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J S Bach - Town Council Election Cantatas BWV 119, 120, 69 | Challenge Classics CC72287

J S Bach - Town Council Election Cantatas BWV 119, 120, 69

Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72287

Barcode: 0608917228724

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 20th April 2009

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Contents

Artists

Caroline Stam (soprano)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Michael Chance (alto)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Ton Koopman

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV69 'Lobe den Herrn meine Seele'
Cantata BWV119 'Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn'
Cantata BWV120 'Gott man lobet dich in Stille'

Artists

Caroline Stam (soprano)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Michael Chance (alto)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Ton Koopman

About

These recordings have been selected from the award-winning cycle of recordings of the complete cantatas of J S Bach by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.

Six of the works that Bach wrote for the annual church service celebrating the inauguration of the newly elected town council have survived: the Mühlhausen cantata “Gott ist mein König” BWV 71 of 1708 and several Leipzig cantatas: “Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn” BWV 119, “Ihr Tore zu Zion” BWV 193 (incomplete), “Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille” BWV 120, “Wir danken dir, Gott” BWV 29 and “Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele” BWV 69.

This album contains three representative town council election cantatas from Bach’s Leipzig years, BWVs 119, 120 and 69, and includes the first and last works prepared for this occasion. The last town council election cantata performed by Bach in 1749 was actually a repeat performance of cantata BWV 29, an older work originating from 1731.

Contents:
“Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn” BWV 119  
Caroline Stam (soprano) / Michael Chance (alto) / Paul Agnew (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

“Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille” BWV 120  
Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Bogna Bartosz (alto) / James Gilchrist (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

“Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele” BWV 69  
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) / Elisabeth von Magnus (alto) / Paul Agnew (tenor) / Klaus Mertens (bass)

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