J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10 Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Angenehmes Wiederau, BWV 30a:
• 1 No. 1, Angenehmes Wiederau 03:53
• 2 No. 2, So ziehen wir 00:53
• 3 No. 3, Willkommen im Heil, willkommen in Freuden 04:22
• 4 No. 4, Da heute dir, gepriesner Hennicke 00:36
• 5 No. 5, Was die Seele kann ergötzen 05:54
• 6 No. 6, Und wie ich jederzeit bedacht 00:38
• 7 No. 7, Ich will dich halten 05:54
• 8 No. 8, Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand 00:55
• 9 No. 9, Eilt, ihr Stunden, wie ihr wollt 04:15
• 10 No. 10, So recht! Ihr seid mir werte Gäste 00:42
• 11 No. 11, So wie ich die Tropfen zolle 02:31
• 12 No. 12, Drum, angenehmes Wiederau 01:16
• 13 No. 13, Angenehmes Wiederau 03:53
• Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204:
• 14 No. 1, Ich bin in mir vergnügt 01:35
• 15 No. 2, Ruhig und in sich zufrieden 06:45
• 16 No. 3, Ihr Seelen, die ihr außer euch 02:01
• 17 No. 4, Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden 04:44
• 18 No. 5, Schwer ist es zwar, viel Eitles zu besitzen 01:55
• 19 No. 6, Meine Seele sei vergnügt 06:48
• 20 No. 7, Ein edler Mensch ist Perlenmuscheln gleich 02:08
• 21 No. 8, Himmlische Vergnügsamkeit 03:54
• Total Runtime 01:05:32

Info for J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10

The two cantatas recorded here conclude a project that the Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki started in 2004, in which Bach’s secular cantatas formed the basis of numerous concerts and recordings. As the team completed recording the church cantatas in 2013, this means that BCJ’s performances of all of Bach’s extant cantatas – sacred and secular – are now available on disc. Out of what was originally a much larger number only a little more than twenty secular cantatas have survived in performable condition. These nevertheless offer a welcome complement to our image of Bach the church musician, and reveal a composer who approached secular music with the same artistic integrity that we find in his sacred music.

This final volume opens with the resplendent Angenehmes Wiederau from 1737 – a musical memorial to the manorial estate of Wiederau, south-west of Leipzig. Bach employs a full complement of three trumpets and timpani as well as four vocal soloists, in what is surprisingly modern-sounding music, influence by the dance-based music of the Dresden court. In contrast, Ich bin in mir vergnügt is an intimate work for solo soprano, flute, oboe and strings. Composed for an unknown occasion, the piece is a morality about the virtues of contentment, illustrated in music that gives Carolyn Sampson ample opportunity to shine.

Bach Collegium Japan
Robin Blaze, alto
Makoto Sakurada, tenor
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Dominik Wörner, bass
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

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Booklet for J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10