This programme is centred on the chaconne: we hear how Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach join hands in this much-loved dance form of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of the few works of Philipp Heinrich Erlebach that survive, we perform a suite that concludes with a chaconne. The two Bach cantatas are contrasting: BWV 150 is said to be Bach's earliest surviving cantata, BWV 78 was composed in Leipzig at the height of his career.

Rachel Elliott - soprano
Clare Wilkinson - alto
Nicholas Mulroy - tenor
Matthew Brook - bass
Nicolette Moonen - violin
Rodolfo Richter - -violin
Anne Schumann - violin / viola
Rachel Stott - viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Elizabeth Bradley - double bass
Marion Moonen - flute
James Eastaway - oboe
Catherine Latham - oboe
Alastair Mitchell - bassoon
Silas Standage - organ / harpsichord

"There's something about the openness of sound, the sheer quality of music-making and the sense of connection between performers and composers that makes this a very special recording. Its contents explore the world of the Baroque chaconne, a secular dance form that became a staple of music for the concert room and chapel. The challenge of creating a piece above a repeated bass line certainly appealed to Bach, Purcell and the little-known Erlebach, each on inspired, inventive form in the works offered here. The Bach Players ... reach the music's emotional heart with tremendous conviction."
AS, Classic FM magazine, January 2010

1. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 I Sinfonia (Johann Sebastian Bach)
2. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 II Coro 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
3. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 III Aria 'Doch bin und bleibe ich vernugt' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
4. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 IV Tutti 'Leite mich in deine Wahrheit' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
5. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 V Aria 'Zedern mussen von den Winden' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
6. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 VI Coro 'Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
7. Cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' BWV 150 VII Ciaconna 'Meine Tage in dem Leide' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
8. Ouverture V in F Major I Ouverture (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
9. Ouverture V in F Major II Air entree (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
10. Ouverture V in F Major III Air qui se joue alternativement avec le trio (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
11. Ouverture V in F Major IV Air courante (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
12. Ouverture V in F Major V Air bourree (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
13. Ouverture V in F Major VI Air marche (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
14. Ouverture V in F Major VII Air rondeau (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
15. Ouverture V in F Major VIII Chaconne (Philipp Heinrich Erlebach)
16. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 I Choral 'Jesu der du meine Seele' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
17. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 II Aria duetto 'Wir eilen mit schwachen' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
18. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 III Recitativo 'Ach ich bin ein Kind der Sunden' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
19. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 IV Aria 'Das Blut so meine Schuld durchstreit' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
20. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 V Recitativo (bass) 'Die Wunden Nagel Kron' und Grab' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
21. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 VI Aria (bass) 'Nun du wirst mein Gewissen stillen' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
22. Cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' BWV 78 VII Choral 'Herr ich glaube hilf mir Schwachen' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
23. Chacony in G Minor (Henry Purcell)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 8/20/2011
The Bach Players lives in London England

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Classical Singing, Cello, Harpsichord, Composer: Henry Purcell, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Oboe, Composer: Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

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