Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit

composer

Sebastian Knüpfer (1633-1676)

author of text

Anonymous

Recordings

Knüpfer: Sacred Music

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55393 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Track 4 on CDH55393 [4'54] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Movement 2: Gott ist mein Trost, mein' Zuversicht

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Track 5 on CDH55393 [3'42] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Movement 3: Noch eins, Herr, will ich bitten dich

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Track 6 on CDH55393 [2'57] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit

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The chorale cantata Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit (‘What my God wishes, shall be always’) is one of Knüpfer’s most elaborate works. Of the four verses, based on a song, the outer ones are musically closely related to each other and scored for the full ensemble, whereas in the middle verses the vocal parts are reduced from six to three. In the outer movements the chorale melody appears as a cantus fìrmus with imitative features, containing some complex canonic settings; in the middle movements, however, the chorale is treated more freely and with greater variation.

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