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Cantata BWV 209
Non sa che sia dolore

Ref.

BWV 209

Italian Title

Non sa che sia dolore

English Title

He knows not what sorrow is (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Farewell Cantata for Johann Matthias Gesner on his posting to Ansbach ?

Composed

Leipzig, 1729? Or 1708-17 (by J.S. Bach?)
1st performance: Spring 1729 - Leipzig

Text

Anon

Italian Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-2 | Hebrew-3 | Spanish-2

Scoring

Soloist: Soprano
Orchestra: transverse flute, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria

Score BGA [1.98 MB]
Score Examples: Examples from the Score

References

BGA: XXIX | NBA: I/41 | BC: G 50 | Zwang: W 3 | First Published: BG, 1881 | Autograph score (Facsimile): ? | Provenance

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of November 2, 2003; Week of June 22, 2008; Week of December 29, 2013

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantata Nr. 51; Cantata Nr. 209 [LP] [C-1]
J.S. Bach: Cantata Nos. 202, 209, 51 [CD]
[C-1]

Anton Heiller

Orchestra of the Bach Guild

Soprano: Teresa Stich-Randal; Flute: Hans Reznicek

Amadeo AVRD-6004
Vanguard Classics

1952

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 25:04

1st recording of Cantata BWV 209 by T. Stich-Randall

2

Bach: Cantates Profanes
J.S. Bach: Kantaten - Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 / No sa che sia dolore, BWV 209
[C-6]

 

Cantata BWV 209 []

Kurt Redel

Kammerorchester "Pro Arte"

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Flute: Kurt Redel; Harpsichord: Karl Richter

Ducretet-Thomson LAG-1074
Telefunken

Mid 1950's ?

LP / TT:

Mono german press lic by Ducretet-Thomson.

3

J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 202, Cantata No. 209 [L-6]

 

Cantata BWV 209 []

Karl Ristenpart

Chamber Orchestra of the Saar

Soprano: Teresa Stich-Randall

Le Chant du Monde

Sep 1960

LP / TT:

Recorded at Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 209 by K. Ristenpart.

4

Jean-Pierre Rampal: “Les années Ristenpart” - Vol. 1 (1954-1966) [C-6]

 

Cantata BWV 209 [22:42]

Karl Ristenpart

Orchestre de chambre de la Radiodiffusion Sarroise

Soprano: Ursula Buckel; Jean-Pierre Rampal (Flute)

Premiers Horizons REF.070.124/125/126

May 16, 1963

3-CD / TT: 210:02

Recorded at Funkhaus Halberg (Studio 1), Sarrebrück, Saarland, Germany.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 209 by K. Ristenpart.

5

Maria Stader singt Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach [C-1]

Cantata BWV 209 [25:23]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Cologne Soloists Ensemble

Soprano: Maria Stader; Oboe: Günter Passin; Viola: Ernst Nippes

MHS / Pelca
Nonesuch H-71136

Dec 1965

LP / TT: 49:33

 

6

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 52 & BWV 209 [C-4]

Heinz Markus Göttsche

Heidelberger Kammerorchester

Soprano: Nelly van der Spek; Flute: ?

Cantate / Oryx

Mid 1960's ?

LP / TT: 25:52

 

7

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas [C-3]

-

Collegium Aureum

Soprano: Elly Ameling

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

1966

TT: 24:36

1st recording of Cantata BWV 209 by E. Ameling. Recorded at Cedernsaal des Fugger-Schlosses, Kirchheim, West Germany.
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8

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 203 & BWV 209 [E-3]
Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas
[L-1]
Agnes Giebel sings Bach - Cantatas BWV 51, 202 & 209

 

Cantata BWV 209 [23:54]

Gustav Leonhardt (Conductor & Harpsichord)

Leonhardt-Consort

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Flute: Frans Vester

Telefunken SAWT-9465
Teldec
Teldec

Feb 8, 1964

LP / TT: 38:20
11-CD / TT:
CD / TT:

Recorded at Hans Queekhoven, Breukenen, the Netherlands.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 209 by A. Giebel.
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9

Bach Cantatas [C-1]

Rudolf Ewerhart

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Elisabeth Speiser; Flute: Helmuth Steinkrauss

Vox

1966

TT: 23:32

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10

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 199 & BWV 209 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 209 []

Gerhard Bosse

Bach-Orchester des Gewandhaus zu Leipzig

Soprano: Adele Stolte; Flute: ?

