186 Chorales [1/8]: BWV 253-275 - Bach (Score)

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Score of Johann Sebastian Bach's chorales 1 to 23 from his 186 four-part lutheran harmonizations BWV 253 to 483. The first 252 BWV are chorales included in larger works like cantatas, oratorios, passions and motets; the rest (the ones in this series) were published posthumously in various editions. Bach's chorales are ingenious exercises on writing four-part harmony - that's why music schools still make students learn (from) them. Their apparent simplicity is nevertheless overshadowed by their expressive power and an ability to cut straigh to the point, capacities that were ideal for their evangelizing intentions. So much can be said with only four melodic lines.

00:00 - (Introduction)
00:23 - 01. BWV 253 "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ"
01:09 - 02. BWV 254 "Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen"
02:08 - 03. BWV 255 "Ach Gott und Herr"
02:52 - 04. BWV 256 "Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost"
04:02 - 05. BWV 257 "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit"
05:13 - 06. BWV 258 "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält"
06:05 - 07. BWV 259 "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen"
07:07 - 08. BWV 260 "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr"
08:11 - 09. BWV 261 "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ"
09:49 - 10. BWV 262 "Alle Menschen müssen sterben"
10:53 - 11. BWV 263 "Alles ist an Gottes Segen"
11:41 - 12. BWV 264 "Als der gütige Gott"
13:07 - 13. BWV 265 "Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht"
14:46 - 14. BWV 266 "Als vierzig Tag nach Ostern warn"
15:30 - 15. BWV 267 "An Wasserflüssen Babylon"
17:16 - 16. BWV 268 "Auf, auf, mein Herz, und du mein ganzer Sinn"
18:12 - 17. BWV 269 "Aus meines Herzens Grunde"
19:15 - 18. BWV 270 "Befiehl du deine Wege [1]"
20:52 - 19. BWV 271 "Befiehl du deine Wege [2]"
22:13 - 20. BWV 272 "Befiehl du deine Wege [3]"
23:34 - 21. BWV 273 "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag"
24:21 - 22. BWV 274 "Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht"
24:58 - 23. BWV 275 "Christe, du Beistand deiner Kreuzgemeine"

Performers: Rundfunkchor Berlin; Robin Gritton (conductor)