This set brings together the 6 CDs which were produced previously under the title “Bach in Context”. In this series Musica Amphion and the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam shed new light on Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) masterful oeuvre: cantatas and organ works with corresponding literary-musical themes are brought into a quasi-liturgical coherence. By using the church organ as a continuo instrument and setting the choruses and chorales singularly, Bach's sound world and performance practice are approached as closely as possible.
The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam was founded by its director Harry van der Kamp, and gained world fame with their concerts and recordings of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, notably the complete vocal works by Sweelinck for Glossa, which won an Edison Award. Musica Amphion is the instrumental group founded by its director.
• Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichordist, organist and conductor, whose discography is vast and widely acclaimed.
• The extensive texts and liner notes (150 pages) are available in the box set and also on the Brilliant Classics website.
Works:
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV1 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (Easter Cantata)
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV49 'Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV64 'Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV80 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV81 'Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV88 'Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV93 'Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV101 'Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV102 'Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (Actus tragicus)
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV125 'Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
•Bach, J S: Cantata BWV153 'Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind'
•Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV647 'Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten'
•Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV654 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele'
•Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV678 'Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot'
•Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV682 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
•Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV737 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
•Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV739 'Wie schön leuchte der Morgenstern'
•Bach, J S: Fantasia sopra Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV718
•Bach, J S: Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV713
•Bach, J S: Fuga in C BWV545
•Bach, J S: Fugue in D minor, BWV538 'Dorian'
•Bach, J S: Motet BWV Anh. 163 'Merk auf, mein Herz, und sieh dorthin'
•Bach, J S: Motet BWV226 'Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf'
•Bach, J S: Motet BWV227 'Jesu, meine Freude'
•J S: Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht'
•Bach, J S: Motet BWV229 'Komm, Jesu, komm!'
•Bach, J S: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV582
•Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV548 'Wedge'
•Bach, J S: Prelude in C major, BWV545
•Bach, J S: Prelude in G major, BWV568
•Bach, J S: Toccata in D minor, BWV538/1 'Dorian'
•Bach, J S: Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flatmajor, BWV525