Credits:

East / Fieri Consort / Chelys Consort of Viols

Description:

J.S. Bach's masterpiece by Jacobs, brilliantly orchestrated by the Berlin Academy of Ancient Music! Harmoniumundi's masterpiece J.S. Bach's "Secular Cantatas" by Jacobs will be re-released. A collection of Bach's secular cantatas by Jacobs. The soloists include Scholl and the young Treichel. As one would expect from a composer who has also performed in many operas, the dramatic elements of the works recorded here are also superb. The orchestral parts and bass parts by the Berlin Academy of Ancient Music are also brilliant. J.S. Bach's later life in Leipzig is a treasure trove of masterpieces. Two immortal Passions, a Mass in B minor, and numerous church cantata masterpieces, as well as secular music, such as the second volume of his Mean Clavier cycle, solo keyboard works represented by the Partitas, various concertos, and the "Musical Tributes" and "Technique de la Fugue" that adorn the last years of his life, are just some of the many masterpieces he produced. The variety of genres in which he worked is unparalleled. The secular cantatas were written alongside these masterpieces.Many of the secular cantatas from the Leipzig period were performed by the "Collegium Musikum," a group of music-loving students at Leipzig University with whom Bach was associated at the time. They mainly performed at Zimmermann's Coffee House as their regular venue, and the three pieces on this album were also performed there. (Older version: HMC901544/HMG501544 Discontinued) King International