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Cantata BWV 31
Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret
Discography - Part 2

Recordings of Individual Movements


M-1

The Complete Sinfonias from Bach's Cantatas [C-1]

 

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:58]

Hans Pflugbeil

Bach-Orchester Berlin

Heinrich Klemm (Organ); Teresa Brandt (Oboe)

Baroque Music Club BACH-746

Late 1950's - Late 1960's ?

CD / TT: 74:32

Recorded during Greifswalder Bachwoche, in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD: Baroque Music Club


M-2

J.S. Bach: Soli Deo Gloria Vol. 4

Chorus Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret (Mvt. 2) +
Chorale So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 31 [5:49]

Hans Pflugbeil

Greifswalde Bach Tage Choir / Bach-Orchester Berlin

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Baroque Music Club BACH-749

Late 1950's - Late 1960's ?

CD / TT: 74:07

Recorded during Greifswalder Bachwoche, in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD: Baroque Music Club


M-3

Bach: Orchestral Suites 2 & 3 / Sonata / Sinfonia [L-1]
Ernest Ansermet: Decca Recordings 1953-1967
[C-2]
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites & Cantatas
[C-3]

 

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:47 / 2:48]

Ernest Ansermet

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Decca CS-6243
Decca SXL-6004
London CM-9312
Decca 837002
Decca 4800027

Sep 30-Nov 15, 1961

LP / TT:
LP / TT:
LP / TT:
6-CD / TT: 7:23:12
2-CD / TT: 148:57

Recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.
Producer: Smith/Wallace.
Buy this album at:
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2-CD (2008): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de



M-4

Bach: 13 Sacred Cantatas & 13 Sinfonias [C-3]

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:43]

Helmut Winschermann

Deutsche Bachsolisten

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Philips 454346

Dec 1968

5-CD / TT: 352:39

 

M-5

Bach: Kantatenvorspiele für Orgel & Orchester [L-16]
Bach: Sinfonias & Orchestral Movements from Cantatas [CD] [C-13] [C-5]

 

3. Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:45 / 2:43]

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

E. Power Biggs (Organ) [Schuke-Orgelpositiv]

Eterna 826877
Sony Classical SBK-62829

Jun 1-5, 1975

LP / TT: 42:40
CD / TT: 74:43

Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Original Producers: Reimar Blute & Hellmuth Kolbe.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 31: Mvt. 1: Sonata [2:53]
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M-6

Ranko Filjak, Klavir [T-1]

Bach-S. Stančić: Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31, arranged for piano []

Ranko Filjak (Piano)

Jugoton LSY-61274

1976

LP / TT:

 

M-7

Edition Bach Leipzig - The Bach Trumpet - Ludwig Güttler [C-14]
Bach:Leipzig Edition [Box Set]
[C-14]

 

Chorale (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 31 [1:02]

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Trumpet: Ludwig Güttler
Continuo: Walter-Heinz Bernstein (Harpsichord & Organ); Burkhard Schmidt (Violoncello); Rainer Hucke (Double-bass); Gerd Schulze (Bassoon)

Capriccio 10039
Capriccio 49254-2

1984

CD / TT: 51:29
11-CD / TT:

Recorded in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [51:26]
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.de
CD (1992): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (1994): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
11-CD (2004): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


M-8

Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound - Music for Trumpets and Organ [T-1]

 

Sonata in C major (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31, arranged for for 3 trumpets, timpani & organ by Michael S. Murray [2:32]

Bernhard Läubin, Hannes Läubin, Wolfgang Läubin (Trumpets); Timpani: Norbert Schmitt (Timpani); Simon Preston (Organ)

Deutsche Grammophon 419245-2
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Nov 1985

CD / TT: 62:43
MP3 / TT: 62:32

Recorded at Lübeck Dom, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 31: Mvt. 1: Sonata [2:35]
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Music Download (2007): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


M-9

A Baroque Festival [C-6]

 

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:24]

Andrew Parrott

Taverner Players

Alison Bury (Violin); Jennifer Ward Clarke (Violin); John Holloway (Violin); Elizabeth Wallfisch (Violin); Richard Campbell (Bass Viol); Mark Caudle (Bass Viol); Anneke Boeke (Recorder); Catherine Latham (Recorder); David Reichenberg (Oboe); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Jakob Lindberg (Archlute); Andrew Parrott (Organ); John Toll (Organ)

Virgin Veritas 561304
Virgin Classics 91340
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Apr, Jun 1987

