Gott Ist Unser Zuversicht - Cantates sacrées

Description

Johann David Heinichen studied law in Leipzig, associated with Telemann's circle, and, like him, attracted so much attention with his Protestant sacred music that he was granted a several-year trip to Italy to further broaden his musical horizons. In 1716, he was finally appointed conductor at the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, a position that Johann Sebastian Bach, two years his junior, would have been happy to obtain. The works on this recording include Heinichen's "Protestant" creative period, during which more than two dozen German sacred cantatas with colorful design and expression have survived – from serious choral movements to lyrical and picturesque arrangements that are not always completely "devotional."