BachPlus & Bart Naessens - Christ lag in Todes Banden (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Ich danke dir, Gott, Psalm 139:14
02. Passacaglia in d-moll, BuxWV 161
03. Die Furcht des Herren
04. Lieber Herr Gott, wekke uns auf
05. Christ lag in Todesbanden
06. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: I. Sinfonia
07. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: II. Christ lag in Todes Banden
08. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: III. Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt
09. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: IV. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn
10. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: V. Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg
11. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: VI. Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm
12. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: VII. So feiern wir das hohe Fest
13. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: VIII. Wir essen und leben wohl


Our fetishist regard for John Sebastian Bach as the pinnacle of Western art music obscures the fact that his talent was spawned by at least three generations of gifted predecessors. We celebrate this lineage by exploring the musical family archive Bach discovered in 1735. Among the hidden gems are intensely moving Geistliche Konzerte by his cousin Johann Christoph Bach, and the latter’s father Heinrich Bach. In his earliest preserved cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden, Johann Sebastian superbly imitates the polyphonic motet style of these foregoers, which was going out of fashion, though Bach seems to have cherished it enough to revisit the cantata on several occasions in later years. The Belgian ensemble BachPlus brings homage to Bach’s undying love of a dying art, in a recording which juxtaposes private devotion with protestant ecstasy.

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