in Early Music Today (Dec, 2015)
The unforeseeable consequences a seemingly small decision can entail have long been the subject of historical discussion: Pascal famously remarked that ‘if Cleopatra’s nose had been shorter, the whole history of the world would have been changed.’ Similarly, how different would the history of Western classical music be if, on the death of Johann Kuhnau in 1722, the Leipzig town councillors had managed to hire to succeed him as Thomaskantor either of their preferred candidates (Georg Philipp Telemann and Christoph Graupner) and had not resorted to the man who came third —Johann Sebastian Bach. This latest recording from the Bach Players gathers the audition pieces by each composer and couples them …
Bach And His Rivals – The Bach Players
Graupner Aus der Tiefen rufen wir; Ouvettüre in C minor: Kantate “Gott führt die seinen wunderbar”
Telemann Overture in F sharp minor TWV 55: fis 1; Kantate “Wer sich rächet” TWV 1: 1600; Kantate “Laß vom Bösen and tue Gutes” TWV 1: 1038
Bach Kantate “Jesus nahm z sich die Zwölfe” BWV 22; Kantate “Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen” BWV 81
The Bach Players
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