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C.P.E. Bach

Magnificat

On 9 April 1786, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach conducted a benefit concert in Hamburg.
The program featured three of his finest and most representative works: the Symphony Wq 183/1 (1780); the Magnificat, composed in 1749 - presumably in the hope of succeeding his father as Thomaskantor in Leipzig; and, last but not least, the impressive Heilig (1776) for double choir. Of this work he wrote:

“It is intended to be my swan song of this kind, and to serve the purpose that I may not be forgotten too soon after my death.”

(harmonia mundi)

»The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is as good as it gets in early music, and it barnstorms its way through these exuberant, shining works. Under an hour of music, and exquisite.«

New York Times, 12 March 2014

Works featured on the CD

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

  • Magnificat Wq 125

  • Heilig ist Gott Wq 217

  • Symphonie D-Major Wq 183/1 

Artists
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Alto
Lothar Odinius, Tenor
Elizabeth Watts, Soprano
Markus Eiche, Bass

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Hans-Christoph Rademann, Conductor

Released on
harmonia mundi, 2014