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Cantata BWV 160
Ich weiß, daß mein Erloser lebt


Ref.:

BWV 160

German Title

Ich weiß, daß mein Erloser lebt

English Title

I know that my Redeemer lives

Event

Solo Cantata for Easter Day [Easter Sunday]
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8; Gospel: Markus 16: 1-8
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Easter

Composed

Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, 1725 ?

Text:

Erdmann Neumeister

BWV 160: Text: German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-6 | English-7 | English-10
Chinese-2 | French-5 | French-6 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-1 | Russian-3

Scoring

Soloist: Tenor
Orchestra: violin, basson, continuo

Scores:

BWV 160 Scores: Score Vocal & Piano [0.76 MB] | Score BGA [1.11 MB]
MuseScore: Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 [MuseScore]

References:

BWV 160=TVWV 1:877 References: BGA: XXXII | NBA: - | BC: - | Zwang: - | First Published: BG, 1886 | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 160 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music
EvH [Dutch]

Music

-

Discussions

Week of October 26, 1999; Week of June 27, 2010


Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions
Discussions of Non-Bach Cantatas: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Discography

Complete Recordings


1

The RIAS Bach Cantatas Project (1949-1952) [C-5]

 

Cantata BWV 160 [12:42]

Karl Ristenpart

RIAS-Kammerorchester

Tenor: Helmut Krebs

Audite 21.415

Mar 15, 1950

9-CD / TT: 631:06
MP3 / TT: 629:09

Recorded at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. Radio recordings. Previously unissued in any form.
Produser Comment | Press Kit German | Press Kit English
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2

Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 1 [E-1]
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 147, Cantata No. 160
[E-1]
Bach Cantatas:
Volume 2

 

Cantata BWV 160 [12:35]

Fritz Werner

Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden

Tenor: Helmut Krebs

Erato LDE-3058
Musical Heritage Society MHS-547
Erato 2584-61402-2

Mar 2-4, 1957

LP / TT: 48:15
LP / TT: 48:15
10-CD / TT: 722:00

Recorded at Protestant Church, Weinsberg, Germany.
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3

J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 160, Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt; Cantata No. 189, Meine Seele rühmt und preist [C-1]

Cantata BWV 160 []

Aladar Janes

Orchestra dell'Angellicum di Milano (Angelicum Orchestra of Milan))

Tenor: Petre Munteanu

Angelicum LPA-986

Jun 1957

LP / TT:

Recorded in Milan, Italy (?).


4

Barock - J.S. Bach: Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt BWV 160 [E-4]

Cantata BWV 160 [14:50]

Karl Richter

Instrumental ensemble

Tenor: Peter Pears

Telefunken STE-15093
Decca

Sep 15-16, 1958

LP / TT: 14:50
LP / TT:

Recorded at Haus des Sports, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 160: Complete Cantata [15:14]


4

J.S. Bach: Kantate Nr. 55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht; Kantate Nr. 160 Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt; Kantate Nr. 189 Meine Seele rühmt und preist [C-2]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 55, BWV 160 & BWV 189
[C-2]

Cantata BWV 160 [13:22]

Heinz Markus Göttsche

Heidelberger Kammerorchester

Tenor: Raimund Gilvan

Da Camera SM-94013
Music Rara MUS-9
Oryx BACH-1119
Musical Heritage Society MHS-1718

May 25-27, 1966

LP / TT: 43:43

Recorded at Christuskirche, Mannheim, Germany.


