Bach: 'Meins Lebens Licht' Cantatas BWV 45 & 198 / Motet BWV 118
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J. S. BACH
Bach: 'Meins Lebens Licht' Cantatas BWV 45 & 198 / Motet BWV 118
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director) / Dorothee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
[ PHI / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 26 March 2021
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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.
'O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, is tailor-made for Herreweghe. No one else peels back those tactile homogeneous phrases with quite such luminosity and deep-seated finesse as Collegium Vocale.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2021
"Herreweghe's Ghent choir is one of the finest professional ensembles in Europe, showcased in the motet, Light of My Life." Sunday Times
Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Choral
Tracks:
Cantata BWV45 'Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist'
Motet BWV118 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht'
Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)
