SDG 715 - Johann Christoph Bach Welt, gute Nacht - NOW AVAILABLE!

“JC Bach’s brand of sober pietism really draws you in. The uncompromising honesty of the word setting, and its dense, dark fabric of gambas, cellos and basses, creeps into the nerves system in a rather delicious way.”
**** The Times

“Such is the individuality – even quirkiness – of his settings, with their expressive melody, distinctive harmony and often strikingly interventionist obbligato violin parts, that they absorb rather than repel.”
**** The Guardian

“A rewarding exploration of the little known music of Johann Christoph Bach” - The Sunday Telegraph

Recorded live at Cadogan Hall in 2009, this album features internationally acclaimed soloists, including Matthew Brook, Peter Harvey and Katharine Fuge.

Packaged in a hard back book similar to our other releases, it contains a 48 pages booklet with original notes by Richard Campbell, and texts in German, English and French.

The live concert was billed “Six funerals and a wedding”: the pieces evoke the dark theme of grief, as was fashionable in 17th century Lutheran Germany; though the last track “Meine Freundin” is a lighter amorous dialogue.

The music on this album is in turn dark, poignant, humane and witty. It features choral music (motets) as well as solo arias and laments, and two dialogues.

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) - not to be confused with Johann Christian Bach, was Johann Sebastian Bach’s older cousin. A respected composer in his lifetime, he greatly influenced JS Bach’s music making.

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SDG 715 (1 cd) contains:

Johann Christoph Bach Welt, gute Nacht

Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig, Dialogus
Mit Weinen hebt sich’s an, Aria
Wie bist du den, o Gott, Lamento
Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt, Motet
Ach, dass ich Wassers g’nug hätte, Lamento
Fürchte dich nicht, Motet
Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben, Aria
Meine Freundin, du bist schön, Dialogus

(recorded: Cadogan Hall, London - 16 April 2009)

Soloists: Julia Doyle | Katharine Fuge
Clare Wilkinson | Jeremy Budd | James Gilchrist
Nicholas Mulroy | Matthew Brook | Peter Harvey

The English Baroque Soloists | Maya Homburger | John Eliot Gardiner

 Click here for a French Translation of the sleeve notes.

 Click here for a German Translation of the sleeve notes.

 Click here for the English sleeve notes.

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