Bach: The Six Motets [Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Harry Christophers (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (June 16, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
• ASIN: B000002ZMH
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229: Komm, Jesu, komm!

2. Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229: Drum schliess ich mich in deine Hande und sage

3. Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden, BWV 230: Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden

4. Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden, BWV 230: Alleluja

5. Furchte dich nicht, BWV 228: Furchte dich nicht

6. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf

7. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226: Der aber die Herzen forschet

8. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226: Du heilige Brunst

9. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Jesu, meine Freude

10. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Es ist nun nichts Verdamliches an denen

11. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Unter deinem Schirmen bin ich vor den Sturmen aller Feinde frei

12. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Denn das Gesetz des Geistes

13. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Trotz dem alten Drachen

14. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich

15. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Weg mit allen Schatzen!

16. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: So aber Christus in euch ist

17. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Gute Nacht

18. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: So nun der Geist des

19. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Weicht

20. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

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Genre: Classical Music
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Release Date: 14-SEP-1990

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Lutheran Music! Buy It!, October 30, 2007

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This review is from: Bach: The Six Motets (Audio CD)

The texts of Bach's six motets reveal him to be a true Lutheran more than any of his other works, as four out of the six are based on Luther's favorite sources. Two are from the Psalms and two are from Paul's epistle to the Romans. As I am almost totally uneducated as a musicologist, I have to wonder why, after writing what seems like hundreds of cantatas (instrumental music plus choral parts), Bach wrote but 6 motets. There is certainly no lack of scriptural sources, as we have the Psalms plus the prophets. More than enough to keep the good Kapellemeister busy. I have to guess that his patrons at Leipzig and elsewhere had these chamber orchestras they had to keep busy with new material, but that's just a guess. At any rate, these six pieces are actually more enjoyable to me than most of the cantatas, due, in part, to their great similarity in sound to the famous Russian liturgical choral tradition, except that they are even better, especially as realized by 'The Sixteen Harry Christophers'.