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Yehudi Menuhin
Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Contents

Recordings of Cantatas
Recordings of Other Vocal Works

Yehudi Menuhin – Short Biography
Bath Festival Orchestra - Short History

Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner
Menuhin’s Orchestral Suites

Discography

Recordings of Cantatas


C-1

Victoria de los Angeles - Baroque & Religious Arias

 

Aria for Soprano (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 68 [4:10]
Chorale for Soprano (Mvt. 6) from Cantata BWV 199 [2:27]

Yehudi Menuhin

Bath Festival Orchestra

Soprano: Victoria de Los Angeles; Oboe: Rothwell; Organ: Thalben-Ball

Testament SBT-1088

Jun 15-18 1964

CD / TT: 65:56

Recorded at Temple Church, London, England.
All the works are peformed by V.d.l. Angeles. Other works: not by J.S. Bach.
Listen on YouTube: 
Cantata BWV 68: Mvt. 2: Aria [S] [4:11]
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


C-2

Bach: Two Solo Cantatas: Cantata BWV 169, Gottt soll allein miein Herze haben; Cantata BWV 82, Ich habe genug
J.S. Bach & Handel: Solo Cantatas & Vocal Works

 

Cantatas BWV 82 [23:00], BWV 169 [23:43]

Yehudi Menuhin

Ambrosian Singers [BWV 169] / Bath Festival Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker

Angel / EMI
EMI Classics 72484
EMI Classics 77322
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Jul 1966

LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 155:07
2-CD / TT: 155:07
MP3 / TT: 154:45

Recorded at Anney Road Studios, London, England.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 82 by Y. Menuhin.
All the works are peformed by J. Baker. Other works: Arias from J.S. Bach’s vocal works conducted by N. Marriner, and cantatas by G.F. Händel conducted by R. Leppard.
See: Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner
Buy this album at:
CD (2001): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
LP: Amazon.com


C-3

Bach: Kantate BWV 82 “Ich habe genug”; Kantate BWV 56 “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen”
Great Opera Baritones - Hermann Prey

 

Cantatas BWV 56 [22:46], BWV 82 [25:48]

Yehudi Menuhin

Ambrosian Singers [BWV 56] / Menuhin Orchestra

Baritone: Hermann Prey
Michael Dobson (Oboe); Derek Simpson (Violoncello); Archie Camden (Bassoon); Muriel Taylor (Violoncello); John Gray (Double-bass); Roy Jesson (Organ)

EMI C063-01-995
EMI Classics 049320

1967

LP / TT: 58:34
2-CD / TT: 137:54

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 82 by Y. Menuhin.
2-CD includes only Cantata BWV 82.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 56: Complete Cantata [22:46]
Cantata BWV 82: Complete Cantata [25:48]
Buy this album at:
2-CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


C-4

Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon

 

Aria for Bass Ächzen und erbärmlich Weinen (Mvt. 5) from Cantata BWV 13: short excerpt [2:26] (Complete record of the aria in private collection)

Baritone: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin); Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello Continuo); Rafael Puyana (Harpsichord)

EMI Classic Archive DVB-3101899
VHS 491475-3
EMI Classics 4-92362-9

Jan 9, 1974

DVD / TT: 129:28
DVD / TT: 116 min
VHS / TT:
DVD / TT: 116 min

Recorded & filmed live in Paris, France. Broacast live on live RF/INA.
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon
Listen on YouTube:
BWV 13: Mvt. 4: Aria [B] [2:26]
Buy this album at:
DVD-1 (2005): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
DVD-1 (2006): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazoin.de
DVD-1 (2008): Amazon.com
DVD-2 (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


Recordings of Other Vocal Works


V-1

Concert for pope John Paul II

Aria for Alto Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Mvt. 39) from Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 []

Jerzy Maksymiuk

Polish Chamber Orchestra

Contralto: Mira Zakai; Violin: Yehudi Menuhin

View Video

1983

Video / TT:

Other works: not by J.S. Bach.


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2002 - November 2019)
Thanks to contributors: Rainer Baruth (September 2012), Rainer Harald (March-July 2019)

Yehudi Menuhin: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bath Festival Orchestra
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works
Individual Recordings:
Menuhin’s Orchestral Suites | Baker does Bach


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