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Bach: Kantaten (Extended Version) - Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Ricercar  RIC401D

Stereo  (85 minutes)

Classical - Vocal

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier


Vox Luminis looks to the past and the future with this special digital reissue of its Kantaten recording comprising spiritual concerts and sacred cantatas by the ancestors of Johann Sebastian Bach. Named a Choice recording by both BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone upon its release in 2019, this new edition is enriched by three additional compositions which have just been recorded for Ricercar’s forthcoming release of the complete edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach’s ancestors: Kyrie a 6 by Heinrich Bach, Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen by Johann Michael Bach and Siehe wie fein und lieblich ist by Georg Christoph Bach. The Kantaten programme also includes the cantata for the Feast of St Michael the Archangel by Johann Christoph Bach and the cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden by Johann Sebastian Bach, in its original version dating from his Arnstadt period, containing copious elements linking it to the music of his forebears.

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Works (10)

• Georg Christoph Bach: Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist
• Heinrich Bach: Ich danke dir Gott - Cantata
• Heinrich Bach: Kyrie à 6
• Johann Christoph Bach: Die Furcht des Herren - Cantata
• Johann Christoph Bach: Es erhub sich ein Streit - Cantata
• Johann Christoph Bach: Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig
• Johann Michael Bach: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ - Cantata
• Johann Michael Bach: Herr, der König freuet sich
• Johann Michael Bach: Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen - Cantata
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden - Cantata, BWV 4 'Easter'