Uwe Wolf

In many performances of Monteverdi's magnificent Vespers of the Blessed Virgin the 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the Magnificat movements, which lie in a high tessitura, are transposed downwards. So that thes...

Monteverdis Selva morale et spirituale von 1641 steht heute ganz im Schatten von Monteverdis berühmter Marienvesper von 1610. Die Drucke von 1610 und 1641 enthalten beide v. a. Musik für Messe und Ves...

Monteverdis Selva morale et spirituale von 1641 steht heute ganz im Schatten von Monteverdis berühmter Marienvesper von 1610. Die Drucke von 1610 und 1641 enthalten beide v. a. Musik für Messe und Ves...

Anyone who is familiar with Bruckner's symphonies and great masses will probably be astonished upon hearing his Missa solemnis of 1854: can the tradition of the Viennese classics still be so clearly e...

The opening chorus of the cantata "Schauet doch und sehet" BWV 46 is one of those movements by Bach that is primarily known in its later guise: its first part became the "Qui tollis" of the Mass in B...

Wie alle Kantaten zum Michaelisfest ist auch die Choralkantate 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' BWV 130 von 1724 eine ausgesprochen prachtvolle Komposition. Nicht nur im Eingangschor und Schlusschoral...

For soli (SATB), choir (SATB) 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo. Bach's chorale cantata 'Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren' BWV 137, has long been, thanks...

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

'Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe' (I stand with my open grave before me) BWV 156 is one of the few surviving cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that is based on texts from the so-called Picander cycle....

The cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' (Fret thee not, thou mortal soul) BWV 186 is in a sense the companion work to the much better-known cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV 147. Both wer...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...