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The ninth volume of this complete recording of Bach's cantatas continues the series of cantatas from the first Leipzig cycle. Cantata 173a is the sole exception: a secular cantata composed by Bach at Coethen, it was reworked as a church cantata (BWV 173) for the first Leipzig cycle (included in Volume 7). With the cantatas he composed during his first year at Leipzig, Bach provided himself with an unprecedented wealth of musical forms free of any schematic approach. The orchestra is considerably bigger than at Weimar. More use is made of brass instruments, especially trumpet and horn. The instrumental writing is noticeably more virtuosic, while the melismatic quality of the word setting is further developed. Begun in 1994, this series was called "the recording project of the nineties" by THE GUARDIAN, and was awarded the 1997 DEUTSCHE SCHALLPLATTENPREIS "ECHO KLASSIK" in Germany. The series continues to feature the scholarly contributions of Professor Christoph Wolff, one of the world's leading experts on the music of Bach.