Ariola Eurodisc

1971

LP / TT:

 

11

J.S. Bach: Cantate BWV 209; Suite n°1; Suite n°4 [C-1]

 

Cantate BWV 209 []

Rafael Kubelík

Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Flute: unknown player

Private edition

Feb 24, 1972

CD / T:

Recorded live at Herkulesaal, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 209 by A. Giebel.
Source: Rafael Kubelik - Discography | Kubelik’s Home Page: Concert, Session and other Information

12

Bach Cantatas [C-3]

Cantata BWV 209 [23:06]

Neville Marriner

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Soprano: Elly Ameling; Flute: William Bennett

EMI

1973

LP / TT: 46:29

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 209 by E. Ameling

13

J.S. Bach: Kantata BWV No. 209 - W.A. Mozert: Koncert Arias [C-1]

Jurij Nikolavskij

Kameryj Orkestr Dirižer

Soprano: Galina Pisarenko

Melodiya

Early 1970's ?

LP / TT: 27:16

1st recording of Cantata BWV 209 by G. Pisarenko.

14

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 209; Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056; A. Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso for Two Violins, Cello and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 3 No. 11 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 209 []

Alexander Kravchuk

Kiev Conservatory Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Ella Akritova; O. Kudraishov (Flute)

Melodiya 33CM-04419-20

1974

LP / TT:

Recorded in Kiev, Ukraine, USSR.

15

Bach Cantatas [C-1]

Milan Munclinger

Ars Rediviva of Prague

Soprano: Jana Jonášová

Supraphon

Feb 1978

LP / TT: 20:30

Recorded in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

16

Bach Festival 47th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: Second Concert [F47-2]

Cantata BWV 209 []

Dwight Oltman

Baldwin-Wallace Festival Orchestra

Soprano: Susan Belling; Paula Robinson (Flute)

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music

Apr (?) 1979

MC / TT:

Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries

17

Bach made in Germany Vol. VII - Secular Cantatas I
Bach Edition Vol. 7 - Secular Cantatas
Bach: Kantaten BWV 36c, BWV 209
[L-4]

Peter Schreier

Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano: Edith Mathis; Flute: Werner Tast

Eterna / Berlin Classics / Brilliant Classics

Nov 1979

TT: 22:21

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
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18

Bach: Kantaten BWV 52, BWV 84 & BWV 209 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 209 [22:07]

Raymond Leppard

English Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Elly Ameling; Flute: ?

Philips 6514-142
Philips 7337-142

1982

LP / TT: 52:02
MC / TT: 52:02

3rd recording of Cantata BWV 209 by E. Ameling

19

Capella Edition [C-1]

Cantata BWV 209 [21:50]

Ferdinand Leitner

Cappella Coloniensis

Soprano: Isabelle Poulenard; Transverse flute: Hans-Martin Linde

Capriccio

Jun 1987

CD / TT: 69:07

 

20

Concerts at the Pushkin Art Museum - December Nights 1987 II [C-2]

Cantata BWV 209 [22:22]

Saulius Sondeckis [Sondezkis]

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra [Litauisches Kammerorchester]

Soprano: Galina Pisarenko

Melodiya

Dec 11, 1987

LP / TT: 40:24

Recorded live during the Festival “December Nights” at the Pushkin Museum of Arts, Moscow, Russia.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 209 by G. Pisarenko.

