The complete Bach cantata cycle by Masaaki Suzuki rolls on with some of the secular cantatas, among the composer's least-known works. This is odd for several reasons. The two cantatas recorded here were designated "drama per musica," and the secular cantatas in general are as close as we have to operas by Bach. Further, the secular cantatas are often humorous and topical in nature in a way that Bach's other music is not. No stimulus, in fact, is known for the composition of Geschwinde, Ihr wirbelnden Winde, BWV 201, better ...
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The complete Bach cantata cycle by Masaaki Suzuki rolls on with some of the secular cantatas, among the composer's least-known works. This is odd for several reasons. The two cantatas recorded here were designated "drama per musica," and the secular cantatas in general are as close as we have to operas by Bach. Further, the secular cantatas are often humorous and topical in nature in a way that Bach's other music is not. No stimulus, in fact, is known for the composition of Geschwinde, Ihr wirbelnden Winde, BWV 201, better known as Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan, or The Dispute Between Phoebus and Pan. The text, by Bach's frequent collaborator Picander, is a little reflection on learned (Phoebus is the advocate here) vs. lighter, more popular music (embodied by Pan), and this was surely a topic on Bach's mind with the advent of new comic styles in the 1720s; in just a few years his music would be characterized as outmoded, and his supporters would pull this piece out of the closet in retort. Bach...
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