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Cantata BWV 202
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten |
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Ref. |
BWV 202 |
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German Title |
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten |
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English Title |
Begine, dismal shadows (by Richard Stokes) |
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Event |
Secular Cantata to celebrate a wedding |
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Composed |
Weimar ?, 1718-1723
1st performance: 1717-1723? - Weimar or 1730 - Leipzig at latest |
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Text |
Anon |
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German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-2 | Hebrew-3 | Italian | Portuguese-1 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-3 |
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Scoring |
Soloist: Soprano
Orchestra: oboe, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Recitative | Mvt. 7: Aria | Mvt. 8: Recitative | Mvt. 9: Aria (Gavotte) |
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Score Vocal & Piano [4.12 MB] | Score BGA [1.46 MB]
Capella: Complete [cap] |
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References |
BGA: X1/2 | NBA: I/40 | BC: G 41 | Zwang: W 5 | First Published: BG, 1862 | Autograph score (Facsimile): ? |
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Commentary |
Crouch | AMG | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | Reyes [Spanish] |
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Music |
Music Examples |
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Discussions |
Week of September 14, 2003; Week of January 14, 2007; Week of November 17, 2013 |
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Elisabeth Schumann: The complete Bach recordings |
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Cantata BWV 202 [26:14] |
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Bruno Reibold |
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The Stuyvesant Quartet (Sylvan Shulman, violin I; Zelly Smirnoff, violin II; Louis Kievman, viola; Alan Sgulman, 'cello) |
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Soprano: Elisabeth Schumann
Mitchell Miller (Oboe); Philip Sklar (Bass-viol); Yella Pessl (Hapsichord) |
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Pearl |
Oct 10, Nov 22, 1939 |
2-CD / TT: 159:27 |
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Recorded in RCA Victor Studio No. 2, New York, USA.
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The Art of Robert Bloom - Bach Aria Group - Vol. 1 [C-4] |
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Mvts. 1, 6, 7, 8, 9 from Cantata BWV 202 |
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William Johnson |
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[Bach Aria Group] Choral Art Society & Orchestra |
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Soprano: Erna Berger; Oboe: Robert Bloom |
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Boston Records |
May 1951 |
TT: 13:57 |
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Recorded at Town Hall, New York, USA.
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J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 202; Cantata No. 161 [L-5]
J.S. Bach: Cantata Nos. 202, 209, 51 [C-7] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [21:57] |
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Felix Prohaska |
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Orchestra of the Bach Guild |
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Soprano: Anny Felbermayer |
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Bach Guild BG-513 (1952)
Vanguard Classics OVC-2540 |
1952 |
LP / TT:
CD / TT: 66:48 |
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Recorded in Vienna, Austria.
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Casals Festivals at Prades, Vol. 2 [C-1] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [23:40] |
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Pablo Casals |
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Prades Festival Orchestra |
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Soprano: Maria Stader |
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Music & Arts 1187 |
Jun 19, 1953 |
12-CD / TT: 869:56 |
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Recorded live at Prades Festival, France.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 202 by M. Stader.
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J. Michael Haydn: Mass in B flat major (Sti Aloysii); J.S. Bach: Cantata
"Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" [C-2] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Karl Haas |
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London Baroque Ensemble |
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Soprano: Jacqueline Delman; Jean Pougnet (Violin); Raymond Clark (Cello); Janet Craxton (Oboe); Cecila James (Bassoon); Lionel Salter (Harpsichord Continuo) |
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Parlophone-Odeon PMA-1023 |
Dec 14-15, 1953 |
LP / TT: |
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Recorded in London, England. |
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Bach: Cantates Profanes
J.S. Bach: Kantaten - Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 / No sa che sia
dolore, BWV 209 [C-6] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Kurt Redel |
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Kammerorchester "Pro Arte" |
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Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Oboe: Herman Töttcher; Violin: Ulrich
Grehling; Harpsichord: Karl Richter |
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Ducretet-Thomson LAG-1074
Telefunken |
Mid 1950's ? |
LP / TT: |
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Mono german press lic by Ducretet-Thomson. |
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J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 51 & BWV 202 [CL-1]
J.S. Bach: Famous Cantatas / Berühmte Kantaten [C-7] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [21:42] |
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Karl Richter |
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Münchener Bach-Orchester |
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Soprano: Maria Stader; Oboe: Kurt Hausmann |
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Archiv Produktion 198027
Archiv Produktion |
Aug 1959 |
LP / TT: 39:28
2-CD / TT: 151:09 |
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Recorded at Herkuless-Saal, München, Germany.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 202 by M. Stader.
