Cantata BWV 170 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 170
Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust

Ref.	BWV 170
German Title	Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust
English Title	Contented rest, beloved inner joy (by Richard Stokes)
Event	Solo Cantata (for Alto) for the 6^th Sunday after Trinity Readings: Epistle: Romans 6: 3-11; Gospel: Matthew 5: 20-26
Composed	Leipzig, 1726 \| 1^st performance: July 28, 1726 - Leipzig; 2^nd performance: 1746-1747 - Leipzig
Text	Georg Christian Lehms
Text	German Text \| Translations: Catalan-1 \| Dutch \| English-1 \| English-3 \| English-6 \| French-3 \| French-4 \| French-6 \| Hebrew-1 \| Hebrew-2 \| Hebrew-3 \| Hebrew-4 \| Hebrew-5 \| Hebrew-6 \| Indonesian \| Italian-5 \| Russian-1 \| Spanish-3
Scoring	Soloist: Alto Orchestra: oboe d’amore, 2 violins, viola, organ obbligato, continuo Mvt. 1: Aria \| Mvt. 2: Recitative \| Mvt. 3: Aria \| Mvt. 4: Recitative \| Mvt. 5: Aria
Scoring	Score Vocal & Piano [1.22 MB] \| Score BGA [2.27 MB]
References	BGA: XXXIII \| NBA: I/17.2 \| BC: A 106 \| Zwang: K 145 \| First Published: BG, 1887 \| Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Commentary	Crouch \| AMG \| Baroque Choral Guild \| Japanese-1 \| Reyes [Spanish]
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of July 30, 2000; Week of November 4, 2007; Week of July 24, 2011

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions - Part 1 Discussions - Part 2
Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento - by Magdalena Kožená w/ Musica Antiqua Köln & Reinhard Goebel Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) - conducted by Robert King Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 – conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink Bach Arias - conducted by Andrea Marcon with Angelika Kirchschlager Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland
Recordings - Part 1
Complete Recordings

1	Bach: Cantatas 53, 170; Pergolesi's Salve Regina
Izler Solomon
Chamber ensemble, including Yella Pessl (Harpsichord)
Contralto: Herta Glaz
MGM		Early 1950’s ?	LP / TT:

2	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 105, BWV 170 [C-5] J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 170 & BWV 189 [D-4]
Fritz Lehmann
Bavarian State Orchestra Munich
Contralto: Elisabeth Höngen
American Decca / Deutsche Grammophon - Archiv		Oct 1951	LP / TT:

3	J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 53, No. 54, No. 170 [L-4] J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 32, No. 53, No. 54, No. 170 [C-1] J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Contralto [E-2]
Hermann Scherchen
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Contralto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan
Westminster / Archipel		1952	TT: 19:38
Recorded at Mozartsaal, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

4	Alfred Deller Edition 7 [E-1]
Gustav Leonhardt
Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
Counter-tenor: Alfred Deller
Vanguard		May 1954	TT: 23:08
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 170 by G. Leonhardt. Recorded at Franziskanerkirche, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

5	Dutch Master Volume 52: Bach - Szymon Goldberg [C-1] Cantatas BWV 170, BWV 169 - 7 Sacred Songs
Szymon Goldberg
Nederlands Kamerorkest
Contralto: Aafje Heynis
Philips		1960	TT: 23:36

6	Maureen Forrester: Bach Cantatas / Scarlatti: Salva Regina [C-2]
Anton Heiller
Wiener Solisten
Contralto: Maureen Forrester
Amadeus		1965	TT: 25:15
Recorded in Vienna, Austria.. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

7	J.S. Bach Cantatas - Kantaten [C-1]
Neville Marriner
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Contralto: Janet Baker
Decca		Jan 1966	TT: 24:20
Recorded in the Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

8	Bach: Cantata #170; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Cantatas BWV 170 []
Joel B. Hayden
Monadnock Chorus & Orchestra
Alto: Pamela Gore
Dasca D-520		Early 1970's ?	LP / TT:

9	J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 169 und BWV 170 [C-1]
Wolfgang Dallmann
Chor der Lutherkirche Heidelberg / Heidelberger Kammerorchester
Alto: Ingeborg Müller-Ney
Da Camera		1972	LP / TT:

10	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 161, 170 & 177 René Jacobs - Portraits [C-2]
Hans-Martin Linde
Linde Consort
Counter-tenor: René Jacobs
Virgin Veritas		1980	TT: 23:19
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11	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 42 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 51
Helmuth Rilling
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Female Alto: Julia Hamari
Hänssler		Oct 1982	TT: 23:12
Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

12	Bach: Cantatas BWV 35 & 170 [C-2]
Leo van Doeselaar
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Contralto: Jard van Nes
Ottavo		Nov 1985	TT: 22:47
Recorded at Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, Holland. Buy thisalbum at: Amazon.com

13	J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9
Gustav Leonhardt
Leonhardt-Consort
Counter-tenor: Paul Esswood
Teldec		1987	TT: 22:42
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 170 by G. Leonhardt. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

