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Claudio Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker
Bach’s Vocal Works

Contents

 

Recordings of Cantatas
Recordings of Other Vocal Works
Recordings of Instrumental Works

Claudio Abbado - Short Biography
Berliner Philharmoniker - Short History
Schwedischer Rundfunkchor - Short History
European Union Youth Orchestra - Short History

Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Claudio Abbado

Discography

Recordings of Cantatas


CR-1

Bach: Kantate BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Margaret Marshall, Claudio Abbado live

Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 [17:09]

Claudio Abbado

European Union Youth Orchestra

Soprano: Margaret Marshall; Unfortunately the trumpeter is not listed

YouTube

Aug 10, 1979

Audio / TT:

Recorded live in a concert at Chiesa di Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 51: Complete Cantata [17:09]


Recordings of Other Vocal Works


V-1

J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor

 
 

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Claudio Abbado

Schwedischer Rundfunkchor (Chorus Master: Maria Wieslander) / Soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Véronique Gens; Mezzo-soprano: Anne Sophie von Otter; Tenor: Charles Workman; Baritone: Simon Keenlyside; Bass: Franz-Josef Selig
Instrumental Soloists: Solo Violin: Kolja Blacher; Violins 1: Toru Yasunaga, Zoltan Almäsi, Peter Brem; Violins 2: Adam Taubitz, Axel Gerhardt, Amadeus Heutling, Raimar Orlovsky; Violas: Wolfram Christ, Matthew Hunter, Henrik Schaefer; Violoncellos: Ludwig Quandt, Dietmar Schwalke, David Riniker; Double-bass: Klaus Stoll (Violone), Rudolf Watzel; Flutes: Andreas Blau, Jelka Weber; Oboe I, II & Oboe d'amore: Hansjörg Schellenberger, Christoph Hartmann; Oboe III: Mizuho Yoshii; Bassoons: Daniele Damiano, Markus Weidmann; Horn: Markus Maskuniitty; Trumpets: Konradin Groth, Thomas Clamor, Georg Hilser; Timpani: Rainer Seegers
Basso Continuo: Organ: Kay Johannsen; Violoncello: Ludwig Quandt; Violone: Klaus Stoll; Bassoon: Daniele Damiano

Salzburg Easter Festival 109374-2

Mar 29 & Apr 2, 1999

2-CD / TT: 109:59

Recorded at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
Project Direction: Gerrit Glaner.
Offered by the Salzburg Easter Festival to the sponsors of the Festival.
It is said that Universal Marketing Group published it, but the Deutsche Grammophon site informs that they don’t detain the rights.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Claudio Abbado


V-2

Bach: Passio secundum Matthaeum, BWV 244
J.S. Bach: Matthäuspassion · St. Matthew passion

 

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Claudio Abbado

Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Oratorio dell'Immacolata di Bergamo (instructed by Don Egidio Corbetta, Choral-Master/Maestro del Coro: Giulio Bertola) / Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI (=Italian Radio/Television)

Tenor [Evangelist, Arias]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Jesus]: Hermann Prey; Soprano: Teresa Zylis-Gara; Alto: Margarita Lilova; Bass: Max van Egmond; Bass [Judas, Pontifex]: Giannicola Pigliucci; Bass [Pertus, Pilatus]: Robert Amis el Hage; Soprano: Wilma Vernocchi; Soprano: Fiorella Pediconi

Memories / Fonit Cetra (Dino Classics)

Dec 12, 1969

3-CD / TT: 189:39

Recorded live in Milano, Italy.
1st recording of Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 by C. Abbado.
Buy this album at:
3-CD: Amazon.de


V-3

J.S. Bach: Matthaüs-Passion BWV 244

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Claudio Abbado

Schwedischer Rundfunkchor (Chorus Master: Maria Wieslander) & Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Berliner Philharmoniker

Tenor [Evangelist]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Jesus & Priest I]: Simon Keenlyside; Soprano [Pilato's wife & Ancel I]: Christine Schäfer; Contralto [Witness & Ancel II]: Anne Sophie von Otter; Bass [Judas, Peter, Pilato & High Priest II]: Andreas Schmidt; Bass [Aria No. 57 "Komm, susses Kreuz"]: Peter Mattei

Musicom

Feb 21-23, 1997

3-CD / TT: 171:23

Recorded live at Berlin Philharmonie, Germany.
2nd recording of Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 by C. Abbado.


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2002 - September 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Willem van Erk (April 2006, November 2006); Rainer Harald (September 2024); Rodrigo Maffei Libonati (April 2002); Riccardo Nughes (November 2001); Hyoung Seok Shin (October 2019)

Claudio Abbado: Short Biography | Ensembles: Schwedischer Rundfunkchor | Berliner Philharmoniker | European Union Youth Orchestra
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works | Recordings of Instrumental Works | BWV 232 - C. Abbado


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