Cantata BWV 56
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
Discography - Part 4

Complete Recordings 1970-1979

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Bach Festival 40^th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: Second Concert [F40-2]

Cantata BWV 56 []

George Poinar

Baldwin-Wallace Chamber Singers / Baldwin-Wallace Festival Orchestra

Bass: Malcolm Smith
Jean Clymer (Harpsichord); Carol Sindell (Violin); Joseph Koch (Violin); Galan Kral (Oboe); Robert Schneider (Oboe)

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music BW Tape 72-02

May 19, 1972

MC / TT:

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

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J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 21, 41, 50, 56 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 56 [YT: 18:57]

Jean Martinon

Chor des Städtischen Musikverein zu Düsseldorf / Orchestre National de l’ORTF (today: Orchestre National de France)

Baritone: Siegmund Nimsgern

Musikverein Düsseldorf Vol. 105

Oct 25, 1972

CD / TT:

Recorded live in Paris, France.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 56 by S. Nimsgern.
See: Musikverein Düsseldorf: Vol. 105 Bach: Kantaten BWV 56, 50, 41,21
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 56: Complete Cantata [18:57]

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J.S. Bach: Kreuzstab-Kantata / Ich habe genug [C-1]

Cantata BWV 56 [18:33]

Réné Ponchelet

Maitrise Sainte-Cecile de la Cathedrale Notre-Dame Luxembourg / Heidelberger Kammerorchester

Baritone: Fernand Koenig; Enrico Rapahelis (Oboe)

Impromptu IMP-75011

Nov 3-4, 1972

CD / TT: 44:54

Recorded at DaCamera Tonstudio Heidelberg-Wieblingen, Germany.
Recording & Editing: Teije van Geest; Digital Remastering: Reinhard Geller; Producer: Dr. Klaus Preis.
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Kreuzstabkantaten Bach / Stölzel [C-1]

Cantata BWV 56 []

Fritz-Werner Körfer

Chor der Dreifaltigkeitskirchengemeinde Hagen / Hagener Kammerchor / Hagener Kammerorchester

Bass-Baritone: Siegmund Nimsgern

FSM

Apr 1974

LP / TT:

2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 56 by S. Nimsgern.

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J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 14 - BWV 51-52, BWV 54-56
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. 17 - BWV 52 & 54-56

Cantata BWV 56 [18:57]

Gustav Leonhardt

Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) / Leonhardt-Consort

Bass: Michael Schopper
Marie Leonhardt, Lucy van Dael, Alda Stuurop, Antoinette van der Hombergh, Janneke van der Meer, Sigiswald Kuijken, Dirk Verelst, Troels Svendsen (Violins); Martin Sonneveld, Wim ten Have, Wiel Peters, Ruth Hesseling (Violas); Anner Bylsma, Dijck Koster (Violoncellos); Antonie Woodrow (Violone); Scott Ferrel (Bassoon); Ku Ebbinge, Bruce Haynes, Paul Dombrecht (Oboe, Oboe d’amore, Oboe da caccia); Gustav Leonhardt, Bob van Asperen (Organ)

Telefunken 6.35304
Teldec 8.35304
Teldec 4509-91757-2
Teldec 3984-25707-2
Teldec 8573-81198-2
Warner Classics 8573-81198-5

Jan 25 & Jun 2-3 1975

2-LP / TT: 79 min
2-CD / TT: 79:27
6-CD / TT: 415:47
15-CD / TT: 963:00
CD / TT: 61:30
CD / TT: 61:30

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 56: Complete Cantata [18:56] | Complete Cantata [19:09] | Complete Cantata [18:57] | Cantatas BWV 52, BWV 54, BWV 55 & BWV 56 [61:28]
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6-CD (1994): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download 6-CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
15-CD (1999): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Teldec CD (2000): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Warner CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download CD: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

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J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 56 & 82 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 56 [18:26]

Frans Brüggen

Boy’s Trebles & Contraltos of the Boys’ Choir of St Bavo’s Cathedral, Haarlem, Harry Geraerts & Michiel ten Houte de Lange (Tenors), Harry van der Kamp & Lodewijk Meeuwsen (Basses) [Chorus Master: Jan Valkestijn] / Baroque Orchestra

