E.W. Wolf: Four Christmas Cantatas / Willens, Kölner Akademie

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CPO
Release Date
November 18, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    • PERFORMER
      Beate Mordal, Georg Poplutz, Matthias Vieweg, Elvira Bill, Andrey Akhmetov, Kolner Akademie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2022
    • UPC
      761203552429
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555524-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Willkommen, du sehnlich erbetener Tag (Chorus)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    2. Recitative: Annehmlichste Verkündigung (Tenor)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    3. Aria: Vergebens droht der Fürst der Höllen (Bass)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Matthias Vieweg

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    4. Chorale: Ach, Hüter unsers Lebens

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    5. Seid böse, ihr Völker (Chorus)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    6. Recitative: Immanuel, mit uns ist Gott (Tenor)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    7. Aria: Du, Held aus Jakobs edlem Samen (Bass)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Matthias Vieweg

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    8. Recitative: Erregt durch Dank und Demut euren Geist (Bass)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Matthias Vieweg

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    9. Chorale: Er kann und will euch lassen nicht

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    10. Auf, jauchzet, ihr Christen (Chorus)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    11. Recitative: O heil'ge Zeit (Tenor)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Georg Poplutz

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    12. Aria: Wüte nur, du alte Schlange (Bass)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Matthias Vieweg

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    13. Chorale: Heut schleußt er wieder auf die Tür

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    14. Willkommen, du schönster der Tage I (Soli, Chorus)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal, Elvira Bill, Georg Poplutz, Andrey Akhmetov

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    15. Accompanied Recitative: Umkränzt mit Sternen (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    16. Willkommen, du schönster der Tage II (Soli, Chorus)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal, Elvira Bill, Georg Poplutz, Andrey Akhmetov

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    17. Accompanied Recitative: Dir, Gottes ew'gen Sohn (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    18. Aria: So labt ein düsternd Land der milde Tau (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    19. Accompanied Recitative: Erwache nun, Natur, und singe (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    20. Aria: Zephyretten, lasst mit sanftem Wallen (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    21. Chorale: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    22. Accompanied Recitative: Dort in der Krippen liegt das Kind (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    23. Aria: Retter der sünd'gen Menschen (Soprano)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    24. Accompanied Recitative: Enthüllt ist das Geheimnis! (Bass)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Andrey Akhmetov

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    25. Aria: Falle vom Himmel nieder (Soli, Chorus)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal, Elvira Bill, Georg Poplutz, Andrey Akhmetov

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    26. Finale: Erfüllt, ihr schnen Triebe der Lieb' und Gegenliebe (Soli)

      Composer: Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Beate Mordal, Elvira Bill, Georg Poplutz, Andrey Akhmetov

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens


Repertoire expansion for the Christmas season In the 18th century, "well-stocked" church music was a natural tradition throughout central Germany: church services were embellished along the ecclesiastical year with cantatas appropriate to the liturgy for the glory of God, but also for the joy and "spiritual edification" of the visitors. From this treasure of hitherto unknown Christmas music, four cantatas by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf are presented for the first time on this recording. Wolf worked as court kapellmeister in Weimar, and the fact that Goethe rejected him as "self-indulgent" should not prevent us from admiring him as a very important composer of the transition. Musically, Wolf was greatly influenced by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in the empfindsamer Stil and by the works of the Berlin Kapellmeister Carl Heinrich Graun. He was also a prolific composer whose works were received with admiration by his contemporaries. The four cantatas show elements of the early classical and sensitive styles; the cantata choruses are often homophonic and songlike, polyphonic sections rather rare. All the cantatas prove to be individually conceived works that testify to the composer's mastery. Beautiful sounding arias, the naturalness of their expression and the dramatic compression in the individual movements are still convincing today. At the same time, the cantatas bear witness to the high quality of Protestant church music in the period after Johann Sebastian Bach and illustrate the high value of music within the liturgy. Today they can be a welcome addition to the repertoire for the Christmas season.