{"product_id":"bach-ich-elender-mensch-leipzig-cantatas","title":"Bach: Ich elender Mensch - Leipzig Cantatas","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eBACH\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e Cantatas Nos. 48, 73, 44, 109 \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"EXTRAS12\"\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003ePhilippe Herreweghe, cond; Dorothee Mields (sop); Damien Guillon (ct); Thomas Hobbs (ten); Peter Kooij (bs); Collegium Vocale Gent (period instruments) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e PHI LPH 012 (68:30 \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eText and Translation) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"EXTRAS12\"\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSCHELLE \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eKomm, Jesu, komm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eFirst, let’s satisfy your insatiable curiosity. Johann Schelle (1648–1701) was Bach’s predecessor once removed at Leipzig. Schelle served the Thomaskirche as Kantor from 1677 until his death in 1701. He also had the distinction of having sung under Heinrich Schütz in Dresden. The \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eHarvard Biographical Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e credits him with introducing the Gospel cantata and the chorale cantata to Leipzig, but little of his music is extant. He was succeeded by Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722), who is best known unfortunately and unfairly for dying, thus leaving the vacancy ultimately filled by Bach in 1723. According to \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eHBD,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e Kuhnau encountered difficulties in his later years in Leipzig, but his compositions were well regarded in his day. Schelle is represented on this disc by a brief (4:14) funeral motet. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eAlthough Philippe Herreweghe’s recordings of Bach’s major choral works and his forays into the cantata repertory are universally admired, he hasn’t committed himself to record a comprehensive edition of the cantatas. He has preferred to approach the repertory at a slower pace, recording individual discs built around themes. The present disc is one, but its theme, Leipzig Cantatas, seems a little broad. It’s not. In assembling the program Herreweghe has indentified three basic compositional patterns in the cantatas and chosen one of each from the first Leipzig cycle and appended another that does not follow any of the three structural models. It’s all very interesting, but if it strikes you as being a bit too analytical for comfort, let me assure you that it will have no affect on your enjoyment of these superb performances. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eWith his mounting discography, is Herreweghe apt to become a stealth completist? Would that he were, but it may take a while. He’s a little than a quarter of the way through the list, and he’s on his third label (Harmonia Mundi, Virgin and, now, Phi). But don’t forget that his Collegium Vocale provided the choral contingent for most of Gustav Leonhardt’s share of the Teldec series. He knows his way around the cantatas, and it shows. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-weight:bold\"\u003eFANFARE: George Chien\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PHI","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49607492206872,"sku":"5400439000124","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/2503186.jpg?v=1747152353","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/bach-ich-elender-mensch-leipzig-cantatas","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}