CD / TT: 60:17
CD / TT: 60:22
MP3 / TT: 60:19

Recorded at No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.
Producer: David R. Murray; Balance Engineer: Mike Clements.
Buy this album at:
CD-1 (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
CD-2 (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD-2 (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD-3: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | iTunes



M-10

Festliches Konzert in der Abteikirche Amorbach für Orgel, Drei Trompeten und Pauken [T-2]

 

Sonata in C major (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31, arranged for 3 trumpets, timpani & organ [2:37]

Klemens Schnorr (Organ); Jean-Francois Michel (Trumpet); Uwe Komischke (Trumpet); Erich Rinner (Trumpet); Edgar Guggeis (Timpani)

Audite 95.426
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May 1991

CD / TT: 64:38
MP3 / TT: 63:33

Recorded in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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M-11

J.S. Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites [C-2]

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:25]

Philip Pickett

New London Consort

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L'Oiseau-Lyre 452000-2

Mar, Jun 1995

2-CD / TT: 116:35

Recorded at Walthamstaw Assembly Hall, London, England.
Producer: Chris Sayers; Balance Engineer: Simon Eadon; Engineer: Krzysztof Jarosz; Engineer: Philip Siney; Editing Jenni Whiteside.
Buy this album at:
CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic


M-12

J.S. Bach: Arias for Soprano & Oboe [C-1]
Oboe Passion-Arias & Concertos By J.S. Bach & Sons [Box Set]
[C-1]

 
 
 

Aria w/ Chorale for Soprano Letzte Stunde, brich herein (Mvt. 8) from Cantata BWV 31 [3:50]

Instrumental ensemble

Soprano: Nienke Oostenrijk; Pauline Oostenrijk (Oboe)
Rémy Baudet (Violin I); Pranc Polman (Violin II); Wim ten Have (Viola); Lucia Swarts (Violoncello); Robert Franenberg (Double-bass); Siebe Henstra (Organ, Harpsichord)

Vanguard Classics 99166
Challenge Classics CC-72034
Challenge Classics CC-72506
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Jun 19-30, Jul 1, 1998

CD / TT: 55:55
CD / TT: 55:55
2-CD / TT: 107:11
MP3 / TT: 106:33

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Remonstrantse Kerk, Deventer, the Netherlands.
Production: Kompas CD Multimedia bv. Zweewolde NL; Recording Producer: Ted Diehl; Engineering & Editing: Bert van der Wolf; Mastering: Oscar Meijer; Executive Producer: Marcel Schopman.
Buy this album at:
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Challenge CD (2001): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
Challenge 2-CD (2011): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.,uk | Amazon.de | ClassicsOnline

 


M-13

Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret [C-2]

 

Chorale So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 31, arranged for 4 trumpets, timpani & organ [0:58]

-

Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort

-

Cantate C-58011

Jun 2-4, 1999

CD / TT: 68:15

Recorded at Evangelische Johanneskirche Wiesloch (near Heidelberg), Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


M-14

Bach Sings of Heavenly Love (Cantata Concert) [C-1]

 

Organ concerto in D minor: Allegro, from Cantata BWV 31/1, Sinfonia; Adagio, from BWV 156/1; Presto, from Cantata BWV 35/5, Sinfonia []

Penna Rose

Berkshire Bach Singers / Instrumental Ensemble

Joan Lippincott (Organ)

Off the Beat-n-Track

Jun 8, 2002

CD / TT:

Recorded at Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA, in the frame of Berkshire Bach Society: Concert Series


M-15

"Erschalet, Trompeten!", Musik für 3 Trompeten, Pauke und Orgel [T-1]

 

21. Chorale So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 31, arranged for 3 trumpets & organ [0:56]

Bach-Trompetenensemble Mainz

Björn Diehl, Götz Schwehm, Christian Tolksdorff (Trumpets, Flugelhorns); Axel Weilerscheidt (Timpani); Andreas Weith (Organ) [Klais Organ]

Acousence Records ACO-CD-10302

Aug 20-23, 2002

CD / TT: 54:55

Recorded at Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.


