608917226324

J.s. Bach: Constantin Emanuel Sings From Schemellis Gesangbuch

Constantin Emanuel & Ton Koopman

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Format: CD

Cat No: CC72263

Release Date:  26 January 2015

Label:  Challenge Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  608917226324

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    This recording of the "Musicalisches Gesang-Buch", a set of songs published by the 18th century German composer Georg Christian Schemelli's but more regularly attributed to J.S. Bach, features the highly-talented 15 year old boy soprano Constantin Emanuel. He is accompanied on organ by the great baroque keyboard player and early music specialist Ton Koopman.

    18th century German composer Georg Christian Schemelli is known to us primarily because of the book of songs "Musicalisches Gesang-Buch", which was published in Leipzig in 1736. This book contains 954 songs, 69 of which have melodies and a figured bass. It was long assumed that Johann Sebastian Bach, who is mentioned in the preface to the volume, played a major part in the completion of these songs, or at least in writing the figured bass lines, and they are included in the corpus of the BWV catalogue.

    This CD displays the talents of the singer Constantin Emanuel. Although he had recently turned 15 Constantin Emanuel is still singing as a boy soprano, something quite unusual these days but absolutely normal in Bach's time, when boys' voices would often break at around the age of 16. This type of voice is rarely heard these days, the most recent being that of Sebastian Hennig whose voice can be followed from the age of 11 through to 15 on many of Gustav Leonhardt's recordings of Bach cantatas.

    Personnel: Constantin Emanuel (boy soprano), Ton Koopman (organ)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. J.S. BACH: Vater unser im Himmelreich (from Clavier Ãœbung III) BWV 683
      • 2. Ich steh an deiner Krippe hier BWV 469
      • 3. Brunnquell aller Güter BWV 445
      • 4. Andante from Pastorale in F BWV 590
      • 5. Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen BWV 452
      • 6. Nur mein Jesus ist mein Leben BWV 490
      • 7. Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier BWV 472
      • 8. Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten BWV 691
      • 9. Jesu, deine Liebeswunden BWV 471
      • 10. Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist BWV 454
      • 11. D. BUXTEHUDE: Fuga in C BuxWV 174
      • 12. J.S. BACH: Ich freue mich in dir BWV 465
      • 13. Lasset uns mit Jesu ziehen BWV 481
      • 14. D. SCARLATTI: Sonata in G K 328
      • 15. J.S. BACH: Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV 460
      • 16. Sei gegrüsset, Jesu, gütig BWV 499
      • 17. D. BUXTEHUDE: Partita Auf meinen lieben Gott in e minor BuxWV 179
      • 18. J.S. BACH: Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr BWV 489
      • 19. Beglückter Stand getreuer Seelen BWV 442
      • 20. Jesu meines Herzens Freud BWV 473
      • 21. P.A. LOCATELLI: Menuet with variations (after flute sonata op. 2 nr. 10, from the 'Klavierboek van Quirijn en Jacoba Elizabeth van Bambeek van Strijen')
      • 22. J.S. BACH: [G.H. Stölzel], Bist du bei mir BWV 508