1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 131 & BWV 140 [C-3]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale / RCA Victor Orchestra

Tenor: William Hess; Bass: Paul Matthen
Bernard Greenhouse (Violoncello); Robert Bloom (Oboe); Sylvia Marlowe (Harpsichord)

RCA Victor

May 3-4, 1949

LP / TT:

Recorded in New York City, New York, USA.

2

Bach Made in Germany Vol. 1 - Cantatas IX
J.S. Bach: Kantaten 10. Folge
J.S. Bach: Das Kanatenwerk - BWV 106, BWV 131 [LA-3]

Cantata BWV 131 [23:42]

Günther Ramin

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Tenor: Gert Lutze, Bass: Johannes Oettel

Berlin / Leipzig Classics
Eterna 820-525
Eurodisc 71-604

Feb 1952

CD / TT: 71:03
LP / TT:
LP / TT:

Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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3

Monteverdi: Vesperes (1610) - Bach: Cantatas [C-1]

Cantata BWV 131 [20:49]

Robert Craft

American Concert Choir (Chorus Master: Margaret Hillis) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Tenor: Loren Driscoll; Bass: Robert Oliver; Leonard Arner (Oboe)

Columbia MS-6177
Sony Classics

Dec 20, 1959

LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 147:28

Recorded at CBS 30^th Street Studios, New York City, NY, USA.
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4

Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 17
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 131, Cantata No. 149 [L-17]
Bach Cantatas: Volume 2

Cantatas BWV 131 [25:34]

Fritz Werner

Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Choir; Alto: Choir; Tenor: Georg Jelden; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli

Erato STE-50174
Musical Heritage Society MHS-760
Erato 2584-61402-2

Oct 1964

LP / TT: 47:58
LP / TT: 47:58
10-CD / TT: 722:00

Recorded at Concert Hall, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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5

The Art of the Cantata. Cantatas Nos. 131 & 182 [C-1]

Cantatas BWV 131 [23:45]

David Nott

Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir / Orchestra of the Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music

Tenor: William Eichhorn; Baritone: Robert Donalson; Paul Heyboer (oboe)

Everest 3223

1968 or 1969 c (1964?)

LP / TT: 55:15

6

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 93 & BWV 131 [C-2] (LP)
J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 137, 190, 131 [C-3] (CD)

Hans Thamm

Windsbacher Knabenchor / Das Consortium Musicum

Soprano: Teresa Zylis-Gara; Alto: Ingeborg Ruß; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Franz Crass

EMI Elektrola (LP) / Rondeau Production (CD)

Aug 1966

TT: 24:34

Recorded in Münster zu Heilsbronn/Mittelfranken.
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7

Program, 1973-1974, No. 215 [IU-2]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Jan Harrington

Indiana University Singers / Instrumental ensemble

Tenor: Perry Smith; Bass: Jan Opalach

Indiana University School of Music

Nov 18, 1973

3 sound tape reels / TT:

Recorded live at Indiana University: School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 131 by J. Harrington.
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8

Dresdner Kreuzchor - Archiv. 1, Der Kreuzchor unter Martin Flämig - Zum 90. Geburtstag des Kreuzkantors [C-1]

Cantata BWV 131 [24:00]

Martin Flämig

Dresdner Kreuzchor / Members of Dresdner Philharmonie

Soprano: Helga Termer; Soprano: Ute Trekel-Burckhardt; Alto: Heidi Rieß; Tenor: Albrecht Lepetit

Förderverein Dresdner Kreuzchor Archiv 7

Mar 1974

CD / TT: 69:18

Recorded live at Kreuzkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, by Rundfunkaufnahma.
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9

Bach: Cantata BWV 131 & Handel: Sing into God [C-1]

Paul Steinitz

London Bach Society Chorus / Steinitz Bach Players

Soprano: Wendy Eathorne; Counter-tenor: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Neil Jenkins; Baritone: John Noble

HMV / Nonesuch

Mid 1970's ?

