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Cantata BWV 118
O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht
Discography - Part 9

Complete Recordings 2020-2029

< Part 8: Complete Recordings 2010-2019

 

1

J.S. Bach: Meins Lebens Licht (Cantatas BWV 45-198 & Motet BWV 118) [C-26]

 
 

Motet BWV 118 [8:04]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Choir: Sopranos: Dorothee Mields, Annelies Brants, Chiyuki Okamura, Magdalena Podkościelna; Altos: Alex Potter, Cécile Pilorger, Alexander Schneider, Bart Uvyn; Tenors: Thomas Hobbs, Johannes Gaubitz, Vincent Lesage, Hitoshi Tamada; Basses: Peter Kooy, Philipp Kaven, Robert van der Vinne, Bart Vandewege
Orchestra: Violins 1: Christine Busch [Leader], Meng Han, Maria Roca; Violins 2: Dietlind Mayer, Verena Sommer, Lotta Suvanto; Violas: Deirdre Dowling, Kaat De Cock; Cellos: Ageet Zweistra, Harm-Jan Schwitters; Double-bass: Miriam Shalinsky; Organ: Maude Gratton; Violas da gamba: Romina Lischka, Nicholas Milne; Lutes: Matthias Spaeter, Thomas Boysen; Flute: Patrick Beuckels, Amélie Michel; Oboes: Marcel Ponseele, Taka Kitazato; Bassoon: Julien Debordes

PHI LPH-035
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Jan 23-25, 2020

CD / TT: 58:35
MP3 / TT: 58:23

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Recording Producer: Andreas Neubronner, Markus Heiland; Balance Engineer: Christian Starke; Editing & Mastering: Andreas Neubronner, Markus Heiland; Artistic coordination: Jens Van Durme (Collegium Vocale Gent).
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 18 Tracks; TT: 58:41]
Buy this album at:
CD (2021): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2021): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


2

Bach: Motets [V-3]

 
 
 
 

23. Motet BWV 118 [7:46]

Valentin Tournet

La Chapelle Harmonique

Soloists: Sopranos: Hélène Walter, Anna-Lena Elbert; Counter-tenor: William Shelton; Tenor: Benjamin Glaubitz, Bass-Baritone: Christian Immler
Choir: Sopranos 1: Hélène Walter, Gunhild Alsvik, Alice Ungerer; Sopranos 2: Anna-Lena Elbert, Armelle Morvan, Elisabeth Rapp; Altos 1: William Shelton, Cécile Pilorger; Altos 2: Jonathan De Ceuster, Bart Uvyn; Tenors 1: Benjamin Glaubitz, Dan Martin; Tenors 2: Thomas Köll, Augustin Laudet; Basses 1: Christian Immler, Robert van der Vinne, Julian Millan Martinez; Basses 2: Philipp Kaven, Pablo Acosta
Orchestra: Violins: David Plantier, Sandrine Dupé; Violas: Myriam Bulloz, Raphaël Aubry; Violoncello: Harm-Jan Schwitters*; Double-bass: Thiery Runarvot*; Oboes: Benoît Laurent, Yanina Yacubsohn; Taille: Nele Vertommen; Bassoon: Aljandro Perez Marin; Organ: François Guerrier*
*continuo

Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS-067
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Jul 2-5, 2021

CD / TT: 77:13
MP3 / TT: 67:03

Recorded live at La Chapelle Royale, Versailles, France.
Producer, Editing, Mastering: Olivier Rosset, Paul Giroux; Recording: Gaëtan Juge, Olivier Rosset.
Watch on YouTube:
Album: Teaser [5:01]
Buy this album at:
CD (2022): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


3

Passages - German Ritual Music 1600-1800 [C-1]

 
 

13. Cantata BWV 118 [4:32]
2 S, A, T (TL), B / cornett, 3 trombones, 2 corni da tirarsi, basso continuo (organ)

Lambert Colson

InAlto

Sopranos: Alice Foccroulle & Griet de Geyter; Alto: Bart Uvyn; Tenors: Vojtěch Semerád & Tomáš Lajtkep; Bass: Geoffroy Buffière
Lambert Colson & Darren Moore (Cornetts); Guy Hanssen, Susanna Defendi, Charlotte Van Passen & Bart Vroomen (Trombones); Anneke Scott & Alain de Rudder (Corni da tirarsi); Marc Meisel (Organ)

Ricercar RIC-443
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Sep 2021

CD / TT: 77:32
MP3 / TT: 77:23

Recorded at Église Notre-Dame, Gedinne, Belgium.
Executive Producer: Jérôme Lejeune; Recording & Artistic Direction: Aline Blondiau; Editing: Lambert Colson.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Playlist; 17 Tracks; TT: 77:48]
Buy this album at:
CD (2022): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2022): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


4

Concierto Homenaje a Santiago Lusardi. Bach Cantatas BWV 118, 198 y 131 [CV-1]

 

1. 15:33-23:55: Cantata BWV 118 [8:22]

