Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "Vergnügte Ruh"

Featuring

Jonathan Cohen
Iestyn Davies
Arcangelo
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer Biography

Bach's early artistic goal as a young organist was to conduct "a well-regulated church music to the honour of God."

Recording & Production

The recording uses a pitch of A = 415Hz and Vallotti temperament, indicating a historically informed performance approach.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach rarely made things easy for himself or his performers, composing sacred music that was technically, expressively, and intellectually challenging.

Historical Context

In Bach's Germany, Pietist sentiments, including a weariness of life and an ardent embrace of death, were widespread due to death being a constant presence.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, in May 2015.

Composition History

Bach's cantatas, which he often called "Concerto," served as musical sermons intended to illuminate the gospel reading during the Hauptgottesdienst, the Lutheran equivalent of the Catholic Mass.

Composition History

The sinfonias on this album are reworkings of music from Bach's concertos avec plusieurs instruments, which he sent to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721.