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Cantata BWV 200
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen

Ref.:	BWV 200
German Title	Bekennen will ich seinen Namen
English Title	I shall acknowledge His name (by Richard Stokes)
Event	Cantata [Fragment] for the Feast of Purification of Mary Readings: Epistle: Malachi 3: 1-4; Gospel: Luke 2: 22-32 Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Feast of Purification of Mary
Composed	Gotha, 1720 by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Arranged by J.S. Bach: c1742 1^st performance by J.S. Bach: c. 1742 - Leipzig BWV 200 is actually not a genuine J.S. Bach’s composition but his arrangement of the Aria Dein Kreuz, o Bräutgam meiner Seelen from the Passion-oratorio Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (Peter Wollny: “‘Bekennen will ich seinen Namen’—Authentizität, Bestimmung und Kontext der Arie BWV 200. Anmerkungen zu Johann Sebastian Bachs Rezeption von Werken Gottfried Heinrich Stölzels.” in Bach-Jahrbuch 2008, pp 123-158)
Text:	Author: Anon
Text:	BWV 200 Text: German-1 \| German-6 \| German-7 \| NBA Text Translations: English-1 \| English-3I \| English-3P \| English-6 \| English-10 \| English-14 Catalan-1 \| Chinese-2 \| Danish-1 \| Dutch-0 \| French-5 \| French-6 \| Hebrew-1 \| Indonesian-1 \| Italian-2 \| Lithuanian-1 \| Polish-1 \| Polish-2 \| Russian-1 \| Spanish-4 \| Spanish/English-8
Scoring	Soloist: Alto Orchestra: 2 violins, continuo Mvt. 1: Aria
Scores:	BWV 200 Scores: Autograph Score (Facsimile): D B N. Mus. ms. 307 [Bach Digital] Capella: Complete [cap] MuseScore: Complete Cantata \| Mvt. 1 [MuseScore]
References:	BWV 200 References: BGA: - \| NBA: I/28.1 \| BC: A 192 \| Zwang: - \| First Published: Leipzig, 1935 \| Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek [frag.] \| Bach Digital
Commentaries:	BWV 200 Commentaries: English: Crouch \| All Music \| Mincham Nielsen [Danish] \| EvH [Dutch] \| Role [French] \| Reyes [Spanish]
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of August 31, 2003; Week of December 14, 2008; Week of November 25, 2012

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions - Part 1 (1^st round) Discussions - Part 2 (2^nd round) Discussions - Part 3 Discussions - Part 4 (3^rd round)
Cantatas BWV 82, 83, 125, 200 - Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento - by Magdalena Kožená w/ Musica Antiqua Köln & Reinhard Goebel Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland
Discography
Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 53, BWV 189 & BWV 200 [C-1] J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 53, BWV 200, BWV 152, BWV 158 [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [5:15]
August Wenzinger
Konzertgruppe der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Contralto: Hildegard Hennecke
Decca / Archiv		Apr 1951	LP / TT: 42:00
Recorded at Paulus-Kirche, Basel, Switzerland.

2	Cantata No. 54 - Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Cantata BWV 200 []
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Les discophiles français EX25108		Apr 16-21, 1953	LP / TT:

3	J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 31 & Magnificat BWV 243 [L-3] J.S. Bach: Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 [V-1]
Cantata BWV 200 []
Marcel Couraud
L'ensemble instrumental de Stuttgart (Stuttgarter Orchester)
Contralto: Margarethe Bence
Les Discophiles Français Philips 836399 Philips Réalités C6 F0776		Jul 1956	LP / TT: LP / TT: 3-CD / TT:
Recorded at SDR Studio, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

4	J.S. Bach: Quatre Cantates No. 53, 55, 189 & 200 [L-3]
Cantata BWV 200 []
Karl Ristenpart
Orchestre de Chambre de la Sarre
Contralto: Margarete Ast
Les discophiles français DF-217		Jun 18 & Oct 2, 1957	LP / TT:
Recorded at Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany.

