music
February 19, 2026
Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas album review
Capella Sollertia/Soller (Ricercar)This is the premiere recording of sacred cantatas by JL Bach: works preserved due to his distant cousin, JS Bach, copying them for performance. Conductor Johanna Soller brings them to sensitive and vivid life
TL;DR
- Premiere recordings of sacred cantatas by Johann Ludwig Bach.
- Works preserved by Johann Sebastian Bach, who copied them for performance.
- Johann Ludwig Bach was a cantor and kapellmeister in Meiningen.
- His music features strong melody, text sensitivity, and musical drama.
- Capella Sollertia's performances are idiomatic and sensitive.
- Johanna Soller's conducting is incisive and flexible.
- The recordings are praised for their scrupulous engineering and sound quality.
Continue reading the original article