Cantata BWV 190 - Details & Discography Part 1: Complete Recordings

Recordings/Discussions
Background Information
Performer Bios

Poet/Composer Bios

Additional Information

Cantata BWV 190
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!

Ref.

BWV 190

German Title

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!

English Title

Sing unto the Lord a new song! (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Cantata for New Year's Day [Circumcision of Christ, Holy Name] [Incomplete]
Readings: Epistle: Galatians 3: 23-29; Gospel: Luke 2: 21

Composed

Leipzig, 1724
1^st performance: January 1, 1724 - Leipzig
2^nd performance: 1735-1740 - Leipzig

Text

Psalm 149: 1, Psalm 150: 4, Psalm 150: 6 (Mvt. 1); Martin Luther (Mvts. 1, 2); Johannes Herman (Mvt. 7). Anon [probably Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)] (Mvts 2-6)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Chinese-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3I | English-6 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Japanese-6 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Texts: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset | Herr Gott, dich loben wir [The German Tedeum]

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 3 oboes, oboe d’amore, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Chorale & Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria (Duet) | Mvt. 6: Recitative | Mvt. 7: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [2.16 MB] | Score BGA [2.65 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D B Mus. ms. Bach P 127 (Mvts. 3-7) [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 7 ch
Capella: Mvt. 7 [cap]
Chorale Melodies: Herr Gott, dich loben wir [The German Tedeum] | Jesu, nun sei gepreiset

References

BGA: XXXVII | NBA: I/4 | BC: A 21 | Zwang: K 55 | First Published: BG, 1891 | Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek [inc.]

Commentary

Crouch | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | Japanese-1 | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of August 10, 2003; Week of January 15, 2006; Week of August 9, 2009

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 190
Details of Cantata BWV 190a
Recordings of Individual Movements from BWV 190

Discussions - Part 1 (1^st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2^nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3^rd round)
Discussions - Part 4
Discussions - Part 5

Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Cantatas Vol. 21 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 137 & BWV 190 [C-3] (LP) J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 137, 190, 131 [C-3] (CD)
Hans Thamm
Windsbacher Knabenchor / Das Consortium Musicum
Alto: Ingeborg Ruß; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Franz Crass
EMI Elektrola (LP) / Rondeau Production (CD)		Aug 1966	TT: 19:29
Reconstruction by Walther Reinhart. Recorded in Münster zu Heilsbronn/Mittelfranken. Buy this album at:

2	J.S. Bach: Kantaten [C-2], [C-4]
Cantata BWV 190 [] - Used the 1948 reconstruction of the first two movements by Walther Reinhart
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Tölzer Knabenchor / Collegium Aureum
Boy Alto: Ulrich Wand (Soloist from Tölzer Knabenchor); Tenor: Karl Markus; Bass: Ulrich Studer
EMI Electrola Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 1C-265-99667 Orbis 66 399 7		Apr 1977	LP / TT:
Recorded at Pfarrkirche, Lenggries, Bavaria, Germany.

3	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 19 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 57
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Niklaus Tüller
Hänssler		Dec 1977; Jan 1988	TT: 17:57
Recostruction of the first two Mvts. by Olivier Alain. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

4	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6 J.S. Bach: Christmas Cantatas [B-2] Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas [B-0]
Cantata BWV 190 [16:18]
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Erato 3984-21629-2 Antoine Marchand CC-72206 Antoine Marchand CC-72230 Teldec		Apr & Sep 1997	3-CD / TT: 196:00 3-CD / TT: 196:00 3-CD / TT: 214:53 11-CD / TT:
Reconstruction by Ton Koopman. Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. See: Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman Buy this album at: Erato 3-CD (1998): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Antoine Marchand 3-CD (2005): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download 3-CD: Amazon.com \| ClassicsOnline Christmas Cantatas 3-CD (2004): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline Teldec 11-CD (2000): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

5	»50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vol. 19
Cantata BWV 190 [19:02] - sung in Japanese translation by Emiko Ohmura
Emiko Ohmura
Bach-Chor Tokyo / Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra
Alto: Mariko Sasaki; Tenor: Eiichi Taira; Bass: Akira Watanabe; Organ: Miyako Kusama
Bach-Chor Tokyo BACHCD 19		May 24, 1997	CD / TT: 63:26
Recorded at live at Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Source: J.S. Bach: »50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vols. 1-20: CD

6	Bach Cantatas Vol. 16: New York For the Sunday after Christmas
Cantata BWV 190 [16:53]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey
Soli Deo Gloria 137		Dec 31, 2000	CD / TT: 77:29
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY, USA. Buy this album at: CD:Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

7	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 21 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 - BWV 65, 81, 83, 190
Cantata BWV 190 [17:34] Reconstrucion: Mvt. 1: Chorus by Masato Suzuki, Mvt. 2: Chorale & Recitative by Masaaki Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Kooy
BIS 1311		Feb 12-14, 2002	CD / TT: 69:32
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. See: Cantatas Vol. 21 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

8	Thomanerchor Leipzig - Das Kirchenjahr mit Bach, Vol. 2: Weinchnacten · Christmas - Cantatas BWV 63, 110, 190
Cantata BWV 190 [17:54]
Georg Christoph Biller
Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Boy Alto: Stefan Kahle (Soloist of the Thomanerchor Leipzig);Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Matthias Weichert
Rondeau Production ROP-4043		Jan 21-22, 2011	CD / TT: 74:18
Recorded during the weekly cantata services at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Buy this album at: CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - November 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Marijke Halberstadt (March 2003), Matthias Hansen (June 2011), Flavio Lorenzelli (June 2003), Deniel Michel (December 2007), Christian Moll (October 2009), Jean-Gabriel Puyraveau (October-November 2011), Peter Smaill (August 2006)

Cantatas BWV 190 & BWV 190a: Details & Complete Recordings of BWV 190 | Details & Complete Recordings of BWV 190a | Recordings of Individual Movements from BWV 190 | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

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