In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of publications in the area of women’s studies. Not only are medieval liturgical studies not an exception, but deserve to be counted among the pioneers of the genre.
Johann Friedrich Fasch is one of the most intriguing court musicians and composers of early 18th-century Germany. He trained at Leipzig under Bach’s predecessor Kuhnau, worked across western and central Germany, and eventually settled at the court of Anhalt-Zerbst in Lower Saxony.
The back cover of the booklet accompanying this recording states that 'Schütz would never have heard his music performed by forces such as these and on such a scale – surely he would have been a strong advocate of this outstanding aural experience'.
