The baroque spirit in all its musical shapes.
Christmas cantatas by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, teacher of Georg Friedrich Händel. In a Dutch performance by Accademia Amsterdam and Capella Frisiae conducted by Ludger Rémy.
Zachow was an important composer of keyboard music and church cantatas, but at present he is almost exclusively named as the teacher of Georg Friedrich Händel.
A substantial part of the Zachow-catalogue is lost and the remaining works aren’t always easy. For that reason they are often not performed.
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712)
1. Cantate Meine Seel’ erhebt den Herren
2. Cantate Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe
3. Cantate Preiset mit mir den Herren
Constanze Backes, soprano. Accademia Amsterdam and Capella Frisiae conducted by Ludger Rémy
(CD Zachow Christmas Cantatas, Quintone Q 100001, 2010)
Johann Schelle (1648-1701)
4. Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar
Kölner Akademie and Concerto Palatino conducted by Michael Alexander Willens
(CD Johann Schelle Christmas Cantatas, CPO 555 155-2, 2017)
