Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis - Bach: Erbarme dich (2016)

The young tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen, whose career is currently in full flower, appears as a guest soloist with todays leading conductors of Baroque music. He has decided to devote his first solo album to a composer whom he interprets with elegance and contagious joy: Johann Sebastian Bach. The title Erbarme dich naturally evokes for music lovers the celebrated alto aria from the St Matthew Passion; but it is also the incipit of a sorrowful, sensuous aria for tenor and flute from the Cantata BWV 55. In fact, a substantial corpus of cantatas written by the Kantor in Leipzig between 1724 and 1726 feature a close dialogue between tenor voice and flute. Bach excels in this art of discourse and enjoys underlining or contradicting the text by sketching with the flute lines full of exacerbated vocality. This art of interweaving voices attracted Reinoud Van Mechelen and the flautist Anna Besson, who have chosen, along with the organist and harpsichordist Benjamin Alard, to structure their programme around Bach arias featuring obbligato organ and traverso. This album marks the birth of the ensemble founded by Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis, and the start of his collaboration with Alpha, which will extend over several years.

Tracklist:
01. Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96: III. Ach ziehe die Seele mit Seilen der Liebe - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
02. Herr Christ der ein'ge Gottes Sohn, BWV 601: Choral prelude - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
03. Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96: I. Choral Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn - Reinoud van Mechelen, Benjamin Alard
04. Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78: III. Recitative Ach! Ich bin ein Kind der Sünden - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
05. Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78: IV. Aria Das Blut so meine Schuld durchstreicht - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
06. Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1039: III. Adagio e piano - Anna Besson, Benjamin Alard
07. Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107: IV. Aria Wenn auch gleich aus der Höllen - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
08. Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130: V. Aria Lass , o Fürst der Cherubinen - Reinoud van Mechelen, Anna Besson, Ronan Kernoa
09. Chorale Preludes, BWV 669-689: XI. Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 680 - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
10. Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107: VI. Aria Drum ich mich ihm ergebe - Reinoud van Mechelen, Anna Besson, Ronan Kernoa
11. Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013: III. Sarabande - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
12. Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114: II. Aria Wo wird in diesem jammertale - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
13. Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034: III. Andante - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
14. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99: III. Aria Erschüttre dich nur nicht - Reinoud van Mechelen, Anna Besson, Ronan Kernoa
15. Chorale Preludes, BWV 714-765: Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
16. Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55: II. Recitative Ich habe wieder Gott gehandelt - Reinoud van Mechelen, Ronan Kernoa, Benjamin Alard
17. Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55: III. Aria Erbarme dich! - Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis