Credits:

Karl Richter, Edith Mathis, Trudeliese Schmidt, Hertha Topper, Peter Schreier, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Munich Bach Orchestra, Munich Bach Choir

Description:

In 2018, the 333rd anniversary of Bach's birth, Richter's collection of Bach cantatas is re-released with Japanese lyrics and bilingual translation. No. 80 is a cantata for Reformation Day, based on Luther's famous chorale "Our God is a firm fortress," written in its original form in 1715 and first performed in its final draft on October 31 around 1727-1731. Cantata No. 106 is a cantata thought to have been written not for worship services but for funerals and other mourning events.It was first performed around 1707 and is one of Bach's oldest surviving cantatas. (C)RS