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Cantata BWV 205
Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft
Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus


Ref.:

BWV 205

German Title:

Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft

English Title

Destroy, burst, shatter the tomb (by Richard Stokes)

Event:

Dramma per Musica, for the Birthday of Augustus Friedrich Müller, a Professor at Leipzig University

Composed:

Leipzig, 1725
1st performance: August 3, 1725 - Leipzig

Text:

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)

BWV 205 Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-3 | English-4 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-3 | Spanish-3 | Spanish-7

Scoring:

Soloists: Pallas (Soprano), Pomona (Alto), Zephyrus (Tenor), Äolus (bass), 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 horns, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, oboe d’amore, viola d’amore, viola da gamba, 2 violas, 8 violins, 2 violoncellos, violone, bassoon, continuo (including cembalo & organ)
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative [B] | Mvt. 3: Aria [B] | Mvt. 4: Recitative [T] | Mvt. 5: Aria [T] | Mvt. 6: Recitative [B] | Mvt. 7: Aria [A] | Mvt. 8: Recitative [A, S] | Mvt. 9: Aria [S] | Mvt. 10: Recitative [S, B] | Mvt. 11: Aria [B] | Mvt. 12: Recitative [S, A, T] | Mvt. 13: Aria - Duet [A, T] | Mvt. 14: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 15: Chorus

Scores:

BWV 205 Scores: A HREF="/BGA/BWV205-BGA.pdf">Score BGA [7.68 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 173 [Bach Digital]
Capella: Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvts. 4-6 | Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 9 | Mvt. 10 | Mvt. 11 | Mvt. 12 | Mvts. 13-14 | Mvt. 15 [cap]

References:

BWV 205=BWV 205.1 References: BGA: X1/2 | NBA: I/38 | BC: G 36 | Zwang: W 9 | First Published: BG, 1862 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek (Leipzig, 1978; New York, n.d.) | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 205 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Mincham
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music:

Music Examples

Discussions:

Week of October 19, 2003; Week of July 8, 2007; Week of October 27, 2013; Week of July 15, 2018


Contents

 

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 205
Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 205
Details of Cantata BWV 205a

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)
Discussions - Part 4 (4th round)

Discography - Part 1

Complete Recordings


1

J.S. Bach: Aeolus Appeased (Cantata No. 205) [C-3]
J.S. Bach: Eole Apaise - Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus, cantate profane No. 205
[C-3]

 

Cantata BWV 205 [YT: 41:27]

Helmut Koch

Choir & Orchestra of Radio Berlin (Bach Guild Chorus & Orchestra)

Soprano [Pallas]: Anny Schlemm; Alto [Pomona]: Diana Eustrati; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Gert Luze; Bass [Äolus]: Karl Wolfram

Bach Guild BG-515
Le Chant du Monde LDX-A-8021

1950-1951

LP / TT:

Recorded in Berlin, Germany.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Koch.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 205: Complete Cantata [41:27]


2

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 205 [A-7]


Hans Grischkat

Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Ton-Studio Orchestra Stuttgart

Soprano [Pallas]: Käthe Netwig; Contralto [Pomona]: Ruth Michaelis; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Werner Hohmann; Bass [Äolus]: Franz Kelch

Renaissance

Jan 1952

LP / TT:

 

3

J.S. Bach: Der zufriedengestellte Äolus BWV 205 · Cembalokonzert Nr. 3 [ES-2]

Helmuth Rilling

Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano [Pallas]: Elisabeth Speiser; Alto [Pomona]: Margarethe Bence; Tenor [Zephyrus]: John van Kesteren; Bass [Äolus]: Jakob Stämpfli

Bärenreiter-Musicaphon / MHS

May 1966; May 1967

TT: 43:41 [LP] / 45:37 [CD]

1st recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.


4

Bach Kantaten: Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus, BWV 205 [C-4]

 

Cantata BWV 205 [44:00]

Helmut Koch

Rundfunk-Solistenvereinigung Berlin (Chorus Master: Dietrich Knothe) / Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Elisabeth Speiser; Alto [Pomona]: Ingeborg Springer; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Äolus]: Siegfried Lorenz
Basso Continuo: Hartmut Friedrich (Violoncello); Willi Schade (Double-bass); Otto Pischkitl (Bassoon); Dietrich Knothe (Harpsichord)

Eterna 826 582

Sep24-28, Oct 9-12, 1973; Jan 11-16, Mar 12, 1974

LP / TT: 44:00

Recorded at Studio Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
Recording Manager: Dieter-Gerhardt Worm; Sound Manager: Eberhard Richter.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Koch.


