J.S. Bach: Sinfonias from Cantatas

Familiar and little-known masterpieces of concertante writing by Bach in an unfamiliar context and sparkling new performances.

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Artists: Takashi Watanabe (organ), Ensemble Cordia, Stefano Veggetti (conductor)

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By transcribing its haunting Sinfonia for two pianos, György Kurtág gave the early ‘Actus Tragicus’ funeral cantata by Bach a second life. He was only following good Bachian practice, which was to make the best of what was available to him. In his sinfonias, Bach often reused movements from previously composed longer instrumental works – some of them now lost in their original, others still very much with us, such as the Brandenburg Concertos. When adapting the first movement of the Third as the opening gambit of BWV174, Bach added wind and a pair of virtuoso horn parts with a flair and audacity that would make most modern transcribers quail. The album ends with a much straighter transcription of the exuberant hunt music for the horn-led first movement to Brandenburg No.1 repurposed as the Sinfonia to BWV52.

Tracklist:
00:00 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 188 Ich habe meine Zuversicht

07:44 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 174 Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte

13:17 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 169 Gott soll allein mein Herze haben

20:53 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen – Adagio Assai

23:38 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 49 Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen

30:07 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal

37:52 Concerto from Cantata BWV 35 Geist und Seele wird verwirret, Pt. 1

43:16 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 35 Geist und Seele wird verwirret, Pt. 2, presto

46:41 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 156 Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe – Adagio

49:11 Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 52 Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht


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