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

• 1Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 22907:29
• 2Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV Anh. 15903:44
• 3Jesu, meine Freude01:01
• 4Es ist nun nichts Verdammliches an denen02:33
• 5Unter deinen Schirmen00:56
• 6Denn das Gesetz des Geistes00:51
• 7Trotz dem alten Drachen02:12
• 8Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich02:28
• 9Weg mit allen Schatzen01:02
• 10So aber Christus in euch ist01:44
• 11Gute Nacht, o Wesen03:10
• 12So nun der Geist01:17
• 13Weicht, ihr Trauergeister01:04
• 14Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 23006:23
• 15Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 22807:59
• 16Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 22607:13
• 17Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 22511:56
• Total Runtime01:03:02

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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