María Jesús Pacheco Caballero

Coro de Cámara de Sevilla / Conjunto Instrumental Barroco

Soprano: Rocío de Frutos; Alto: Jorge Enrique García Ortega; Tenor: Julio López Agudo; Bass: Alejandro Ramírez Sola

YouTube

Oct 8, 2021

Video / TT: 105:15]

Recorded & filmed at Iglesia de San Alberto (Padres Filipenses), Sevilla, Spain. Concert Tribute to Santiago Lusardi Girelli.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Full Concert, including Complete Cantata [105:15]


5

Bach Vespers of Light | Bach Society Houston (BWV 118) [C22-1]

 

Cantata (Motet) BWV 118

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Feb 6, 2022

Video / TT: 72:32

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 118 [72:32]


6

Wiener Lehrer-a-capella-Chor & Ensemble Continuum Wien: Werke der Bachfamilie [CV-1]

 

Cantata BWV 118 [8:47]

Director: Maximilian Opll; Rehearsal: Martin Horváth

Wiener Lehrer-a-cappella-Chor / Ensemble Continuum Wien

BWV 118: Roswitha Dokalik, Luis Morais, Aliona Kalechyts-Pietrowskaja (Violins 1); Karol Gostyński, Johanna Kargl, Eunjung Anna Ryu (Violins 2); Ivan Becka, Elzbieta Sajka-Bachler (Violas); Elisabeth Zeisner, Lucia Krommer (Violoncellos); Martin Horváth (Violone); Ana Inés Feola, Laura Hoeven (Oboes); Marcello Conca (Bassoon); Peter Frisée (Harpsichord/Organ)

YouTube

May 15, 2022

Audio / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Winer Konzerthaus - Mozartsaal, Vienna, Austria.
Recording Director: Josef Schütz; Photos: Thomas Lehmann.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Cantata [8:47]


7

Season of Creation - Bach Vespers at Church of the Redeemer: October 17, 2022 (BWV 118) [C22-10]

 

31:34-39:43: Cantata BWV 118 [8:09]

Daniel Norman

Church of the Redeemer Choir, Toronto / Instrumental ensemble

No vocal soloists

Church of the Redeemer: Bach Vespers

Oct 17, 2022

Video / TT: 53:17

Recorded & filmed live at Church of the Redeemer, Anglican Church of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of Church of the Redeemer: Bach Vespers.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including: Cantata BWV 118 [53:17]


8

Les chemins de Bach: IV. Missae Breves (BWV 1149, 235, 118, 233) [TBW-4]

Cantata BWV 118 (for solo organ)

Raphaël Pichon

Ensemble Pygmalion

Matthieu Boutineau (Organ)

Thüringer Bachwochen

May 17, 2024

Video / TT: 80 min

Recorded & filmed live at Bachkirche, Arnstadt, Thuringia, as part of Thüringer Bachwochen.
Music Director: Raphaël Pichon; Production: Camera Lucida Productions; Director: François-René Martin.
Sources: The Paths of Bach - A musical journey in the tracks of J.S. Bach (Türinger Bachwochen) | Les chemins de Bach Thuringia 2024 (Opera on Video) | In Search of Bach (Arte TV Concert) [English] | Le chemins de Bach (Arte TV Concert) [French]


9

Malaysia Bach Festival Singers & Orchestra at the St. Thomas Church (Bachfest Leipzig 2024) [CV-2]
Bachfest Leipzig 2024: Choralkantaten 14
[CV-2]

 

42:50-46:45: Cantata BWV 118 [3:55]

Harpsichord & Conductor: David Chin

Malaysia Bach Festival Singers & Orchestra

Concertists/Solos: Soprano: Chia Yee Yean; Soprano: Rachel Kwok Hin; Counter-tenor: Wee-Kiat Chia (as Chia Wee-Kiat); Counter-tenor: Wei En Chan (as Chan Wei En); Tenor: Pablo Cesar Bustos; Tenor: Okawa Tan; Bass: Caleb Woo; Bass-Baritone: Chi Hoe Mak (as Mak Chi Hoe)
Ripienists: Sopranos: Esther Ting, Charity Goh, Chew Shi Yun; Altos: Mei Yen Lee (as Lee Mei Yen), Sze Ern Hong (as Hong Sze Ern), Sabrina Chai; Tenors: Ang Tze Yu, Soong Hong Wong (as Wong Soong Hong), Scott Woo; Basses: Jason Low, Bryan Sim
Orchestra: Bernice Ooi (Concert-master); Kylie Tan, Kyvie Tan (Violins 1); Mabel Wong, Hai Lin Lee (Violins 2); Violas: Cheryl Choi, Glaris Tan (Violas); U-En Ng (Viola da gamba); Eugene Chong (Cello); Mohd Azizi Bin Azman (Double-bass); Foo Chie Haur (Flute); Howard Ng, Nelson Wong (Oboes); Midori Suzuki (Bassoon); Charis P'ng (Organ); David Chin (Harpsichord); Lucas Pohle (Organ Improvisation)

