Cantata BWV 7 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 7
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam

Ref.	BWV 7
German Title	Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
English Title	Christ our Lord came to the Jordan (Richard Stokes)
Event	Chorale Cantata for Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Readings: Epistle: Isaah 40: 1-5; Gospel: Luke 1: 57-80
Composed	Leipzig, 1724 \| 1^st performance: June 24, 1724 - Leipzig
	Martin Luther (Mvts. 1, 7); Anon (Mvts. 2-6)
Text	German Text \| German-2 \| Translations: Catalan-1 \| Chinese-1 \| Dutch-2 \| Dutch-6 \| English-1 \| English-3I \| English-3P \| English-6 \| English-10 \| French-1 \| French-4 \| French-6 \| Hebrew-1 \| Indonesian \| Italian-2 \| Portuguese-2 \| Russian-1 \| Spanish-3 Chorale Text: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
Scoring	Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus Orchestra: 2 oboes d’amore, 2 violins, concertante violin, viola, continuo (partly with organ) Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) \| Mvt. 2: Aria \| Mvt. 3: Recitative \| Mvt. 4: Aria \| Mvt. 5: Recitative \| Mvt. 6: Aria \| Mvt. 7: Chorale
Scoring	Score Vocal & Piano [1,71 MB] \| Score BGA [3.22 MB] Chorales: Mvt. 7 Capella: Mvt. 1 \| Mvt. 7 \| Mvt. 7 ver 2 [cap] Scores Examples: Examples from the Score with Commentary \| Various motifs extracted from BWV 7/1 \| The Figured Organ Player's Part to the Cantata, BWV 7 Chorale Melody: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
References	BGA: I \| NBA: I/29 \| BC: A 177 \| Zwang: K 76 \| First Published: BG, 1851 \| Autograph score (fascimile): ?
Commentary	BCW \| Crouch \| AMG \| Emmanuel Music \| JdW [Dutch] \| Role [French] \| Reyes [Spanish]
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of June 24, 2001; Week of June 11, 2006; Week of January 20, 2013

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions - Part 1 Discussions - Part 2
John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vols. 1&8 Bach Edition Vols. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vols. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink Edition Bachakademie Vols. 1-20 - conducted by Helmuth Rilling Cantatas Vol. 22 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Recordings - Part 1
Complete Recordings

1	Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 22 J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 7, 11, 30, 68, 104 [C-5] Bach Cantatas: Volume 1
Fritz Werner
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Mezzo-soprano: Barbara Scherler; Tenor: Georg Jelden; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli
Erato		July 1966	TT: 26:15
Recorded in Schwaigern, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.co.uk [Box Set]

2	J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1
Gustav Leonhardt
King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort
Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Counter-tenor: Paul Esswood; Bass: Max van Egmond
Teldec		1971	TT: 25:58
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

3	The Cantata Singers & Ensemble - J.S. Bach: Cantatas 7, 44 & 101 [C-1]
Cantata BWV 7 [23:27]
John Harbison
Cantata Singers & Ensemble
Alto: D'Anna Fortunato; Tenor: Karl Dan Sorensen; Bass: Mark Baker
Advent Corporation Cantata Singers		1973	LP / TT: CD / TT: 72:56
Recorded at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Buy this album at: Cantata Singers

4	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 40 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 3
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne
Hänssler		Feb 1979	TT: 22:10
Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. See: Edition Bachakademie Vols. 1-20 - conducted by Helmuth Rilling Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

5	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 11
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Alto: Annette Markert; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Erato / Antoine Marchand		Oct 1999	TT: 20:57
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

6	Bach Edition Vol. 9 - Cantatas Vol. 4
Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium
Counter-tenor: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar
Brilliant Classics		Oct-Nov 1999	TT: 23:20
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. See: Bach Edition Vols. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vols. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

7	Bach Cantatas Vol. 1: City of London For the Feast of St. John the Baptist
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Alto: Wilke te Brummelstroete; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Dietrich Henschel
Soli Deo Gloria		Jun 2000	TT: 22:26
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England. See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vols. 1&8 Buy this album at: Amazon.com

8	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 22 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724
Cantata BWV 7 [20:54]
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Peter Kooy
BIS 1321		Apr 19-23, 2002	CD / TT: 73:17
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. See: Cantatas Vol. 22 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

9	Bach Cantates De Saint-Jean Baptiste Intégrale des cantates sacrées Vol. 1
Cantata BWV 7 [23:15]
Eric J. Milnes
(OVPP - No Choir) / Montréal Baroque
Soprano: Suzie LeBlanc; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
ATMA Classique 22400		Jun 2004	SACD / TT: 73:26
Recorded at Église de la Nativité, La Prairie, Québec, Canada. Buy this album at: SACD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| ClassicsOnline

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (June 2001 - June 2009)
Thanks to contributors: Daryl Yoder (September 2002), Diana Harmon Asher (February 2005)

Cantata BWV 7: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

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