5	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 53, BWV 54, BWV 200, BWV 244 Matthäus-Passion – ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott’ [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [4:07]
Thurston Dart
Philomusica of London
Contalto: Helen Watts
L'Oiseau-Lyre OL-50169 L'Oiseau-Lyre SOL-60003 Beulah		Apr 1958	LP / TT: 37:58 LP / TT: 37:58 MP3 / TT:
Recorded in London, England. Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 200: Excerpt [2:02] Download from: Beulah

6	Bach: Kantate BWV 200 Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, E. Mauersberger / G. Schriever 1962 [CR-200]
Cantata BWV 200 [4:41]
Erhard Mauersberger
Members of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Alto: Gerda Schriever
YouTube		1962	Audio / TT:
Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The radio announcement had a nice slip of the tongue: "es singt Gerda Schreier" (Gerda Schreier sings). Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 200: Complete Cantata [4:41]

7	A. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, etc. [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 []
Karol Teutsch
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Alto: Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa
Muza XL-0508		c1965	LP / TT:

8	J.S. Bach: Psalm 51 BWV 1083 & Cantata BWV 200 [L-5] Bach Kantaten, Vol. 7: BWV 1083, BWV 200 [D-7]
Cantata BWV 200 [5:08]
Diethard Hellmann
Bach-Orchester Mainz
Contralto: Margrit Conrad
Da Camera SM-94011 Musica MUS-9 Musical Heritage Society MHS-1677 Oryx Bach Series BACH-1120 DdM-Records Mitterteich 200010		Jun 13, 1966	LP / TT: 47:36 LP / TT: 47:36 LP / TT: 47:36 LP / TT: 47:36 CD / TT: 47:38
Recorded by SWF at Christkönigskirche, Mainz-Bischofsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 200: Complete Cantata [5:09] Buy this album at: CD: Musik aus Mitterteich - Hubertus Krämer

9	Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 22 J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 103, Cantata No. 200, Cantata No. 118, Cantata No. 7 [L-22] Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas Bach Cantatas: Volume 2
Cantata BWV 200 [3:50]
Fritz Werner
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Alto: Barbara Scherler
Erato STU-70342 Musical Heritage Society MHS-928 Teldec Erato 2584-61402-2		Jul 1966	LP / TT: 42:12 LP / TT: 42:12 11-CD / TT: 10-CD / TT: 722:00
Recorded in Schwaigern, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Buy this album at: 10-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

10	J.S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium - Kantate BWV 56 - Osteroratorium - Kantate BWV 200 - Messe in g-Moll - Motette BWV 226 - Motette BWV 228 [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:54]
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Alto: Margarethe Bence; Susanne Lauterbacher (Violin); Dieter Vorholz (Violin); Martin Galling (Continuo)
Concerto Royale		Late 1960's ?	LP / TT:
Might be the same recording as [3] above.

11	Bach: Kantate BWV 200 Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, Mattieu Lange Hanna Schwarz [CR-200]
Cantata BWV 200 [4:49]
Mathieu Lange
Chamber orchestra consists of members of Radio-Symphonie-Orchester-Berlin
Alto: Hanna Schwarz
YouTube		c1973	Audio / TT:
Recorded in Germany. Tape recording from the radio, unfortunately with a lot of interference, due to the very poor reception conditions. Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 200: Complete Cantata [4:49]

12	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 7 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 60
Cantata BWV 200 [3:05]
Helmuth Rilling
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Alto: Mechthild Georg
Hänssler 98.858 Hänssler		Feb 1984	CD / TT: 51:49 CD / TT: 64:34
Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

13	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 169, 54, 200 [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:43]
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Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Mezzo-soprano: Jard van Nes; Leo van Doeselaar (Organ) Henk Rubingh (Violin); Jan Willem de Vriend (Violin); Wim ten Have (Viola); Wim Straesser (Violoncello); Margaret Urquhart (Double-bass); Leo van Doeselaar (Organ); Rob Visser (Oboe); Jan Kouwenhoven (Oboe); Henk Knöbs (English Horn); Jos de Lang (Bassoon)
Vanguard Classics 99005		Jun 1988	CD / TT: 46:52
Recorded at Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, the Netherlands.Recorded by Clavigram. Buy this album at: CD (1993): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

14	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 53 · 82 · 170 · 200 [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:14]
Kenneth Sillito
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Counter-tenor: Jochen Kowalski
Capriccio 10523		Feb 12-15, 1993	CD / TT: 49:19
Recorded at Air Studios, London, England. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

15	Bach Edition Vol. 17 - Vocal Works Vol. 2 [C-13]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:39]
Pieter Jan Leusink
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Alto: Sytse Buwalda
Brilliant Classics 99376		Nov 1999-Jan 2000	8-CD / TT: 411:46
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. Buy this album at: 8-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de

16	Andreas Scholl singt Bach [C-2]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:47]
Martin Lutz (Conductor & Organ)
Members of Barockorchester La Corona
Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl
Hessischer Rundfunk		Dec 3, 1999	CD / TT: 67:12
Recorded in Wiesbasen Bach Festival at the Christophoruskirche Wiesbaden- Schierstein, Germany. 1^st recording of Cantata BWV 200 by .A. Scholl.

