Bach, in his time, could never have envisioned his music being recorded. When we first embarked on our journey with the Oxford Bach Soloists, our focus was not on recording. We were immersed in the live experience, discovering Bach’s vocal works chronologically, in real-time. It was about living the music as all those who performed and heard it did, tracing his steps through each note and phrase. Featuring two of our core Soloists, Nick Pritchard (tenor) and Yu-Wei Hu (flute), this album presents three

of Bach’s Cantatas. These include possibly his earliest vocal work, Christ lag in Todes- banden (BWV 4), his only extant tenor cantata, Ich armer Mensch (BWV 55), and the

much-beloved cantata, Ich habe genug, showcased here in its arrangement for high voice and flute (BWV 82.2).