M-16

J.S. Bach: Sinfonia de la Cantate BWV 31; Sinfonia de la Cantate BWV 209; Cantate « Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Augen » BWV 30a; Cantate « Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten » BWV 207 [L-15]

 

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [3:18]

Gustav Leonhardt

Café Zimmermann

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YouTube

Nov 23, 2007

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Cité de la Musique, Paris, France.
Source: Concerto.net
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 31: Mvt. 1: Sinfonia [3:18]


M-17

Voices Of Bach [T-2]

 

Bach-A.N. Tarkmann: Chorale So fahr' ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Mvt.9) from Cantata BWV 31, arranged for solo oboe, choir & chamber orchestra [1:12]

Albrecht Mayer

Trinity Baroque (Choir Director: Julian Podger) / The English Concert

Albrecht Mayer (Oboe)

Decca 4781517
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Mar 2-6, 2009

CD / TT: 65:13
MP3 / TT: 65:13

Recorded at St. Paul's Church, Deptford, London, England.
Buy this album at:
CD-1 [International]: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download CD-1: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
CD-2 [German]: Amazon.de
Music Download CD-2: Amazon.de
CD+DVD: Amazon.de


M-18

J.S. Bach: Cantatas & Arias [C-2]

 
 

Aria w/ Chorale for Soprano Letzte Stunde, brich herein (Mvt. 8) from Cantata BWV 31 [4:47]

Harry Bicket

The English Concert [Pitch: A = 415 Hz; Temperament: Valotti]

Soprano: Elizabeth Watts
Violins 1: Alida Schat [Leader], Miles Golding, Graham Cracknell, Thérèse Timoney, Silvia Schweinberger; Violins 2: Walter Reiter, Claire Duff, Iona Davies, Huw Daniel; Violas: Alfonso Leal del Ojo, Stefanie Heichelheim; Violoncellos: Joseph Crouch, Timothy Kraemer; Double-bass: Peter McCarthy; Oboe: Katharina Spreckelsen; Organ: Robert Quinney [Continuo organ by Robin Jennings, 2005, supplied by Malcolm Greenhalgh]; Lisa Beznosiuk (Flute)

Harmonia Mundi HMU-807550
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Jan 2010

SACD / TT: 65:07
MP3 / TT: 65:00

Recorded at All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London, England.
Producer: Robina G. Young; Recording Engineer & Editor: Brad Michel; Performing editions prepared by the artists; German-language coach: Norbert Meyn.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 31: Mvt. 8: Aria w/ Instrumental Chorale [S] [4:48]
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M-19

Bach: Sinfonia [C-1]

 

Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 [2:39]

Ottavio Dantone

Accademia Bizantina

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Decca 4782718
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Jan 3-7, 2011

CD / TT: 73:24
MP3 / TT: 73:17

Recorded at Church of San Girolamo, Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Italy.
Recording Producer: Fabia Framba; Engineer: Roberto Chinellato; Executive Producer: Niall O'Rourke; Production Coordination: Joanne Baines .
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [78:30]
Buy this album at:
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | iTunes


M-20

J.S. Bach: Nouveaux “Brandebourgeois”, Recostruction par | by Bruce Hatnes [T-1]

 
 

Bach-B. Haynes: Brandenburg Concerto No. 7 (after J.S. Bach's Cantatas), for trumpet, oboe, violin, horn, bassoon, timpani, strings & continuo in D major [8:22]
1 | Allegro (after Cantata BWV 34/1) [4:34]
2 | Adagio (after Cantata BWV 150/1) [1:25]
3 | Allegro (after Cantata BWV 31/1) [2:23]

Eric J. Milnes

Montréal Baroque

Violins: Olivier Brault, Jacques-André Houle, Tania Lapierre, Ellie Nimerowsky; Violas: Margaret Little, Nicolas Fortin; Cellos: Susie Napper, Mélisande Corriveau; Double Bass: Pierre Cartier; Oboe: Matthew Jennejohn; Trumpet: Alexis Basques; Horn: Marjolaine Goulet; Timpani: Philip Hornsey; Bassoon: Andrew Burn; Harpsichord: Eric J. Milnes

ATMA Classique ACD2-2565
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Jun 2011

CD / TT: 63:11
MP3 / TT: 63:28

Recorded at Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada, during the Montreal Baroque Festival 2011.
Produced and Edited by: Johanne Goyette; Sound Engineer: Carlos Prieto.
Listen on YouTube:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 7: Complete Work [8:25]
Buy this album at:
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M-21

J.S. Bach: Bach im Fluss [C-50]

 
 

Bach im Fluss: A thematic collage of selected movements from cantatas and instrumental works compiled by Arthur Godel and Rudolf Lutz:
Closing Chorale So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 31 []
Sonata (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 31 []

Conductor & Harpsichord: Rudolf Lutz

Schola Seconda Pratica

Soloists: Soprano: Ulrike Hofbauer; Alto: Alex Potter; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Wolf-Matthias Friedrich
Orchestra: Violin: Renate Steinmann, Plamena Nikitassova, Martin Korrodi, Christine Baumann, Yuko Ishikawa, Olivia Schenkel; Viola: Susanna Hefti, Martina Bischof; Violoncello: Maya Amrein; Violone: Markus Bernhard; Bassoon: Susann Landert; Oboe: Kerstin Kramp, Andreas Helm; Flute: Claire Genewein; Trumpet: Patrick Henrichs, Peter Hasel, Klaus Pfeiffer; Timpani: Martin Homann; Organ: Norbert Zeilberger

