J.S. Bach - Cantatas 46 - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

J.S. Bach - Secular Cantatas 4 [SUPER-AUDIO CD] Hybrid SACD date 07/08/2014

This is the penultimate volume in the acclaimed cycle recorded by Masaaski Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan. Two of the works included in this volume were both composed around 1735, and give rich evidence of Bach's versatility in terms of style. The contrast is striking between the decidedly fashionable bass aria BWV100/4, with it's syncopated melody and gossamer string writing, and the highly intricate counterpoint that Bach lays out in Weñr Gott nicht mit uns, the opening chorus of BWV14.

This album, recorded in 1960-1961, shows these three musicians' passionate love for mountain music. The New Lost City Ramblers learned their music from impeccable sources-from old time commercial discs made between 1922 and 1941, and from field recordings in the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song.