Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Motetten
Meines Herzens Weide
Trinity Baroque
Elin Manahan Thomas, Christine Maria Rembeck – Sopran
Clare Wilkinson, Kate Hamilton – Alt / alto
Julian Podger, Hermann Oswald – Tenor / ténor
Thomas Guthrie, Christopher Adams – Bass / basse
Arno Jochem – Violone
James Johnstone – Orgel / organ / orgue
Julian Podger – Leitung / direction
Johann Sebastian Bach’s motets number among his most sophisticated works. In order to do justice to the challenging, virtuoso style of the motets, Trinity Baroque, under the direction of Julian Podger, performs them with just one voice on a part. This accentuates the filigree, transparent, and yet powerful polyphonic structure of the motets.
Trinity Baroque traveled to Saxony to record Bach’s motets – in the Wenzelskirche, Naumburg, where in 1746 Bach inaugurated and later oversaw the maintenance of the Hildebrandt organ. The historic venue inspired a further idea: besides the soloistic interpretation of the voice parts, the bass line is tonally emphasized by this “Bach” organ (and a violone) – the clearly perceptible sound of the organ blends harmoniously into the tonal fabric of the voice parts, lending this recording a unique character.
1. Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist (überliefert / Martin Luther 1483–1546)
2. Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (BWV 226)
3. Intonation - Du heilige Brunst (BWV 226)
4. Zünd uns ein Licht an im Verstand (überliefert / Martin Luther)
5. Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV 229)
6. Denn du bist der Tröster (überliefert / Martin Luther)
7. O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groß (BWV 622) - Orgel
8. Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn (anonym, 15. Jh.)
9. Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227)
10. Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn (BWV 601) - Orgel
11. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (anonym, 16. Jh.)
12. Fürchte dich nicht (BWV 228)
13. Ehre sei dem Vater (anonym, 16. Jh.) Intonation Gott Vater sei Lob (überliefert / Martin Luther) Responsorium (Heinrich Schütz 1585–1672)
14. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (BWV 733) - Orgel
15. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225)