14

Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) (for Alto) [C-1]

Cantata BWV 170 [22:04]

Robert King

The King’s Consort

Counter-tenor: James Bowman

Hyperion / Helios

Sep 5-7, 1988

CD / TT: 59:03

Recorded at Wadham College Chapell, Oxford, England.
See: Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) - conducted by Robert King
Buy this album at:
Hyperion original: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Helios reissue: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

15

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 53 · 82 · 170 · 200 [C-1]

Kenneth Sillito

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Counter-tenor: Jochen Kowalski

Capriccio

Feb 1993

TT: 19:24

Recorded at Air Studios, London, England.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com

16

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 54, 82, 170 [C-2]

Roy Goodman

The Hanover Band

Female Alto: Nathalie Stutzmann

RCA

Jan-Feb 1994

TT: 23:12

Recorded at Watford Town Hall, Hertfordshire, UK.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

17

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

Andrzej Mysiński

Concerto Avenna

Contralto: Jadwiga Rappé; Chamber Organ: Jaroslaw Malanowicz; Oboe d’amore: Tytus Wojnowicz

Accord

Dec 1994, May 1995

TT: 20:25

Recorded live at Studio S1, Polskie Radio.
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18

J.S. Bach: Cantates pour alto [C-11]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl
Markus Märkl (Organ); Frédérick Haas (Harpsichord, Organ II)

Harmonia Mundi France

July 1997

TT: 20:48

1^st recording of Cantata BWV 170 by A. Scholl.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com

19

Bach Alto Cantatas [C-1]

Juha Kangas

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano: Monica Groop

Finlandia

June 1998

TT: 21:12

Recorded at Kruunupyy Church, Finland.
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20

Bach Edition Vol. 4 - Cantatas Vol. 1

Pieter Jan Leusink

Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda

Brilliant Classics

Apr-Sep 1999

TT: 21:33

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
See: Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.de

21

Andreas Scholl singt Bach [C-2]

Martin Lutz

Members of Barockorchester La Corona

Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl

Hessischer Rundfunk

Dec 1999

TT: 25:28

2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 170 by A. Scholl. Recorded in Wiesbasen Bach Festival at the Christophoruskirche Wiesbaden-Schierstein

22

Bach Cantatas Vol. 4: Ansbach/Haddinton
For the 6^th Sunday after Trinity
For the 7^th Sunday after Trinity

Cantata BWV 170 [23:08]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Counter-tenor: Michael Chance

Soli Deo Gloria 156

Jul 30, 2000

2-CD / TT: 53:48 + 66:52

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Grumbertus, Ansbach, Germany.

23

Bach: Salmo 51 BWV 1083 dallo Stabat Mater di Pergolesi / Cantate BWV 170, 198, 106, 196, 53 [C-2]

Diego Fasolis

I Barocchisti

Contralto: Guillemette Laurens

The Classic Voice Magazine / Arts

Dec 2000

TT: 22:36

Recorded at Auditorio S. Mollo della RSI, Lugano, Switzerland.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

24

Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento [C-3]

Reinhard Goebel

Musica Antiqua Köln

Alto (Mezzo-soprano): Magdalena Kožená

Archiv Produktions

Feb 2003

TT: 17:49

Recorded at Melanchthon-Kirche, Cologne, Germany.
See: Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento - by Magdalena Kožená w/ Musica Antiqua Köln & Reinhard Goebel
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

25

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Alto: Bogna Bartosz

Antoine Marchand

Oct 2003

TT: 17:49

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

26

J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Alt [C-4]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Kölner Kammerorchester

Mezzo-soprano: Marianne Beate Kielland

Naxos

Oct-Nov 2004

TT: 20:22

Recorded at Deutchlandfunk Sendesaal, Köln, Germany.
See: Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

27

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 37

Cantata BWV 170 [23:11]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze

BIS 1621

Aug 2005

SACD / TT: 77:21

Recorded at Recorded at St Crucis Church, Erfurt, Germany.
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28

Baroque Music [C-8]

Jeffrey Thomas

American Bach Soloists

Counter-tenor: Ian Howell

Delos

Apr 2008

TT:

Planned for release in Fall 2008.

29

Bach: Solo Cantatas BWV 35, 169, 170 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 170 [23:38]

Petra Müllejans

Freiburger Barockorchester

Mezzo-soprano: Bernarda Fink

Harmonia Mundi France 902016

Apr 2008

CD / TT: 76:10

Recorded at Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ClassicsOnline

30

Bach: Alto Cantatas [C-1]

Cantata BWV 170 [22:55]

Klaas Stok

Concerto d'Amsterdam

Counter-tenor: Maarten Engeltjes

Quintone

Oct 30-31, 2008

SACD / TT: 58:11

Recorded in Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Buy this album at: Klaas Stok: CD

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2000 - June 2009)
Thanks to contributors: Yoël L. Arbeitman (April 2007), Dr.Thomas C.H. Going (April 2005), Jill Gunsell (May 2005), Matthias Hansen (September 2006), Piotr Jaworski (November 2002), Bradley Lehman (April 2004), Riccardo Nughes (April 2002), Nagamiya Tutomu (March 2001)

