Homilius: Erhohet die Tore der Welt
13:46
Kölner Akademie Choir, Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
Georg Poplutz (tenor), Hanna Herfurtner (soprano)
Recorded: 8-10 January 2016
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Germany
Erhöhet die Tore der Welt (Choir)
5:44
Recitative: Ja, Zion, freue dich! (Tenor)
1:11
Aria: Hosianna Davids Sonne (Soprano)
6:09
Chorale: Du Kön'g der Ehren Jesu Christ
0:42
Stölzel: Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis
6:09
Kölner Akademie Choir, Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Carola Günther (alto)
Recorded: 8-10 January 2016
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Germany
Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis (Choir)
1:38
Aria: Geheimnisvolle Worte (Soprano)
1:57
Chorale: Der Sohn des Vaters
0:46
Aria: Dies Geheimnis führt und treibt uns (Alto)
0:57
Chorale: Gib uns, o Jes
0:51
Rolle: Siehe, Finsternis bedecket das Erdenreich
19:10
Kölner Akademie Choir, Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
Georg Poplutz (tenor), Carola Günther (alto)
Recorded: 8-10 January 2016
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Germany
Siehe, Finsternis bedecket das Erdenreich (Choir)
3:57
Recitatice con accompagnato: Der Hölle Macht (Tenor)
1:59
Aria: Sing die größte aller Nächte (Tenor)
4:25
Recitative: Wer kann des Herren Lieb ermessen? (Alto)
0:56
Aria: Ihr Armen freuet euch (Alto)
6:49
Chorale: Ich lag in tiefer Todesnacht
1:04
Förster, C: Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe
12:18
Kölner Akademie Choir, Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Carola Günther (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Raimonds Spogis (bass)
Recorded: 8-10 January 2016
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Germany
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (Choir)
2:49
Recitative: Beglückte Zeit (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
1:25
Aria: Jauchzet itzt mit frohem Herzen (Soprano)
6:02
Recitative: Wohlan, es hat der Held (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
1:15
Heut schleust er wieder auf die Tür (Choir)
0:47
Rolle: Jauchze, du Tochter Zion
16:03
Kölner Akademie Choir, Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
Carola Günther (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Raimonds Spogis (bass)
Recorded: 8-10 January 2016
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Germany
Jauchze, du Tochter Zion
2:40
Auf, lasset uns der Höchsten Lieb
1:33
Gottlob, das Himmelreich ist nah
3:34
Immanuel, mein König
0:52
Tröstet euch, gefallne Sünder
6:39
Sei mir willkommen, edler Gast
0:45
Most of these works were composed for liturgical use in the Christian churches. It is a rewarding experience to sift through the repertoire and to edit and record previously unknown works. This year our Christmas CD presents recording premieres of five cantatas: one each by Bach’s contemporaries Christoph Förster (1693-1745) and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) and three by members of the following generation, one by Gottfried August Homilius (1714-85) and two by Johann Heinrich Rolle (1716-85). All the cantatas were composed for use in Lutheran religious services and are based on a similar plan of construction: an extensive opening chorus is followed by recitatives and arias, and a chorale strophe from a church hymn concludes the work. The opening choruses are usually based on short quotations from the Bible, and the festive splendour of the trumpets and timpani forms the dominant tonal element.