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Bach: 'Meins Lebens Licht' Cantata BWV 45-198 & Motet BWV 118
Bach: 'Meins Lebens Licht' Cantata BWV 45-198 & Motet BWV 118
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- Cantata, BWV 45: I. Coro "Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: I. Coro "Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist"
05:02$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 45: II. Recitativo "Der Höchste läßt mich seinen Willen wissen"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Thomas Hobbs Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: II. Recitativo "Der Höchste läßt mich seinen Willen wissen"
00:51$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 45: III. Aria "Weiß ich Gottes Rechte"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Thomas Hobbs Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: III. Aria "Weiß ich Gottes Rechte"
03:50$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 45: IV. Arioso "Es werden viele zu mir sagen an jenem Tage"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Peter Kooij Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: IV. Arioso "Es werden viele zu mir sagen an jenem Tage"
02:52$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 45: V. Aria "Wer Gott bekennt"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Alex Potter Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: V. Aria "Wer Gott bekennt"
03:40$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 45: VI. Recitativo "So wird denn Herz und mund"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Alex Potter Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: VI. Recitativo "So wird denn Herz und mund"
00:54$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 45: VII. Choral "Gib, daß ich tu mit fleiß"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 45: VII. Choral "Gib, daß ich tu mit fleiß"
00:58$2.30 - Motet in B-Flat Major "O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht", BWV 118Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Motet in B-Flat Major "O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht", BWV 118
08:05$3.40 - Cantata, BWV 198: I. Coro "Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: I. Coro "Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl"
04:00$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: II. Recitativo "Dein Sachsen, dein bestürztes Meißen"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Dorothee Mields Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: II. Recitativo "Dein Sachsen, dein bestürztes Meißen"
01:02$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: III. Aria "Verstummt, verstummt, ihr holden Saiten!"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: III. Aria "Verstummt, verstummt, ihr holden Saiten!"
03:31$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: IV. Recitativo "Der Glocken bebendes Getön"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Alex Potter Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: IV. Recitativo "Der Glocken bebendes Getön"
00:50$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: V. Aria "Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt!"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Alex Potter Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: V. Aria "Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt!"
07:01$3.40 - Cantata, BWV 198: VI. Recitativo "Ihr Leben ließ die Kunst zu sterben"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Thomas Hobbs Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: VI. Recitativo "Ihr Leben ließ die Kunst zu sterben"
01:01$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: VII. Coro "An dir, du Fürbild großer Frauen"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: VII. Coro "An dir, du Fürbild großer Frauen"
02:02$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: VIII. Aria "Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Thomas Hobbs Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: VIII. Aria "Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus"
03:52$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: IX. "Recitativo Was Wunder ists? Du bist es wert"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: IX. "Recitativo Was Wunder ists? Du bist es wert"
02:20$2.30 - Cantata, BWV 198: X. Coro "Doch, Königin! du stirbest nicht"Composer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Philippe Herreweghe Collegium Vocale Gent
Cantata, BWV 198: X. Coro "Doch, Königin! du stirbest nicht"
05:07$2.30
Total running time: 56 minutes.
Album information
After a widely acclaimed St John Passion in 2020 (Gramophone Editor’s Choice, BBC Music Magazine Choice, Trophée Radio Classique), Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent continue their in-depth exploration of the works of the composer who has earned them worldwide fame.
Of the two cantatas recorded here, Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist BWV 45, written in 1726, is built around a very virtuosic, almost operatic bass solo setting scriptural words of Christ. Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, which dates from the following year, was composed for the funeral of Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony and titular Queen of Poland, the daughter of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and an ardent Lutheran, whose death had deeply affected the people of Leipzig.
These works are accompanied by the soothing, luminous motet O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (BWV118), also composed for a funeral service in 1736 or 1737.
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Reviews
'This recording shows a Collegium Vocale in fine form, especially masterful in the chorus, with energetic and balanced conducting.'
Scherzo
Editor's Choice: 'No one else peels back those tactile homogeneous phrases with quite such luminosity and deep-seated finesse as Collegium Vocale.'
Gramophone
Record of the Week: 'Life enhancing Bach ...this might be the finest yet of the five volumes of Bach cantatas Herreweghe and co have released.'
BBC Radio 3 'Record Review'
