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Cantata BWV 4
Christ lag in Todes Banden
Discography - Part 6

Complete Recordings 1990-1999

< Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989

Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 >


1

Easter concert [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 []

Margaret Pride

University of Western Australia Collegium Musicum / University of Western Australia Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Julia Gooding; Sophie Yates (Harpsichord & Organ)

Music Society of the University of Western Australia

Apr 15, 1990

MC / TT:

Recorded during The Music Society's concert An Easter Celebration, held at Wintrop Hall, University of Western Australia.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 221443402)


2

Glendale Community College Concert Singers Spring Concert (Chichester Psalms, Bach Cantata #4, Duruflé Ubi Caritas, May 19, 1991) [CV-1]

05:39-28:45: Cantata BWV 4 [23:06]

Musical Director: Glenn DeLange

Glendale Community College Concert Singers

Soloists: Soprano: Loretta DeLange; Mezzo-soprano: Wendy Woddall; Tenor: Jon Sherman; Bass: Harry Kawai
Choir: Sopranos: Lorna Ariondo, Carolyn Conrad, Lynette Davis, Loretta DeLange, Pam Diaz, Fran Henderson, Susan Huntzinger, Linda Ketchum, Kristine Loicano, Patti Mazzuca, Nadine Ramnath, Joan Serra, Lois Shivers, Barbara Wade, Lee Ann Zerbel; Altos: Linda Brooker, Janis Dulaney, Jaynene Ewing Mockus, Jan Hanson, Suzanne Huntzinger, Diane Knowles-Naishtat, Filomena Krambo, Lucile Leard, Kathleen McIsaac, Leslie Poisson, Susan Taggart, Leilani Waddell, Julie Wolther, Wendy Woodall; Tenors: Glenn Bagley, Spencer Beers, Jhoel De Jesus, Clay Fauth, David Flores, Reuben Muiños, John Quintus, Robert Ramos, Jon Sherman, Michael Urlik, Reid Woodbury; Basses: Brian Bartholomew, Greg Brandt, Elvis Cayford, Jim Collins, Tom Jordon, Harry Kawai, Joe Lawson, David Muldoon, Sandy Naishtat, Cesar Sepulveda, Joe Vickers
Accompanist: Lisa Edwards

YouTube

May 19, 1991

Video / TT: 72:25

Digitally recorded at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Glendale, California, USA.
It was recorded with a Sony PCM-F1 and two AKG C414 XLII microphones. It was edited on June 5, 2024 with Avid Protools with plugins: Avid EQ III (low cut), AIR Music Technology Stereo Width (soundscape), Avid D-Verb (reveberation), Waves C6 (multiband compressor), and Avid Maxim (limiter). Apple Final Cut Pro X was used to add picture. The command line tool "ffmpeg" was used to combine the video and 16-bit PCM audio to a file suitable for YouTube. The Apogee brick wall anti-aliasing filters -may- have been installed in the F1 at this time.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Full Concert, including Complete Cantata [72:25]


3

Bach: Kantáták BWV 182, 4, 12 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 4 []

Géza Klembala

CantuS CorvinuS Vocal Ensemble / Concerto Armonico Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Márta Fers; Alto: Éva Lax; Tenor: Péter Marosvári; Bass: Joszéf Moldvay

Allegro Thaler MZA-037

1992

CD / TT: 71:26

Recorded at Főnix Studio, Budapest, Hungary.
Source: Corvina könyvtári katalógus v3.6.14
Buy this album at:
CD: Allegro Thaler CD kiadó


4

J.S. Bach: Christ Lag in Todes Banden; Oster-Oratorium · Easter Oratorio (BWV 4, 249) [C-3]
J.S. Bach: Magnificat, Easter Oratorio (BWV 243, 11, 50; 4, 249)
[C-3]

 
 

Cantata BWV 4 [18:58]

Andrew Parrott

Taverner Consort & Players

Soprano: Emily van Evera; Alto: Caroline Trevor; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: David Thomas
Ripieni: Sopranos: Twig Hall, Rachel Platt
Violin 1: Andrew Manze; Violin 2: Margaret Faultless; Violas: Annette Isserlis, Colin Kitching; Violoncello: Jennifer Ward Clarke; Organ: John Toll

Virgin Classics VC5-45011-2
Virgin Veritas 5-61647-2
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Apr 1993

CD / TT: 59:13
MP3 / TT: 59:04
2-CD: 113:41
MP3 / TT: 113:22

Recorded at St Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England.
Producer: Simon Woods; Engineer: Mike Hatch; Editor: Tim Handley.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [HD: 18:56] | Complete Cantata [18:59]
Buy this album at:
CD (1994): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


