Bach: Motets, BWV 225-230 & Anh. 159 Rheinische Kantorei & Hermann Max

• 1 Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 07:29
• 2 Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV Anh. 159 03:44
• 3 Jesu, meine Freude 01:01
• 4 Es ist nun nichts Verdammliches an denen 02:33
• 5 Unter deinen Schirmen 00:56
• 6 Denn das Gesetz des Geistes 00:51
• 7 Trotz dem alten Drachen 02:12
• 8 Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich 02:28
• 9 Weg mit allen Schatzen 01:02
• 10 So aber Christus in euch ist 01:44
• 11 Gute Nacht, o Wesen 03:10
• 12 So nun der Geist 01:17
• 13 Weicht, ihr Trauergeister 01:04
• 14 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 06:23
• 15 Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228 07:59
• 16 Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 07:13
• 17 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 11:56
• Total Runtime 01:03:02

Info for Bach: Motets, BWV 225-230 & Anh. 159

Johann Sebastian Bach’s motets are unrivaled masterpieces of choral song. Our knowledge of their date and occasion of composition is imprecise, but all of them are based on texts occupying themselves with the most important things in life. Joy and grief had a greater impact on the people from the time of these motets than we can imagine today, and no composer of the eighteenth century matched Bach when it came to conveying in music the experience of sorrow and yearning for peace and happiness – all with realistic insights into the human psyche. Hermann Max and the Rheinische Kantorei set out on new paths toward the interpretation of Bach’s motet cosmos. The present CD also includes the Motets BWV Anh. 159 because Bach scholarship has come to regard these works, long ascribed to Johann Christian Bach, as compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach: they clearly bear his musical signature.

Rheinische Kantorei
Hermann Max, conductor

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