Collegium Vocale Gent - Bach - 'Meins Lebens Licht' - Cantatas BWV 45-198 & Motet BWV 118 (2021) [Official Digital Download]

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.

TRACKLIST

1. Collegium Vocale Gent - I. Coro "Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist"
2. Collegium Vocale Gent - II. Recitativo "Der Höchste läßt mich seinen Willen wissen"
3. Collegium Vocale Gent - III. Aria "Weiß ich Gottes Rechte"
4. Collegium Vocale Gent - IV. Arioso "Es werden viele zu mir sagen an jenem Tage"
5. Collegium Vocale Gent - V. Aria "Wer Gott bekennt"
6. Collegium Vocale Gent - VI. Recitativo "So wird denn Herz und mund"
7. Collegium Vocale Gent - VII. Choral "Gib, daß ich tu mit fleiß"
8. Collegium Vocale Gent - Motet in B-Flat Major "O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht", BWV 118
9. Collegium Vocale Gent - I. Coro "Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl"
10. Collegium Vocale Gent - II. Recitativo "Dein Sachsen, dein bestürztes Meißen"
11. Collegium Vocale Gent - III. Aria "Verstummt, verstummt, ihr holden Saiten!"
12. Collegium Vocale Gent - IV. Recitativo "Der Glocken bebendes Getön"
13. Collegium Vocale Gent - V. Aria "Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt!"
14. Collegium Vocale Gent - VI. Recitativo "Ihr Leben ließ die Kunst zu sterben"
15. Collegium Vocale Gent - VII. Coro "An dir, du Fürbild großer Frauen"
16. Collegium Vocale Gent - VIII. Aria "Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus"
17. Collegium Vocale Gent - IX. "Recitativo Was Wunder ists? Du bist es wert"
18. Collegium Vocale Gent - X. Coro "Doch, Königin! du stirbest nicht"



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