5

Bach made in Germany Vol. VII - Secular Cantatas V
Bach Edition Vol. 7 - Secular Cantatas
Bach: Dramma per musica BWV 205
[L-9]

Peter Schreier

Berliner Solisten (Chorus master: Dietrich Knothe) / Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Edith Mathis; Alto [Pomona]: Carolyn Watkinson; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Äolus]: Siegfried Lorenz

Eterna / Berlin Classics / Brilliant Classics

Jan, Oct 1981

TT: 39:40

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com


6

Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas [L-1]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Soprano [Pallas]: Yvonne Kenny; Alto [Pomona]: Marjana Lipovšek; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Kurt Equiluz; Bass [Äolus]: Robert Holl

Teldec

1983

TT: 40:57

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7

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 205 & 214 [L-2]

Gustav Leonhardt

Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Soprano [Pallas]: Mieke van der Sluis; Alto [Pomona]: René Jacobs, Tenor [Zephyrus]: Christoph Prégardien, Bass [Äolus]: David Thomas

Philips

Dec 1990

TT: 40:18

Recorded at St Giles, Cripplegate. London, England.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com


8

J.S. Bach: Cantate profanes - Secular Cantatas (BWV 201, 205, 213) [C-1]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 205 [38:16]

René Jacobs

RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Efrat Ben-Nun; Alto [Pomona]: Katharina Kammerloher; Tenors [Zephyrus]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Äolus]: Klaus Häger
Bernhard Forck (Concert-master); Sabine Fehlandt (Viola d'amore); Hildegard Perl (Viola da gamba); Ernst-Burghard Hilse (Flute); Antje Schurrock (Flute); Alison Gangler (Oboe d'more); Andreas Lackner, Martin Rabl, Herbert Walser (Trumpets); Reinhard Büttner, Christian-Friedrich Dallmann (Horns); Marie-Ange Petit (Percussions)
Continuo: Jan Freiheit (Violoncello); Matthias Winkler (Double-bass); Christian Beuse (Bassoon); Raphael Alpermann (Harpsichord & Organ); Konrad Junghänel (Lute)

Harmonia Mundi France HMC-901544-45
Harmonia Mundi France HMX-2951544-45
Harmonia Mundi France HMG-5012544-45

Nov 1994

2-CD / TT: 134:30
2-CD / TT: 134:30
2-CD / TT: 134:30
MP3 / TT: 134:06

Recorded in Berlin, Germany.
Co-production with DeutschlandRadio Berlin & R.O.C. GmbH; Artistic Director: Walter Schales; Balance Engineer: Geert Puhlman; Assistant Brigitte Siewert.
Buy this album at:
2-CD (1996): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: ClassicsOnline
2-CD (1999): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
2-CD (2014): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ClassicsOnline

 


9

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5

 

Cantata BWV 205 [40:13]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano [Pallas]: Lisa Larsson; Alto [Pomona]: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Äolus]: Klaus Mertens

Erato 0630-17578-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72205

Sep & Nov 1996

4-CD / TT: 239:51

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
Buy this album at:
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Music Download: Amazon.com | ClassicsOnline


10

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 63 - Secular Cantatas (BWV 205, 524)

 

Cantata BWV 205 [38:18] 

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Altos: Yvonne Naef, Ingeborg Danz; Tenors: Christoph Genz, Marcus Ullmann; Bass: Andreas Schmidt
Michael Groß (Violoncello); Harro Bertz (Double-bass); Michael Behringer (Harpsichord)

Hänssler 92.063
=

Sep 1999

CD / TT: 48:29
MP3 / TT: 41:55

Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany..
Sound Engineer: Teije van Geest; Producer: Richard Hauck.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Rilling. 
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Cantata BWV 205, Quodlibet BWV 524 [48:29]
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CD (2000): Amazon.co.uk
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11

J.S. Bach: Le ouvertures per orchestra BWV 1066-69 - Cantate BWV 110 e 205 [C-3]
J.S. Bach: Der Zufriedengestellte Aeolus - Aolos Pacified BWV 205; Cantata BWV 110
[C-3]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 205 [35:30]

