Chorus a cappella SKU: BR.CHB-5343
Along with an Appendix of Doubtful Attribution - Urtext. Composed by Johann Kuhnau. Edited by David Erler. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Motet; Baroque; Renaissance/early Baroque. Sheet Music. Breitkopf and Haertel #CHB 5343. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5343). ISBN 9790004412732. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German.
Johann Kuhnau's extant vocal works will be fully complete in the Breitkopf & Hartel catalogue in coming years. These are cantatas as a rule, but at least works with instrumental accompaniment. The Three Motets in this volume are therefore unique, including in addition to the well known Tristis est anima mea, also the two other extant Kuhnau motets Ach Gott, wie lasst du mich verstarren, as well as Gott hat uns nicht gesetzt zum Zorn. Each one, of five parts (with the tenor or canto part doubled), these masterpieces round out the picture of Johann Kuhnau, Johann Sebastian Bach's predecessor as St. Thomas cantor. Really interesting. Kuhnau shows a real feeling for the texts he is setting, with effective chromaticism in the doleful 'Tristis est anima mea'.(Jeremy Jackman, Choir & Organ).
