J.S. Bach: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32 - The Church Cantatas, Vol. 94

Cantata 32 ‘Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen’ was composed for the first Sunday after Epiphany, 13 January 1726, and is probably based on a work written in Cöthen. The mood of this expressive piece is one of supplication and yearning. There is a dialogue between the human soul (soprano), yearning for God, and Jesus (bass). Not until the recitative no. 4 and the duet No.5 is there a true dialogue in the form of a duet; in the foregoing movements the soprano and bass sing their ‘numbers’ alternately. In the pleading opening movement the oboe accompanies the human soul. Jesus replies, initially somewhat reprimandingly in No.3, in the da capo aria No.4, and accompanied by triplet movement in the solo violin. A simple four-part chorale brings the work to an end. Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Artists: Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor), Holland Boys Choir, Ruth Holton (Soprano) & Bas Ramselaar (Basso) 🎵Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Mus