Bach – Easter Cantatas BWV 4, 31, 67 – Thomanerchor Leipzig

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Hymnus Vita sanctorum
Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 4
Georg Christoph Biller (b.1955):
St.-Thomas-Ostermusik
Hymnus "Vox Angelorum nunica"
Cantata "Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret" BWV 31
Hymnus Chorus novae Ierusalem
Cantata "Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ" BWV 67

Paul Bernewitz - boy soprano
Johannes Hildebrandt - boy soprano
Friedrich Paretorius - boy soprano
Stefan Kahle - boy contralto
Jakob Wetzig - boy contralto
Tobias Hunger - tenor
Martin Petzold - tenor
Andreas Scheibner - bass
Gotthold Schwarz - bass
Matthias Weichert - bass
Thomanerchor
Gewandhausorchester
Georg Christoph Biller - conductor

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Zelenka - Cantatas for Holy Sepulchre - Semerádová

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) - Cantatas for Holy Sepulchre:
Immisit Dominus pestilentiam, ZWV 58
Attendite et videte, ZWV 59
Deus dux fortissime, ZWV 60

Hana Blažiková - soprano
David Erler - alto
Tobias Hunger - tenor
Tomáš Král - baritone
Collegium Marianum [on period instruments]
Jana Semerádová - direction

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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