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| | Classical Net Review - Bach - Cantatas, Vol. 1 & 2 |
 | | Cantata 150 "Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich" ("To You, Lord, I lift up my soul"): A penitential cantata, one of the monuments of the series, and probably the oldest Bach cantata extant. |
 | | Against the soloists, the choral sopranos enter with the chorale "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ"), a phrase at a time, also in triple meter. |
 | | The final chorale "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" presents the chorale tune whole, rather than, as in the opening duet, in fragments. |
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