Recordings/Discussions
Background Information
Performer Bios
Poet/Composer Bios
Additional Information
|
|
Cantata BWV 4
Christ lag in Todesbanden |
|
Ref. |
BWV 4 |
|
German Title |
Christ lag in Todesbanden |
|
English Title |
Christ lay in the Bonds of Death (by Richard Stokes) |
|
Event |
Chorale Cantata for the Easter Sunday
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8; Gospel: Markus 16: 1-8 |
|
Composed |
Mühlhausen, 1707-1708; Revised: Leipzig, 1724 & 1725
1st performance: 1707-1708? - Mühlhausen
2nd performance: April 9, 1724 - Leipzig
3rd performance: April 1, 1725 - Leipzig |
|
Text |
Martin Luther |
|
German-1 | German-2 |
Translations: Arabic-1 | Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-2 | English-1 |
English-2 | English-3I | English-3P | English-5 | English-6 | English-7 | English-8 | English-10 | French-1 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-3 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesian | Italian-1 | Italian-2 | Japanese-6 | Portuguese-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-1 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7
Chorale Text: Christ lag in Todesbanden |
|
Scoring |
Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: cornetto, 3 trombones, 2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Chorus | Mvt. 3: Duet | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Chorus | Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Aria (Duet) | Mvt. 8: Chorale |
|
Score Vocal & Piano [2.81 MB] | Score BGA [2.68 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 8 ver
Capella: Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 | Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 8 ver 2 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Christ lag in Todesbanden |
|
References |
BGA: I | NBA: I/9 | BC: A 54 | Zwang: K 4 | First Published: BG, 1851 | Autograph score (facsimile): ? |
|
Commentary |
Crouch | AMG | Bethlehem | Emmanuel Music | Koster | Mincham | AL [Dutch] | BK [Dutch] | HT [Dutch] | Role [French] | Japanese-1 | Reyes [Spanish] |
|
Music |
Music Examples |
|
Discussions |
Week of April 23, 2000; Week of January 23, 2005; Week of May 30, 2010 |
1 |
Bach arr F. Fujol: Cantata No. 4 Christ Lay In Death's Dark Prison (Musical masterpieces on Victor Records) [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4, arranged by Francesc Pujol, sung in Catalan [] |
|
Lluis Millet |
|
Orfeó Catalá de Barcelona; with Orchestra |
|
|
Spanish HMV D-2066
Victor/Victrola |
Mar 20 & 22, 1931 |
5 x 78 rpm |
|
Recorded at Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona., Spain.
Listen to this recording: Part 1 [4:08] | Part 3 [4:16] | Part 4 [4:32] |
2 |
Bach: Cantate n °4 [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Nadia Boulanger |
|
Ensemble Nadia Boulanger |
|
? |
|
Voix de son maître 2LA-1845/1850 |
Jun 2, 1937 |
6 x 78 rpm |
|
Recorded at Duyarrie de la Riviere, Paris, France.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by N. Boulanger. |
|
4 |
Bach: Cantata No. 4 (Christ lay in the bonds of death) [C-1]
Bach: Cantata BWV 4 & Motet BWV 227 [C-1] |
 |
|
Cantata BWV 4 [23:28] |
|
Robert Shaw |
|
RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra |
|
No soloists are listed |
|
RCA Victor DM-1096
RCA Victor LM-25
RCA Victor LM-9035 |
1946 |
4x78rpm / TT: 23:28
10" / TT: 23:28
LP / TT: 48:12 |
|
The record jacket lists The RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra and the record itself lists the Robert Shaw Chorale. Must be a misprint because the Robert Shaw Chorale didn't start until 1948 and this recording was done in 1946 and released in 1949. DM-1096 & LM-25 includes only BWV 4.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by R. Shaw. |
|
5 |
J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion [V-5]
J.S. Bach: Cantata 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden, and Cantata 78, Jesu der du meine Seele [CS-1]
J.S. Bach: Kantaten Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36; Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 [P-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [25:34 / 25:15] |
|
Günther Ramin |
|
Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig |
|
No soloists; all parts are sung by the choir; Organ: Ekkehart Tietze |
|
Archipel 278
Schola Antiqua GR-1
Pilz History 78006 |
Feb 24, 1950 |
3-CD / TT:
CD / TT: 50:54
CD / TT: 73:23 |
|
Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
The cantata is NOT listed on the Archipel album cover or back, nor on the third CD itself. It's only when you get to the last page of the brief insert that it's listed.
