Johann Sebastian Bach
Anton Webern
Ricercar
The Hilliard Ensemble
Münchener Kammerorchester
Christoph Poppen
Bach/ Webern: Ricercar
Webern: Streichquartett (1905), version for chamber orchestra
Bach: Cantata No. 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 43
Webern: Fünf Sätze op. 5 (version for string orchestra)
Bach/ Webern: Ricercar
Recorded January 2001
ECM New Series 1774
Press Reactions
Related Recordings
Order CD
|
|
J. S. Bach's cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden" provided a context for "Morimur", the celebrated Christoph Poppen/Hilliard performance of Bach's "Ciaconna" which reveraled "hidden chorales." The cantata is now at the centre of a new recording focussed on connections between Bach and Anton Webern. Christoph Poppen is the "spiritus rector" of the project, directing the Munich Chamber Orchestra and contributing his own, remarkable orchestration of Webern's revelatory String Quartet 1905.
|