6

Bach: Solokantaten Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht BWV 55; Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt BWV 160; Meine Seele rühmt BWV 189 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 160 [13:08]

Hans-Martin Linde

Instrumentalisten der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Tenor: Nicolai Gedda
Hans-Martin Linde (Recorder & Flute); Alfred Sous (Oboe & Oboe d’amore); Herbert Hoever (Old Mensur Violin); Eduard Müller (Positive Organ) [Bernhard Fleig]; Hannelore Müller (Old Mensur Violoncello); Walter Stiftner (Baroque Bassoon); Angelo Viale (Violone)

EMI-Electrola C063-29065

Oct 18-20, 1971

LP / TT: 45 min

Recorded at Martinskirche, Baile, Switzerland. Producer: Gerd Berg. Recording Engineer: Johann-Nikolaus Matthes; Balance Engineer: Wolfgang Gülich.
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 160: Complete Cantata [13:08]


7

J.S. Bach: Kantaten für Tenor (Kantaten BWV 189, 160; Arie BWV 245c)
Bach Cantatas (BWV 189, 245c, 160)
J.S. Bach: Kantaten: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51; Meine Seele rühmt und preist, BWV 189

 
 
 

Cantatas BWV 160 [18:20] 

Peter Schreier

Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Strings

Tenor: Peter Schreier
André Raoult, Hans Martin Ulbrich (Oboes); Gunars Larsens (Violin)
Continuo: Manfred Sax (Bassoon); Markus Nyikos (Violoncello); Alfred Steinauer (Double-bass); Eduard Kaufmann (Harpsichord)

Eurodisc SQ-89371-MK
Vanguard Recording Society VSD-71226
Eurodisc 25948-HK
Eurodisc 57607-VK

Jan 24-26, 1976

LP / TT: 38:41
LP / TT: 38:41
LP / TT:
MC / TT:

Recorded in Seon, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
Producers: Hans Richard Stracke, Oskar Waideck; Recording Engineer: Horst Lindner, VDT.
Eurodisc 25948-HK/57607-VK inludes only BWV 189. BWV 51 is conducted by K. Masur.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 160 by P. Schreier.


8

J.S. Bach: Solo-Kantaten und Arien [C-10]

 

Cantata BWV 160 [10:38]

Peter Schreier

Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Tenor: Peter Schreier
Silke Uhlig (Flute); Ekkard Hering, Friederike Schmidt (Recorders); Nigel Shore (Oboe da caccia & Oboe); Thorsten Rosenbusch (Violin); Johanna Peters (Viola); Jürgen Reuter (Bassoon); Karl-Heinz Schröter (Cello); Manfred Pernutz (Double-bass); Raphael Alpermann (Organ & Harpsichord)

Philips 442786-2

Aug 1994

CD / TT: 58:50

Recorded at Rundfunkhaus, Berlin, Germany. Recording Producer & Balance Engineer: Ursula Singer; Recording Engineers: Cees Heijkoop, Thijs Hoekstra; Tape Editing: Evert Menting.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 160 by P. Schreier.
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9

BWV160 jedoch von G.Ph.Telemann, Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt, R. Goebel, Chr. .Pregardien [CV-2]

G.P. Telemann: Cantata BWV 160 [12:10]

Reinhard Goebel (Conductor & Violin)

Musica Antiqua Köln

Tenor: Christoph Prégardien

YouTube

Late 1990's ?

Audio / TT:

Tape recording from the radio; probably a WDR production.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 160: Complete Cantata [12:10]


10

The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas II (Apokryphal Works 3) [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 160 [12:01]

Wolfgang Helbich

Alsfelder Vokalensemble / I Febiarmionici

Tenor: Henning Kaiser

CPO 999985

Feb 22-25 & Jun 6-7, 2001

CD / TT: 58:48

Recorded at Radio Bremen Sendesaal, Germany.
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11

J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Alt - Tenor [C-3]
J.S. Bach, Telemann, Hoffmann: Sacred Cantatas for Alto & For Tenor [C-3]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 160 [15:29]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Kölner Kammerorchester

