Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt

Vox Luminis has teamed up with the Freiburger Barockorchester again, and together they celebrate music for Ascension Day on the album Himmelfahrt.

The album is Exclusively Available at NativeDSD in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD.

Ascension Day inspired great composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, four of whose Ascension cantatas have been preserved. The festive and colorful Cantata BWV 128 was composed towards the end of Bach’s second year in Leipzig.

The Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 was written for larger forces and ends with a triumphant chorus. In the case of Georg Philipp Telemann, more than thirty cantatas for Ascension Day alone have survived.

The cantata Ich fahre auf zu meinem Vater (I ascend unto my Father) was composed in 1721 and receives its world premiere recording here. Lionel Meunier’s ensemble and the FBO give a fervent rendering of this captivating music with its texts focusing on the afterlife.

Vox Luminis
Freiburger Barockorchester
Lionel Meunier