C-1

J.S. Bach: Messe in g-Moll

Cantatas BWV 36 [], BWV 61 []
Mass in G Minor BWV 235 []

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Judith Schulze; Alto: Alexandra Paulmichl; Tenor: Andreas Wagner; Bass: Matthias Horn

Kammerchor Mannheim

Dec 6, 2009

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
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CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

C-2

J. S. Bach: Virtuose Bachkantaten (BWV 71, 4, 21)

Cantatas BWV 21 [], BWV 71 []
Cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 [YT: 18:42]

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Julia Weigel; Alto: Carolin Neukamm; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann; Bass: Jens Hamann

Kammerchor Mannheim

Mar 20, 2011

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, as part of BACHfestival Mannheim.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [18:42]
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CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

C20-12a

Kantatengottesdienst (BWV 40)

18:00-24:29 + 38:25-42:42 + 46:40-52:00: Cantata Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 [6:29 + 4:17 +5:20 = 16:06]

Musical Direction: KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel
Liturgy & Sermon: Pastor Stefan Scholpp; Readings & Intercessions: Dr. Brigitte Hohlfeld

Ensemble Mannheim Vocal / Sinfonietta Mannheim

EMV: Sopranos: Cornelia Winter & Angelika Lenter; Altos: Nicole Schumann & Eva Braunstein; Tenors: Ingo Wackenhut & Christoph Wittmann; Basses: Markus Lemke & Michael Roman
Organ: Kantor Carmenio Ferrulli

ChristusFriedenGemeinde Mannheim

Dec 25, 2020

Video / TT: 58:16

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording Director: Leon Scholpp; Camera: Tom Wolf, Leon Scholpp; Sound: Tom Wolf.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 40: Full Service, including Complete Cantata [58:16]

C20-12b

Musik im Gottesdienst (BWV 110)

06:45-23:37: Cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 [16:48]

Musical Direction: KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel
Liturgy & Sermon: Vikar Sebastian Degen; Readings & Intercessions: Christa Krieger

Ensemble Mannheim Vocal / Sinfonietta Mannheim

EMV: Sopranos: Cornelia Winter & Heike Heilmann; Altos: Nicole Schumann & Eva Braunstein; Tenors: Sebastian Hübner & Ingo Wackenhut; Basses: Markus Lemke & Michael Roman
Organ: Kantor Carmenio Ferrulli

ChristusFriedenGemeinde Mannheim

Dec 26, 2020

Video / TT: 48:56

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording Director: Leon Scholpp; Camera: Tom Wolf, Leon Scholpp; Sound: Tom Wolf.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 110: Full Sercice, including Complete Cantata [48:56]

C20-12c

Musik im Gottesdienst (BWV 133)

07:42-29:10: Cantata Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133 [21:28]

Musical Direction: KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel
Liturgy & Sermon: Pastor Dr. Maibritt Gustrau; Reading: Cornelia Oslow

Members of Chöre der Christuskirche / Instrumentalists of Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Johanna Greulich; Counter-tenor: Franz Vitzthum; Tenor: Andreas Weller; Bass: Matthias Horn
Organ: Kantor Carmenio Ferrulli

ChristusFriedenGemeinde Mannheim

Dec 27, 2020

Video / TT: 54:04

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording Director: Leon Scholpp; Camera: Tom Wolf, Leon Scholpp; Sound: Tom Wolf.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 133: Full Service, including Complete Cantata [54:04]

C20-12d

Geistliche Musik aus der Christuskirche (BWV 116)

Cantata Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116 [31:55]

KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel

(OVPP - No Choir) / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Heike Heilmann; Alto: Sirin Kilic; Tenor: Hans Jörg Mammel; Bass: Matthias Horn

Christuskirche klingt

Dec 31, 2020

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 116: Complete Cantata [31:55]

C21-04

Musik im Gottesdienst (BWV 4)

12:41-32:01: Cantata Christ lag in Todesbaden, BWV 4 [19:20]

Musical Direction: Kantorin Marion Krall
Liturgy & Sermon: Pastor Stefan Scholpp; Reading: Cornelia Oslow

Ensemble Mannheim Vocal / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Organ: KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel

ChristusFriedenGemeinde Mannheim

Apr 4, 2021

Video / TT: 67:10

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording Director: Leon Scholpp; Camera: Tom Wolf, Leon Scholpp; Sound: Tom Wolf.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Full Service, including Complete Cantata [67:10]

C21-12

Musik im Gottesdienst - Festlicher Kantatengottesdienst (BWV 64)

15:30-35:16: Cantata Sehet, welch eine Liebe, BWV 64 [20:46]

KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel
Liturgy & Sermon: Pastor Stefan Scholpp; Reading: Cornelia Oslow