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Bach: "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten"; Handel: Motetto "Silete, venti" [LP]
Carole Bogard: Baroque Cantatas & Arias [CD] [C-1] |
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John Moriarty |
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Chamber Orchestra of Copenhagen |
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Soprano: Carole Bogard; Oboe: Raymond Susté |
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Cambridge Records 2772
Parnassus |
1969 |
LP / TT:
TT: 21:12 |
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Two Wedding Cantatas [IU-1] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Jan Harrington |
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Instrumental ensemble |
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Soprano: Jan Redick |
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Indiana University School of Music |
May 19, 1971 |
2 sound tape reels / TT: |
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Recorded live at Indiana University: School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Harrington.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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W.A. Mozart: Arien / J.S. Bach: Kantate Nr 202 [C-1] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Pièrre Colombo |
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Bamberger Kammerorchester |
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Soprano: Kari Lövaas |
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Darnok DF-2037 |
Nov 1973 |
LP / TT: |
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J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 202 / W.A. Mozart: "Exsultate Jubilate" [C-1] |
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Klaus Donath |
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Kammerorchester der Staatlichen Philharmonie Kosice [The Chamber Orchestra of the State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice] |
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Soprano: Helen Donath |
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Opus |
Oct 1974 |
LP / TT: 23:53 |
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И.С. Бах: Кантаты N. 202 u 84 [C-2] |
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Cantata BWV 202 |
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Alexander Kravchuk |
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Kiev Conservatory Chamber Orchestra |
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Soprano: Ella Akritova |
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Melodiya C10-15865-66 |
1978 |
LP / TT: 35:42 |
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Recorded in Kiev, Ukraine, USSR. |
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Bach Festival 45th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: Second Concert [F45-2] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Dwight Oltman |
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Baldwin-Wallace College Choir / Festival Chamber Orchestra |
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Soprano: Phyllis Bryn-Julson; Galan Kral (Oboe) |
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Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music |
Apr (?) 1977 |
MC / TT: |
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Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 202 by D. Oltman.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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Music from Ravinia: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050; Cantata No. 202 "Wedding Cantata" [C-1] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [23:07] |
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James Levine |
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Ravinia Festival Orchestra |
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Soprano: Kathleen Battle
Ray Still (Oboe); Joseph Golan (Violin); Samuel Magad (Violin); Edgar Muenzer (Violin); Milton Preves (Viola); Frank Miller (Cello); Joseph Guastafeste (Double Bass); Mary Sauer |
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RCA Red Seal 0902661365
RCA Red Seal |
Jul 13, 1977 |
CD / TT: 57:27
CD / TT: 67:56 |
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Recorded at Medinah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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RCA CD-2 Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de |
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Elly Ameling: Live at Stratford [C-2] |
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Instrumental Ensemble |
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Soprano: Elly Ameling; Oboe: Peter Bowman; Harpsichord: Elyakim Taussig |
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Stratford Summer Music WRC1-1849 |
Jul 2, 1981 |
LP / TT: |
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Recorded live at Knox Presbyterian Church, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
4th recording of Cantata BWV 202 by E. Ameling.
LP was issued as limited-edition exclusive gift to music festival donors. |
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Graduate Recital [IU-10] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [22:42] |
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Jan Harrington |
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Instrumental ensemble |
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Soprano: Linda Thorne |
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Indiana University School of Music |
Jul 21, 1981 |
2 sound tape reels / TT: 40:00 |
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Recorded live at Indiana University: School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. "Doctor of Music in Voice (V601)."
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Harrington.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 202; Arias from Cantatas and Oratorios [C-2] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Youri Nikolaevski |
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Orchestre de Chambre Ricercar |
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Soprano: Alla Ablaberdyeva |
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Melodiya C10-19907 |
1983 [released] |
LP / TT: |
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First Monday at Jordan Hall: December 2, 1985, 8:00 p.m. [C-1] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons (Harpsichord, Director) |
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Instrumental ensemble |
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Soprano: Susan Larson |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
Dec 2, 1985 |
MC / TT: |
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Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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J.S. Bach: [C-4] |
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Jérôme Lejeune |
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Ricercar Consort |
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Soprano: Greta de Reyghere; Oboe: Marcel Ponseele |
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Ricercar |
May 1989 |
TT: 20:17 |
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Recorded at the Abbaye de Stavelot, Brussels, Belgium.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 202 by Ricercar Consort. |
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J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 51, No. 209 [C-1] |
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Cantata BWV 209 [] |
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Reinhard Piening |
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Kammerorchester pro musica |
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Soprano: Toshiko Tsunemori; Trumpet: Bernhard Gesiga |
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Fontec 3197 |
Apr 15-17, 1990 |
CD / TT: |
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Recorded at Trinitatiskirche Hambrug-Hohenhorst, Germany. |
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The Dolmetsch Years - Programme Five [C-5] |
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Various Instrumentalists |
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Soprano: Kathleen Livingstone; Oboe: Malcolm Messiter |
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Allegro |
May 1990 |
TT: 21:04 |
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Recorded at St. John's Smith Square, London, England during May 1990 to celebrate the life and work of Arnold Dolmetsch - pioneer of the early Music renaissance - on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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New England Conservatory Bach Ensemble: April 28, 1993, 8:00 p.m. [C-7] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons |
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NEC Bach Ensemble |
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Soprano: unknown |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
Apr 28, 1993 |
MC / TT: |
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Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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New England Conservatory Bach Ensemble: April 24, 1996, 8:00 p.m. [C-9] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons |
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NEC Bach Ensemble |
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Soprano: unknown |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
Apr 24, 1996 |
MC / TT: |
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Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
3rd recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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Wedding Gifts - Bach Wedding Cantatas [C-1] |
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St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble |
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Soprano: Heidi Grant-Murphy; Oboe: Stephen Taylor |
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Arabesque |
Nov 1996 |
TT: 22:03 |
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Recorded in the Performance Hall of the Sommer Center for Worship and the Performing Arts at Concordia College in Bronxville, New York, USA.
