Herz soll stets für deinen Ruhm entbrennen (Tenor)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    13. Aria: Gott, wenn die Menschen dich verachten (Tenor)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    14. Recitative: Nein, nimmermehr will ich von deiner Rechten weichen (Soprano)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Hanna Herfurtner

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    15. Aria: Die Frommen, deine Knechte, bewahren dein Gesetz (Soprano)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Hanna Herfurtner

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    16. Chorale: Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren (Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    17. Chorale: Merk auf, mein Herz, und sieh dorthin (Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    18. Accompanied Recitative: Was aber seh' ich hier? (Tenor)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    19. Aria: Setzet Furcht und Angst beiseite (Alto)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Franziska Gottwald

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    20. Accompanied Recitative: Mein Glaube zweifelt weiter nicht (Bass)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    21. Chorus: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe und Friede auf Erden (Chorus)

      Composer: Gottfried August Homilius

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens


This album marks the recording premiere of four cantatas by Gottfried August Homilius for Advent and Christmas. Homilius was the number-one composer of Protestant church music during the second half of the eighteenth century and during his lifetime was regarded as »perhaps today’s very best church composer. “After his death the lexicographer Ernst Ludwig Gerber expressed the view that he was »without contradiction our greatest church composer.” Homilius’ music already displays elements of early Classicism and the sensibility of the empfindsamer Stil, his cantata choruses are frequently homophonic and songlike in design, and polyphonic sections are rather rare. His cantatas composed around 1776 prove to be works of individual design and conception and attest to his mastery as a composer. Arias of great tonal beauty, the naturalness of their expression, and the dramatic suspense of the numbers continue to fascinate listening audiences even today!