Cantata BWV 50
Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
Discography - Part 3

Complete Recordings 1960-1969

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Music for Antiphonal Choirs [C-1]

23163. Cantata BWV 50 []

Gregg Smith

The Gregg Smith Singers (34 members)

Anita Priest (Organ)

Verve MGV-2137 (mono)
Verve MGVS-6151 (stereo)

Mar 13, 1960

LP / TT:
LP / TT:

Recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

2

Choral Society of the Triple Cities and Community Symphony Society: Annual Christmas Concert: Works by Bach and Mozart (Reel 32/33) [BS-32]

15. Cantata BWV 50 [5:29]

Fritz Wallenberg

Choral Society of the Triple Cities & Community Symphony Society (Binghamton Symphony and Choral Society)

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Binghamton Symphony BS-32/33

Dec 10, 1961

Audio / TT

Recorded live at West Junior High School, Binghamton, New York, USA.
Donor: James Wallenberg.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantatas BWV 63/1, 131, 56, 63/7, 50: Full Concert [Playlist; 15 Tracks; TT: 90:40]

3

Sacred cantata No. 50, Nun ist das Heil CBF003 07/20/1962 [F-3]

Cantata BWV 50 []

Sandor Salgo

Carmel Bach Festival Chorale & Chorus / Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra

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Carmel Bach Festival CBF-003

Jul 20, 1962

7 in. open reel audio tape

Recorded live at the Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 50 by S. Salgo.
Source: Online Archive of California

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Concert CBF023-CBF025 07/27/1962 [F-25]

Cantata BWV 50 []

Sandor Salgo

Carmel Bach Festival Chorale & Chorus / Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra

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Carmel Bach Festival CBF-025

Jul 27, 1962

1 7 in. open reel audio tape

Recorded live at the Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 50 by S. Salgo.
Source: Online Archive of California

5

Bach Festival 32^nd Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: First concert [F32-1]

Cantata BWV 50 []

George Poinar

Baldwin-Wallace Festival Chorus / Baldwin-Wallace Festival Orchestra

Jean Clymer (Harpsichord)

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music

May 22, 1964

MC / TT:

Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Library)

6

Les Grandes Cantatas de J.S. Bach Vol. 20 (BWV 18, 40, 50)
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 18, Cantata No. 40, Cantata No. 50 [L-20]
Bach Cantatas: Volume 2

Cantata BWV 50 [4:45]

Fritz Werner

Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Oboe: Pierre Pierlot, Jaques Chambon; Trumpet: Maurice André; Horn: Hermann Baumann, Willy Ruetten

Erato STE-50223
Musical Heritage Society MHS-780
Erato 2584-61402-2

Jun 1964

LP / TT: 42:36
LP / TT: 42:36
10-CD / TT: 722:00

Recorded at Concert Hall, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Bach: Cantata Nos. 31 "Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret", Cantata No. 50 "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft"; Buxtehude: "O Gottes Stadt", Cantata for Soprano & Continuo [C-1]
J.S. Bach: Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret BWV 31, Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft BWV 50; Buxtehude: O Gottes Stadt [C-1]

Cantata BWV 50 [LP: 5:00, 5:21; MP3: 5:20]

Dr. Kurt Bauer (Conductor & Organist)

Dresden Cathedral Choir & Orchestra

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Janus Piroquette JAS-19017
Orion LAN-0250

1965 (?)

LP / TT: 41:00
MP3 / TT: 40:09

Recorded in Europe. Recorded live with Karl Richter, under the pseudonym of Dr. Kurt Bauer.
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Music Download: ClassicsOnline

8

Concert, Sunset School Auditorium CBF060-CBF062 07/15/1966 [F-62]

Cantata BWV 50 []

Sandor Salgo

Carmel Bach Festival Chorale & Chorus / Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra

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Carmel Bach Festival CBF-062

Jul 15, 1966

1 10 1/2 in. open reel audio tape

Recorded live at Sunset School Auditorium, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA, in the frame of Carmel Bach Festival.
3^rd recording of Cantata BWV 50 by S. Salgo.
Source: Online Archive of California

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J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 50, BWV 83 & BWV 197 [E-2]
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 13 (BWV 47-50)
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3 (BWV 37-52, 54-60)
Bach-2000 Vol. 2: Sacred Cantatas 2 (BWV 48-52, 54-69, 69a, 70-99)
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten Vol. 16 (BWV 48-51)

Cantata BWV 50 [3:38]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master: Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien

CMW: Natural Trumpets: Josef Spindler, Richard Rudolf, Hermann Schober; Timpani: Kurt Hammer; Oboes: Jürg Schaeftlein, Paul Hailperin, Karl Gruber, Bernhard Klebel; Violins: Alice Harnoncourt, Walter Pfeiffer, Peter Schoberwalter, Wilhelm Mergl, Josef de Sordi; Viola: Kurt Theiner; Bassoon: Milan Turkovič; Violoncello: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Violone: Eduard Hruza; Organ: Herbert Tachezi

Telefunken SAWT-9539
Telefunken 6.41101
Telefunken 6.35363
Teldec 8.35284 ZL
Teldec 4509-91757-2
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Teldec 3984-25707-2
Teldec 8573-81199-2
Warner Classics 8573-81199-5
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Mar 2 & May 7 & Sep 12-18, 1967

LP / TT:54:20
LP / TT: 54:20
2-LP / TT: 68 min
2-CD / TT: 67:41
6-CD / TT: 415:47
MP3 / TT: 414:26
15-CD / TT: 963:00
CD / TT: 63:32
CD / TT: 63:32
MP3 / TT: 63:18

Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 50: Complete Cantata [HD: 3:52] | Complete Cantata [3:18] | Complete Cantata w/ manuscript [3:58]
CD: Cantatas BWV 48, BWV 49, BWV 50, BWV 51 [63:31]
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10

Karl Richter conducts Bach: Cantatas & Magnificat, live Tokyo April 27th 1969 [CR-1]

00:00: Cantata BWV 50 [3:38]

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester

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YouTube

Apr 27, 1969

Audio / TT: 99:42

Recorded live at NisseiTheatre, Tokyo, Japan.
Listen on YouTube:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 50, 12, 30; Magnificat BWV 243 [99:42]

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - August 2024)
Thanks to contributors: John Grayovski (October 2006); Rolf Günther (October 2012); Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006, September 2010, June 2013); Frits V. Herbold (February 2012); Ed Myskowski (May 2008); Jean-Gabriel Puyraveau (October-November 2011); Claude Role (December 2017); Teri Noel Towe (April 2007, June 2007); Jerome F. Weber (May 2019, February 2020)

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