Take any CD of collected alto arias and you’ll find the first aria from 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'. This piece is performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. On a first hearing, it is a ‘Classic FM’ piece, and it sings of pleasant repose. “However”, says alto soloist Alex Potter, “Bach is more than that. He shows how that heavenly peace is more of an ambition than an achievement.”

Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 22nd 2016 at the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel [ Ссылка ] or consider donating [ Ссылка ].

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Alex Potter, alto

0:00 Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (Arie)
6:18 Die Welt, das Sünderhaus (Recitativ)
7:41 Wie jammeren mich doch (Arie)
15:51 Wer sollte demnach wohl (Rezitativ)
17:04 Mir ekelt mehr zu leben (Arie)

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