5

Festlische Reformationskonzert - 475 Jahre Reformation (Thuringia cantat) [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [15:55]

Wolfgang Unger

Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis / Weimarer Barock-Ensemble (with original instruments)

No vocal soloists
WBE: Violins: Jürgen Karwath, Ulrich Kliegel; Violas: Jörg Emmrich, Matthias Erben; Violoncello: Werner Trenkmann; Violone: Hans-Dieter Koch; Bassoon: Christian Beuse; Organ & Harpsichord: André Kassel

Thorofon CTH-2267
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May 1993

CD / TT: 58:39
MP3 / TT: 58:34

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
Production: Arthephon Musikproduktion, Berlin; Recording Supervision & Balance Engineer: Bernd Runge; Editing: Wolfgang Ragwitz.
Buy this album at:
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6

J.S. Bach: Cantates BWV 106 - 4 · Motet Der Gerechte kommt um [C-1]

Cantata BWV 4 [23:26]

Jean-François Frémont

Petits Chanteurs de Versailles / Sinfonie Saint-Julien

Tenor: Christophe Einhorn; Baritone: Jean-Louis Serre

Memory Song

Nov 1993; Mar 1994

CD / TT: 46:40

Recorded in Versailles, France.


7

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Volume IV - Early Cantatas from Mühlhausen and Weimar - Cantatas for Holy Week [C-4]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 4 [16:45]

Jeffrey Thomas

(OVPP - No Choir) / American Bach Soloists (on period instruments)

Soprano: Judith Nelson; Alto: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Benjamin Butterfield; Bass: Kurt-Owen Richards
Violins: Katherine Kyme, Lisa Weiss; Violas: Anthony Martin, George Thomson; Violone: Steven Lehning; Cornett: Stephen Escher; Trombones: Richard Van Hessel, D. Stanford Stadtfeld, Philip Neumann; Organ: John Butt

Koch International Classics 3-7235-2H1
American Bach Soloists

Mar 3-8 & Apr 25-26, 1994

CD / TT: 67:15

Recorded at St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere, California, USA.
Recording Engineer: Peter Nothnagle; Producer: Jeffrey Thomas; Assistant Producer: Steven Lehning.
Buy this album at:
Koch CD (1995): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
ABS CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


8

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 1
J.S. Bach: Easter Cantatas
[B-1]

 
 
 
 
 

Cantata BWV 4 [18:50]
Appendix:
Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from the 1724 score, which includes violins, viola, violone and Organ [1:10]
Versus I: Chorus (Mvt. 2) [3:47]
Versus II: Duet for Soprano Alto (Mvt. 3) [4:10]
Versus VII: Chorale (Mvt. 8) [1:18]
For the 2nd Leipzig performance of BWV 4 in 1725, Bach added a cornet and 3 trombones to the brass section (Mvts. 2, 3 & 8). At the same time (in Mvt. 1) a 16' bass viol was added.

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Alto: Kai Wessel; Tenor: Guy de Mey; Bass: Klaus Mertens
ABO Soloists: Margaret Faultless, Foskien Kooistra (Violin); Jan Schlapp, Jane Norman (Viola); Jaap ter Linden (Violoncello); Jaap ter Linden, Jonathan Manson, Mieneke van der Velde (Violas da gamba)
ABC: Sopranos: María-Luz Álvarez, Els Bongers, Anne Grimm, Francine van der Heijden, Vera Lansink, Caroline Stam, Johannette Zomer; Altos: Richard Bryan, Annemieke Cantor, Stephen Carter, Peter de Groot; Tenors: Henk Gunneman, Joost van der Linden, Geraint Roberts, Huw Rhys-Evans; Basses: Donald Bentvelsen, Matthijs Mesdag, René Steur, Hans Wijers
ABO: Violins: Margaret Faultless, Foskien Kooistra, Nicola Cleminson, Marc Cooper, Iona Davies, Laura Johnson, Carla Marotta, Barry Sargent; Violas: Jan Schlapp, Jane Norman; Violoncellos: Jaap ter Linden, Penny Driver; Violas da gamba: Jonathan Manson, Mieneke van der Velde; Violone & Double-bass: Nicholas Pap; Trombones: Charles Toet, Sue Addison, Wim Becu; Cornett: Bruce Dickey; Bassoon: Marc Vallon; Organ: Jan Kleinbussink; Organ obbligato: Ton Koopman

Erato 4509-98536-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72201
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Antoine Marchand CC-72231