17	J.S. Bach: Cantatas for the Feast of Purification of Mary [C-9]
Cantata BWV 200 [4:14]
John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists
Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson
Archiv Produktion 463585		Feb 2, 2000	CD / TT: 68:59
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Church, UK. See: Cantatas BWV 82, 83, 125, 200 - Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

18	Cantates funèbres - Actus Tragicus [C-4]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:46]
Daniel Taylor
Theatre of Early Music
Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor
ATMA Classique ACD2-2288		Aug 6, 8 & 9, 2002	CD / TT: 50:18
Recorded at Église Sainte-Geneviève, Pierrefonds (Québec), Canada. Other work: by G.P. Telemann. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| ClassicsOnline

19	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 21 J.S. Bach: Solo Cantatas for Alto and Tenor (Single Volume Cantatas Vol. 3)
Cantata BWV 200 [4:20]
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Soloist: Alto: Bogna Bartosz ABO Soloists: Margaret Faultless (Violin); Alida Schat (2nd violin) ABO: Violins: Margaret Faultless, Lisa Landgraf, Lisa Ferguson, Foskien Kooistra, Carla Marotta, Fanny Pestalozzi, David Rabinovich, Alida Schat, Silvia Schweinberger; Violas: Katherine McGillivray, Jane Rogers; Violoncellos: Jonathan Manson, Catherine Jones; Double-bass: Margaret Urquhart; Bassoon: Wouter Verschuren; Lute: Mike Fentross; Continuo: Ton Koopman
Antoine Marchand CC-72221 = Antoine Marchand CC-72282		Sep 25-Oct 3, 2002	3-CD / TT: 197:59 MP3 / TT: 197:23 CD / TT: 73:53
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Producer: Tini Mathot; Sound Engineer & Editing: Adriaan Verstijnen. Listen on YouTube: Vol. 21, CD-1: Cantatas BWV 100, BWV 200, BWV 177, BWV 195 [64:56] Buy this album at: 3-CD (2006): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ArkivMusic Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline \| iTunes Single Volume CD (2008): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

20	Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento [C-3]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:21]
Reinhard Goebel
Musica Antiqua Köln
Alto (Mezzo-soprano): Magdalena Kožená
Archiv Produktion		Feb 2003	CD / TT: 55:51
Recorded at Melanchthon-Kirche, Cologne, Germany. See: Bachiana Volume 3 - Lamento - by Magdalena Kožená w/ Musica Antiqua Köln & Reinhard Goebel Buy this album at: Amazon.com

21	J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Alt [C-4]
Cantata BWV 200 [2:33]
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Kölner Kammerorchester
Mezzo-soprano: Marianne Beate Kielland
Naxos 8.557621		Oct-18-20, Nov 22-23, 2004	CD / TT: 62:40
Recorded at Deutschlandfunk Sendesaal des Funkhauses, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Producer: Ludwig Rink; Engineers: Stephan Schmidt & Hans Martin Renz. A co-production with DeutschlandRadio. See: Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland Buy this album at: CD (2005): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline \| iTunes

22	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 37 - BWV 35, 169, 170, 200
Cantata BWV 200 [4:04]
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze
BIS 1621		Sep 2006	SACD / TT: 77:21
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. Buy this album at: SACD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

23	J.S. Bach: Purification Mass [C-1]
Reconstruction of Mass for the the Feast of Purification of Virgin Mary, as performed in Leipzig c1740: Cantata BWV 200 [3:33]
Jakub Burzyński
La Tempesta Ensemble
Counter-tenor: Jakub Burzyński
Arts 477498		2007	SACD / TT: 58:17

24	Bach Cantatas [C-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [4:29]
Andreas Scholl
Kammerorchester Basel (Director: Julia Schröder)
Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl
Decca 4782733		Jan 23-28, 2011	CD / TT: 63:25
Recorded at Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace, France. 2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 200 by A. Scholl. Buy this album at: CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

25	J.S. Bach: Cantatas- Delphine Galou (Live) [CV-1]
Part 2: 00:50-4:48 : Cantata BWV 200 [3:58]
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Soloists from Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
Alto: Delphine Galou; Thibault Noally (Violin); Nicolas Mazzoleni (Violin & Viola); Mario Konaka (Violin & Viola); David Glidden (Viola); Frédéric Baldassare (Violoncello); Clotilde Guyon (Double-bass); Francesco Corti (Harpsichord & Organ); Emmanuel Laporte (Oboe)
YouTube		Apr 8, 2014	Video / TT: 59:57
Recorded & filmed live at Chaudronneries, Montreuil, Ile-De-France, France. Boadas by Arte. Producer: Jean-Philippe Perrot; Realization: Laurent Mathieu in collaboration with Jean-Philippe Perrot; Recording Engineer & Mixing: Alban Moraud assisted by Erwan Boulay; Director of Photography: Florence Lavasseur. Watch on YouTube: Complete Concert: Part 1 [26:03] + Part 2 [33:54] \|\| Complete Concert [60:37]

