The Bach Players
Bach and his rivals
- Type CD
- Label Hyphen Press Music
- UPC 5060184830072
- Catalog number HPM 008
- Release date 30 March 2015
About the album
The first CD presents cantatas composed by three of the musicians who auditioned for the position of Kantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in 1722–3. The candidates, in order of interview, were Telemann, Graupner and Bach. The cantatas by Graupner and Bach were their audition pieces. Telemann’s audition cantata has been lost; he is represented here by a work known to have been performed in Leipzig in 1725, under Bach’s direction. All three works gain significantly by being set in this context: we hear surprising and forward-looking music by the lesser known Graupner and by Telemann – the most famous German composer of his day – placed alongside a work by the magisterial Bach. An instrumental suite by Telemann provides a substantial interlude.
The second CD focuses on cantatas composed by the three men a year later: 30 January 1724, the 4th Sunday after Epiphany. Telemann and Graupner were back in Hamburg and Darmstadt, and Bach was installed as Kantor in Leipzig. The gospel for the day tells the story of Jesus calming the storm on the Lake of Galilee. These cantatas enact the storm, notably in extraordinary bass arias riding over thrilling instrumental writing. An instrumental suite by Graupner provides further evidence of the qualities of this composer, only now being rediscovered.
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11Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufen wir’ Coro
04:12 -
12Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufen wir’ Recitativo accompagnato [tenor], coro, recitativo [soprano], aria [bass]
04:20 -
13Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufen wir’ Coro
04:27 -
14Ouverture in F sharp minor Ouverture
04:49 -
15Ouverture in F sharp minor Les Plaisirs
02:03 -
16Ouverture in F sharp minor Angloise – vivement
01:40 -
17Ouverture in F sharp minor La Badinerie italienne
01:16 -
18Ouverture in F sharp minor Loure
02:27 -
19Ouverture in F sharp minor Menuet 1 & 2
02:27 -
110Ouverture in F sharp minor Courante
02:17 -
111Ouverture in F sharp minor Le Batelage
00:49 -
112Cantata ‘Wer sich rächet’ Coro
04:03 -
113Cantata ‘Wer sich rächet’ Recitativo [tenor]
02:05 -
114Cantata ‘Wer sich rächet’ Aria [tenor]
02:24 -
115Cantata ‘Wer sich rächet’ Recitative [bass]
01:30 -
116Cantata ‘Wer sich rächet’ Aria [bass]
01:42 -
117Cantata ‘Wer sich rächet’ Chorale
01:06 -
118Cantata ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’, BWV 22 Aria [tenor, bass], coro
05:08 -
119Cantata ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’, BWV 22 Aria [alto]
04:26 -
120Cantata ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’, BWV 22 Recitativo accompagnato [bass]
02:23 -
121Cantata ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’, BWV 22 Aria [tenor]
03:07 -
122Cantata ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’, BWV 22 Chorale
01:55 -
21Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Sinfonia
02:02 -
22Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Duetto [alto, bass]
01:57 -
23Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Coro
01:20 -
24Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Recitativo [tenor]
01:15 -
25Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Aria [soprano]
02:31 -
26Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Recitativo accompagnato [tenor]
00:52 -
27Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Aria [bass]
05:30 -
28Cantata ‘Laß vom Bösen und tue Gutes’ Chorale
00:54 -
29Ouverture in C minor Ouverture
04:05 -
210Ouverture in C minor Plainte craintive
02:53 -
211Ouverture in C minor Menuet en écho
01:13 -
212Ouverture in C minor Tombeau
04:52 -
213Ouverture in C minor Air en rondeau
01:57 -
214Ouverture in C minor Sarabande
01:34 -
215Ouverture in C minor Menuet 1 & 2
03:07 -
216Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Recitativo accompagnato [tenor]
02:10 -
217Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Coro
00:52 -
218Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Aria [tenor]
06:43 -
219Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Recitativo [bass]
01:29 -
220Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Aria [bass]
04:49 -
221Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Recitativo [tenor]
01:02 -
222Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’ Chorale
01:24 -
223Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Aria [alto]
04:13 -
224Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Recitativo [tenor]
01:03 -
225Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Aria [tenor]
03:21 -
226Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Arioso [bass]
01:40 -
227Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Aria [bass]
05:05 -
228Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Recitativo [alto]
00:23 -
229Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen’, BWV 81 Chorale
01:20