J. S. Bach - Cantata "Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret" BWV 31 (1/3)

For Easter. Text: Salomo Franck. 21 April 1715, Weimar

1. Sonata
2. Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret (Chorus) at 2:33
3. Erwünschter Tag! Sei, Seele, Wieder Froh (Recit.) at 6:09

Included by Bach in first annual cycle (Leipzig 1723-24)

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, Director

1. Sonata

2. Chorus (S, A, T, B) at 2:33
The heavens laugh! The earth doth ring with glory,
And all she bears within her lap;
Our Maker lives! The Highest stands triumphant
And is from bonds of death now free.
He who the grave for rest hath chosen,
The Holy One, sees not corruption.

3. Recit. (B) at 6:09
O welcome day! O soul, again be glad!
The A and O,
The first and also last one,
Whom our own grievous guilt in death's own prison buried,
Is now torn free of all his woe!
The Lord was dead,
And lo, again he liveth;
As lives our head, so live as well his members.
The Lord hath in his hand
Of death and also hell the keys now!
He who his cloak
Blood-red did splash within his bitter passion,
Today will put on finery and honor.

First Annual Cycle Canatats-Koopman playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AC8049FC5E7BA6DB

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[buenosdiers]

@kolkrabe19

kein Problem. Gardiner ist noch schneller

[kolkrabe19]

@buenosdiers Ich hab den Kommentar gelöscht. Es ist möglich, daß das bei Bach genau so klang, und sicher hat sich Koopman was dabei gedacht. Aber auch beim zweiten und dritten Hören mag ich das nicht. Vielleicht ist das Tempo das Richtige. Ich persönlich empfinde diese Interpretation als zu schnell, und stellenweise eher schrill als jubilierend. Danke für die Kritik.

[buenosdiers]

@kolkrabe19

Das ist über 280 Jahre alt, wie meinst du denn klang das bei Bach selbst.

[DiVeronica]

woah, Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret is wayy too frantic

[SuperBendygirl]

Do you have a date for this recording?

[AzeroII]

This is one of my favourites Bach's cantatas.

[bersa888]

Yup. But there's a ton of unison fanfare-like passage on broken chord figurations in Italian music (operas) from the beginning of the Baroque on. Or just listen to the beginning of "Juditha Triumphant" by Vivaldi, or passages from Cavalli, Cesti, Stradella... that's was I was thinking of... :-) Hey, can I free-associate?! :-D

[wcbroccoli]

I see.

But Vivaldi didn't invent unison ritornelli or this very French orchestration (3 trumpets, timpani, 3 oboes + taille, bassoon, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos & continuo.

The unison opening is a characteristic trumpet + kettlerdrum fanfare which is repeated, in whole or in part, throughout the sonata like a ritornello.

The scoring is more French than Italian.

E.g, 2 violas instead of 1 and 3 oboes+taille+bassoon.

[bersa888]

You know, like one of those multi-instrument concertos by Vivaldi. Mostly is just a matter of mixed-timbre unison :-) Also, the insistent broken-chord pattern on of the first few measures. The rest is pure Bach...