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Ruben Valenzuela & Bach Collegium San Diego
Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Recordings of Cantatas
Recordings of Other Vocal Works

Ruben Valenzuela – Short Biography
Bach Collegium San Diego - Short History
San Diego Bach Collegium: Concert Series

Recordings

Recordings of Cantatas


C-3

Vergnügte Ruh (from Cantata 170) J.S. Bach

 

Cantate BWV 170: Mvt. 1: Aria Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust [6:46]

Ruben Valenzuela (Music Director, Harpsichord)

Bach Collegium San Diego

Alto: Angela Young Smucker
Rodolfo Richter (Guest Director & Violin); Pierre Joubert (Violin); Aaron Westman (Viola); Shirley Hunt (Cello); Kathryn Montoya (Oboe); Shanon Zusman (Violone); Daniel Zuluaga (Gallichon)

YouTube

Feb 3, 2012

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at University of California, San Diego,California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 170: Mvt. 1: Aria [6:46]


C-1

Bach Collegium San Diego: J.S. Bach: Amore Traditore BWV 203

 

Cantata Amore traditore, BWV 203 [13:52]

Baritone: John Polhamus; Ruben Valenzuela (Harpsichord)

YouTube

Feb 8, 2013

Video / TT: 13:52

Recorded & filmed live at San Diego History Center (Balboa Park), San Diego, California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 203: Complete Cantata [13:52]


C-4

J.S. Bach: "Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt" - from BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todes Banden"

 

Duet for Soprano & Alto Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 4 [3:56] (from a complete performance)

Ruben Valenzuela (Director, Harpsichord)

Bach Collegium San Diego

Soprano: Alice Teyssier; Counter-tenor: Michael Wisdom

YouTube

Sep 28, 2013

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at San Diego History Center (Balboa Park), San Diego, California, USA
Video: Gary Payne.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Mvt. 3: Duet [S, A] [3:56]


C-2

Bach Collegium San Diego performs J.S. Bach: Cantata Schweigt stille, paudert nicht “Coffee Cantata" BWV 211

 

Cantata BWV 211 [26:00]

Ruben Valenzuela (Director, Harpsichord)

Bach Collegium San Diego

Soprano: Katie Walders; Tenor: John Russell; Bass: Patrick Walders
Pierre Joubert (Associate Director, Violin); Adriana Zoppo (Violin); Aaron Westman (Viola); Heather Vorwerck (Cello); Gabriel Golden (Violone); Sherril Wood (Flute)

YouTube

Nov 13, 2013

Video / TT: 26:00

Recorded & filmed live at First Lutheran Church, San Diego, California, USA. video: © 2013 Gary Payne Photography.
Watch on YouTube: Cantata BWV 211: Complete Cantata [26:00]


C-5

The Leipzig Legacy: The Thomaskantor Tradition

 

Cantata: Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153: Aria for Tenor Stürmt nur, stürmt, ihr Trübsalswetter (Mvt. 6) (from a complete performance)

Ruben Valenzuela (Music Director & Harpsichord); Michael Sponseller (Organ & Associate Director)

Bach Collegium San Diego

Counter-tenor Reginald Mobley; Tenor: Derek Chester; Bass: Jeffrey Fields
Choir: Sopranos: Courtney Curtis, Anne-Marie Dicce, Katie Walders; Altos: Erick Rarick, Reginald Mobley, Angela Young Smucker; Tenors: Derek Chester, Jon Lee Keenan, David Kurtenbach; Basses: John Buffet, Jeffrey Fields, Patrick Walders
Orchestra: Violins: Pierre Joubert, Susan Feldman, Tyler Lewis, Alicia Yang, Amy Wang Anna Washburn, Adriana Zoppo; Violas: Lindsey Strand-Polyak, Aaron Westman, David Sego; Violoncellos: Heather Vorvreck, Mikala Schmitz; Double-b ass: Shanon Zusman; Bassoon: Sally Jackson; Theorbo: Daniel Zuluaga

YouTube

Sep 27, 2014

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at San Diego History Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 153: Mvt. 5: Aria [T] [3:41]


C-6

Welcome To Leipzig: 1723 (Cantatas BWV 179, 70; Sinfonia from BWV 42)

 

Cantata Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei, BWV 179: Mvts. 1, 5 [9:55] (from a complete performance)
Cantata Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70: Mvts. 3, 5, 8, 10 [12:53] (from a complete performance)
Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 42 [no video]

Ruben Valenzuela (Artistic Director); Michael Sponseller (Associate Music Director)

Bach Collegium San Diego

Soloists: Soprano: Margot Rood; Counter-tenor: Reginald Mobley; Tenor: Scott Mello; Bass: Tyler Duncan

