Motets BWV 225-231
Discography - Part 2

Complete Recordings 1950-1959

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1

Bach: Motet for double choir: Come, Jesu, come; The spirit also helpeth us [V-2]

Motet Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV 229 []
Motet Der geist hilft, BWV 226 []

Reginald Jacques

Cantata Singers

-

Decca LX-3017

1950 [released]

10" LP / TT:

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England.

2

J.S. Bach: 6 Motetten

Motets BWV 225-230 [17:37, 9:42, 22:41, 9:44, 9:31, 8:56]

Günther Ramin

Thomanerchor Leipzig

Arciv Produktion 474419

Nov 1951 [226, 227]
Jul 1954 [228, 229]
Nov 1955 [225, 230]

CD / TT: 78:43

Recorded at Kulturraum, Bamberg, Germany [BWV 228-229]; Oetker-Halle, Bielfeld, Germany [BWV 225, BWV 230]; Amerika-Haus, Munich, Germany [BWV 226-227].
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Other issues:
5. CD Membran 223252
6. LP Archiv Produktion 14 060 APM
(IX. Forschungsbereich Das Schaffen Johann Sebastian Bachs, Serie B: Motetten)
BWV 225, 228, 229, 230
7. LP Archiv Produktion 13 008 AP
(IX. Forschungsbereich Das Schaffen Johann Sebastian Bachs, Serie B: Motetten)
BWV 226, BWV 227
8. EP Archiv Produktion 37064 EPA
(IX. Forschungsbereich Das Schaffen Johann Sebastian Bachs, Serie B: Motetten)
BWV 229
9. LP Heliodor 89 703
BWV 225, 228-230

3

Baroque Choral Music [V-1]

Motet Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 []

Paul Boepple

Dessoff Choirs

-

Concert Hall Society
Nixa CLP-44

1952 (or earlier)

LP / TT:

4

Bach - Schubert - Brahms [V-2]

Motet BWV 229 []

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale

-

RCA Victor

1953

LP / TT:

5

Bach: Motets: Jesu, meine Freude, Komm, Jesu, Komm, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

Motets BWV 225, BWV 227, BWV 229 []

Ferdinand Grossmann

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor

-

Westminster

1954

LP / TT:

6

J.S. Bach: Les 6 Motets [V-3]
Bach: Les six motets (Mono Version) [V-3]

Motets BWV 225-230 []

Francis Bodet

Cercle Jean-Sébasien Bach de Genèva

-

Columbia FCX-545/46
BNF Collection

Mar 24-25 & Nov 24-25, 1955 & Apr 20-21, 1956

2-LP / TT:
MP3 / TT: 89:01

Recorded at Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France.
2^nd recording of Motet BWV 229 by F. Bodet.
2^nd recording of Motet BWV 230 by F. Bodet.
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7

Juilliard Orchestra and Chorus: December 16, 1955 [V-1]

3. Motet Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 []

Frederik Prausnitz

Juilliard Chorus & Orchestra

Sopranos: Anna Hoyt, Leonore White
William Tinker (Organ); Stoddard Lincoln (Harpsichord); Bruce Rogers (Continuo) [3]

Julliard JMedia /

Dec 16, 1955

Audio / TT: 89:53

Recorded live at the Juilliard Concert Hall, Juilliard School of Music, New York City, New York, USA.
Event Producer: Juilliard School of Music.
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8

J.S. Bach: Vier Motetten

Motets BWV 226, BWV 228-230 []

Karl Forster

Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin

-

Electrola

Jun 1957

10" LP / TT:

Recorded at Jesus-Christis-Kirche and Grunewaldkirche, Berlin, Germany

9

Bach Made in Germany Vol. 2 - Motets (CD) [V-1]
J.S. Bach: Motetten BWV 225, BWV 229, BWV 230 (LP)

CD: Motets BWV 225-230 [15:40, 8:43, 22:46, 9:31, 9:36, 7:26]
LP: Motets BWV 225, BWV 229, BWV 230

Kurt Thomas

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

-

Leipzig Classics (CD)
Eterna (LP)

May 19, 1958 [BWV 226-228]
Jan 1959 [rest]

CD / TT: 79:23
LP / TT:

Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
2^nd recording of Motet BWV 225 by K. Thomas.
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10

J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 227 (sung in English) [V-1]

Motet "Jesu, priceless trea- sure", BWV 227 - sung in English []

David Willcocks

King's College Choir Cambridge

Bernard Richards (Cello); Francis Baines (Double bass); Simon Preston (Organ)

Argo QRG-234 / ZRG-5234

1960 or earlier

LP / TT:

Recorded at the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, England.

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - September 2019)
Thanks to contributors: Sigfrid Carlioth (May 2016), Michael Grover, Matthias Hansen (September 2009), Quentin Kean (March 2010), Riccardo Nughes (September 2001), Bradley Taylor (April 2005), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007), Roland Wörner (July 2002)