YouTube

Jun 13, 2024

Video / TT: 90:01

Recorded & filmelive at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany, as part of Bachfest Leipzig 2024.
Video: Imejination Sdn Bhd; Audio: Ong Yuan Shun.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert: Motet BWV 229, Cantatas BWV 92, 118, 125, Motet BWV 230 [90:01]


10

Worship Service with Cantata Music - J.S. Bach: BWV 118 motetta (BWV 118) [C24-11]

 
 

Cantata (Motet) BWV 118 [9:41]

Salamon Kamp

Lutherania Choir & Orchestra (Lutheránia Ének- és Zenekart)

Concert-master: Andrea Fenyvesi; Organ: Gergely Finta

Lutherania

Nov 24, 2024

Video / TT

Recorded & filmed live at Deák Téren Evangélikus Templom (Lutheran Church of Ferenc Deák Square), Budapest, Hungary.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Motet [9:41]
Watch on BCW:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Motet [9:40]


11

Bach Cantatedienst in De Burgwal Kampen - Zondag 10 februari 2025: Cantate BWV 111 Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit [C25-2]

 

65:45-74:17: Motet BWV 118. vers 1 & 12 [8:32]

Preacher: Drs Berthina van der Kamp
Conductor: Ab Weegenaar
Organist: Sander van den Houten

Bachkoor en -orkest Kampen

BOK: Violins 1: Isabelle Doodhagen, Wilma Lipke; Violins 2: Marleen Veldstra, Fenna van Halsema; Viola: Martin Winter; Cello: Nelleke Hoekstra; Double-bass: Jack Kroes; Oboes: Evelyn Heuvelmans, Hannie Koopmans; Bassoon: Joop Bremer; Organ: Sander van den Houten

De Burgwal Kampen

Feb 9, 2025

Video / TT: 74:54

Recorded & filmed live at De Burgwal, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands.
NB: Unfortunately, a camera failed during the recording.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 111 + Motet BWV 118: Full Service, including both works [74:54]


12

Concierto en vivo | Bach Santiago 51 (BWV 177, 200, 118, 88)

 
 
 

40:33-48:50: Cantata (Motet) BWV 118 [8:17]

Christian Lorca

Bach Santiago (Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble)

Vocal Soloists: Soprano: Andrea Aguilar; Alto: Evelyn Ramírez; Tenor: Gonzalo Quinchahual; Bass: Patricio Sabaté
Vocal Ensemble: Soprano: Consuelo Escudero; Alto: José Andrés Muñoz; Tenor: Sebastián Inostroza; Bass: Diego Delpiano
Instrumental Ensemble: Roberto Morales, Juan Nail, Víctor Astorga (Oboes); José Ramírez (Bassoon); Eugenio Cáceres, Thiago Martins (Horns); Danilo Rodríguez (Organ); Gonzalo Beltrán (Concertato Violin); Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Felipe Silva (Violins); Luciano España (Viola); Paulina Mühle-Wiehoff (Violonchelo); Bruno Peralta, (Double-bass)

Bach Santiago Cantata Series

Jul 20, 2025

Video / TT: 73:01

Recorded & filmed live at Capilla Ave María, La Reina, Santiago, Chile, as part of Bach Santiago Cantata Series.
Organization: Instituto de Música de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Extension team: Alejandro Vera (Director); Claudia Pereira (Deputy Director of Extension); Felipe Ramos (Communication Coordinator); Erika Korowin (Continuing Education Assistant); Lady Guajardo (Management Coordinator); Romina de la Sotta (Journalist); Matías Reimer (Extension Assistant); Mary Paz Albornoz (Designer); Ariana Cuevas (Cover Design); Carlos Arriagada (Production Assistant).
Source: Bach Santiago 51: en La Reina y con Christian Lorca
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 177, 200, 118, 88 [73:01]

 


13

Bach at Noon April 2026 (BWV 1079/2, 118) [C26-04]

 
 

30:52-39:13: Motet BWV 118 [8:21]

Artistic Director & Conductor: Christopher Jackson

Bach Choir of Bethlehem / Members of Bach Festival Orchestra

Members of the Bach Festival Orchestra: Elizabeth Field (Concert-master); Rebecca Brown, Mary Ogletree, Linda Kistler, Inna Eyzerovich & Julie Bougher (Violins); Nina Falk & Agnés Maurer (Violas); Loretta O'Sullivan (Cello); Daniel McDougall (Double-bass); Nobuo Kitagawa & Lynn Cohen (Oboes); Susan Charlton (Flute); Kerry Heimann (Keyboards)

Bethlehem Bach at Noon

Apr 14, 2026

Video / TT: 58:50

Recorded & filmed live at Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, as part of Bethlehem Bach at Noon.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert, including: J.C.F. Bach: Trio Sonata, J.S. Bach: BWV 1079/2, Motet BWV 118, W.A. Mozart: Exultate, jubilate [58:50]


< Part 8: Complete Recordings 2010-2019

 

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2001 - May 2026)
Thanks to contributors: Jacobus van Dijk (August 2021); Jerome F. Weber (February 2020)

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