SKU: CA.3109509

ISBN 9790007046743. Key: G major. Language: German/English.

Score available separately - see item CA.3109500.

SKU: CA.4042320

ISBN 9790007067342. Key: D major. Language: Latin.

SKU: CA.3109512

ISBN 9790007046767. Key: G major. Language: German/English.

Score available separately - see item CA.3109500.

SKU: HL.44007127

UPC: 884088167943.

Viele der zahlreichen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach sind bis heute bei einem grossen Publikum bekannt und beliebt. Hierzu zahlen die Matthaus-Passion, das Weihnachtsoratorium und das Air aus der dritten Orchestersuite. Das Arioso aus BWV 156 gehort ebenfalls zu seinen bekanntesten Kompositionen. Jacob de Haan arrangierte dieses Werk, ohne den Charakter des Originals zu verfalschen. In einer abwechslungsreichen Instrumentierung kommt die Schonheit dieser Musik voll und ganz zur Geltung.

SKU: CA.3112307

ISBN 9790007166748. Language: German/English. Text: Fritsch, Ahasverus. Text by Ahasverus Fritsch.

This six-movement cantata uses the hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, first recorded in 1698 in the Darmstadter Liederbuch. This places it amongst those chorale cantatas which use a hymn from the repertoire associated with Pietism. As was customary, the hymn text is retained in the outer movements, whereas the text for the inner movements - two secco recitatives and a tenor and a bass aria - are concerned with the contrast between the hostile world and the certainty of Jesus; the links between the cantata text and the Feast of the Epiphany are correspondingly tenuous. In the first movement the soprano sings the hymn melody complete, accompanied by mainly homophonic vocal parts, whilst the instrumental writing is largely influenced by the melody of the first line of the hymn. Remarkable is the tenor aria, with its contrasting central section and its chromatic twists and turns, in which Bach once again proves himself to be a master of harmony. The demands on the chorus are fairly modest, whereas the instrumentalists are challenged in the first movement and in both the arias. Score available separately - see item CA.3112300.

SKU: CA.3116819

ISBN 9790007166786. Language: German/English. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text by Salomo Franck.

The text of Bach's cantata Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort was published in 1715, that is during Bach's Weimar period, in the Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer by Salomon Frank. This concisely-written but powerful work was, however, only composed ten years later in Leipzig, and was heard for the first time on 29 July 1725, the 9th Sunday after Trinity. Its main dramatic-musical emphasis lies clearly in the first movement, a dark, almost operatic movement for baritone and string orchestra in B minor. By contrast, the ensuing aria for tenor with obbligato oboe accompaniment is distinctly more intimate, and the duet between soprano and alto - just accompanied by continuo - is more restrained in its musical language and expression than the first movement. In between there are two extended recitatives, the first of which leads into an arioso. The breadth of expression within the cantata is striking, its opening movement a masterpiece of Bach's dramatic writing. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3116800.

SKU: CA.3101900

ISBN 9790007017767. Language: German/English.

SKU: CA.3111014

ISBN 9790007048167. Key: D major / b minor. Language: German/English. Text: Lehms, Georg Christian. Text: Georg Christian Lehms.

Score available separately - see item CA.3111000.