Voces suaves^akademie fur alte musik berlin –

Bach's roots - early influences on the young maste

This first joint project by the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin and the Basel-based vocal ensemble Voces Suaves is dedicated to the musical milieu into which Johann Sebastian Bach was born, and especially to those composers who had a demonstrable influence on the work of the man who would later become Thomaskantor in Leipzig. In addition to pieces from the Altbachisches Archiv (Archive of the Older Bachs), the album features sacred concertos and early cantatas by Bach's predecessors and superiors from Arnstadt, Muhlhausen, Weimar and Leipzig, and with them impressive proof of how highly developed the musical tradition of Central Germany then was. Although many of the composers are completely unknown to us today, their works, some of which are recorded here for the first time, provide a fascinating insight into the musical language of late seventeenth-century Germany with it's inspiring wealth of colours and forms.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Voces Suaves^Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin
Released	2024
Music Genre	Classical
Label	ARCANA RECORDS
Condition	New
UPC	3760195735664
SKU	al-3760195735664