Buy this album at:
Archipel 3-CD: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Archipel Music Download: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD: Schola Antiqua |
 |
|
6 |
J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 4 · 56 · 82 [C-2] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [25:23] |
|
Fritz Lehmann |
|
Chor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik Frankfurt am Main / Orchester des Bachfestes |
|
Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
|
Deutsche Grammophon |
Jul 31, 1950 |
CD / TT: 67:49 |
|
Recorded at Johanniskirche, Göttingen, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com |
|
8 |
Bach: Kantate nr. 140; Kantate nr. 4 [L-3]
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio / Cantata No. 4 [C-1]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 182, 4 & 150 [C-9] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [23:10] |
|
Felix Prohaska |
|
Wiener Kammerchor (Vienna Chamber Choir) / Wiener Kammerochester
Choir & Orchestra of the Bach Guild |
|
Soprano: Anny Felbermayer; Tenor: Fritz Uhl *; Baritone: Hans Braun |
|
Bach Guild BG-511 (1951)
MMS-2180
Vanguard Classics OVC-2542
Baroque Music Club BACH-724 |
1951 |
LP / TT: 53:18
LP / TT: 53:18
CD / TT: 64:01
CD / TT: 70:08 |
|
Recorded in Vienna, Austria.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by F. Prohaska.
In an earlier printing of Baroque Music Club BACH-724 the recording on the CD was by W. Ehmann [12].
* In the liner notes to the CD it is written that the tenor singer is Alfred Uhl, who was a composer and pedagogue and not a tenor singer.
Buy this album at:
4-CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de |
 |
|
11 |
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 140; Cantata No. 4 [L-10]
J.S. Bach: Famous Cantatas [C-8] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [21:15] |
|
Felix Prohaska |
|
Wiener Akademiechor (Vienna State Chamber Choir) / Wiener Kammerochester (Vienna State Opera Orchestra) |
|
Soprano: Laurence Dutoit; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Hans Braun; Anton Heiller (continuo); Jurg Schaeftlein (oboe) |
|
Bach Guild BG-598 (1960)
Bach Guild BGS-5026 (1960)
Vanguard SRV-152 (1965)
Bach Guild HM-20SD (1972)
Bach Guild OVC-2001 (1992)
Vanguard 08.6108.71 |
May 13, 19, 21, 1959 |
LP / TT: 48:26
LP / TT: 48:26
LP / TT: 48:26
LP / TT: 48:26
CD / TT: 48:26
CD / TT: 48:26 |
|
Recorded at Großesaal Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 4 by F. Prohaska.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de |
 |
|
13 |
J.S. Bach Motet No. 3 Jesus, dearest master (Jesu, meine Freude); Cantata No. 4 Christ lay in the bonds of death (Christ lag in Todesbanden) [C-6] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [26:16] |
|
Robert Shaw |
|
Robert Shaw Chorale / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra |
|
Counter-tenor: Russell Oberlin; Other unknown vocal soloists (one source says the the cantata is sung by the choir, with no soloists) |
|
RCA Victor LSC/LM-2273 |
BWV 4 [released 1959] |
LP / TT: 51:00 |
|
Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 4 by R. Shaw. |
 |
|
17 |
Stratford Festival of Music and Drama, 1966 [C-2] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [21:50] |
|
Elmer Iseler |
|
Festival Singers of Toronto / National FestivaOrchestra |
|
Vocal soloists: unknown |
|
CBC Radio-Canada |
1966 |
LP / TT: 56:00 |
|
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
|
20 |
Die Kantate [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Johannes Hömberg |
|
Pro Musica Köln |
|
Vocal soloists: unknown |
|
Arno Volk Verlag |
1973 |
3-LP / TT: 137:00 |
|
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
|
21 |
Graduate recital, conducting the University Chorale (1979) [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata, BWV 4 [] |
|
Ann Marie Koukios |
|
Western Michigan University Chorale |
|
Bass: Alan Craig Sell; Sopranos: Sara Colness, Marie E Bailey, Stephanie Walter, Carolyn Williams; Tenors: Peter Van Allen, Samuel R Germany |
|
Western Michigan University |
1979 |
2 sound tape reels / TT: |
|
Recorded live at Western Michigan University, Dept. of Music. In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Music degree in choral conducting, Western Michigan University, 1979.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
