Bach: Secular Cantatas

Bach: Secular Cantatas
Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 457 348-2 A H2 (2 CDs)

Contents:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
- Cantata "Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36c
- Cantata "Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde" BWV 201
- Cantata "Schleicht, spielende Wellen" BWV 206
- Cantata "Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten" BWV 207
- "Was sind das für große Schlösser" (Quodlibet) BWV 524

Playing time: 69'56, 76'05

Performers: Dorothea Röschmann, Dana Hanchard (soprano); Axel Köhler (alto); Christoph Genz, Scot Weir (tenor); Hans-Georg Wimmer, Stefan Geyer (bass); Ex Tempore Choir (chorus master: Florian Heyerick); Florian Deuter, Sebastian Griewisch, Ulrike Kunze, Andrea Keller (violin I); Wolfgang von Kessinger, Volker Möller, Ulrike Fischer, Saskia Moerenhout, Andrea Keller, Laura Johnson (violin II); Victoria Gunn, Claudia Steeb, Chen-Ying Lu, Marie-Luise Geldsetzer, Wolfgang von Kessinger (viola); Florian Deuter (viola d'amore); Markus Möllenbeck, Joachin Fiedler (cello); Michel Willens, David Sinclair, Dane Roberts (violone); Christian Rieger (harpsichord); Verena Fischer, Marion Moonen, Cordula Breuer (flute); Susanne Regel, Wolfgang Dey (oboe, oboe d'amore); Nico de Gier (taille); Rainer Johannsen (bassoon); Hannes Kohte, Ute Hartwich, François Petit-Laurent (trumpet); Dominik Wimmer (kettle-drums).

Recording date: 11/1996 (BWV 201, 206 and 207) and 1/1997 (BWV 36c and 524).

Comments: The cantata "Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten" BWV 207 was also reissued in CD 66 of vol. 5 of the BACH 2000 edition (TELDEC 3984-25710-2 (11 CDs)), which contains the secular cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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