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In 'Lass, Fürstin', BWV 198, the aria with flute imitating the traditional funeral bell, magical pizzicato strings and lutes creates extraordinary colours. High pitch remains a strain (BWV 131),... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 25th Aug 2008
Catalogue No: CC72286
Label: Challenge Classics
Series: Koopman Bach Cantatas
Length: 60 minutes

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length7:07

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length1:32

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length3:54

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length0:45

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length7:42

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length1:16

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length1:42

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length5:12

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length2:34

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV198 'Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl' (Trauerode)

Work length6:32

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir'

Work length22:18

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" (Sinfonia, Chorus)

Track length4:18

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"So du willst, Herr, Sünde zurechnen" (Bass)

Track length4:20

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"Ich harre des Herrn" (Chorus)

Track length3:34

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"Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn" (Tenor)

Track length6:04

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"Israel, hoffe, auf den Herrn" (Chorus)

Track length4:02

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Selected from the award-winning cycle of recordings of the complete cantatas of J. S. Bach by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam baroque Orchestra and Choir, the two “Funeral” pieces included in this album represent works from very different periods in Bach’s creative life. The cantata “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir” BWV 131 originates from Mühlhausen and was written in 1707 or 1708 for an unknown occasion, most likely a penitential service perhaps related to the big fire that had devastated large sections of the town of Mühlhausen shortly before Bach’s arrival there in 1707. The Funeral Ode “Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl” BWV 198 on the other hand is a large-scale, two-part cantata composed twenty years later in Leipzig in commemoration of the death of the Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland. It is based on a morning poem in strophic ode format by Johann Christoph Gottsched, at the time Leipzig’s most celebrated literary figure. The artful poem was commissioned by an aristocratic student, Hans Carl von Kirchbach, in the name of the “German Society” at the University and for the academic act of mourning for the death of the Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland, Christiane Eberhardine, wife of Augustus the Strong. Kirchbach commissioned the music for the event from another Leipzig celebrity, Johann Sebastian Bach, and not from the music director of the University, Johann Gottlieb Görner. The latter complained, but accepted the fact that this was an unusually prominent occasion. The work of 1727 could not be performed again in this form because the text makes concrete references to the queen. However, in 1731 the composer reused major parts of the Funeral Ode for his St. Mark Passion, now lost.

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October 2008

In 'Lass, Fürstin', BWV 198, the aria with flute imitating the traditional funeral bell, magical pizzicato strings and lutes creates extraordinary colours. High pitch remains a strain (BWV 131), though distant soprano chorale over solo bass and oboe is heavenly.

J S Bach - Funeral Cantatas

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