|
24 |
Bravo Bach! celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Stephen P. Folkemer |
|
Gettysburg Seminary Festival Chorus and Baroque ensemble |
|
Vocal soloists: unknown |
|
Gettysburg |
Apr-May 1981 |
MC / TT: |
|
Title from published description. One of a series of concerts of the same name held in April and May, 1981, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
28 |
Easter concert [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Margaret Pride |
|
University of Western Australia Collegium Musicum / University of Western Australia Chamber Orchestra |
|
Julia Gooding; Sophia Yates |
|
Music Society of the University of Western Australia |
Apr 15, 1990 |
MC / TT: |
|
Recorded during The Music Society's concert An Easter Celebration, held at Wintrop Hall, University of Western Australia.
Source: WorldCat Libraries. |
|
31 |
Festlische Reformationskonzert - 475 Jahre Reformation - Thuringia cantat [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [15:55] |
|
Wolfgang Unger |
|
Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis / Weimare Barock-Ensemble (mit originalinstrumenten) |
|
- |
|
Thorofon CTH-2267 |
May 1993 |
CD / TT: 58:39 |
|
Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. |
42 |
Cantate Domino: (Psalm 149: 1-3); Sicut Moses: (John 3: 14-15) [C-2] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
William Cutter |
|
Boston Conservatory Chorale |
|
Vocal soloists: unknown |
|
Boston Conservatory |
Apr 2, 2000 |
CD / TT: 37 min |
|
Recorded live by The Boston Conservatory, at St. Clement's Shrine, Boylston St., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries. |
|
43 |
Bach Festival 68th annual [F68-a] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Dwight Oltman |
|
Baldwin-Wallace College Choir / Festival Chamber Orchestra |
|
Soprano: Dominique Labelle; Mezzo-soprano: Christine Abraham; Tenor: William Hite; Baritone: Sanford Sylvan |
|
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music BW CD 00-44 |
Apr 14-15, 2000 |
4-CD / TT: |
|
Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Library) |
|
49 |
Abu Gosh Concerts Festival Volume 3 [C-3] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [24:17] |
|
Hanna Tzur |
|
Ramat-Gan Chamber Choir |
|
No vocal soloists |
|
Timeless Recordings |
Sep 2002 |
CD / TT: 64:15 |
|
Recorded on location at the Abu Gosh Concert Festival, Israel. |
|
52 |
Spring concert 2004: Collegium, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Virginia Hancock |
|
Reed College Chorus./ Reed College Collegium Musicum; Reed College Chamber orchestra. |
|
Joshua Roberts |
|
Reed College |
Spring 2004 |
CD + Videocassette / TT: |
|
Recorded at Reed College - Division of the Arts, Music Department, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
|
53 |
NEC Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Women's Chorus: February 27, 2006, 8:00 p.[C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Amy Lieberman |
|
New England Conservatory Chamber Singers. |
|
Vocal soloists: unknown |
|
NEC |
Feb 27, 2006 |
CD / TT: |
|
Recorded live at New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
|
55 |
The Juilliard School presents the Jerome L. Greene concert, 2007 [C-1] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
Judith Clurman |
|
Juilliard Choral Union / Juilliard Chamber Orchestra |
|
Soprano: Ariana Wyatt; Mezzo-soprano: Solange Merdinian; Tenor: Michael Kelly; Bass: Marc Webster |
|
Juilliard School |
Feb 5, 2007 |
2-CD / TT: |
|
Recorded live at Alice Tully Hall, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, NY, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & Juilliard School Website |
|
60 |
Pachelbel and Bach: Canons and cantatas [C-3] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
- |
|
(OVPP - No Choir) / The Bach Players |
|
Soprano: Rachel Elliott; Alto: Sally Bruce-Payne; Tenor: Samuel Boden; Bass: Matthew Brook
Nicolette Moonen, Rachel Isserlis & Stephen Pedder (Violins); Bethan Morgan (Violin/Viola); Rachel Stott (Viola); Alison McGillivray (Cello); Alastair Mitchell (Bassoon); Silas Wollston (Organ) |
|
Hyphen Press Music HMP-005 |
Nov 8-10, 2010 |
2-CD / TT: 109:42 |
|
Recorded at St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6, England.
