Bach: Secular Cantatas [BWV201, 205, 213]

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J. S. BACH
Bach: Secular Cantatas [BWV201, 205, 213]
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs

[ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 16 June 2014

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The secular cantatas afford us a glimpse of what Bach could have done if he had been tempted to write an opera. They reveal a composer who was highly sensitive not only to the place where they were to be performed (in the Zimmerman coffee-house or gardens in Leipzig), but also to the texts he was given to set and to the audience that was to listen to them. The result is a number of quite fascinating works which demonstrate the full range of Bach's musical palette.

"immensely persuasive performances" (International Record Review)

Tracks:

Cantata BWV205 'Zerreißet. Zersprenge, zertrümmert die Gruft'
Cantata BWV213 'Laßt uns sorgen. Laßt uns wachen' (Hercules auf dem Scheidewege)
Cantata BWV201 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde'