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JS Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 2

The Weimar Years (1708-1717)

Paul Agnew (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)

JS Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 2
Undogmatic about forces or format, Agnew achieves from the outset an exceptional alliance between singers and instrumentalists.

Gramophone Magazine, May 2025

JS Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 2

The Weimar Years (1708-1717)

Paul Agnew (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)

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Undogmatic about forces or format, Agnew achieves from the outset an exceptional alliance between singers and instrumentalists.

Gramophone Magazine, May 2025

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For the second volume in this series, devoted to each new stage in Bach’s life, Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants show us how the composer appropriated the usages of the church cantata to his own ends.

Borrowing from the French style and reinterpreting the Italian concerto, Bach left a lasting mark on the genre and blazed a new trail for it.

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV12 'Weinen, Klagen, sorgen, Zagen'
Work length24:28
I. Sinfonia
Track length2:29
II. Coro "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
Track length7:50
III. Recitativo"Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal"
Track length00:40
IV. Aria "Kreuz und Krone sind verbunden"
Track length6:54
V. Aria "Ich folge Christo nach"
Track length1:47
VI. Aria "Sei getreu, alle Pein"
Track length3:53
VII. Choral "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"
Track length00:55
Telemann: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, TWV 1:1178
Work length8:09
I. Coro e Recitativo "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
Track length2:12
II. Aria "Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche"
Track length2:31
III. Recitativo "Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tür"
Track length00:46
IV. Aria "Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze"
Track length1:51
V. Chor "Amen! Komm, du schöne Freudenkrone"
Track length00:49
Bach, J M I: Choral "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
Work length1:27
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV61 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
Work length16:18
I. Ouvertüre "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
Track length2:54
II. Recitativo "Der Heiland ist gekommen"
Track length1:36
III. Aria "Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche"
Track length4:50
IV. Recitativo "Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tür"
Track length1:10
V. Aria "Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze"
Track length5:01
VI. Coro "Amen! Komm du schöne Freudenkrone"
Track length00:47
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV182 'Himmelskönig, sei willkommen'
Work length27:12
I. Sonata
Track length2:03
II. Coro "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen"
Track length2:42
III. Recitativo"Siehe, ich komme, im Buch ist von mir geschrieben"
Track length00:41
IV. Aria "Starkes Lieben"
Track length3:11
V. Aria "Leget euch dem Heiland unter"
Track length8:38
VI. Aria "Jesu, laß durch Wohl und Weh"
Track length3:33
VII. Choral "Jesu, deine Passion ist mir lauter Freude"
Track length2:48
VIII. Corale "So lasset uns gehen in Salem der Freuden"
Track length3:36

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May 2025

Undogmatic about forces or format, Agnew achieves from the outset an exceptional alliance between singers and instrumentalists.
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