New. Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Recording of the Month
This seminal project is a revelation in the sheer weight of first-rate 'Bach', previously under the radar, and now in premiere recordings delivered with exceptional attentiveness and care.
New. Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Recording of the Month
This seminal project is a revelation in the sheer weight of first-rate 'Bach', previously under the radar, and now in premiere recordings delivered with exceptional attentiveness and care.
About
Leipzig, 1726. Johann Sebastian Bach had been Cantor at the Thomaskirche for three years, and in February of that year he interrupted his regular production of cantatas to perform eighteen cantatas by his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach in the city's main churches. Johann Ludwig was Kapellmeister at the court of Meiningen at that time. These works have survived solely thanks to the copies that Johann Sebastian made of them, and thus testify to the high esteem in which he held his cousin's compositions. Capella Sollertia now presents the first ever recording of these works.
Contents and tracklist
- Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch, William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Carine Tinney, William Shelton, Michael Mogl
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Tabea Mitterbauer, William Shelton, Michael Mogl
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Anna-Lena Elbert, Richard Resch
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- William Shelton, Richard Resch, Micha Matthäus, Flore Van Meerssche
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Michael Mogl, William Shelton, Carine Tinney
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Anna-Lena Elbert, Sebastian Myrus, Michael Mogl
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Anna-Lena Elbert, Michael Mogl, William Shelton
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- William Shelton, Michael Mogl, Sebastian Myrus, Carine Tinney
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Anna-Lena Elbert, Tobias Knaus, Michael Mogl
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Michael Mogl, Sebastian Myrus, Tabea Mitterbauer, William Shelton
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Anna-Lena Elbert, William Shelton, Michael Mogl, Sebastian Myrus
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Anna-Lena Elbert, Tobias Knaus, Michael Mogl
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Tabea Mitterbauer, William Shelton, Sebastian Myrus, Michael Mogl
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Sebastian Myrus, Tabea Mitterbauer, Michael Mogl, William Shelton
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- William Shelton, Carine Tinney, Michael Mogl, Sebastian Myrus
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Michael Mogl, Anna-Lena Elbert, Sebastian Myrus, William Shelton
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
- Michael Mogl, Anna-Lena Elbert, Sebastian Myrus
- Capella Sollertia
- Johanna Soller
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2026Recording of the Month
February 2026
This seminal project is a revelation in the sheer weight of first-rate 'Bach', previously under the radar, and now in premiere recordings delivered with exceptional attentiveness and care.
19th February 2026
Johanna Soller’s conducting is incisive yet flexible, while her splendid lineup of fresh-voiced soloists basks in sumptuous sound thanks to Ricercar’s scrupulous engineering. A remarkable rediscovery, warmly recommended.
23rd February 2026
The box offers a treasure chest of delights, dispatched with scrupulous care and tremendous vim by Johanna Soller’s Capella Sollertia, an ensemble particularly blessed with agile soprano soloists, pure in tone even when navigating the Italianate leaps and twiddles that Ludwig’s vocal writing demands...The performers’ enjoyment of Ludwig’s music is palpable and discovering these 18 cantatas has given me five of the happiest hours of my listening life.
Record Review
I think this is a major rediscovery, which deserves to be on any best new recordings of the year shortlist and its only February.