Description
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas: BWV54: Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde; BWV169: Gott Soll Allein Mein Herze Haben; BWV170: Vergnügte Ruh', Beliebte Seelenlust / James Bowman, The King's Consort, Robert King / Hyperion Audio CD 2008 / CDH55312
UPC 034571153124
Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin), BWV 54, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for alto in Weimar between 1711 and 1714, and probably performed it on the seventh Sunday after Trinity, 15 July 1714. It is Bach's first extant church cantata for a solo voice.
The text of the short work was written by Georg Christian Lehms, for two arias and a connecting recitative. The topic is to resist sin, based on the Epistle of James. The text was published in a 1711 collection, dedicated to the Sunday Oculi. It is not known when Bach composed the work but is assumed that he performed it as part of his monthly cantata productions in 1714 on the seventh Sunday after Trinity, 15 July. The solo voice is accompanied by strings: two violin parts, two viola parts and continuo. The composition begins with a striking dissonant chord.
| Label: | Hyperion – CDH55312 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
2008 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque |
Tracklist:
| Cantata: Vergnügte Ruh', Beliebte Seelenlust, BWV170 | (22:04) | ||
| 1 | Aria: Cantata: Vergnügte Ruh', Beliebte Seelenlust | 6:30 | |
| 2 | Recitativo: Die Welt, Das Sündenhaus | 1:13 | |
| 3 | Aria: Wie Jammern Mich Doch Die Verkehrten Herzen | 6:39 | |
| 4 | Recitativo: Wer Sollte Sich Demnach | 1:14 | |
| 5 | Aria: Mir Ekelt Mehr Zu Leben | ||
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Cantata: Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde, BWV54 |
(12:26) |
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| 6 | Aria: Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde | 8:18 | |
| 7 | Recitativo: Die Art Verruchter Sünden | 0:57 | |
| 8 | Aria: Wer Sünde Tut, Der Ist Vomteufel | 3:04 | |
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Cantata: Gott Soll Allein Mein Herze Haben, BWV169 |
(24:15) |
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| 9 | Sinfonia | 8:30 | |
| 10 | Arioso And Recitativo: Gott Soll Allein Mein Herze Haben | 2:27 | |
| 11 | Aria: Gott Soll Allein Mein Herze Haben | 6:17 | |
| 12 | Recitativo: Was Ist Die Liebe Gottes? | 0:39 | |
| 13 | Aria: Stirb In Mir | 4:46 | |
| 14 | Recitativo: Doch Meint Es Auch Dabei | 0:22 | |
| 15 | Chorale: De Süsses Liebe, Schenk Und Deine Gunst | 1:03 |
- Bass Vocals – Charles Pott (tracks: 15)
- Cello – Jane Coe
- Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
- Countertenor Vocals – James Bowman (2)
- Design – Terry Shannon (2)
- Directed By, Organ, Harpsichord – Robert King (9)
- Double Bass – Peter Buckoke
- Engineer – Tim Handley
- Ensemble – The King's Consort
- Executive-Producer – Cecile Kelly, Edward Perry
- Oboe Da Caccia – Gail Hennessy (tracks: 9 to 15)
- Oboe d'Amore – Catherine Latham (tracks: 9 to 15), Valerie Darke (tracks: 1 to 5, 9 to 15)
- Organ – James O'Donnell (2) (tracks: 1 to 5, 9 to 15)
- Photography By – Matthew Stevens (3)
- Post Production [Assistant] – Adrian Hunter
- Producer – Nicholas Parker
- Soprano Vocals – Gillian Fisher (tracks: 15)
- Tenor Vocals – John Mark Ainsley (tracks: 15)
- Viola – Alan George (tracks: 6 to 8), Jan Schlapp
- Violin – Catherine Mackintosh, Miles Golding
