J. S. Bach: Wachet betet betet wachet ( BWV 70a) ( Rilling)

J. S. Bach: Wachet betet betet wachet (BWV 70a) Cantata for the Second Sunday of Advent This Weimar cantata was reworked and expanded in Leipzig as BWV 70 for the 26th Sunday after Trinity. The original has been lost. The version heard here simply omits the additions from the later version. Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart BachCollegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling Arleen Augér, soprano Verena Gohl, alto LutzMichael Harder, tenor Siegmund Nimsgern, bass Coro: Wachet betet betet wachet Aria (alto): Wenn kömmt der Tag, an dem wir ziehen Aria (soprano): Laßt der Spötter Zungen schmähen Aria (tenor): Hebt euer Haupt empor Aria (bass): Seligster Erquickungstag Chorale: Nicht nach Welt, nach Himmel nicht