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J. S. Bach: Kothener Trauermusik
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Details
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Artist
- Solomon's Knot
- Format
- CD
- Discs
- 2
- Label
- Linn Records
- Released
- Sep 04, 2026
- Catalog #
- CKD788
- UPC
- 691062078825
About
For it's first album on Linn, Solomon's Knot performs one of Bach's most fascinating works. Although not a single note of the Kothener Trauermusik survives, almost every other detail of the performance does: we know it's date, the first performers, the librettist and the libretto. Reconstructed by Chad Kelly from various sources, chief among them Bach's first version of the Matthaus-Passion, this work was commissioned for both performance and this live recording by Solomon's Knot. Kelly's reconstruction does not claim to be definitive; such certainty is unattainable and beside the point. Instead, he uses carefully considered creative licence to bring to life two elements central to the original: the sincerity of the text, and the context of the occasion for which it was written. As 'one of the UK's most innovative and imaginative ensembles' (The Observer), the Baroque music collective Solomon's Knot is in full swing in this performance recorded at the Dreieinigkeitskirche during the Tage Alter Musik Regensburg festival.
Tracklist 27 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 Part I: Sinfonia 02:54
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part I: Sinfonia
- Duration
- 02:54
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
2 Part I: Aria: Lass, Leopold, dich nicht begraben (Bass) 06:03
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I: Aria: Lass, Leopold, dich nicht begraben (Bass)
- Duration
- 06:03
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Alex Ashworth
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
3 Part I: Recitative: Wie könnt es möglich sein (Alto) 01:06
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: Wie könnt es möglich sein (Alto)
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Nathan Mercieca
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
4 Part I: Aria: Wird auch gleich nach tausend Zähren (Alto) 04:22
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part I: Aria: Wird auch gleich nach tausend Zähren (Alto)
- Duration
- 04:22
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Nathan Mercieca
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
5 Part I: Recitative: Und Herr, das ist die Spezerei (Tenor) 01:20
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: Und Herr, das ist die Spezerei (Tenor)
- Duration
- 01:20
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Thomas Herford
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
6 Part I: Aria: Geh, Leopold, zu deiner Ruh (Tenor) 05:33
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part I: Aria: Geh, Leopold, zu deiner Ruh (Tenor)
- Duration
- 05:33
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Thomas Herford
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
7 Part I: Chorale: Ach, Herr, lass dein' lieb' Engelein 02:28
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part I: Chorale: Ach, Herr, lass dein' lieb' Engelein
- Duration
- 02:28
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
8 Part II: Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt (Chorus) 04:51
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part II: Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:51
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
9 Part II: Recitative: O Land, bestürztes Land! (Alto) 01:26
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: O Land, bestürztes Land! (Alto)
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Kate Symonds-Joy
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
10 Part II: Aria: Weh und Ach (Alto) 03:49
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part II: Aria: Weh und Ach (Alto)
- Duration
- 03:49
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Kate Symonds-Joy
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
11 Part II: Recitative: Wie, wenn der Blitze Grausamkeit (Tenor) 01:11
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: Wie, wenn der Blitze Grausamkeit (Tenor)
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- David de Winter
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
12 Part II: Aria: Zage nur du treues Land (Tenor) 04:20
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part II: Aria: Zage nur du treues Land (Tenor)
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- David de Winter
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
13 Part II: Recitative: Ach ja! (Soprano) 01:04
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: Ach ja! (Soprano)
- Duration
- 01:04
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Clare Lloyd-Griffiths
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
14 Part II: Komm wieder, teurer Fürstengeist (Chorus) 04:53
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Part II: Komm wieder, teurer Fürstengeist (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:53
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
- Disc 2
-
1 Part III: Wir haben einen Gott (Chorus) 04:55
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part III: Wir haben einen Gott (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:55
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
2 Part III: Recitative: Betrübter Anblick, voll Erschrecken (Alto) 00:48
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part III: Recitative: Betrübter Anblick, voll Erschrecken (Alto)
- Duration
- 00:48
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Kate Symonds-Joy
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
3 Part III: Aria: Erhalte mich (Alto) 06:05
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part III: Aria: Erhalte mich (Alto)
- Duration
- 06:05
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Kate Symonds-Joy
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
4 Part III: Recitative: Jedoch der schwache Mensche (Soprano) 01:01
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part III: Recitative: Jedoch der schwache Mensche (Soprano)
- Duration
- 01:01
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Clare Lloyd-Griffiths
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
5 Part III: Aria: Mit Freuden sei die Welt verlassen (Soprano) 03:50
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part III: Aria: Mit Freuden sei die Welt verlassen (Soprano)
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Clare Lloyd-Griffiths
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
6 Part III: Recitative: Wohl also dir (Bass) 00:35
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part III: Recitative: Wohl also dir (Bass)
- Duration
- 00:35
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Alex Ashworth
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
7 Part III: Wir haben einen Gott (Chorus) 04:42
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part III: Wir haben einen Gott (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
8 Part IV: Chorale: Lass dein' Engel mit mir fahren 01:44
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part IV: Chorale: Lass dein' Engel mit mir fahren
- Duration
- 01:44
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
9 Part IV: Aria: Bleibet nun in Eurer Ruh (Bass) 06:56
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part IV: Aria: Bleibet nun in Eurer Ruh (Bass)
- Duration
- 06:56
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
10 Part IV: Recitative: Und du betrübtes Fürstenhaus (Soprano and Tenor) 01:32
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part IV: Recitative: Und du betrübtes Fürstenhaus (Soprano and Tenor)
- Duration
- 01:32
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Thomas Herford
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
11 Part IV: Aria: Hemme dein gequältes Kränken (Soprano) 03:04
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part IV: Aria: Hemme dein gequältes Kränken (Soprano)
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
12 Part IV: Recitative: Nun scheiden wir (Bass) 02:04
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part IV: Recitative: Nun scheiden wir (Bass)
- Duration
- 02:04
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot
-
13 Part IV: Die Augen sehn nach deiner Leiche (Chorus) 04:41
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part IV: Die Augen sehn nach deiner Leiche (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:41
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, Kate Symonds-Joy, Nathan Mercieca, Thomas Herford, David de Winter, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
- Ensemble
- Solomon's Knot