186 Chorales [6/8]: BWV 369-391 - Bach (Score)

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Score of Johann Sebastian Bach's chorales 117 to 139 from his 186 four-part lutheran harmonizations BWV 253 to 483. The first 252 BWV are chorales included in larger works like cantatas, oratorios, passions and motets; the rest (the ones in this series) were published posthumously in various editions. Bach's chorales are ingenious exercises on writing four-part harmony - that's why music schools still make students learn (from) them. Their apparent simplicity is nevertheless overshadowed by their expressive power and an ability to cut straigh to the point, capacities that were ideal for their evangelizing intentions. So much can be said with only four melodic lines.

00:00​​ - (Introduction)
00:23​​ - 117. BWV 369 "Keinen hat Gott verlassen"
01:28​​ - 118. BWV 370 "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist"
02:26​​ - 119. BWV 371 "Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit"
05:40 - 120. BWV 372 "Lass, o Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen"
07:19​​ - 121. BWV 373 "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier"
08:35​​ - 122. BWV 374 "Lobet den Herren, denn er ist sehr"
09:34​​ - 123. BWV 375 "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich [1]"
10:14 - 124. BWV 376 "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich [2]"
10:59​​ - 125. BWV 377 "Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt"
12:11 - 126. BWV 378 "Mein Augen schließ ich jetzt"
13:34 - 127. BWV 379 "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, Jesus"
14:41​​ - 128. BWV 380 "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, weil"
15:38 - (Intermission: Placing BWV 324 "Meine Seele erhebet den Herren", number 72)
15:48​​ - 129. BWV 381 "Meines Lebens letzte Zeit"
17:16​​ - 130. BWV 382 "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin"
18:28 - 131. BWV 383 "Mitten wir im Leben sind"
21:14​​ - 132. BWV 384 "Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr"
22:02​​ - 133. BWV 385 "Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist"
23:14 - 134. BWV 386 "Nun danket alle Gott"
24:23​​ - 135. BWV 387 "Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all"
24:56​​ - 136. BWV 388 "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein"
26:02 - 137. BWV 389 "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren [1]"
27:40​​ - 138. BWV 390 "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren [2]"
29:17​​ - 139. BWV 391 "Nun preiset alle Gottes Barmherzigkeit"

Performers: Rundfunkchor Berlin; Robin Gritton (conductor)