Anna Magdalena Miriam Feuersinger & Capricornus Consort Basel

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Gottes Engel weichen nie (Arie):
• 1 Bach: Gottes Engel weichen nie (Arie) 05:02
• Bete aber auch dabei (Arie):
• 2 Bach: Bete aber auch dabei (Arie) 06:34
• Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Aria):
• 3 Bach: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Aria) 06:24
• Die Welt wird wieder neu (Recitativo):
• 4 Bach: Die Welt wird wieder neu (Recitativo) 00:34
• Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden (Aria):
• 5 Bach: Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden (Aria) 03:11
• Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen (Recitativo):
• 6 Bach: Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen (Recitativo) 00:48
• Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen (Aria):
• 7 Bach: Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen (Aria) 02:52
• Und dieses ist das Glücke (Recitativo):
• 8 Bach: Und dieses ist das Glücke (Recitativo) 00:50
• Sich üben im Lieben, in Scherzen sich herzen (Aria):
• 9 Bach: Sich üben im Lieben, in Scherzen sich herzen (Aria) 04:26
• So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe (Recitativo):
• 10 Bach: So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe (Recitativo) 00:26
• Sehet in Zufriedenheit (Gavotte):
• 11 Bach: Sehet in Zufriedenheit (Gavotte) 01:29
• Adagio und Fuga Fk 65:
• 12 Bach: Adagio und Fuga Fk 65 08:10
• Mein gläubiges Herze, frohlocke, sing, scherze (Arie):
• 13 Bach: Mein gläubiges Herze, frohlocke, sing, scherze (Arie) 03:34
• Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen (Arie):
• 14 Bach: Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen (Arie) 07:32
• Herr, der du stark und mächtig bist (Arie):
• 15 Bach: Herr, der du stark und mächtig bist (Arie) 06:05
• Bist Du bei mir:
• 16 Bach: Bist Du bei mir 03:10
• Total Runtime 01:01:07

Info for Anna Magdalena

On 3 December 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach, the court Kapellmeister at Köthen, married the court singer Anna Magdalena Wilcke. After a year of mourning and setbacks, Bach was once again able to look to the future with confidence, together with his four children from his first marriage. Anna Magdalena must have been a very talented singer; through her marriage, she was now elevated to the status of Mrs Capellmeister. However, upon moving to Leipzig, she was no longer permitted to perform in public as a woman. Nevertheless, there are a number of soprano parts that Johann Sebastian may well have composed to suit her vocal abilities. Foremost among these is the wedding cantata *Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten*.

Miriam Feuersinger is a recognised Bach specialist. With her enchantingly beautiful soprano voice, adept at coloratura, she seems to come particularly close to the traditional image of Anna Magdalena’s voice. In her portrayal of Anna Magdalena, Feuersinger is accompanied by the Capricornus Consort Basel, which has been her ideal partner on recordings for many years.

Miriam Feuersinger, soprano
Capricornus Consort Basel
Peter Barczi, conductor

Miriam Feuersinger
The Austrian soprano Miriam Feuersinger discovered her love for singing when she was a young child. After comprehensive musical training starting at the age of 8 in her home town of Bregenz, she went on to professional voice training at the State Conservatory in Feldkirch (Austria), subsequently joining the class of Prof. Kurt Widmer at the Musikakademie Basel, where she passed her performer’s examination with honours.

Her great love, in both music and content, is for the cantatas and passions of J. S. Bach and his contemporaries, as is evidenced by her numerous invitations to festivals involving his works like Bachstiftung St. Gallen (Switzerland), All of Bach (Netherlands) and Bachakademie Stuttgart, further on Tage alter Musik Regensburg, Bachfest Köthen and Barocktage Stift Melk. She also initiated an own Bach cantata series in Vorarlberg/Austria (www.bachkantaten.at). Other emphases in her artistic work lie in the broad spectrum of sacred music from the early Baroque to Late Romanticism and German Lied.

A specialist in Baroque music, she has been much in demand with International Baroque ensembles such as Capricornus Consort Basel, Les Cornets Noirs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kammerorchester Basel, Collegium 1704 and La Cetra, and has sung with renowned conductors as Rudolf Lutz, Václav Luks, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Daniel Reuss, Jos van Veldhoven, Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken and Laurent Gendre.

For her recordings she was honored with the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (2014), the ECHO Klassik (2014) and Ö1 Pasticcio-Preis (2017).

In 2019 Miriam Feuersinger was appointed honorary member of the Christoph Graupner Society, whose work is very close to her heart. In 2020 she founded the "Vokalwerkstatt M31 - a space for personality & voice" in Bregenz.

Booklet for Anna Magdalena