YouTube

Oct 14, 2016

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 179: Mvt. 1: Chorus [2:40] + Mvt. 5: Aria [S] [7:15]
Cantata BWV 70: Mvt. 3: Aria [A] [3:47] + Mvt. 5: Aria [S] [2:44] + Mvt. 8: Aria [T] [3:17] + Mvt. 10: Aria [B] [3:05]


CV-7

Bach Collegium San Diego's Bach at Home series presents: Actus Tragicus

 

04:46-06:38: B. Resinarius: Motet Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin [1:52]
06:44-27:30: J.S. Bach: Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (Actus Tragicus) [20:46]

Ruben Valenzuela

Bach Collegium San Diego

Soprano: Corey Carleton; Mezzo-soprano: Mindy Ella Chu; Tenor: John Russell; Bass: Matthew Nielsen
Alex Opsahl, Stephan Haas (Recorders); Heather Vorwerck, Shanon Zusman(Violas da gamba); Matthew Hare (Violone); Alejandro Jenné (Theorbo); Ruben Valenzuela (Organ)

YouTube

Mar 31, 2021 [Premiered: Apr 15, 2021]

Video / TT: 28:22

Recorded & filmed at Junipéro Serra, Museum, San Diego, California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 106: Full Concert, including Complete Cantata [28:22]


Recordings of Other Vocal Works


V-1

J.S. Bach: Six Motets BWV 225-230

 

Motets BWV 225-230 [13:29, 9:10, 22:31, 9:13, 9:18, 7:05]

Ruben Valenzuela

Bach Collegium San Diego

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Rumley Music RMCD-1019

Feb 20-21, 2010

CD / TT: 70:42

Recorded at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla [Feb 20] / Loyola Marymount University - Murphy Recital Hall, Los Angeles [Feb 21], California, USA.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | Bach Collegium San Diego
Music Download: Amazon.com | Bach Collegium San Diego


V-2

J.S. Bach: B Minor Mass BWV 232

 

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Ruben Valenzuela

Bach Collegium San Diego

Soloists: Soprano I: Anne-Marie Dicce; Soprano II & Alto: Angela Young Smucker; Tenor: Vladimir Maric; Bass: John Polhamus
Mindy Rosenfeld (Flauto traverso); Michael Du Pree (Oboe d'amore); Michael Sponseller (Organ continuo); and Kathryn Aducci & Raymond Burkhart (Natural Trumpet)
Chorus of BCSD: Sopranos I: Anne-Marie Dicce*, Lauren Widney, Greta Treadgold, Pamela Narbona; Sopranos II: Angela Young Smucker*, Anne Whattoff*, Anastasia Tilbury, Elisabeth Marti, Angelica Eclar; Altos: Martha Jane Weaver Lownie*, Dana Linskill, Katrin Nogols Genzlinger, Leslie Edmonds, Judith Commenges; Tenors: Richard Dawes, Erick Rarick, David McCarthy, Charles Kamm, John Sterne, Charles Graham, Brad Fox; Basses: Jeffrey Genzlinger, James Rush, Phil Simon, Florin Vaida, Randy Stewart, Gordon Shugars, Patrick Anderson
*soloist
Orchestra of the BCSD: Violins: Pierre Joubert [Leader], Neli Nikolaeva, Susan Feldman, M. Anne Rardin, Janet Strauss, Randall Brinton, Amy Wang, Jennifer Heilig; Violas: Aaron Westman, Jane Levy, Violoncellos: Joanna Blendulf, Shirley Hunt; Violone: Shanon Zusman; Bassoons: Charles Koster, Carolyn Beck; Oboes & Oboes d'amore: Michael Du Pree, Sarah Davol; Transverse Flutes: Mindy Rosenfeld, Sherril Wood; Corno da caccia: Paul Avril; Trumpets: Kathryn Adduci, Raymond Burkhart, Melissa Rodgers; Timpani: Maury Baker; Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi; Organ: Michael Sponseller

Bach Collegium San Diego

Jun 8-9, 2008

2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at St James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church • La Jolla, La Jolla, California, USA.
1st recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by R. Valenzuela.
Buy this album at:
2-CD/Music Download: Bach Collegium San Diego


V-3

J.S. Bach: B Minor Mass

 

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Ruben Valenzuela

Bach Collegium San Diego [Pitch-415Hz]