Diego Fasolis

Coro della Radio Svizzera / I Barocchisti

Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Mezzo-soprano: Claudia Iten; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Klaus Mertens
CRSL: Sopranos: Antonella Balducci, Alena Dantcheva, Loredana Nocerino, Nadia Ragni, Anna Simboli, Doris Steffan-Wagner, Dorothee Wohlgemuth; Altos: Annemieke Cantor, Ulrike Clausen, Rosa Domínguez, Silvia Finali, Mya Fracassini, Isabella Hess, Brigitte Ravenel; Tenors: Vincenzo Di Donato, Enrico Gianella, Giuseppe Maletto, Renato Moro, Jörg Krause, Martin Steffan; Basses: Matteo Bellotto, Daniele Carnovich, Alessandro Colombo, Sergio Foresti, Alfredo Grandini, Marco Radaelli, Pino Raduazzo
I Barocchisti: Violin Leader: Duilio Galfetti; Violins: Fiorenza De Donatis, Marco Bianchi, Andrea Rognoni, Alberto Stevanin, Luca Giardini, Carlo Lazzaroni, Danilo Ortelli; Violas: Gianni Maraldi, Giovanni De Rosa; Cellos: Paolo Beschi, Marco Testori; Double-basses: Giorgio Sanvito; Flutes: Stefano Bet, Marina Poma; Oboes: Marco Cera, Guido Campana, Emiliano Rodolfi; Bassoons: Alberto Guerra; Horns: Thomas Müller, Raul Diaz; Trumpets: Patrick Henrichs, Martin Patscheider, Christian Gruber; Trombones: David Yacus, Ermes Giussani, Mauro Morini; Timpani: Claudio Spieler; Harpsichord & Organ: Francesco Cera

Amadeus Magazine
Arts 47717-8
=

May 2004

2-CD / TT: 128:07
SACD / TT: 57:15
MP3 / TT: 57:10

Recorded in Lugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland.
Producer: Giuseppe Clericetti , Gian Andrea Lodovici; Editing, Engineer, Mastering: Ulrich Ruscher.
2-CD: Included in December 2004 issue of Italian magazine Amadeus.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 205: Complete Cantata [35:36] | Mvt. 1: Chorus [5:41] | Mvt. 2: Recitative [B] + Mvt. 3: Aria [B] [5:16] | Mvt. 5: Aria [T] [3:20]
Buy this album at:
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12

J.S. Bach: Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern [C-2]

Cantata BWV 205 [37:23]

David Timm

Leipziger Universitätschor / Pauliner Barockensemble, Leipzig

Soprano: Sara Jäggi; Alto: Kai Wessel; Tenor: Daniel Johannsen; Bass: Peter Kooy

Querstand

2009

5-CD / TT:

Buy this album at:
5 CD: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


13

J.S. Bach: Bach Drama (BWV 201-205, BWV 213) [C-2]

 

2-CD: Cantata BWV 205 []

Leonardo García-Alarcón

Choeur de Chambre de Namur / Les Agrémens

Soprano [Pallas]: Céline Scheen; Counter-tenor [Pomona]: Clint van der Linde; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Makoto Sakurada; Bass [Äolus]: Christian M. Immler

Ambronay AMY-031

Sep 4-8, 2011

2-CD + DVD / TT:: 131:17
MP3 / TT: 131:18

Recorded in Namur, Belgium.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 205 by L. García-Alarcón.
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14

Dramma per musica BWV 201, 205 & 213 de Jean-Sébastien Bach [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 205 []

Leonardo García-Alarcón

Choeur de Chambre de Namur / Les Agrémens

Soprano [Pallas]: Céline Scheen; Counter-tenor [Pomona]: Clint van der Linde; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Makoto Sakurada; Bass [Äolus]: Christian M. Immler

ARTE France - Mezzo

Sep 10, 2011

Video

Filmed & recorded live at Ozango - Festival d'Ambronay, France.
Director: Olivier Simonnet; Cameramen: Philippe Bini, Etienne Monier, Ludovic Plourde (Directorr photo), Jonas Marpot, Alain Schmitter, Marine Tadié; Sounde: Denis Vautrin, Pierre-Antoine Signoret, Quentin Rigo.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 205 by L. García-Alarcón.
Watch this video on: YouTube [56:14] | Arte Live Web [101:02]


15

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. 4 - BWV 205, BWV 207 - 'Academic Cantatas' [S-4]

 
 

