JS BACH
Cantatas: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (Actus Tragicus); Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150; Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131; Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier
Alpha Classics ALPHA 258 84:55 mins
There are many beautiful moments in this programme of four early cantatas by Bach. The mood is one of rapt solemnity as we progress from Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106), better known by its Buxtehudean soubriquet, Actus Tragicus, to the lesser known Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (BWV 150), the sombre Aus der Tiefen ruhe ich, Herr, zu dir (BWV 131), and the fractured lamentations of Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (BWV 12), model for the Crucifixus in the B minor Mass.
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