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Bach Festival 69th annual [F69-a] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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Dwight Oltman |
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Festival Chamber Orchestra (?) |
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Soprano: Henreitte Schellenberg ; Oboe: ? |
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Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music |
Apr 2001 |
CD / TT: |
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Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 202 by D. Oltman.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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NEC Bach Ensemble: May 1, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. [C-11] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons (Director & Harpsichord) |
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NEC Bach Ensemble |
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Soprano: Anne-Carolyn Bird
Sherwood Wise (Oboe); I-Ching Lee, Gabriella Diaz (Violins); Chi-Yuan Chen, Eve Wickert (Violas); Mickey Katz (Violoncello); Ben Levy (Bass) |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
May 1, 2001 |
CD / TT: |
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Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
4th recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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NEC Bach Ensemble concert : March 2, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. [C-14] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons (Harpsichord, Director) |
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NEC Bach Ensemble |
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Soprano: Lisa Lynch; Courtney Secoy (Oboe)
Bach Ensemble: Gabriela Diaz, Edith Hines, Beth Wenstrom (Violins); Stephanie Fong, Emmanuella Reiter (Violas); Alexei Gonazales (Violoncello); Thomas Hall (Double bass) |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
Mar 2, 2004 |
CD / TT: |
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Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
5th recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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NEC Bach Ensemble: November 15, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. [C-18] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons (Director, Harpsichord) |
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NEC Bach Ensemble |
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Soprano: Jessica Bachicha
Mary Lynch, Daniel Rios (Oboes); Nathan Helgeson (Bassoon); Daniel Chong, Karen Kim (Violins); Jessica Bodner (Viola); Blaise Dejardin (Violoncello) |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
Nov 15, 2007 |
CD / TT: |
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Recorded live at Williams Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
6th recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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J.S. Bach: Trois cantates pour soprano (BWV 51, 202 & 209) [C-3] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [20:22] |
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Paul Kuentz |
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Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra |
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Soprano: Kristina Vahrenkamp
Jean-François Dion (Trumpet); Pierre Chartron (Violoncello); Chantal
Perrier-Layec (Harpsichord); Monique Frasca-Colombier (Violin); Éliane Vavasseur (Violin); Aurélie Lepault (Oboe); Régis Manceau (Flute) |
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Collection Paul Kuentz CPK-500062 |
Aug 15, 2009 |
CD / TT: 59:33 |
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Recorded at Eglise St Gildas à Auray, France.
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CD: Paul Kuentz |
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First Monday at Jordan Hall: October 5, 2009, 8:00 p.m. [C-19] |
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Cantata BWV 202 [] |
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John Gibbons (Director, Harpsichord) |
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NEC Bach Ensemble (?) |
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Soprano: Lisa Saffer
John Ferrillo (Oboe); Paul Biss, Miriam Fried (Violins); Roger Tapping (Viola); Laurence Lesser (Violoncello); Benjamin Levy (Double bass) |
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New England Conservatory of Music |
Oct 5, 2009 |
CD / TT: |
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Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
7th recording of Cantata BWV 202 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - February 2013)
Thanks to contributors: John Carroll (July 2005, August 2005, July 2006, January 2007, February 2008, April 2009, June 2012), Harry W. Crosby (May 2006), Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006), Louis Iosub (April 2012), Bradley Lehman (May 2005), Daniel Michel (October 2005), Christian Moll (October 2009), Riccardo Nughes (July 2003), Burke Smith (October 2005), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007); Nagamiya Tutomu (March 2001, May 2006) |
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Cantata BWV 202 : Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
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