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Vox Luminis & Freiburger Barockorchester • Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt (CD)

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•• 'HIMMELFAHRT' WAS OUR FEATURED ALBUM FOR JULY 2024 ••
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Vox Luminis has teamed up with the Freiburger Barockorchester again, and together they celebrate music for Ascension Day. This topic inspired great composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, four of whose Ascension cantatas have been preserved. The festive and colourful Cantata BWV 128 was composed towards the end of Bach’s second year in Leipzig. The Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 was written for larger forces and ends with a triumphant chorus. In the case of Georg Philipp Telemann, more than thirty cantatas for Ascension Day alone have survived. The cantata Ich fahre auf zu meinem Vater (I ascend unto my Father) was composed in 1721 and receives its world premiere recording here. Lionel Meunier’s ensemble and the FBO give a fervent rendering of this captivating music with its texts focusing on the afterlife.
 
Freiburger Barockorchester
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier director
Viola Blache soprano
Zsuzsi Tóth soprano
Alexander Chance alto
William Shelton alto
Raphael Höhn tenor
Sebastian Myrus bass
Tobias Wicky bass

ALPHA1032 • Released 2024
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