Chorale Prelude 'Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein'
3:01
in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur
oboe, trumpet, and organ
Adagio
JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS
17.
Fantasia
5:16
in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur
oboe and organ
Adagio non molto
GEORG FRIEDRICH KAUFFMANN
18.
Chorale Prelude 'Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ'
1:39
in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur
Andante
19.
Chorale Prelude 'Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern'
2:28
in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur
oboe, trumpet, and organ
Vivace
Total time: 63:38
Chamber: Austral Harmony
Jane Downer oboe/ oboe d'amore
Simon Desbruslais trumpet/natural trumpet
Peter Hagen chamber organ
20-22 June 2014
About
Harmonische Freude features chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his extended circle, played on authentic period instruments by Austral Harmony.
Taking its name from an early collection of Australian poetry, the Australian ensemble, specialists in eighteenth-century music, presents innovatively designed programmes and promote less familiar repertoire. This is its first recording on Chandos.
Using the sustained tone of a small pipe organ alongside baroque oboe and trumpet, the musicians create an impression of intimacy and pleasing variety of sonority. Inspiration comes from the organ preludes in Kauffmann’s collection Harmonische Seelenlust musikalischer Gönner und Freunde, which specifies the use of an oboe placed so as to give the impression that it is an organ stop. This type of musical form enjoyed a transient existence in central Germany during the mid-eighteenth century. Kauffmann’s pupil Tag then illustrated the emerging Empfindsamkeit (‘expressive’ style) that ushered in the musical ideals of the classical era.
Krebs and Homilius were amongst the pupils of Bach, and aspired to perpetuate the tradition of their great teacher who had employed Lutheran chorales exhaustively throughout his choral and organ works; both produced chorale adaptations which included oboe and trumpet.
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Reviews
“... a fine recital of rarely-played music for an unusual combination, something which I wholeheartedly support.” ****½
Paul Ballam-Cross – Limelight magazine.com.au – 2 December 2016
“... this is a disc that is well worth having, both for its high standard of performance and interesting, unusual repertory.”
Bertil van Boer - Fanfare – January/February 2016
“… beautifully, joyously performed, this is a thought-provoking disc I look forward to revisiting and sharing with friends.”
Julie Anne Sadie – Gramophone magazine – September 2015
" This is a nice disc which allows the listener to become acquainted with a genre which is not that well-known ..."
Johan van Veen - MusicWeb-International.com - 17 July 2015
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