Soloists: Soprano: Courtney Curtis; Alto: Janelle DeStefano; Soprano: Anne-Marie Dicce; Bass: Kyle Ferrill; Soprano: Alice Teyssier; Tenor: John Russell; Tenor: Scott Mello; Alto: Michael Wisdom
Choir of the BCSD: Sopranos I: Courtney Curtis, Anne-Marie Dicce, Jenny Spence, Gabrielle Tinto; Sopranos II: Pamela Narbona, Alice Teyssier, Katie Walders; Altos: Janelle DeStefano, Angelica Eclar, Erick Rarick, Michael Wisdom; Tenors: Erik Gustafson, Scott Mello, John Russell, Matthew Tresler; Basses: Kyle Ferrill, Jeffrey Fields, Jay Tuttle, Patrick Walders
Orchestro of BCSD: Violins: Pierre Joubet [Leader], Andrew Mclntosh, Janet Strauss, Marika Holmqvist, Susan Feldman, Amy Wang, Adrjana Zoppo, Anna Washbum; Violas: Aaron Westman, David Sego; Violoncellos: Craig Trompeter, HeatherVorweck; Double-bass: Shanon Zusman; Transverse Flutes: Janet See, Sherril Wood; Oboe & Oboe d'amore: Kathryn Montoya, Lani Spahr; Bassoons: Nate Helgeson, Sally Jackson; Horn: Todd Williams; Trumpets: Kathryn Aducci, Melissa Rodgers; Timpani: Maury Baker; Organ: Michael Sponseller; Harpsichord: Ruben Valenzuela

Bach Collegium San Diego

Apr 5-6, 2014

2-CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 105:30

Recorded live at St Bridgid's Church, Pacific Beach, California [Apr 5]; First Presbyterian Church, San Diego, California [Apr 6], USA.
2nd recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by R. Valenzuela.
Buy this album at:
CD (2016): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
2-CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2014): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


VV-1

J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (BCSD) LIVE

 

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 [163:31]

Artistic Director & Conductor: Ruben Valenzuela
Associate Director: Michael Sponseller

Bach Collegium San Diego

Tenor [Evangelist]: Aaron Sheehan;
Coro 1: Soprano [Uxor Pilati]: Clara Rottsolk; Mezzo-Soprano: Virginia Warnken; Tenor: David Kurtenbach Rivera; Bass [Jesus]: Paul Max Tipton
Coro 1 (Ripieno): Soprano [Ancilla I] Anne-Marie Dicce; Soprano [Ancilla II]: Arwen Myers; Soprano: Keely Dunne; Alto: Jose Luis Muñoz; Alto: Angela Young Smucker; Tenors: Corey Shotwell, John Russell, Joseph Cruz; Bass [Pontifex I]: David Rugger; Bass [Petrus, Pontifex II]: Jeffrey Fields
Coro 2: Soprano: Estelí Gomez; Alto [Testis I]: Jay Carter; Tenor [Testis II]: Matthew Tresler; Bass [Judas, Pilatus]: Enrico Lagasca
Soprano in Ripieno: Choristers from San Diego Children's Choir, Academy of Our Lady of Peace (San Diego, CA), All Souls' Episcopal Church (Point Loma, CA)
Orchestra 1: Violins 1: Martin Davids [Leader], Gail Hernandez Rosa, Heesun Choi; Violins 2: Janet Strauss, Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo, Isaac Allen; Violas: Aaron Westman, Andrew Waid; Cellos: Heather Vorwerck [Viola da Gamba], Alex Greenbaum; Violone: Shanon Zusman; Oboe, Oboe d'amore, Oboe da caccia, Kathryn Montoya, Stephen Bard; Flute/Recorder: Lars Johannesson, Mindy Rosenfeld
Orchestra 2: Violins 1: Adriane Post [Leader], Anna Washburn, Amy Wang; Violins 2: Marika Holmqvist, Susan Feldman, Adriana Zoppo; Violas: Lindsey Strand Polyak, Ramon Negron; Cellos: Alexa Pilon, Eva Lymenstull; Violone: Malachai Bandy; Oboe, Oboe d'amore: Lot Demeyer, Sarah Huebsch; Flutes: Chris Matthews, Vicki Mellin
Continuo: Michael Sponseller (Organ); John Lenti (Theorbo); Anna Marsh (Bassoon); Heather Vorwerck (Cello)

YouTube

Mar 25, 2023

Video / TT: 163:31

Recorded & filmed live at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Cardiff, California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244: Complete Work [163:31]


V-4

J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6: Selection (from a complete performance)

Ruben Valenzuela

Bach Collegium San Diego

Soloists: Soprano: Melanie Russell; Mezzo-soprano: Janelle DeStefano; Counter-tenor: Jay Carter; Tenor: Jason McStoots; Baritone: Paul Max Tipton

YouTube

Dec 15, 2018

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Cardiff, California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248: BWV 248/1: Mvt. 1 (1): Chorus [7:58] | BWV 248/5: Mvt. 1 (43): Chorus: [6:19]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2010 - April 2023)
Thanks to contributors: Miguel Prohaska (December 2018); Filip Adam Zieliński (January 2019)

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