The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Conductor - Ton Koopman
Soprano - Lisa Larsson
Tenor - Lothar Odinius
Bass - Klaus Mertens
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Score
I didn't know what to write about 9-11 and the disasters that were made to follow it. The original chorale was written by Philipp Nicholai during a plague that hit his town, killing many people he knew, including a student.
The central choral verse, Zion hört die Wächter singen, is better known in its organ transcription as a chorale prelude.
This first version of it with a tenor soloist in the manner championed by Joshua Rifkin is quite convincing. The more I hear of Bach's vocal music with one voice per part the more I like it.
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