LP / TT:

10

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 15
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 41

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Hänssler

Jan 1975

TT: 23:40

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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11

»50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vol. 15

Cantata BWV 131 [24:16] - sung in Japanese translation by Emiko Ohmura

Emiko Ohmura

Bach-Chor Tokyo / Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra

Tenor: Masatoshi Sasaki; Bass: Kazunori Fuchiwaki; Organ: Miyako Kusama

Bach-Chor Tokyo BACHCD 15

Oct 13, 1979

CD / TT: 60:31

Recorded at live at Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Source: J.S. Bach: »50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vols. 1-20: CD

12

J.S. Bach: Cantatas [E-2]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Tenor: William Kendall; Baritone: Stephen Varcoe

Erato

Nov 1980

TT: 20:44

Recorded in All Saints Church, Tooting, England. 1^st recording of Cantata BWV 131 by J.E. Gardiner.
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13

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 32 - BWV 128-131
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 7 - BWV 119-137
Bach-2000 Vol. 3: Sacred Cantatas 3 - BWV 100-117, 119-140, 143-149
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten Vol. 41 - BWV 131-133

Cantata BWV 131 [24:34 / 25:01]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Alan Bergius; Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Robert Holl

Telefunken 6.35606
Teldec 242 617-2 ZL
Teldec 4509-91761-2
Teldec 3984-25708-2
Teldec 8573-81169-2
Warner Classics 8573-81169-5

Oct 22, 1981

2-LP / TT: 79 min
2-CD / TT: 79:13
6-CD / TT: 371:34
15-CD / TT: 949:30
CD / TT: 65:22
CD / TT: 65:22

Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria (?)
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14

J.S. Bach: Actus Tragicus [C-3]

Joshua Rifkin

(OVPP - No Choir) / The Bach Ensemble

Soprano: Ann Monoyios; Alt: Steven Rickards; Tenor: Edmund Brownless; Bass: Jan Opalach

Decca

Nov 1985

TT: 19:37

Recorded at the American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, USA.
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15

J.S. Bach: Kantate 131 "Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"; J.C.F. Fischer: “Missa in Contrapuncto” [C-3]

Christian Grube

Staats- und Domchor Berlin / Instrumentalists

Teno: Harry Geraerts; Bass: Harry van der Kamp
Hans Peter Westermann (Oboe); Anette [sic] Sichelschmitt (Violin); Daniel Spektor (Viola); Christine Angot (Viola); Bernhard Junghänel (Bassoon); Hans-Georg Kramer (Viola da gamba); Niklas [sic] Trüstedt (Violone); Michael Röbbelen (Positive Organ)

Hochschule der Künste Berlin

1986-1987

LP / TT: 20:55

Recorded live at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin Dahlem, Germany.

16

Bach Series [IU-20]

Cantata BWV 131 [22:36]

Jan Harrington

Indiana University Singers / instrumentalists

Vocal soloists: unknown

Indiana University School of Music

Mar 27, 1988

3 sound tape reels / TT: 76:09

Recorded at Indiana University: School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 131 by J. Harrington.
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17

J.S. Bach: Cantatas [C-1]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Tenor: Howard Crook; Bass: Peter Kooy

Virgin

Dec 1990

TT: 21:49

Recorded at Minderbroederskerk, Ghent, Belgium.
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18

Deutsche Barock Kantaten (VIII): Aus der Tiefe [C-3]

Erik Van Nevel

Capella Sancti Michaelis Vocal Ensemble (OVPP singers) / Ricercar Consort

Soprano: Greta de Reyghere; Alto: James Bowman; Tenor: Guy de Mey; Bass: Max van Egmond

Ricercar

May 1991

TT: 22:32

Recorded at Filisofisch Theologisch college van de societiet van Jezus V.Z.W, Heverlle.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 131 by Ricercar Consort.

19

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Volume IV - Early Cantatas from Mühlhausen and Weimar - Cantatas for Holy Week [C-4]

Cantata BWV 131 [21:51]

Jeffrey Thomas

(OVPP - No Choir) / American Bach Soloists

Soprano: Julianne Baird; Alto: Drew Minter; Tenor: Benjamin Butterfield; Bass: James Weaver

Koch International Classics 3-7235-2H1
American Bach Soloists

Mar 3-8 & Apr 25-26, 1994

CD / TT: 67:15

Recorded at St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere, CA, USA.
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20

NEC Chamber Singers & friends: October 26, 1994, 8:00 p.m. [C-2]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Tamara Brooks

NEC Chamber Singers.

