Episode 131. Each workday host Joop van Zijl and producer Govert Jan Bach will plough through the oeuvre of the great master Johann Sebastian Bach. This week arrangements of the original cantatas for the Weihnachtsoratorium.
During this episode we will also go back to the worldly cantatas.
1. Cantata BWV 213 Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen (Hercules auf dem Scheidewege) BWV 213
Christoph Prégardien, tenor (Tugend). Elisabeth von Magnus, alto (Hercules). Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Ton Koopman
(Erato 06300-17578-2)
2. Cantata Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen BWV 248/3
Christine Schäfer, Werner Gura and Gerald Finley. A. Schönbergkoor, Concentus Musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
(Duitse HM)
3. From Das Orgelbüchlein: BWV 599 till 611
Ensemble Mare Nostrum
Image: facsimile of aria 31 from Weihnachtsoratorium (see hier facsimile op bach-digital.de)
Any remarks? Please email to bach@concertzender.nl
Hosted by: Joop van Zijl