Gallus Media

Sep 23, 2011

DVD / TT:

Recorded live at Evangelische Kirche, Trogen, Switzerland.
The DVD features film recordings of the special programme "Bach im Fluss" plus the film "Mit Bach von Leipzig bis Trogen, unterwegs mit Rudolf Lutz" as bonus material.
Recording and production: Sound engineer: Stefan Ritzenthaler, Johannes Widmer; Producer: Meinrad Keel; Production: GALLUS MEDIA AG, Switzerland.
Buy this album at:
DVD: J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Shop


M-22

[가톨릭합창단]Der Himmel lacht! (Kantate No. 31) - Bach

 

Chorus Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 31 [4:05]

Gabriel Lee Young-Hoon (?)

Catholic Choir

-

YouTube

Mar 31, 2013

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Myeongdong Cathedral Episcopal affiliation, South Korea.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 31: Mvt. 2: Chorus [4:05]


M-23

J.S. Bach: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret (BWV 31 - 2)

 

Chorus Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 31 [4:05]

Kantor Ralf Stiller

Kantatenchor Greiz / Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz/Reichenbach

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YouTube

Jun 5, 2014

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Stadtkirche St. Marien, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany. © Ralf Stiller 2014.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 31: Mvt. 2: Chorus [4:48]


M-24

“Der Himmel lacht” - Works by Tunder, Bach, Telemann, Händel, Buxtehude, Tollit, von Biber [C-1]

 

Aria w/ Chorale for Soprano Letzte Stunde, brich herein (Mvt. 8) from Cantata BWV 31 [4:47]

Soprano: Margret Bahr
Neues Barockduo Berlin: Anna Barbara Kastelwicz (Violin); Arno Schneider (Organ)

Hänssler Classic HC-17055

Mar 7-9, 2017

CD / TT: 53:08

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin Oberschöneweide, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD (2017): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


M-25

Bach: Redemption [C-1]

 

Arias and choruses from Cantatas:
11. Aria w/ Chorale for Soprano Letzte Stunde, brich herein (CM: Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist) (Mvt. 8) from Cantata BWV 31 [3:43]

Wolfgang Katschner

Lautten Compagney Berlin

Soprano: Anna Prohaska
LCB: Violins: Birgit Schnurpfeil [11], Andreas Pfaff [11]; Viola: Ulrike Paetz [11]; Violoncello: Ulrike Becker [11]; Double-bass: Annette Rheinfurth [11]; Oboes: Elisabeth Grümmer [11]; Harpsichord/Organ: Gerd Amelung [11]; Lute/Theorbo/Guitar: Andreas Nachtsheim [11], Wolfgang Katschner [11]

Alpha Classics Alpha-658
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Jun 2020

CD / TT: 77:47
MP3 / TT: 79:40

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin Oberschöneweide, Germany.
Recording Engineer: Benjamin Dressler; Production Management: Laura Eisen; Alpha Classics: Didier Martin (Director); Louise Burel (Production); Amélie Boccon-Gibod (Editorial (Coordinator).
Watch on YouTube:
Album: Teaser [1:03]
Buy this album at:
Music Download (2020): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


M-26

Friends & Colleagues - Bach & Telemann [CV-2]

 

12:19-17:43: Aria w/ Chorale for Soprano Letzte Stunde, brich herein (Mvt. 8) (soprano, oboe) + Chorale So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 31 [5:24]

Karen Hite Jacob (Harpsichord, Director)

Carolina Pro Musica

Soprano: Rebecca Miller Saunders; Edward Ferrell (Recorder, Transverse Flute); Holly Wright Maurer (Violas da gamba, Transverse Flute); Sung Lee (Oboe, Transverse Flute); Janelle Davis (Violin, Cello)

YouTube

Oct 21, 2022

Video / TT: 53:22

Recorded & filmed live at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Audio Recording Engineer, Videographer, Photographer, Editor: John Jacob.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert [53:22]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2001 - July 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (June 2006); Walter Roth (July 2009, June 2013, September 2018); Peter Smaill (August 2006)

Cantata BWV 31: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret for Easter Day [Easter Sunday] (1715)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Main Page | Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Cantatas BWV Anh | Order of Discussion
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