Bach: BWV 114. Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost - Leonhardt (live)

'Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost', BWV 114
Church cantata for soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB),
traverso, 2 oboes, horn, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo
Text: Anonymous, after Johannes Gigas (1514-1581)
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
First performance: 1 October 1724 in Leipzig (Thomaskirche)

00:04 - 1. Chorus: 'Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost'
03:55 - 2. Aria: 'Wo wird in diesem Jammerthale' (T)
13:22 - 3. Recitative: 'O Sünder, trage mit Geduld' (B)
15:05 - 4. Chorale: 'Kein Frucht das Weizenkörnlein bringt' (S)
17:08 - 5. Aria: 'Du machst, o Tod' (A)
22:08 - 6. Recitative: 'Indes bedenke deine Seele' (T)
22:53 - 7. Chorale: 'Wir wachen oder schlafen ein'

Agnès Mellon, soprano
Gérard Lesne, countertenor
John Elwes, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
La Chapelle Royale,
conducted by Gustav Leonhardt
Concert: 25 October 1988 in Paris (Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail)

Movements 1, 4 and 7 are based on the melody of the anonymous 16th-century chorale 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält'.

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