Tenor: Markus Schäfer
Soloists: Christian Hommel (Oboe, Oboe d’amore); Martin Kevenhörster (Bassoon); Reneé Ohlidin (Violin); Gerhard Anders (Continuo Cello); Harald Hoeren (Organ)
Orchestra: Renée Ohldin (Concert-master); Irmgard Zavelberg, Dorethée Ragg, Mark Schimmelimann, Sonja Riederbusch, Nicole-Mattea Stewart (Violin I); Alberth Rundel, Franz Neumann, Susanne Siller, Anna Adamska, Reiko Sudo (Violin II); Bodo Friedrich, Theo Lenzen, Dana Bala-Ciolanesco (Violas); Gerhard Anders, Mercedes Ruiz, Tilman Kanitz (Violoncellos); Thomas Falke (Double-bass); Daniel Rothert (Recorder); Ingo Nelken (Flute); Christian Hommel, Jung Hyun Cho, Ann-Cathrin Collin (Oboes); Martin Kevenhörster, Alexander Lenkov (Bassoons); Harald Hoeren (Organ)

Naxos 8.557615
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Jun 1-3 & Nov 22-23, 2004

CD / TT: 62:19
MP3 / TT: 62:19

Recorded by Deutchlandfunk Sat endesaal, Köln, Germany. Producer: Ludwig Rink; Engineers: Stephan Schmidt & Hans Martin Renz. A co-production with DeutschlandRadio.
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12

Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt BWV 160 / TWV 1:877 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 160 / TWV 1:877 [12:53]

(Rehearsal: Christoph Hanelt)

Ad-Hoc-Ensemble Gnadenkirche Fürstenfeldbruck

Tenor: Berthold Schindler
Esther Bálasz (Violin); Sonja Hampe (Oboe); Heila Steinmann (Violoncello); Franz Hämmerle (Double-bass); Regina Schnell (Harpsivhord)

YouTube

Apr 2, 2018

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at St. Ottilien Archabbey, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 160: Complete Cantata [12:53]


Recordings of Individual Movements


M-1

The Baroque Bassoon [C-1]

Aria for Tenor Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 160 [2:21]

Soprano: Ann Hamlin; Michael Campbell (Baroque Bassoon); Peter Jaspan (Baroque Oboe); Evelyn Green (Harpsichord)

Orion ORS-80390
Orion LAN-0134

1980 [released]

LP, MC / TT:
MP3 / TT: 41:58

Recorded in Malibu, California, USA (?).
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 1999 - December 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Wayne Davies (August 2006); Rolf Günther (October 2012); Matthias Hansen (May 2004, September 2006); Rainer Harald (December 2022); Michael Meacock (July 2003); Berthold Schindler (April 2018); Teri Noel Towe (April 2007); Roland Wörner (October 2002); Filip Adam Zieliński (June 2018)

Cantata BWV 160: Ich weiß, daß mein Erloser lebt for Easter Day [Easter Sunday] (1725?)
Discography: Details & Recordings
Discussions: Discussions

Georg Philipp Telemann: Short Biography | G.P. Telemann - Use of Chorale Melodies in his works | G.P. Telemann - His Autobiography (Hamburg, 1740)
Discussions: Georg Philipp Telemann & Bach: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Works: Cantata BWV 141 | Cantata BWV 160 | Cantata BWV 218 | Cantata BWV 219 | Passions-Pasticcio BWV 1088 | Motet Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, BWV Anh 160 | Cantata Hier ist mein Herz, geliebter Jesu, TWV 1:795 | Cantata Ich freue mich im Herren, TWV 1:826 | Cantata Machet die Tore weit (I), TWV 1:074 | Cantata Der Herr ist König, TWV 8:6 | Brockes Passion, TWV 5:1 | Passions-Oratorium Seliges Erwägen, TWV 5:2
Original German Texts of Telemann's Vocal Works: Sorted by TVWV Number | Sorted by Title | Sorted by Date | Sorted by Event | Music

Non-Bach Cantatas: Details & Discographies: BWV 15 | BWV 53 | BWV 141 | BWV 142 | BWV 160 | BWV 189 | BWV 200 | BWV 217 | BWV 218 | BWV 219 | BWV 220 | BWV 221 | BWV 222
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Main Page | Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Cantatas BWV Anh | Order of Discussion
Discussions of General Topics: Cantatas & Other Vocal Works | Performance Practice | Radio, Concerts, Festivals, Recordings




 

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