J.S. Bach: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55 - The Church Cantatas, Vol. 153

BWV55 is a solo cantata for tenor, the only one Bach wrote (17 November 1726). An expressive aria opens the work, in which flute and oboe play a wailing line, whilst the unjust sinner wrings his hands before a just God. The words just and unjust always go opposite ways: when the one goes up, the other goes down. A recitative in which, in truly baroque rhetoric style, the Allerhöchste gets the highest note, while a sustained note in the continuo illustrates the persistence of sin, is followed by an aria with beautiful flute runs full of pleading motives. A recitative with violin accompaniment leads to the chorale `Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen’, well known from the Matthew Passion. Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Artists: Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor), Holland Boys Choir & Knut Schoch (Tenore) 🎵Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in vide