Cantata BWV 208
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!
Discography - Part 11

Recordings of Individual Movements 1900-1949

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M-1

J.S. Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (Great Pianists) (1925-1950) [T-3]

Bach-Grainger: Blithe Bells, Ramble on Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208, for piano [3:39]

Percy Grainger (Piano)

Columbia 68006-D [98759] from Set 166
Naxos Historical 8.111119

Oct 1931

78 rpm
CD / TT: 79:47

Recorded in New York City, New York, USA.
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M-2

Bach: Hört doch der sanften Flöten Chor from Cantata no. 206; Schafe können sicher weiden from Cantata no. 208 [C-1]
Ria Ginster IV [C-1]

Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208 []

Soprano: Ria Ginster; Gerald Morre (Piano); flutes

HMV DB-2815 [mx. 2EA-3101/3102]
Victor 14385
Lebendige Vergangenheit LV-295

Feb 13, 1936

78 rpm
78 rpm
LP / TT:

Recorded at EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London, England.

M-3

Great Pianists - J.S. Bach: Piano Transcriptions [T-3]

Bach-Howe: Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208, transcribed for 2 pianos [4:33]

Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson (Pianos)

Columbia 47873/4
Naxos Historical

Jan 3, 1940

78 rpm
CD / TT: 67:39

Recorded in New York, NY, USA.

M-4

Bach: Great Orchestral Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Barbirolli: Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208, transcribed for orchestra [4:22]

John Barbirolli

New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra

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Columbia 11575-D in X-200 [mx: XCO 29463]
Biddulph Recordings 83069/70

Dec 16, 1940

78 rpm
2-CD / TT: 159:43

Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York City, New York, USA..
1^st recording of Bach-Barbirolli: "Sheep May Safely Graze", transcribed for orchestra, by J. Barbirolli.
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M-5

Bach Organ Music [RV-10]

C2-D. Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze) (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208

E. Power Biggs (Organ) [Aeolian-Skinner organ, 1932]

RCA Victor M-1048

May 1946

4 x 12" 78 rpm

Recorded at Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

M-6

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Bach: Cantatas · Arias [C-2]

Recitative (Mvt. 8) [0:42] and Aria (Mvt. 9) [4:58] for soprano from Cantata BWV 208

Soprano: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Josef Niedermayer & Karl Rezniček (Flutes); Karl Maurer (Violoncello); Isolde Ahigrimm (Harpsichord)

EMI Classics

Nov 1946

CD

Recorded at Brahms-Saal, Vienna, Austria.
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M-7

J.S. Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden: aria from the birthday cantata Was mir behagt das ist die mentre Jagd [C-1]

Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208 []

Soprano: Katherine Harris; Alfred Mann, Anton Winkler (Recorders); Edith Weiss-Mann (Harpsichord); Lucy Weiss (Viola da gamba)

Hargail Recorder Records H-1004-A/B [mx. MW 104 A/B]

194_?

78 rpm / TT:

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - July 2024)
Thanks to contributors: John Carroll (January 2006, July 2006); Robert Killingsworth (January 2005); Manfred Krugmann (September 2012); Farhan Malik (October 2011)

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