Nov 23-Dec 3, 1994

3-CD / TT: 198:45
3-CD / TT: 198:45
MP3 / TT: 198:08
2-CD / TT: 151:00

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Producer: Tini Mathot; Sound engineer: Adriaan Verstijnen; Editing: Adriaan Verstijnen; Production Coordination: Willemijn Mooij.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 1 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Listen on YouTube:
Vol. 1, CD-3: Cantatas BWV 31, 185, 4 [65:13]
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [HD: 29:26] | Complete Cantata [29:26]
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia [1:11] + Mvt. 2: Chorus [3:42] + Mvt. 3: Duet [S, A] [3:44] + Mvt. 4: Aria [T] [2:03] + Mvt. 5: Chorus [2:08] + Mvt. 6: Aria [B] [2:55] + Mvt. 7: Aria - Duet [S, T] [1:57] + Mvt. 8: Chorale [1:20]
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia [1:10] + Mvt. 2: Chorus [3:42] + Mvt. 3: Duet [S, A] [3:44] + Mvt. 4: Aria [T] [2:03] + Mvt. 5: Chorus [2:08] + Mvt. 6: Aria [B] [2:54] + Mvt. 7: Aria - Duet [S, T] [1:57] + Mvt. 8: Chorale [1:13]
Cantatas BWV 2, BWV 3, BWV 4, BWV 5 [76:45]
Buy this album at:
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Antonie Marchand 3-CD (2003): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download 3-CD: Amazon.com | ClassicsOnline | iTunes
Easter Cantatas 2-CD (2005): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


9

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 1 (BWV 4, 150, 196)

 
 

Cantata BWV 4 [18:31]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yumiko Kurisu; Alto: Akira Tachikawa; Tenor: Koki Katano; Bass: Peter Kooy
Choir: Sopranos: Yumiko Kurisu (solo), Yoshie Hida, Tamiko Hoshi, Sachiko Muratani, Aki Yanagisawa; Altos: Akira Tachikawa (solo), Yuko Anazawa, Yoshikazu Mera, Claudia Schmitz, Tamaki Suzuki; Tenors: Koki Katano (solo), Takanori Onishi, Makoto Sakurada, Akira Takizawa; Basses: Peter Kooy (solo), Jun Hagiwara, Yoshiya Hida, Tetsuya Odagawa, Yoshitaka Ogasawara, Seiji Yoshikawa
Orchestra: Leader: Ryo Terakado; Violins 1: Azumi Takada, Mari Ono; Violins 2: Natsumi Wakamatsu, Makoto Akatsu; Viola 1: Yoshiko Morita; Violas 2: Amiko Watabe, Keiko Watanabe; Cellos: Hidemi Suzuki (principal), Moro-oka Norizumi; Violone: Shigeru Sakurai; Organ: Naoko Imai; Cornett: Yoshimichi Hamada; Alto trombone: Harry Ries; Tenor trombone: Charles Toet; Bass trombone: Wim Becu

BIS CD-751
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Jun-Jul 1995

CD / TT: 76:24
MP3 / T: 45:04

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
Recording Producer: Robert von Bahr; Sound Engineer: Hans Kipfer; Digital Editing: Hans Kipfer, Jens Braun; Executive Producer: Robert von Bahr.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Mvt. 1: Sinfonia [1:14] + Mvt. 2: Chorus [4:02]
CD: Cantatas BWV 4, 150, 196 [44:53] | Cantatas BWV 4, 150, 196] [45:02]
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10

J.S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden; Lobet den Herrn; Himmelskönig sei willkommen [C-8]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [19:52]

Philippe Pierlot

Choeur de Chambre de Namur (Chorus Master: Pierre Cao) / Ricercar Consort (Director: François Fernandez)

Soprano: Greta de Reyghere; Counter-tenor: Steve Dugardin; Tenor: Ian Honeyman; Bass: Max van Egmond
Philippe Pierlot (Viola da gamba); Siebe Henstra (Harpsichord)

Ricercar RIC-159139

1995 [released: May 6, 1995]

CD / TT:

Recorded in Liège, Belgium.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by Ricercar Consort.


11

J.S. Bach: 3 Great Cantatas (BWV 4, 21, 159) [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 []

George Shangrow

Seattle Chamber Singers / Orchestra Seattle

Soprano: Catherine Haight; Mezzo-soprano: Emily Lunde; Tenor: Gerald Sams; Bass: Brian Box

Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers

Mar 24, 1996

CD / TT: 72:55

Recorded live at First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 72446387) & OSSCS Website


12

Bachkonzert 1996 (19. Bach-Konzert in St. Martin Kelsterbach) [BK-19]

 

Cantata BWV 4: Mvts. 1, 3-4, 6-8 [13:32] (from a complete performance)

Rainer Noll

Idsteiner Vokalisten / Ad-Hoc-Ensemble (Organ continuo: Dick Troost)

