The Servant of Two Masters
Donald Macleod explores J S Bach's time in Weimar where he writes music for the court chapel: the Himmelsburg or Castle of Heaven.
Donald Macleod explores J S Bach's time in Weimar where he writes music for the court chapel: the Himmelsburg or Castle of Heaven. At Weimar, Bach was the servant of two masters. The elder brother, Duke Wilhelm Ernst, lived in the official ducal residence, the vast Wilhelmsburg palace; while his younger brother, Duke Johann Ernst III, lived in the more modest Red Palace next door. When Johann Ernst died and his 19-year old son, Ernst August, inherited the title, the difference in age between him and his uncle made for an impossible working environment for Bach.
In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
Simon Preston (organ)
So lasset uns gehen in Salem der Freuden (final chorus from Cantata BWV 182 - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Aria: Sheep May Safely Graze, (Cantata BWV 208 - Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!)
Magdalena Kozená (mezzo)
Musica Florea
Marek Stryncl (conductor)
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Presenter: Donald Mcleod
Producer: Rosie Boulton.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
In Dulci Jubilo BWV 608
Performer: Simon Preston.- Bach, J S: Chorale Preludes I, BWV599-644 'Orgelbüchlein'.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 182 Bwv.182 - So lasset uns gehen in Salem der Freuden
Singer: Yoshikazu Mera. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Japan Bach Collegium. Director: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Yumiko Kurisu.- BIS : CD79-1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Performer: Gidon Kremer.- PHILIPS : 454-128-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
'Sheep May Safely Graze',BWV 208
Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Ensemble: Musica Florea. Director: Marek Štryncl.- ARCHIV : 457-367 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903
Performer: Trevor Pinnock.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 435-795-2.
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