Ensemble Mannheim Vocal / Sinfonietta Mannheim

EMV: Sopranos: Cornelia Winter, Johanna Beier; Altos: Nicole Schumann, Alexandra Paulmichl, Tenors: Fabian Kelly, Christoph Wittmann; Basses: Timothy Sharp, Markus Lemke
Organ: Kantorin Marion Krall

ChristusFriedenGemeinde Mannheim

Dec 25, 2021

Video / TT: 80:40

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording Director: Leon Scholpp; Camera: Aaron Miller; Sound: Leon Scholpp.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 64: Full Service, including Complee Cantata [80:40]

Recordings of Other Vocal Works

V20-11

Vesper:Punkt:Sechs (BWV 227)

Motet Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 [22:58]

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Ensemble Mannheim Vocal / Barockorchester L'arpa festante

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Christuskirche klingt

Nov 27, 2020

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Watch on YouTube:
Motet BWV 227: Complete Motet [22:58]

V-1

J.S. Bach: Messe in h-Moll

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Kerstin Steube; Alto: Anne Greiling; Tenor: Christoph Wittmann; Bass: Stefan Geyer

Kammerchor Mannheim

Dec 12, 2002

2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
1^st recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by J.M. Michel.
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2-CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

V-2

Bach Messe in h-moll BWV 232

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Heidrun Kordes; Alto: Annerose Hummel; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann; Bass: Dominik Wörner

Kammerchor Mannheim

Jul 1, 2007

2-CD / TT

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
2^nd recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by J.M. Michel.
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2-CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

V-3

J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kinderchor des Nationaltheaters Mannheim & Kammerchor Mannheim / Ensemble Metamorphosis Köln (on historical instruments)

Tenor [Evangelist]: Bernhard Gärtner; Bass [Jesus]: Johannes-Christoph Happel; Soprano: Angelika Reinhard; Alto: Daniela Denschlag; Bass: Matthias Horn

Kammerchor Mannheim

Mar 26, 2000

3-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
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3-CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

V-4

J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion

Johannes-Passion BWV 245

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim / Sinfonietta Mannheim

Tenor [Evangelist & Arias]: Andreas Post; Bass [Jesus]: Dominik Wörner; Soprano: Heike Heilmann; Alto: Ursula Eittinger; Bass: Raimonds Spogis

Kammerchor Mannheim

Apr 22, 2011 (Good Friday)

2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
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2-CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

V-05

Händel: Dixit Dominus; Bach: Markus-Passion; Michel: Passionsbilder (UA)

Markus-Passion BWV 247 (Fragment), in a reconstruction by Johannes-Matthias Michel

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim / Barockorchester L'arpa festante

Soprano I: Sabine Goetz; Soprano II: Cornelia Winter; Alto: Annerose Hummel; Tenor: Julius Pfeifer

Kammerchor Mannheim

Apr 2, 2006

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
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CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

V21-01

Geistliche Musik aus der Christuskirche (BWV 248/4)

14:07-37:14: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248: Cantata Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben, BWV 248/4 [23:07]

Musical Direction: KMD Prof. Johannes-Matthias Michel
Liturgy & Sermon: Pastor Stefan Scholpp; Readings & Intercessions: Eva-Maria Krämer-Hofmann

Members of Chöre der Christuskirche / Soloists of Concerto Mannheim & Instrumentalists of Sinfonietta Mannheim

Soprano: Judith Wiesebrock; Alto: Anne Greiling; Tenor: Sebastian Hübner; Bass: Markus Lemke
Organ: Kantor Carmenio Ferrulli

ChristusFriedenGemeinde Mannheim

Jan 1, 2021

Video / TT: 69:53

Recorded & filmed live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording Director: Leon Scholpp; Camera: Tom Wolf, Leon Scholpp; Sound: Tom Wolf.
Watch on YouTube:
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248: Full Service, including Cantata 4 [69:53]

Collections

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Glocken - Chöre - Orgeln
Musik aus der Christuskirche Mannheim

Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht
Wie soll ich dich empfangen (Bachchor Mannheim)
Wir setzen uns mit Tänen nieder aus der Matthäus-Passion - Kammerchor Mannheim
Dona nobis pacem / h-Moll-Messe - Kammerchor

Johannes-Matthias Michel

Kammerchor Mannheim, Bachchor Mannheim

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Kammerchor Mannheim

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CD / TT:

Recorded live at Christuskirche Mannheim, Germany.
Other works: Instrumental or not by J.S. Bach.
Buy this album at:
CD: Christuskirche Mannheim

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2005 - May 2026)
Thanks to contributors: Rainer Harald (May 2025); Johannes-Matthias Michel (May 2026)

Johannes-Matthias Michel: Short Biography | Ensembles: Kammerchor Mannheim | Ensemble Mannheim Vocal | Sinfonietta Mannheim
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works