Karl Munchinger - Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Karl Münchinger & Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
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Recordings of Cantatas Recordings of Other Vocal Works Collections of Recordings General Discussions	Karl Münchinger - Short Biography Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Short History
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Karl Münchinger
Recordings
Recordings of Cantatas

C-1	Suzanne Danco: Bach Cantatas & Arias Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Cantatas
Cantatas BWV 51, BWV 202; BWV 478, BWV 508, BWV 516
Karl Münchinger (Cantatas only)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Cantatas only)
Soprano: Suzanne Danco; Trumpet: Paolo Longinotti (BWV 52); Organ: Jeanne Demessieux (BWV 478, 508, 516)
London / Testament Pearl		Sep 1953; Oct 1952	CD / TT: 73:12 2-CD / 149:05
Other works on Testament album are not by J.S. Bach. The Pearl album includes the cantatas & 6 Brandenburg Concertos. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

C-2	J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 10, Magnificat BWV 243 J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio; Cantata BWV 10
Cantata BWV 10, Magnificat BWV 243
Karl Münchinger
Wiener Akademiechor (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Sopranos: Elly Ameling & Hanneke van Bork; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Basses: Tom Krause, Marius Rintzler
Decca		May 1968	LP / TT:
Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

C-3	J.S. Bach: Cantatas 80 & 140
Cantatas BWV 80, BWV 140
Karl Münchinger
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Soprano: Gabriele Fontana; Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Gösta Winbergh; Bass: Tom Krause
Decca		Feb 1984	CD / TT: 73:22
Recorded at Evangelisches Schloßkirche, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

Recordings of Other Vocal Works

V-1	J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
Mass in B minor BWV 232
Karl Münchinger
Wiener Singakademie (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) * / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Sopranos: Elly Ameling, Yvonne Minton; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Bass: Tom Krause
Decca		May 1970	2-CD / TT: 118:49
* According to Anton Schönauer from Wiener Singakademie (November 2002) the CD Cover contains a mistake, because it was NOT the Wiener Singakademie performing! The Chorus Master of this recording, Xaver Meyer, was then Assistent-Director of the Wiener Singakademie, but it was an especially composed choir doing this recording. Recorded at Sofiensall, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

V-2	J.S. Bach: Magnificat - Oster-Oratorium
Magnificat BWV 243 [30:52]
Karl Münchinger
Wiener Akademiechor (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Sopranos: Elly Ameling, Hanneke van Bork; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Bass: Tom Krause
Decca		May 1968	CD / TT:
Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany. Other work: Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 [V-6]. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

V-3	J.S. Bach: Matthäus Passion
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
Karl Münchinger
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (Chorus Master: Gerhard Wilhelm) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Tenor [Evangelist]: Peter Pears; Baritone [Jesus]: Hermann Prey; Soprano [Arias, 1^st Maid, Pilatus' wife]: Elly Ameling; Contralto [Arias, 2^nd Maid]: Marga Höffgen; Tenor [Arias]: Fritz Wunderlich; Bass [Arias]: Tom Krause; Bass [Petrus, High Priest, Pilatus]: Heinz Blankenburg; Bass [Judas]: August Messthaler
Decca		Jul 27-28, 1964	3-CD / TT: 196:43 4-LP / TT:
Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany. Recording issued to coincide with the 20^th anniversary of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Karl Münchinger Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Highlights] \| Amazon.com [Vocal Box]

V-4	J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion
Johannes-Passion BWV 245
Karl Münchinger
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (Chorus Master: Gerhard Wilhelm) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Tenor [Evangelist]: Dieter Ellenbeck, Bass [Jesus]: Walter Berry; Soprano: Elly Ameling; Contralto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Werner Hollweg; Bass: Hermann Prey; Bass [Petrus]: Manfred Ackermann; Bass [Pilatus]: Allan Ahrans; Soprano [Maid]: Marianne Köhnlein-Goebel; [Diener]: Wolfgang Isenhart
Decca		Jul, Oct 1974	2-CD / TT: 131:06
Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

V-5	J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6
Karl Münchinger
Lübecker Kantorei (Chorus Master: Hans-Jürgens Wille) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Soprano [Arias, the Angel]: Elly Ameling; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Peter Pears; Bass [Arias, Herodes]: Tom Krause
Decca		Sep 1966	2-CD / TT: 158:07
Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

V-6	J.S. Bach: Magnificat - Oster-Oratorium J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio; Cantata BWV 10 [C-2]
Oster-Oratorium BWV 249
Karl Münchinger
Wiener Akademiechor (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Soprano [Arias, Maria Jacobi]: Elly Ameling; Contralto [Arias, Maria Magdalena]: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Bass [Arias, Johannes]: Tom Krause
Decca		May 1968	TT: 47:49
Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

Collections of Recordings

B-1	Bach: Sacred Materworks
Karl Münchinger
Various Choral Groups / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
This box set includes all the vocal works recorded by Münchinger (V1-V6 above)
Decca		1964-1974	10-CD
Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set]

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2001 - May 2011)
Thanks to contributors: Alexander van den Bosch (December 2008), Willem van Erk (January 2007), (John Grayovski (October 2006), Bradley Lehman (May 2005), Riccardo Nughes (July 2003), Anton Schönauer (November 2002)

Karl Münchinger: Short Biography | Stuttgarter Kammerorchester | Recordings of Vocal Works | General Discussions | BWV 244 - K. Münchinger

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Last update: ‎May 24, 2011 ‎09:51:10