Vocal soloists: unknown

New England Conservatory of Music

Oct 26, 1994

MC / TT:

Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 131 by T. Brooks.
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21

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 1
J.S. Bach: Funeral Cantatas (Single Volume Cantatas Vol. 7)

Cantata BWV 131 [22:15]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Tenor: Guy de Mey; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato 4509-98536-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72201
Antoine Marchand CC-72286

Nov 23-Dec 3, 1994

3-CD / TT: 180:18
3-CD / TT: 180:18
CD / TT: 60:38

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 131 by T. Koopman.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 1 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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22

NEC Chorus, Chamber Singers & friends: April 19, 1995, 8:00 p.m. [C-3]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Tamara Brooks

New England Conservatory Chorus; NEC Chamber Singers

Vocal soloists: unknown

New England Conservatory of Music

Apr 19, 1995

2-MC / TT:

Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 131 by T. Brooks.
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23

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 2 - BWV 71, 106, 131

Cantata BWV 131 [21:26]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Midori Suzuki; Alto: Yoshikazu Mera; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS 781

Nov 1995

CD / TT: 62:35

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
See: Cantatas Vol. 2 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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24

Ton Koopman conducts J.S. Bach - Episode 2
Bach Cantatas [D-1]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Tenor: Lothar Odinius; Bass: Klaus Mertens

NVC ARTS
Kultur Video

1997

VHS / TT: 23:00
DVD

Total time of the programme: 28:47. 2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 131 by T. Koopman.
See: Bach Cantatas on TV - conducted by Ton Koopman
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25

Bach - Vivaldi - Mozart [C-1]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Peter Krone

Motettenchor und Collegium Musicum der TU Chemnitz

Alto: Natalia Krone; Tenor: Marcel Lepetit; Bass: Stephan Heinemann

TU Chemnitz

Apr 27, 1998

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Stadtverordnetensaal des Chemnitzer Rathauses, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
Source: TU Chemnitz

26

Bach Cantatas Vol. 3: Tewkesbury/Mühlhausen
For the 4^th Sunday after Trinity
For the 5^th Sunday after Trinity

Cantata BWV 131 [23:14]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Kobie van Rensburg; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria 141

Jan 23, 2000

2-CD / TT: 138:15

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Blasiuskirche, Mühlhausen, Germany.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 131 by J.E. Gardiner.
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27

Bach Edition Vol. 20 - Cantatas Vol. 11

Cantata BWV 131 [23:37]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics 99379

Jun-Jul 2000

5-CD / TT: 367:20

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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28

Musik für das Leben nach Tschernobyl [C-1]

Ralf Sochaczewsky

Cantus Domus Chor Berlin / Minsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Susanne Kirchesch; Counter-tenor: Alexander Schneider; Tenor: Sebastian Lipp; Bass: Assaf Levitin

?

Apr 2001

TT:

Recrded live at Gethsemane Kirche, Berlin

29

J.S. Bach: Cantatas 131-152-161 [C-3]

Cantata BWV 131 [21:11]

Daniel Taylor

(OVPP - No Choir) / Theatre of Early Music

Soprano: Suzie LeBlanc; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Stephen Varcoe

ATMA Classique ACD2-2279

Aug 12-15, 2001

CD / TT: 56:50

Recorded at Église Sainte-Geneviève, Pierrefonds (Québec), Canada.
See: Cantatas BWV 131, BWV 152 & BWV 161 - conducted by Daniel Taylor
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30

The Mühlhausen cantatas [C-2]

Cantata BWV 131 []

David Castleberry

Marshall University Chamber Choir

Vocal soloists: unknown

Music at the museum

2002

MC / TT:

Recorded at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA.
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31

J.S. Bach: Cantates BWV 131, BWV 12, BWV 51 [C-2]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Jean-François Frémont

Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs de Versailles (Chorus Mater: Jean-François Frémont) / Sinfonie Saint-Julien

Boy Soprano: Augstin Serraz; Counter-tenor: François-Gabriel Rouquette; Tenor: Christophe Einhorn; Bass: Jean-Loup Pagési

Ami SON CP02-01

2002

CD / TT:

Recorded in Versailles, France.

