Religious music. Two cantatas from Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann, and a short Requiem from the Austrian Gregor Joseph Werner. Werner was Kapellmeister at the court of the princes Esterházy in Eisenstadt, and was succeeded by Joseph Haydn.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantate ‘Geist und Seele sind verwirret’ BWV 35
Performing: Alex Potter, countertenor. Leo van Doeselaar, organ. Il Gardellino
(CD label: Passacaille nr. PAS1092)
Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766)
2. Requiem in g klein
Performing: Voktett Hannover and La Festa Musicale conducted by Lajos Rovatkay
(CD label: Audite nr. 97.833)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
3. Cantate ‘Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen’ TWV 7:17
Performing: Veronika Winter, alto. Markus Flaig, bass. L’arpa festante conducted by Rien Voskuilen
(CD label: Carus nr. 83.337)
In addition:
Matthias Weckmann (ca. 1616-1674)
4. ‘Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott’ (Primus versus)
Performing: Léon Berben, Friedrich Stellwagen – organ (1637), St. Jakobi, Lübeck
(CD label: Aeolus nr. AE11431)
