Geistliche Lieder - Koopman, Ton & Mertens, Klaus - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Ton Koopman and his friend, the bass Klaus Mertens, present a selection of Bach's Sacred Songs. Such songs are drawn in part from Anna Magdalena Notebook, and mainly from the so-called Schemelli Booklet. Schemelli was the editor of a collection of Songs named Musical Hymnbook, whose melodies are by Johann Sebastian Bach. Ton Koopman accompanies Klaus Mertens on the Teschemacher organ in Oosterland (1762).

Only from the mid-1730s does Bach seem to be concerned with composing songs to contemporary lyrics. We find such a small series especially in the second piano booklet for Anna Magdalena Bach. He and his wife composed some "new songs" that certainly enriched everyday life in the family, such as making music together in the evening or prayers at home with their children. Among these six songs, there are especially those whose lyrics provide comfort.

The songs of the musical hymnbook have been given their title "Schemelli-Lieder" after the editor Georg Christian Schemelli (around 1680–1762). Schemelli is certainly responsible for the main selection of 954 songs and thus also for the selection of Bach settings to music.

The publication was titled Musicalisches Gesang-Buch (Musical Hymnbook) and contains 954 "witty, both old and new songs and arias, with well-set melodies, in discant and bass". In the preface of April 24 , 1736, the Naumburg superintendent Friedrich Schulze wrote the following:

The melodies contained in this Musicalisches Gesang-Buch are by Johann Sebastian Bach, Master of the Chapel Choir and Choir Conductor. Musicians in Leipzig, partly composed completely new, partly also improved by him in the basso continuo.

Of 69 songs with (mostly) figured bass, 21 are hymnologically detectable for the first time in this printing. Exactly these 21 songs were therefore taken as the basis for the selection here from the Musicalisches Gesang-Buch in addition to the mentioned small selection from the second book of sheet music of Anna Magdalena Bach.

The order of the 21 selected songs for the present production was based on musical aspects, e.g., related key combinations between songs. The performers also made a subjective selection from the multitude of printed verses.

Tracklist

1. Here God, Sluit Nu De Hemelen Op Bwv 1092 02:23
2. Jezus, Jezus, Jij Bent Mijn Bwv 470 03:04
3. Kom, Zielen, Deze Dag Bwv 479 01:13
4. Oh, Dat Niet Het Laatste Uur Bwv 439 01:53
5. Ik Aanbid U, Mijn Opperste God Bwv 449 01:48
6. O Lam Gods Onschuldig, Bwv 1095 01:24
7. Beperkt, Gij Wijzen Van Deze Wereld Bwv 443 02:30
8. Jezus, Uw Wonden Van Liefde Bwv 471 01:20
9. Komt Terug Uit De Donkere Crypte Bwv 480 01:36
10. O Lieve Ziel, Trek De Zintuigen Bwv 494 01:37
11. Schaff's Mit Mit Gott Nach Deinen Willen Bwv 514 01:31
12. Gigue - Van Pastorale Bwv 590 02:55
13. Ich Liebe Jesum Alle Stund Bwv 468 02:17
14. Een Ding is Nodig! O Heer, Deze Bwv 453 01:48
15. Ik Zwijg Trouw Bwv 466 02:05
16. O Donkere Nacht, Wanneer Zult U Overlijden Bwv 492 02:15
17. Wees Tevreden En Zwijg Bwv 511 01:40
18. Onze Vader In Het Koninkrijk Der Hemelen In D Mineur Bwv 683
19. God, Hoe Groot is Uw Goedheid Bwv 462 02:07
20. Liefste Heer Jezus, Waar Verblijft U Zo Lang? Bwv 484 02:05
21. Mijn Jezus! Was Vor Seelenweh Bwv 487 02:39
22. Voor U, Voor U, Jehovah, Zal Ik Bwv 452 Zingen 01:32
23. Omhoog, Omhoog! Het Juiste Moment Hier is Bwv 440 01:43
24. Als De Lieve God Maar Laat Zegevieren Bwv 691 01:56
25. Last But Not Least, Ik Wens Bwv 502 02:28
26. Vergeet Me Niet Bwv 505 01:39
27. Gezegend is Hij Die Aan Jezus Denkt Bwv 498 01:12
28. Komm, Susser Tod Bwv 478 02:57
29. Ik Sta Hier Bij Je Wiegjes Bwv 469 00:48
30. Canzona In D Mineur Bwv 588 05:10

Label: Challenge Classics | Origin: Holland

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