Buy this album at:
2-CD: Hyphen Press Music | Amazon.co.uk |
62 |
First Monday at Jordan Hall: April 2, 2012, 8:00 p.m. [C-20] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [] |
|
John Gibbons (Director, Harpsichord) |
|
(OVPP - No Choir) / NEC Bach Ensemble (?) |
|
Soprano: Lisa Saffer; Counter-tenor: Tai Oney; Tenor: Jason McStoots; Baritone: Douglas Williams
James Buswell, Gabriela Díaz (Violins); Karina Fox, Dimitri Murrath (Violas); Carol Ou (Violoncello); Karl Doty (Double bass) |
|
New England Conservatory of Music |
Apr 2, 2012 |
2-CD / TT: |
|
Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
| 63 |
Bach Contextueel - Bach & Luther [C-2] |
|
|
Cantata BWV 4 [17:56] |
|
Pieter-Jan Belder (General Musical Direction) |
|
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam (Artistic Leader: Harry van der Kamp) / Musica Amphion (Artistic Leaders: Pieter-Jan Belder & Rémy
Baudet) |
|
Soprano: Dorothee Mields; Counter-tenor: Terry Wey; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Harry van der Kamp
Musica Amphion: Violin 1: Rémy Baudet, Kees
Koelmans, Sayuri Yamagata; Violin 2: Franc Polman, Annelies van der Vegt; Viola: Staas
Swierstra, Marten Boeken; Violoncello: Albert Brüggen; Double bass, violone: Margaret
Urquhart; Oboe, Oboe d’amore: Frank de Bruine, Susanne Regel; Oboe d'amore, Oboe da
caccia: Peter Frankenberg; Cornetto: Andrea Inghisciano; Trombone: Claire
McIntryre, Charles Toet, Joost Swinkels; Harpsichord: Pieter-Jan Belder; Organ: Leo van Doeselaar/Pieter-Jan Belder (4.3 & 4.5) |
|
Etcetera KTC-1442 |
Jun 20-23, 2012 |
CD+Book / TT: 77:23 |
|
Recorded at St. Georgenkirche, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD+Book (2012): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de |
|
The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2000 - December 2012)
Thanks to Contributors: Anandgyan (January 2010), Yoël L. Arbeitman (July 2009), Rainer Baruth (April 2012), Thérèse Hanquet (February 2007), Matthias Hansen (July 2006, August 2006, June 2008), Frits van Laeken Herbold
(São Paulo, Brazil - March 2008, March 2012), Harald Kurama (November 2010), Christian Moll (November 2009), Pierre-F. Roberge (July 2009), Peter Schmidt (May 2005), Jean-Louis Serre (March 2006), Russ Sackowitz (September 2008), Thomas Shepherd (April 2007), Burke Smith (November 2007), Peter Tanzer (November 2001), Bradley Taylor (April 2005, July 2009) |
|
Cantata BWV 4 : Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 |
|
|
