La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – J.S. Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott (Remastered) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – J.S. Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott (Remastered) (2023)
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To the glory of God and the Burgomaster: Bach’s appointment as director musices of the city of Leipzig in 1723 brought with it, among his other functions, the duty of providing an annual liturgical cantata specifically intended for performance during the ceremony of the opening of the session of the new Municipal Council. At least twelve such cantatas were written during the long years he spent in the pious town, of which no more than a third have survived intact. The almost martial accents of Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, the invocation of prosperity and blessing of Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille and the astonishing parodies of the third Partita for solo violin in Wir danken dir, Gott – the three cantatas on this recording – are all somewhat unabashed combinations of the glorification of God and municipal pride.

Tracklist:
01. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120: I. Arie “Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille zu Zion” (05:18)
02. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120: II. Chor “Jauchzet, ihr erfreuten Stimmen” (06:24)
03. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120: III. Rezitativ “Auf, du geliebte Lindenstadt!” (01:14)
04. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120: IV. Arie “Heil und Segen” (05:02)
05. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120: V. Rezitativ “Nun, Herr, so weihe selbst das Regiment” (00:44)
06. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120: VI. Choral “Nun hilf uns, Herr, den Dienern dein” (01:15)
07. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: I. Chor “Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn” (04:58)
08. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: II. Rezitativ “Gesegnet Land! Glückselge Stadt!” (01:16)
09. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: III. Arie “Wohl dir, du Volk der Linden” (03:40)
10. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: IV. Rezitativ “So herrlicht stehst du, liebe Stadt!” (01:47)
11. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: V. Arie “Die Obrigkeit ist Gottes Gabe” (02:47)
12. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: VI. Rezitativ “Nun, wir erkennen es und bringen dir” (00:52)
13. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: VII. Chor “Der Herr hat Guts an uns getan” (05:39)
14. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: VIII. Rezitativ “Zuletzt!” (00:39)
15. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: IX. Choral “Hilf deinem Volk, Herr Jesu Christ” (00:57)
16. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: I. Sinfonia in D Major (03:14)
17. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: II. Chor “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir” (02:30)
18. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: III. Arie “Halleluja, Stärk und Macht” (05:51)
19. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: IV. Rezitativ “Gottlob! es geht uns wohl!” (00:54)
20. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: V. Arie “Gedenk an uns mit deiner Liebe” (05:27)
21. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: VI. Rezitativ “Vergiß es ferner nicht, mit deiner Hand” (00:27)
22. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: VII. Arie “Halleluja, Stärk und Macht” (01:36)
23. La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe – Bach: Cantata, BWV 29 “Wir danken dir, Gott”: VIII. Choral “Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren” (01:54)

Personnel:
Deborah York, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Mark Padmore, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

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