Prior to his career as a conductor René Jacobs was in demand as a countertenor whose repertoire included not only the classics, but also long-neglected composer. On this CD from 1981, he showed not only that there were significant and interesting cantatas even before Bach, but also that Telemann as Thomas cantor in Leipzig, as well as Bach, the office boasts glorious sacred music had filled as it yes indeed did in Hamburg as music director of the main churches.
1 Aria - Elegy Upon the Death of His Father - Dietrich Buxtehude
2 Cantata 'Jubilate Domino' - Dietrich Buxtehude
3 Aria 'Ach, Dass Ich Wassers G'nug Hatte' - Johann Christoph Bach
4 Cantata 'Ach Herr, Strafe Mich Nicht'
5 Herr, Sei Mir Gnadig
6 Ach, Du Herr, Wie Lange?
7 Wende Dich, Herr
8 Denn Im Tode
9 Ich Bin So Mude Vom Seufzen
10 Meine Gestait Ist Verfallen
11 Weichet Ihr Ubeltater
12 Denn Der Herr Horet Mein Weinen
13 Es Mussen Alle Meine Feinde
14 'Ihr Volker, Hort' - Aria
15 'Ihr Volker, Hort' - (Recitativo) Misurato
16 'Ihr Volker, Hort' - Vivace
Prior to his career as a conductor René Jacobs was in demand as a countertenor whose repertoire included not only the classics, but also long-neglected composer. On this CD from 1981, he showed not only that there were significant and interesting cantatas even before Bach, but also that Telemann as Thomas cantor in Leipzig, as well as Bach, the office boasts glorious sacred music had filled as it yes indeed did in Hamburg as music director of the main churches.
