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Johann Kuhnau
voc, key, 1660-1722 DE, Altenberg, Saxony
Singer / Musician / Composer of Classical
Johann Kuhnau ([ˈkuːnaʊ]; 6 April 1660 – 5 June 1722) was a German polymath: known primarily as composer today, he was also active as novelist, translator, lawyer, and music theorist, being able late in life to combine these activities with the duties of his official post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, which he occupied for 21 years. Much of his music, including operas, masses, and other large-scale vocal works, is lost. His reputation today rests on a set of programmatic keyboard sonatas published in 1700, in which each sonata depicted in detail a particular story from the Bible. After his death, Kuhnau was succeeded as Thomaskantor by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Piano Improvisation 1 (After Prelude from Neue Clavier-Übung I, Partie V) on Baroque Colours by Martin Stadtfeld Christ lag in Todesbanden: I. Sonata on J. S. Bach: A Life in Music. Arnstadt & Mühlhausen, Early Cantatas by Les Arts Florissants & Benjamin Alard Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien, "Biblical Sonatas": No. 1. Fight between David and Goliath (arr. C. Hazell): Joy of the Israelites at the Victory on Tomasi: Fanfares Liturgiques / Britten: Russian Funeral / Stamp: Declamation On A Hymn Tune by Avatar Brass Ensemble & Lowell Graham Christ lag in Todesbanden: IVd. Rittornello on J. S. Bach: A Life in Music. Arnstadt & Mühlhausen, Early Cantatas by Les Arts Florissants & Benjamin Alard Christ lag in Todesbanden: IVa. Aria "Wir leben nun mit Jesu Christ" on J. S. Bach: A Life in Music. Arnstadt & Mühlhausen, Early Cantatas by Les Arts Florissants & Benjamin Alard Kuhnau: Magnificat in C Major: V. Chorus. "Quia fecit" on Bach, Caldara & Kuhnau: Magnificat by Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert, Rheinische Kantorei, Antonio Caldara, Johann Kuhnau & Johann Sebastian Bach Christ lag in Todesbanden: II. Choral "Christ lag in Todesbanden" on J. S. Bach: A Life in Music. Arnstadt & Mühlhausen, Early Cantatas by Les Arts Florissants & Benjamin Alard Neue Clavier-Übung I, Partie V in G Major: Gigue on Baroque Colours by Martin Stadtfeld Neue Clavier-Übung I, Partie V in G Major: Prelude on Baroque Colours by Martin Stadtfeld Christ lag in Todesbanden: IVb. Rittornello on J. S. Bach: A Life in Music. Arnstadt & Mühlhausen, Early Cantatas by Les Arts Florissants & Benjamin AlardTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Sacred Works IV | Johann Kuhnau, Opella Musica, Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer | 2018 | Album |
| Complete Sacred Works III | Johann Kuhnau, Opella Musica, Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer | 2017 | Album |
| Herzenslieder | Christoph Graupner ▪ Johann Sebastian Bach ▪ Johann Kuhnau, Miriam Feuersinger, Capricornus Consort Basel | 2016 | Album |
| Complete Sacred Works II | Johann Kuhnau – Opella Musica, Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer | 2016 | Album |
| Complete Sacred Works I | Johann Kuhnau – Opella Musica, Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer | 2014 | Album |
| Sopran Cantatas | Johann Kuhnau • Vincenzo Albrici / Barbara Christina Steude • Concerto Con Voce • Jan Katzschke | 2010 | Album |
| Keyboard Works - Fische Clavier-Früchte + The Biblical Sonatas | Johann Kuhnau | 2003 | Album |
| Before / Avant Bach - Deutsche Kantaten - Cantates Allemandes | Franz Tunder, Nikolaus Bruhns, Christoph Graupner, Johann Kuhnau - Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe | 2000 | Album |
| Magnificat | Johann Kuhnau, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki | 1999 | Album |
| Sacred Music By Johann Kuhnau | Johann Kuhnau - The King's Consort, Robert King | 1998 | Album |
| Biblické Sonáty. Musikalische Vorstellung Einiger Biblischer Historien In 6 Sonaten Von Johan Kuhnau | Johann Kuhnau, Sylvia Georgieva | 1997 | Album |
| Frische Clavier Früchte • 7 Sonatas | Johann Kuhnau, John Butt | 1992 | Album |
| Recorder Duets Of Three Centuries / Two Parties For Harpsichord | Marion Verbruggen, Anneke Boeke, Anikó Horváth, Johann Kuhnau | 1989 | Album |
| Der Streit Zwischen David Und Goliath (Biblische Sonaten) | Johann Kuhnau | 1984 | Album |
| Goldberg-Variationen / Die Biblischen Historien | Johann Sebastian Bach, Gerhard Kirchner, Johann Kuhnau, Jörg Ewald Dähler | 1983 | Album |
| Biblische Historien & Neue Clavier-Übung | Johann Kuhnau, Anikó Horváth | 1982 | Album |
| Unknown Title | Johann Kuhnau | 1977 | Album |
| Motetten Alter Meister | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck / Johann Kuhnau / Antonio Lotti / Felice Anerio / Johannes Eccard / Johann Michael Bach / Francesco Durante / Giovanni Gabrieli / Hans Leo Haßler / Johann Hermann Schein / Jacobus Gallus / Gottfried August Homilius - Dresdner Kreuzchor, Rudolf Mauersberger | 1970 | Album |
| Advent Und Weihnachten Im Alten Halle Und Leipzig | Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow / Sebastian Knüpfer / Esaias Hickmann / Johann Kuhnau, Rotraud Pax, Elfriede Vorbrig ∙ Ortrun Wenkel, Johannes Hoefflin ∙ Prof. Jakob Stämpfli, Knabenchor Des Gymnasiums Eppendorf, Norddeutscher Singkreis | 1964 | Album |
| Niederlandische Und Deutsche Motetten Des 16. Und 17. Jahrhunderts | Roland de Lassus, Leonhard Lechner, Johannes Eccard, Johann Hermann Schein, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Johann Kuhnau | 1961 | Album |
| Biblical Sonatas Nos 1, 3, and 5 | Johann Kuhnau, Colin Tilney | 1960 | Album |
| Musicalische Vorstellung einiger Biblischer Historien / In 6. Sonaten / Auff dem Claviere zu spielen / Allen Liebhabern zum Vergnügen versuchet von Johann Kuhnauen | Johann Kuhnau, Jörg Ewald Dähler | Album | |
| Leipzig – Das Collegium Musicum Der Universität | Johann Rosenmüller, Adam Krieger, Johann Pezel, Johann Theile, Sebastian Knüpfer, Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Kuhnau, Johann Schelle | Compil. |
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