Actus Tragicus

Ton Koopman & Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Label: Challenge Classics
Catalogusnummer: CC 72289
EAN / barcode: 0608917228922
Verschijningsdatum: 26 juni 2008

The two cantatas chosen for this album represent works composed by the younger Bach when he held positions as organist in Arnstadt (1703-07), Mühlhausen (1707-08), and Weimar (from 1708) and was not yet primarily responsible for vocal music. Supplying regular pieces for Sundays and holidays (“music of cantors”) was not part of the duties of an organist. Organists, however, frequently wrote works for funerals, weddings, and other special occasions. Bach apparently engaged in this kind of compositional activity from the very beginning even though only a fraction of pertinent works have survived. Bach’s earliest vocal works demonstrate impressively that he understood how to operate on the level of the greatest composers of the late 17th century, indeed how to compete with Buxtehude, Pachelbel, and the older members of the Bach family, including above all Johann Christoph and Johann Michael Bach. Moreover, he knew how to introduce new musical elements into composing sacred pieces. Works like BWV 106 and 21 demonstrate how, in a deliberate confrontation with traditional and modern trends, Bach laid the foundation for a ifelong and extraordinarily productive occupation with the cantata genre. The cantata “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” BWV 106 was composed for a funeral or memorial service. It must have been written at around 1707. The oldest source is a copy dated 1768 and made in Leipzig. It bears the heading “Actus tragicus,” a title that clearly sets the tone of the piece. The cantata “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis” BWV 21 shows a compositional design of a manner typical of the early Weimar period. It was not written for a specific liturgical occasion but could be performed “at any time.” However, the first documented performance took place in Weimar on the 3rd Sunday after Trinity in 1714. Yet the work is clearly of earlier origin even though its first version - most likely a setting of various psalm texts - did not survive.

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Tracklist

01 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 - "Actus tragicus": Sonatina 02:36
02 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 - "Actus tragicus": "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit" (Chorus), "Ach Herr, lehre uns bedenken" (Tenor), "Bestelle dein Haus: den du wirst sterben" (Bas 08:24
03 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 - "Actus tragicus": "In deine Hände befehl ich meinen Geist" (Alto) - "Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein" (Bass, Alto) 05:56
04 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 - "Actus tragicus": "Glorie, Lob, Her und Herrlichkeit" (Chorus) 03:03
05 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: Sinfonia 02:58
06 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis" 03:44
07 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not" 04:46
08 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Wie hast du dich, mein Gott" 01:34
09 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Bäche von gesalzen Zähren" 06:34
10 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele 03:35
11 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Ach Jesu, meine Ruh" 01:35
12 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Komm, mein Jesu" 04:26
13 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Sei nun wieder zufrieden" 05:39
14 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Erfreue dich, Seele" 03:18
15 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: "Das Lamm, das erwürget ist" 02:59

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