Cantatas BWV 205 [39:00]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Joanne Lunn [Pallas]; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze [Pomona]; Tenor: Wolfram Lattke [Zephyrus]; Bass: Roderick Williams [Äolus]
Soloists: Kiyomi Suga and Kanae Kikuchi (Transverse Flute); Masamitsu San’nomiya (Oboe d’amore); Natsumi Wakamatsu (Viola d’amore & Violin); Masako Hirao (Viola da gamba)
Chorus: Sopranos: Joanne Lunn, Yoshie Hida, Aki Matsui, Eri Sawae; Altos: Robin Blaze, Hiroya Aoki, Toshiharu Nakajima, Tamaki Suzuki; Tenors: Wolfram Lattke, Yusuke Fujii, Takayuki Kagami, Yosuke Taniguchi; Basses: Roderick Williams, Toru Kaku, Chiyuki Urano, Yusuke Watanabe
Orchestra: Trumpet I: Jean-Francois Madeuf; Trumpet II: Joel Lahens; Trumpet III: Hidenori Saito; Horn I: Lionel Renoux; Horn II: Joel Lahens; Timpani: Thomas Holzinger; Transverse Flute: I: Kiyomi Suga; Transverse Flute II: Kanae Kikuchi; Oboe I / Oboe d’amore I: Masamitsu San’nomiya; Oboe II / Oboe d’amore II: Harumi Hoshi; Taille: Atsuko Ozaki; Violin I: Natsumi Wakamatsu [leader], Yuko Takeshima, Ayaka Yamauchi; Violin II: Azumi Takada, Yuko Araki, Shiho Hiromi; Viola: Mika Akiha, Akira Harada; Viola d’amore: Natsumi Wakamatsu
Continuo: Violoncello: Hidemi Suzuki; Viola da gamba: Masako Hirao; Violone: Seiji Nishizawa; Bassoon: Yukiko Murakami; Harpsichord: Masato Suzuki

BIS SACD-2041

Jul 2013

SACD / TT: 73:06

Recorded at the MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya, Japan. Producer: Marion Schwebel (Take5 Music Productions); Sound engineer: Thore Brinkmann (Take5 Music Productions); Tuner: Akimi Hayashi.
Buy this album at:
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16

Festkonzert (BWV 205, 201) [C14-12]

 

Cantata BWV 205: Mvts. 7-9, 13-15 [18:39] (from a complete performance)

Kay Johannsen

Stuttgarter Kantorei / Stiftsbarock Stuttgart (Konzertmeisterin: Lisa Immer)

Soloists: Soprano: Katharina Persicke [BWV 205/8,14]; Alto: Sophie Harmsen [BWV 205/7,8,13]; Tenor: Andreas Karasiak [BWV 205/13]; Other soloists: Bass: Krešimir Stražanac; Bass: Matthias Horn
Annie Laflamme, Monika Scholand (Transverse Flutes) [BWV 205/13]
Stiftsbarock Stuttgart: Transverse Flutes: Annie Laflamme, Monika Scholand; Oboes: Saskia Fikentscher, Claire Sirjacobs; Bassoon: Annette Wittemann; Trumpets: Wolfgang Bauer, Thomas Kiess, Ute Rothkirch; Timpani: Ineke Busch; Violins 1: Lisa Immer, Sarah Immer, Dietlind Mayer, Isabelle Farr; Violins 2: Miriam Risch-Graulich, Christina Eychmüller, Angela Pastor; Violas: Katharina Friederich, Chen-Ying Lu-Riebutsch, Marlene Steg; Violoncellos: Melanie Beck, Christine Wiegräbe; Double-bass: Matthias Scholz; Organ: Andreas Gräsle

YouTube

Oct 24, 2014

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the frame of the Canata Cycle Bach:vokal.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 205 [HD]: Mvt. 7: Aria [A] [3:54] + Mvt. 8: Recitative [A, S] & Mvt. 9: Aria [S] [6:13] + Mvt. 13: Aria - Duet [A, T] [3:50] + Mvt. 14: Recitative [S] & Mvt. 15: Chorus [4:42]


17

Bach at One - Wednesday, January 4, 1pm (Cantatas BWV 115, 205) [TN-2]

 

Cantata BWV 205 []

Julian Wachner

Trinity Wall Street Choir / Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Wall Street

Soloists: unknown

Trinity Wall Street

Jan 4, 2016

Video / TT: 87:51

Recorded at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, New York, USA, in the frame of Bach at One Cantata Series. This week, as part of Trinity's Twelfth Night: Time's Arrow festival.
Watch on Trinity Wall Street Website:
Complete Concert [87:51]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - June 2023)
Thanks to contributors: Uri Golomb (June 2007); John Grayovski (October 2006); Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006, May 2014, April 2020); Rainer Harald (June 2023); Leslie Masters (August 2010); Riccardo Nughes (December 2004); Claude Role (December 2017); Walter Roth (June 2004)

Cantata BWV 205: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft for Birthday [Dramma per musica, Secular cantata] (1725)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


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