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14	Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) (for Alto) [C-1]
Cantata BWV 170 [22:04]
Robert King
The King’s Consort
Counter-tenor: James Bowman
Hyperion / Helios		Sep 5-7, 1988	CD / TT: 59:03
Recorded at Wadham College Chapell, Oxford, England. See: Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) - conducted by Robert King Buy this album at: Hyperion original: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Helios reissue: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

15	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 53 · 82 · 170 · 200 [C-1]
Kenneth Sillito
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Counter-tenor: Jochen Kowalski
Capriccio		Feb 1993	TT: 19:24
Recorded at Air Studios, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

16	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 54, 82, 170 [C-2]
Roy Goodman
The Hanover Band
Female Alto: Nathalie Stutzmann
RCA		Jan-Feb 1994	TT: 23:12
Recorded at Watford Town Hall, Hertfordshire, UK. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

17	J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Alto [C-1]
Andrzej Mysiński
Concerto Avenna
Contralto: Jadwiga Rappé; Chamber Organ: Jaroslaw Malanowicz; Oboe d’amore: Tytus Wojnowicz
Accord		Dec 1994, May 1995	TT: 20:25
Recorded live at Studio S1, Polskie Radio. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

18	J.S. Bach: Cantates pour alto [C-11]
Philippe Herreweghe
Collegium Vocale Gent
Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl Markus Märkl (Organ); Frédérick Haas (Harpsichord, Organ II)
Harmonia Mundi France		July 1997	TT: 20:48
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 170 by A. Scholl. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

19	Bach Alto Cantatas [C-1]
Juha Kangas
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Mezzo-soprano: Monica Groop
Finlandia		June 1998	TT: 21:12
Recorded at Kruunupyy Church, Finland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

20	Bach Edition Vol. 4 - Cantatas Vol. 1
Pieter Jan Leusink
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Alto: Sytse Buwalda
Brilliant Classics		Apr-Sep 1999	TT: 21:33
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. See: Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

21	Andreas Scholl singt Bach [C-2]
Martin Lutz
Members of Barockorchester La Corona
Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl
Hessischer Rundfunk		Dec 1999	TT: 25:28
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 170 by A. Scholl. Recorded in Wiesbasen Bach Festival at the Christophoruskirche Wiesbaden-Schierstein

22	Bach Cantatas Vol. 4: Ansbach/Haddinton For the 6^th Sunday after Trinity For the 7^th Sunday after Trinity
Cantata BWV 170 [23:08]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Counter-tenor: Michael Chance
Soli Deo Gloria 156		Jul 30, 2000	2-CD / TT: 53:48 + 66:52
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Grumbertus, Ansbach, Germany.

23	Bach: Salmo 51 BWV 1083 dallo Stabat Mater di Pergolesi / Cantate BWV 170, 198, 106, 196, 53 [C-2]
Diego Fasolis
I Barocchisti
Contralto: Guillemette Laurens
The Classic Voice Magazine / Arts		Dec 2000	TT: 22:36
Recorded at Auditorio S. Mollo della RSI, Lugano, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

24	Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento [C-3]
Reinhard Goebel
Musica Antiqua Köln
Alto (Mezzo-soprano): Magdalena Kožená
Archiv Produktions		Feb 2003	TT: 17:49
Recorded at Melanchthon-Kirche, Cologne, Germany. See: Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento - by Magdalena Kožená w/ Musica Antiqua Köln & Reinhard Goebel Buy this album at: Amazon.com

25	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Alto: Bogna Bartosz
Antoine Marchand		Oct 2003	TT: 17:49
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

26	J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Alt [C-4]
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Kölner Kammerorchester
Mezzo-soprano: Marianne Beate Kielland
Naxos		Oct-Nov 2004	TT: 20:22
Recorded at Deutchlandfunk Sendesaal, Köln, Germany. See: Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland Buy this album at: Amazon.com

27	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 37
Cantata BWV 170 [23:11]
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze
BIS 1621		Aug 2005	SACD / TT: 77:21
Recorded at Recorded at St Crucis Church, Erfurt, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

28	Baroque Music [C-8]
Jeffrey Thomas
American Bach Soloists
Counter-tenor: Ian Howell
Delos		Apr 2008	TT:
Planned for release in Fall 2008.

29	Bach: Solo Cantatas BWV 35, 169, 170 [C-1]
Cantata BWV 170 [23:38]
Petra Müllejans
Freiburger Barockorchester
Mezzo-soprano: Bernarda Fink
Harmonia Mundi France 902016		Apr 2008	CD / TT: 76:10
Recorded at Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

30	Bach: Alto Cantatas [C-1]
Cantata BWV 170 [22:55]
Klaas Stok
Concerto d'Amsterdam
Counter-tenor: Maarten Engeltjes
Quintone		Oct 30-31, 2008	SACD / TT: 58:11
Recorded in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Buy this album at: Klaas Stok: CD