Pre-Order: Collegium1704 / Luks, Vaclav * Bach: Cantatas for Alto [New CD] Translucent Rose Pink Ltd Edition Inspired by a 1930s song

Inspired by a 1930s song recorded by Dame Gracie Fields and later covered by Lucas' great uncle

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Pre-Order: Collegium1704 / Luks, Vaclav * Bach: Cantatas for Alto [New CD] Translucent Rose Pink Ltd Edition Inspired by a 1930s songIn the summer autumn of 1726, Johann Sebastian Bach composed three solo cantatas for alto within a period of three months. It seems likely that at this time Bach had a particularly talented alto singer in his ranks. However, it is not known who this person was. It was probably a young singer who performed the pieces in falsetto, thus corresponding, as Benno Schachtner notes, to the type of singer we now refer to as a countertenor. All three cantatas