26	Bach at One: Faith - March 27, 2017 (Cantatas BWV 200, 150) [BO-74]
J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 200 []
Julian Wachner
New York Baroque Incorporated (Artistic Director: Wen Yang)
Soloist: unknown
Trinity Wall Street		Mar 27, 2017	Video / TT: 65:01
Recorded at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, New York, USA, in the frame of Bach at One Cantata Series. Watch on Trinity Wall Street Website: Complete Concert [65:01]

27	J.S. Bach: 'Bekennen will ich seinen Namen' BWV 200 [c.1742-1743] \| James Hall; AAM [CV-2]
Cantata BWV 200 [3:49]
Director & Harpsichord: Christopher Bucknall
Academy of Ancient Music (Leader: Bojan Čičić)
Counter-tenor: James Hall; Viktoria Mullova (Violin)
YouTube		Jan 2019	Video / TT:
Recorded & filmed at St. Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England. Project: Academy of Ancient Music Season Sessions 18-19. Music Producer: Adrian Peacock; Video Director: Guy Wigmore; Recording Engineer: David Hinitt Watch on YouTube: Cantata BWV 200: Complete Cantata [3:49]

28	Reginald Mobley with Bach Parley - Concert Sunday, June 6, 2021 ("countertenor d’amore") [CV-1]
Cantata BWV 200 [4:54]
Valerie Prebys Arsenault
Tallahassee Bach Parley
Counter-tenor: Reginald Mobley Valerie Prebys Arsenault & Minyoung Cho (Violins); Melissa Brewer & Brian Arsenault (Violas); Kim Jones (Cello); Melanie Punter (Double-bass); Charles E. Brewer (Harpsichord)
YouTube		Jun 6, 2021	Video / TT: 85:36
Recorded & filmed live at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Watch on YouTube: Concert: Full Concert [85:36] Cantata BWV 200: Complete Cantata [4:54]

29	Just Bach Madison December 2022 Concert [C5-3]
Cantata/Aria for Alto BWV 200
Founders & Co-Artistic Directors: Cheryl Bensman-Rowe &Paul Rowe
Just Bach Madison
Mezzo-soprano: Britt Brown Leanne Kelso (Violin); Nathan Giglierano (Violin); Charlie Rasmussen (Cello); Jared Stellmacher (Organ)
Just Bach Madison		Dec 14, 2022	Video / TT: 30:36
Recorded & filmed live at Luther Memorial Church, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, as part of the Just Bach Madison Concert Series. Watch on YouTube: Full Concert: BWV 659, 248/4, 1079/Canon, 200, 132/4+5, 36/8 [30:36]

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - November 2023)
Thanks to contributors: Yoël L. Arbeitman (January 2008, December 2009); Evan Cortens (October 2011); Jill Gunsell (May 2005); Rolf Günther (October 2012); Emiko Hall (Cleofide) (March 2003, August 2004); Matthias Hansen (June 2008); Rainer Harald (March 2019 - July 2020); Louis Iosub (April 2012); Peter Meshcherinov (October 2011); Claude Role (December 2009); Ehud Shiloni (August 2006); Burke Smith (September 2005, December 2005); Nagamiya Tutomu (May 2005); Jerome F. Weber (February 2020)

Cantata BWV 200: Bekennen will ich seinen Namen for Feast of Purification of Mary (c1742)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works
Works: Cantata BWV 200 | Bist du bei mir BWV 508 | Brockes-Passion
Discussions: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel & Bach | Article: Is there another cantata cycle by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel that belonged to Bach’s performance repertoire? [Bach-Jahrbuch 2009]
List of Stölzel's cantatas performed by Bach: Cantata Cycle "Saiten-Spiel des Herzens" | Cantata Cycle "Namen-Buch Christi und der Christen"

Non-Bach Cantatas: Details & Discographies: BWV 15 | BWV 53 | BWV 141 | BWV 142 | BWV 160 | BWV 189 | BWV 200 | BWV 217 | BWV 218 | BWV 219 | BWV 220 | BWV 221 | BWV 222
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

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