4009350835184

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat

Soloists; Basler Madrigalisten; L'Arpe Festante, Fritz Naf

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Format: CD

Cat No: CAR83518

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Release Date:  14 May 2021

Label:  Carus

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4009350835184

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    Long out of print, now finally available again: world premiere recordings of the Magnificat as well as the festive music Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes by C. P. E. Bach. A rousing and convincing interpretation by the Basel Madrigalists, L'arpa festante and renowned soloists under the direction of Fritz Naf.

    Throughout his life, C. P. E. Bach esteemed his Magnificat as one of his most important works. Here it is presented in the rarely heard early Leipzig version from 1749, with which the son wanted to recommend himself as a potential successor to his father in the office of Kantor at St. Thomas's Church.

    It fulfils all the criteria that the aesthetics of the time demanded of a large-scale sacred composition: grandeur, dignity, polyphonic and concertante choral movements, sensitive and pathetic arias, and a grand concluding double fugue.

    The festive music Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, on the other hand, was written during Bach's later period as music director in Hamburg.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. CPE BACH: Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes
      • 9. CPE BACH: Magnificat