Cantates pour alto solo

Description

The famous solo alto cantatas by J. S. Bach not only display extraordinary musical variety, but also place the highest demands on the virtuosity of the sung voice. Nowadays, these cantatas are mainly performed by countertenors. The exceptional alto Seda Amir-Karayan goes against this trend. She is accompanied by the young baroque orchestra Camerata Vivaldiana under the direction of Fritz Krämer. And as another special feature, she combines this magnificent figurative music with the ancient and simple a cappella church chants of her Armenian homeland, which on the one hand form a captivating contrast, but at the same time show an astonishing closeness to the cantatas of the Thomaskantor in their spiritual content.