Bach: The Cantatas

This cantata, -apparently, first conceived, by Bach, in Cöthen, as a test piece, was extended and transposed downwards, -from c minor, to b minor, with oboes transformed into d’amore and trombones and cornett added, as reinforcement, in Leipzig. A 4-movement setting,...

A six movement cantata: Opening chorus with chorale melody, Tenor Aria with 2 Oboes, Recitative with choral insertions, the Tenor voice joined by the Alto, Bass Aria with continuo accompaniment only, secco recit for Tenor and a closing tutti chorale. The standard...

A substantial and varied cantata. Nine movements, beginning with a large-scale, opening chorus with choral melody, followed by the second movement, a recitativo, again with choral tune, then a Tenor aria, with strings, a choral sung by Alto with oboes, a Bass aria,...

An ‘early’ cantata, with ‘early’ characteristics and a strings alone event, with, of course continuo support and on this occasion, a chorus. And the occasion, this time, is most probably, a wedding. A short introductory Sinfonia, being followed, firstly, by a choral...

A 5 movement cantata, where the chorus participates, only in the final closing choral. A standard orchestra, -strings, continuo and a pair of Oboes, is supplemented, with two horns, and unusually, a solo violin, described in the score, as concertanto. An opening Alto...