J.S. Bach: Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132 - The Church Cantatas, Vol. 89

Cantata 132 ‘Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn’ is also based on a text by Salomon Franck; but it was written in Bach’s Weimar period in 1715, about eleven years earlier than Cantata 72 and therefore at the time when Franck wrote his poem. Composed for the 4th Sunday in Advent, it is a rather soberly scored work for four soloists, oboe, solo violin, strings and basso continuo, almost a ‘chamber’ instrumentation like many Weimar cantatas. The work comprises three arias and two recitatives, without an opening or final chorus. The coloratura soprano and oboe parts present a colourful image of the opening text ‘Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn’. Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Artists: Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor), Holland Boys Choir, Ruth Holton (Soprano), Knut Schoch (Tenore), Bas Ramselaar (Basso) & Sytse Buwalda (Alto) 🎵Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): 🎬🎮 These tracks are available fo