PUBLISHED: Feb 17, 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 ("Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"), composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1716 and 1723.
The violinist and composer Johann Schop, not Bach, composed the movement's underlying chorale melody, "Werde munter, mein Gemüthe"; Bach's contribution was to harmonize and orchestrate it.
New eyes on Baroque
Jeanette Köhn & the Swedish Radio Choir
Conducted by Gustav Sjökvist
Nils Landgren trombone
Johan Norberg guitar
Jonas Knutsson soprano saxophone
Eva Kruse double bass