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HIMMELS-LIEDER
Sacred songs & cantatas
Franz Vitzthum
Capricornus Consort Basel
Johann Augustin KOBELIUS Ich fürchte keinen Tod auf Erden (Cantata)
Philipp Heinrich ERLEBACH Unser Leben ist mit vieler Not umgeben: Kommt ihr Stunden
Johann HILDEBRAND Der V. Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer: Ach Gott! Der VI. Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer: Ach höchster Gott
Georg BÖHM Mein Herz tichtet ein feines Lied
Johann Wolfgang FRANCK Laß, O Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen
Johann KRIEGER Gedancken eines Sterbenden: Hier lieg ich in der Noth
Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK Engelsche Fortuyn / Von der Fortuna werd‘ ich getrieben
Johann SCHOP Lachrimae Pavan
William YOUNG Aria
Gasparo CASATI Pater noster
Antonio BERTALI Sonata a 5
The voice of countertenor Franz Vitzthum resounds with lightness and clarity: its almost ‘celestial’ quality appears completely free of all ballast. How appropriate therefore is this programme for Christophorus, in which the yearning for eternal life, when the shackles of mortal existence have been thrown off, was a central theme of the German Baroque period.
Franz Vitzthum has selected cantatas and songs by a series of composers including Erlebach, Hildebrand, Böhm and Krieger whose compositions have for the most part been recorded for the first time. The highlight rounding off this programme is the cantata "Ich fürchte keinen Tod auf Erden” [I do not fear death on earth] by Johann Augustin Kobelius (1674-1731) which is the only work by this composer to have been preserved. Kobelius was a fellow competitor of the young Johann Sebastian Bach for an organ post in the St. Jacob’s church in Sangerhausen and here Bach lost out on the only occasion throughout his entire career! The fact that Kobelius must have deserved the post is borne out by the quality of his cantata which is presented to the public for the first time.
Christophorus CHR77354
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