Soprano: Eva Lebherz-Valentin; Tenor: Christoph Leonhardt

YouTube

Jul 28, 1996

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at St. Martinskirche, Kelsterbach, Hesse, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Mvts. 1, 3-4, 6-8 [13:32]


13

Gesprächskonzerte · Lecture Concerts - New Recordings J.S. Ba: Kantaten (Cantatas BWV 79, 110, 4, 67, 56, 140) [L-11]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [18:05]

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Franz-Josef Selig
Wolf-Dieter Streicher (Violin); Zoltan Paulich (Violoncello); Albert Michael Lacher (Double-bass); Boris Kleiner (Organ)

Hänssler 98.459
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Apr 16, 1997

4-CD / TT: 235:36 MP3 / TT: 231:28

Recorded at SWR-Funkstudio Villa Berg, Germany.
Balance Engineer & Producer: Thilo Erdl [BWV 79], Michael Sander [BWV 4, 56]. The recording was part of series of TV productions "Lecture Concerts with Helmuth Rilling (1997-2000).
3rd recording of Cantata BWV 4 by H. Rilling.
Buy this album at:
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ClassicsOnline


14

The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra in Concert [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 []

Lyle Nordstrom (Musical Director, Theorbo)

Atlanta Schola Cantorum (Music Director: Eugene Pierce) / Atlanta Baroque Orchestra

Soprano: Leila Lazenby; Mezzo-soprano: Eileen Moreman; Tenor: Eric Nelson; Bass: Daniel Cole
Peter M. Marshall (Harpsichord; Jennifer Phillips (Harpsichord); Daniel Pyle (Harpsichord)
Catherine Bull (Flute); Janice Joyce (Flute); Jeanne Johnson-Watkins (Violin); Karen Clarke (Violin); Brad Knobel (Cello); George Riordan (Oboe); James Sullivan (Oboe); Charles Keith Collins (Bassoon)

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra

Apr 5, 1998

CD / TT:

Recorded at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Gerorgia, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & Atlanta Baroque Orchestra Website


15

J.S. Bach: Kóralkantáták II [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 4 []

Salamon Kamp

Lutherania Choir (Lutheránia énekkar) / Matáv Szimfonikus Zenekar

Soprano: Noémi Kiss; Alto: Éva Lax; Tenor: Péter Marosvári; Tamás Sackaliczky (Organ)

Lutherania

Jun 7, 1998

MP3 / TT

Recorded live during 9h Budapest Bach Weeks, at Deák téri evangélikus templom (Lutheran Church), Budapest, Hungary.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by S. Kamp.
Download this recording from: Lutherania: Recordings [MP3]


16

J.S. Bach: “Actus Tragicus” (Cantatas BWV 4, 12, 106 & 196) [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [19:50]

Konrad Junghänel

(OVPP - No Choir) / Cantus Cölln

Soprano: Johanna Koslowsky; Alto: Elisabeth Popien; Tenors: Gerd Türk, Wilfried Jochens; Bass: Stephan Schreckenberger
Violins: Andrea Keller, Werner Ehrhardt; Violoncello: Werner Matzke; Violone: Jesn-Michel Forest; Viola da gamba: Imke David, Lorenz Duftschmist; Bassoon: Lorenzo Alpert; Organ: Carsten Lohff

Harmonia Mundi France HMC-901694
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Apr 1999

CD / TT: 70:23
MP3 / TT: 70:09

Recorded at St. Osdag-Kirche, Neustadt-Mandelsloh, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Recording Engineer & Artistic Director: Andreas Neubronner (Tritonus).
See: “Actus Tragicus” - Cantatas BWV 4, 12, 106 & 196 - by Konrad Junghänel & Cantus Cölln
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [20:01]
CD: Cantatas BWV 4, BWV 12, BWV 106, BWV 196 [70:32]
Buy this album at:
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< Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989

Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 >

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2000 - June 2024)
Thanks to Contributors: Anandgyan (January 2010); Yoël L. Arbeitman (July 2009); Rainer Baruth (April 2012); Thérèse Hanquet (February 2007); Matthias Hansen (July 2006, August 2006, June 2008, June 2013); Frits van Laeken Herbold (São Paulo, Brazil - March 2008, March 2012, January 2014); Harald Kurama (November 2010); Christian Moll (November 2009); Jean-Gabriel Puyraveau (April 2014); Pierre-F. Roberge (July 2009); Peter Schmidt (May 2005); Jean-Louis Serre (March 2006); Russ Sackowitz (September 2008); Thomas Shepherd (April 2007); Burke Smith (November 2007); Peter Tanzer (November 2001); Bradley Taylor (April 2005, July 2009)

Cantata BWV 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden for Easter Day [Easter Sunday] (1707-1708)
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