Ensemble Alia Mens & Olivier Spilmont – J. S. Bach: Weimar Cantatas (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The group of Weimar cantatas is exciting on many levels. The purpose Bach expressed in his Mühlhausen resignation letter – which became a master beam of the musical edice he built throughout his life – is expressed with an even more seminal vigour, due to the restrictions it suffered previously. Besides the beauty of the surviving works, which renders the loss of the missing ones all the more bitter, it is moving to see the musician engage, with each new piece, in experiments with form, ideas, and the language for expressing the word of God through the most sensitive possible texts. The choice of developing themes dear to him enabled him to afirm and deepen his faith.

Tracklist:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
1 I. Sinfonia 02:15
2 II. Chorus “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” 06:12
3 III. Recitativo “Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal” 00:45
4 IV. Aria “Kreuz und Kronen sind verbunden” 05:57
5 V. Aria “Ich folge Christo nach” 02:03
6 VI. Aria “Sei getreu, alle Pein” 03:28
7 VII. Choral “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan” 01:05

Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18
8 I. Sinfonia 02:59
9 II. Recitativo “Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt” 01:09
10 III. Recitativo “Mein Gott, hier wird mein Herze sein” 05:51
11 IV. Aria “Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort” 03:00
12 V. Choral “Ich bitt, o Herr, aus Herzens Grund” 01:18

Komm, du süsse Todesstunde, BWV 161
13 I. Aria “Komm, du süße Todesstunde” 04:56
14 II. Recitativo “Welt, deine Lust ist Last” 01:57
15 III. Aria Mein “Verlangen ist, den Heiland zu umfangen” 04:44
16 IV. Recitativo “Der Schluß ist schon gemacht” 02:19
17 V. Chorus “Wenn es meines Gottes Wille” 03:01
18 VI. Choral “Der Leib zwar in der Erden” 01:52

Personnel
Ensemble Alia Mens
Olivier Spilmont, direction

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