Cantata BWV 118
O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht
Discography - Part 5

Complete Recordings 1980-1989

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J.S. Bach: Motets BWV 225-231; Cantatas BWV 50 & 118 [E-1]

Cantata BWV 118 [10:02]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

EBS: Violins: Nona Liddell, Simon Standage, Michaela Comberti, Roy Goodman, Elizabeth Wilcock, Desmond Heath, Julie Miller; Violas: Trevor Jones, Katharine Hart, Annette Isserlis; Violoncellos: Mark Caudle, Timothy Mason; Double-bass: Valerie Botwright; Oboes: Sophia McKenna, David Reichenberg; Taille/Oboe da caccia: Ku Ebbinge; Bassoons: Jeremy Ward, Alastair Mitchell; Organ: Stephen Cleobury

Erato STU-71337 (Fr)
Erato ZL-30763 (Ge)
Erato MCE-71337
Erato ECD-88117
Erato 2292-45979-2

Mar 2-5 & Apr 9-10, 1980

2-LP / TT:
2-LP / TT:
2-MC / TT:
2-CD / TT: 115:57
2-CD / TT: 115:57

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London, England.
Sound Engineer: Yolanta Skura.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 118 by J.E. Gardiner.
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A Touch Of Brass performs music by Bach, Byrd, Gesualdo, & Monteverdi

Cantata BWV 118, arranged for brass ensemble by Geoffrey Leader []

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A Touch of Brass

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Touch of Brass: 4185AR

1982 (?) [printed 1985]

LP / TT:

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Thunder Pipes [C-1]

Cantata BWV 118 [9:39]

Edwin Flath

California Bach Society Chorus & Orchestra; Valley Choral Society

Edwin Flath (Organ)

Bainbridge BCD-2502

1984

CD / TT: 52:50

Recorded at...
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Program, 1984-1985, No. 584 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 118 [8:29]

Xiomara Di Maio [as Xiomara Di Maio Alfaro]

Indiana University Masters Conductors' Chorus

Vocal soloists: unknown

Indiana University: School of Music

Feb 22, 1985

2 Reel-to-reel tape / TT: 39 min

Recorded live at Indiana University: School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 12036359)

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Bach: Motet / Cantate BWV 118 O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht; Bach (?): Furcht und Zittern; Kuhnau/Bach: Der Gerechte kommt um - De Nieuwe Stad Amsterdam 1985 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 118 [5:56]

Jan Stulp

Koor en Orkest De Nieuwe Stad

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YouTube

Nov 30, 1985

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at De Nieuwe Stad, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Cantata (Motet) BWV 118: Complete Cantata [5:56]

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Croft: The Burial Service (A Solemn Musick) [C-2]

Cantata BWV 118 [4:27]

Martin Neary

Winchester Cathedral Choir / Baroque Brass of London

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Organ); Hilary Brooks (Baroque Cello)

EMI Classics 5-66683-2

Jul 1986

CD / TT: 60:25

Recorded at Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England.
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J.S. Bach: Funeral Cantatas [C-1]

Cantata BWV 118b [9:11]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

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Archiv Produktion 429782
Archiv Produktion 463581

Sep 1989

CD / TT: 58:50

Recorded at St. John's, Smith Square, London, England.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 118 by J.E. Gardiner.
See: Cantatas BWV 106, 118b, 198 - conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2001 - January 2026)
Thanks to contributors: Rudolf Bayer (October 2003); Jacobus van Dijk (August 2021); Charles Francis (August 2004); Manfred Krugmann (June 2012); Bradley Lehman (October 2011); Andrew Oliver (April 2001); Ehud Shiloni (August 2006); Jerome F. Weber (February 2020)

Cantata BWV 118: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht for Funeral (1736-1737)
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