Bach: Cantatas and Arias for Bass

Bernardini, Alfredo, Ensemble Zefiro, Wörner, Dominik

A 466

After releasing all the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, Zefiro joins forces with authoritative singer Dominik Woerner to investigate the intriguing relationship between bass voice and reed instruments in Bach’s sacred cantatas. • “Johann Sebastian Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel tells us of his father’s talent as a singer: ‘He had a good penetrating voice of wide range and good singing style.’ It is therefore not surprising that the three church cantatas for solo bass are among his most exquisite and personal vocal works. Singing voice and instruments enter into a special relationship in these pieces. The dense yet sensitive polyphony is filled with a warmth and tenderness that seems to bring us closer to Bach, who is otherwise so ‘hermetically closed’. The ‘I’ voice in the poems of cantatas BWV 56 and 82 becomes the composer’s voice. Bach’s solo cantatas are precious gems whose subtle beauties go straight to the listener’s heart.”

Works: • Bach, J S: Cantata "Ich habe genung", BWV 82
• Bach, J S: Aria "Gott ist Gerecht" (From Cantata "O, Ewigkeit Du Donnerwort", BWV 20)
• Bach, J S: From Cantata "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig", BWV 26
• Bach, J S: Cantata "Ich will den Kreutztab gerne tragen", BWV 56
• Bach, J S: Aria "Warum willst Du so zornig sein" (From Cantata "Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott", BWV 101)

CD x 1

Arcana

8/30/19

3760195734667