21

J.S. Bach: Weichet nur betrübte Shatten "Hochzeitskantate" [C-4]

Joshua Rifkin

The Bach Ensemble

Soprano: Julianne Baird; Flute:

L'Oiseau-Lyre / Decca

1989

TT: 21:05

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22

J.S. Bach: Cantates de mariage · Wedding Cantatas [C-4]

Pál Németh

Capella Savaria

Soprano: Mária Zádori; Flute: Pál Németh

Harmonia Mundi France

Oct 1990

TT: 20:43

Recorded at Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary.
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23

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

Christian Brembeck

Capella Istropolitana

Soprano: Friederike Wagner; Flute: Vera Rasková

Naxos

May 1991

TT: 21:04

Recorded at the Moyzes Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic.
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24

Cantatas [C-1]

Peter Zajíček

Musica Aeterna Bratislava

Soprano: Kamila Zajíčková; Flute: Martina Lesna

Slovart

Jan 1993

TT: 21:47

 

25

New England Conservatory Bach Ensemble: February 24, 1993, 8:00 p.m. [C-6]

 

Cantata BWV 209 []

John Gibbons

NEC Bach Ensemble

Soprano: ?

New England Conservatory of Music

Feb 24, 1993

MC / TT:

Recorded live at Brown Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 209 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries.

26

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 84, BWV 202, BWV 209 [C-2]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas [B-1]

 

Cantata BWV 209 [20:44]

Monica Huggett

Ensemble Sonnerie

Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Flute: Lisa Beznosiuk

Virgin Veritas 45059
Virgin Veritas 61644

May 22-25, 1993

CD / TT: 54:15
2-CD / TT: 116:02

Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England.
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27

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 4

 

Cantata BWV 209 [21:32]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Soprano: Lisa Larsson; Flute: Wilbert Hazelzet

Erato 0630-15562-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72204

Jan 1996

3-CD / TT: 219:03

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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28

Sacred and Secular Cantatas of J. S. Bach [C-7]

Dale Higbee

Carolina Baroque

Soprano: Teresa Radomski; Recorder: Dale Higbee

Carolina Baroque

Apr 1996

TT: 23:11

Recorded live at St. John's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC, USA.
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29

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 65 - Secular Cantatas

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Flute: Jean-Claude Gérard; Harpsichord: Michael Behringer

Hänssler

Jan 1998

TT: 19:56

Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn, Germany.
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30

Brandenburgisches Koncert V - Suita In B Minor - Kantata 209 [C-1]

Andreas Kröper

Concertino Notturno Praha

Soprano: Eva Mirgová; Flute: ?

Vlček Music Production (CZ)

Late 1990's ?

TT:

31

Bach Ensemble: November 20, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. [C-12]

 

Cantata BWV 209 []

John Gibbons (Director & Harpsichord)

NEC Bach Ensemble

Soprano: Anne-Carolyn Bird
Alicia DiDonato (Flute); Gabriela Diaz, John Holland, I-Ching Lee, Rimma Yermosh (Violins); Chi-Yuan Chen, Liz Freivogel (Violas); Mickey Katz (Violoncello); Aaron Watson (Bass)

New England Conservatory of Music

Nov 20, 2001

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Williams Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 209 by J. Gibbons.
Source: WorldCat Libraries

32

Bach cantatas and triple concerto [C-2]

Shalev Ad-El (Harpsichord)

Dorian Consort

Soprano: Barbara Schlick

Cavalli Records

2003 ?

TT: 20:11

 

33

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

Cantata BWV 209 [23:28]

J. Reilly Lewis

Washington Bach Consort

Soprano: Elizabeth Futral

Lyrichord 8069

Mar 2006 ?

CD / TT: 76:44

Recorded in Washington, D.C., USA.
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34

Bach & Telemann [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 209 [21:52]

Florilegium

Soprano: Lucy Crowe

Channel Classics 27208

Aug 29-31, 2007

SACD / TT: 68:16

Recorded at St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London, UK.
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35

J.S. Bach: Trois cantates pour soprano (BWV 51, 202 & 209) [C-3]

Cantata BWV 209 [21:39]

Paul Kuentz

Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

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)

Collection Paul Kuentz CPK-500062

Aug 15, 2009

CD / TT: 59:33

Recorded at Eglise St Gildas à Auray, France.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - June 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Rudolf Bayer (October 2003), Francis Browne (August 2003), John Carroll (July 2005, June 2012), Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006), Louis Iosub (April 2012),
Walter Roth (June 2008), Burke Smith (October 2005), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007)

Cantata BWV 209: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

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