Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier – Kantaten (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:14 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
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After having explored the remaining cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach’s ancestors, Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier have undertaken here a recording, accompanied by instrumentals, of these sacred vocal compositions. They are pieces that connect us to the principles of the “spiritual concert” (Geistliches Konzert) and that, through their multi-parted structure, belong to the origins of the sacred genre of the cantata. It was through Johann Sebastian himself that we owe the knowledge of his musical ancestors. Around the age of fifty, he felt the need to collate and retrace his family tree, most likely originating from Hungary where the miller Vitus Bach always brought a cittern with him on his way to grinding wheat.
The works of the Bach family presented here represent the first of the sacred German cantatas along with those of Bruhns, Buxtehude and Pachelbel. We can hear here the predecessors’ works that led to one of the first similar works by Johann Sebastian, his cantata “Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4”, was considered for a long time as one of the first compositions of its genre. In addition to its striking likeness to the form of cantata eponymous to Pachelbel, this composition contains numerous elements which can notably be traced back to the works of his ancestors. – François Hudry
Tracklist:
1. Vox Luminis – Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (06:23)
2. Vox Luminis – Die Furcht des Herren (07:51)
3. Vox Luminis – Ich danke dir Gott (05:44)
4. Vox Luminis – Herr, der König freuet sich (05:39)
5. Vox Luminis – Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig (12:53)
6. Vox Luminis – I. Sinfonia (01:08)
7. Vox Luminis – II. Christ lag in Todesbanden (03:58)
8. Vox Luminis – III. Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (03:38)
9. Vox Luminis – IV. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn (02:01)
10. Vox Luminis – V. Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg (02:31)
11. Vox Luminis – VI. Hie ist das rechte Osterlamm (02:58)
12. Vox Luminis – VII. So feiern wir das hohe Fest (01:41)
13. Vox Luminis – VIII. Wie essen und wir leben wohl (01:30)
14. Vox Luminis – Es erhub sich ein Streit (09:12)