Baritone: Max van Egmond
Lucy van Dael, Mihoko Kimura, Keiko Watanabe (Violin I); Janneke van der Meer, Linda Ashworth (Violin II); Nicholas Rap (Violone); Paul Dombrecht (Oboe I) [BWV 56]; Bruce Haynes (Oboe II); Pieter Dhont (Oboe da caccia) [BWV 56]; Brian Pollard (Bassoon) [BWV 56]; Bob van Asperen (Organ)

Sony SEON SBK-603734

Jun 21-23, 1977

CD / TT: 39:15

Recorded at Lutherse Church, Haarlem, the Netherlands. Producer / Recording Supervisor: Wolf Erichson; Recording Engineer: Dieter Thomsen; Remastering Engineers: AndreasStange & Stephan Schellmann
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Bach: Kantate BWV 56 Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, Erich Wenk Bass, zum 19.So nach Trin. [CV-1]

Cantata BWV 56 [18:17]

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Das Ensemble der Grömitzer Sonntagskonzerte

Bass: Erich Wenk; Tilmann Weber (Oboe)
Gerhard Stück & Helmut Rein (Violins); Otarkar Horejsi (Viola); Helmi Jürgens (Cello); Martin Schneider (Double-bass); Dorie Schneider (Organ)

YouTube

1977/1978

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at St. Nicolaikirche Grömitz, district of Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in frame of Grömitzer Sonntagskonzerte.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 56: Complete Cantata [18:17]

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Jorma Hynninen sings “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen”, BWV 56 [CV-1]

Cantata BWV 56 [16:26]

Ed Spanjaard

Omroep Kamerkoor / Radio Kamerorkest

Baritone: Jorma Hynninen

YouTube

Feb 11, 1978

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 56: Complete Cantata [16:26]

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J.S. Bach: Kantaten Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56; Ich habe genug, BWV 82 [C-1]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56; Ich habe genug, BWV 82 [C-1]

A1-A5/1-5. Cantata BWV 56 [LP: 20:20; CD: 20:14]

René Verhoeff

Philharmonic Choir Hagacantare (Philharmonisch Koor Hagacantare, The Hague) / Residence Baroque Orchestra (Concert Leader: Jaring Walta)

Baritone: Bernard Kruysen; Frank Minderaa (Oboe); Jacques van den Dool (Organ)

Musica Sacra MC-9002
Mirasound MIRA-199300

Jun 19 & 26, 1979

LP / TT: 45:35
CD / TT: 45:28

Recorded at Oude Kerk Scheveningen, Den Haag, the Netherlands.
LP: Engineer: Jan Quintus Zwart; Producer: René Verhoeff; Producer, Mixing: Gé Voskuylen.
CD: Production: Gé Voskuylen; Recording: Mirsaound Mobile; Sound Engineer: Gé Voskuylen.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 82 by B. Kruysen.
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CD (1999): Mirasound

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2000 - October 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Anandgyan (January 2010); Rainer Baruth (September 2012); Rudolf Bayer (September 2005); Francis Browne (December 2007); Rolf Günther (October 2012); Matthias Hansen (September 2005, June 2006, June 2008); Frits V. Herbold (February 2008, February 2012); Manfred Krugmann (June 2012 - October 2024); Michael Meacock (Arton) (December 2002); Daniel Michel (September 2004); Antonio Fuentes Miranda (November 2005); Christian Moll (October 2009); Sergey Nikitin (March 2008); Riccardo Nughes (September 2004); John Pike (August 2005); Russ Sackowitz (September 2008); Peter Schmidt (August 2006); Burke Smith (May 2007); Teri Noel Towe (December 2006, May 2008); Nagamiya Tutomu (July 2007); Jeremy Vosburgh (November 2003); Roland Wörner (October 2002)

Cantata BWV 56: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen for 19^th Sunday after Trinity (1726)
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Articles: Program Notes to Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 [S. Burton] | BWV 56 “Ich will den Xstab gerne tragen” - An Attempt to Trace the Symbols and Other Poetic Expressions in the Libretto Back to Their Original Sources [T. Braatz]