32

J.S. Bach: Early Cantatas Volume 1 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 131 [23:33]

-

(OVPP - No Choir) / Purcell Quartet

Soprano: Emma Kirkby; Counter-tenor: Michael Chance; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Peter Harvey

Chandos Chaconne CHAN-0715

Dec 1, 2002; Mar 8, 2004

CD / TT: 76:35

Recorded at St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England.
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33

Bach - Purcell: Motetten - Kantaten [C-3]

Cantata BWV 131 [23:09]

Thomas Hengelbrock

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor / Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

Tenor: Hans Jörg Mammel; Bass: Marek Rzepka

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697115702

Mar 23-24, 2007

CD / TT: 65:52

Recorded at Kirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forstern-Tading, Germany
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34

Actus Tragicus - Kantaten und Motetten auf dem Weg zu J.S. Bach [C-1]

Cantata BWV 131 [21:22]

Jörg Breiding

Himlische Cantorey, Knabenchor Hannover / Barockorchester L'Arco

Members of Himlische Cantorey: Soprano: Veronika Winter; Counter-tenor: Henning Voss; Tenor: Henning Kaiser; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Ralf Grobe; Lute: Michael Freimuth

Rondeau Production ROP-7005

Jun 8, 2007

CD / TT: 61:17

Recorded live at Galerie Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany.
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35

Bach: Aus der Tieffen [C-10]

Cantata BWV 131 [21:31]

Philippe Pierlot

(OVPP - No Choir) / Ricercar Consort

Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Carlos Mena; Tenor: Hans Jörg Mammel; Bass: Stephan MacLeod

Mirare Records 057

Nov 2007

CD / TT: 67:57

Recorded at Église de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 131 by Ricercar Consort.
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36

Bach Cantatas From Mühlhausen, Weimar & Leipzig [C-14]

Cantata BWV 131 [21:58]

Dale Higbee (Director); James Bates (Guest conductor)

(OVPP - No Choir) / Carolina Baroque

Soprano: Teresa Radomski; Contralto: Lee Morgan; Tenor: Richard Heard; Bass-Baritone: Doug Crawley

Carolina Baroque 128

Oct 10, 2008

CD / TT: 73:45

Recorded live at Chapel, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC, USA.
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37

Händel: Dixit Dominus, Funeral Anthem; J.S. Bach: Kantate 131 - Aus der Tiefe [C-3]

Cantata BWV 131 []

Michaela Prentl

SabestiansChor München / Barockorchester La Banda

Soprano: Judith Adamietz; Alto: Regine Jurda; Tenor: Robert Sellier; Bass: Franz Schlecht

SebastianChor München CD-25

Nov 22, 2009

CD / TT:

Recorded live at St. Sebastian, München - Schwabig, Germany.
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38

De Prufundis [C-3]

Cantata BWV 131 [21:38]

Marcel Ponseele

(OVPP - No Choir) / Il Gardellino

Soprano: Caroline Weynants; Counter-tenor: Damien Guillon; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann; Bass: Lieven Termont

Passacaille 969

Jan 2010

CD / TT: 58:24

Recorded at AMUZ, Antwerp, Belgium.
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39

J.S. Bach: Cantata “Aus der Tiefen” BWV 131; Cantata “Himmelskönig, sei willkommen” BWV 182 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 131 [19:57]

Thomas Gropper

Arcis-Vocalisten München / Barockorchester L'arpa Festante München

Alto: Regine Jurda; Tenor: Maximilian Kiener, Bass: Franz Schlecht

Ohems Classics OH-783

May 2, 2010

CD / TT: 47:23

Recorded live at Himmelfahrtskirche München-Sendling, Germany.
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