Cantata BWV 4
Christ lag in Todes Banden
Discography - Part 1

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Bach arr F. Fujol: Cantata No. 4 Christ Lay In Death's Dark Prison (Musical masterpieces on Victor Records) [C-1]

Cantata BWV 4, arranged by Francesc Pujol, sung in Catalan []

Lluis Millet

Orfeó Catalá de Barcelona; with Orchestra

?

Spanish HMV D-2066
Victor/Victrola

Mar 20 & 22, 1931

5 x 78 rpm

Recorded at Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona., Spain.
Listen on BCW:
Cantata BWV 4: Part 1 [4:08] | Part 3 [4:16] | Part 4 [4:32]

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Bach: Cantate n °4 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 4 []

Nadia Boulanger

Ensemble Nadia Boulanger

?

Voix de son maître 2LA-1845/1850

Jun 2, 1937

6 x 78 rpm

Recorded at Duyarrie de la Riviere, Paris, France.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by N. Boulanger.

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Concert recording at the Sanders Theater, March 3, 1938 [C-2]

Cantata BWV 4 []

Nadia Boulanger

Harvard Glee Club & Radcliffe Choral Society / Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra

Sopranos: Gisèle Peyron, Jean de Polignac; Contraltos: Irène Kedroff, Nathalie Kédroff; Tenor: Hugues Cuénod; Bass: Doda Conrad

Greenough disc Nos. 262-270

Mar 3, 1938

9 x 78 rpm

Recorded at the Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Boson, Massachusetts, USA.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 4 by N. Boulanger.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 61328530)

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Bach: Cantata No. 4 (Christ lay in the bonds of death) [C-1]
Bach: Cantata BWV 4 & Motet BWV 227 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 4 [23:28]

Robert Shaw

RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra

No soloists are listed

RCA Victor DM-1096
RCA Victor LM-25
RCA Victor LM-9035

Jun 25 & 27, 1946

4x78rpm / TT: 23:28
10" / TT: 23:28
LP / TT: 48:12

The record jacket lists The RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra and the record itself lists the Robert Shaw Chorale. Must be a misprint because the Robert Shaw Chorale didn't start until 1948 and this recording was done in 1946 and released in 1949. DM-1096 & LM-25 includes only BWV 4.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by R. Shaw.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [23:15]

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2000 - November 2021)
Thanks to Contributors: Anandgyan (January 2010), Yoël L. Arbeitman (July 2009), Rainer Baruth (April 2012), Thérèse Hanquet (February 2007), Matthias Hansen (July 2006, August 2006, June 2008, June 2013), Rainer Harald (July 2019), Frits van Laeken Herbold (São Paulo, Brazil - March 2008, March 2012, January 2014), Harald Kurama (November 2010), Christian Moll (November 2009), Jean-Gabriel Puyraveau (April 2014), Pierre-F. Roberge (July 2009), Peter Schmidt (May 2005), Jean-Louis Serre (March 2006), Russ Sackowitz (September 2008), Thomas Shepherd (April 2007), Burke Smith (November 2007), Peter Tanzer (November 2001), Bradley Taylor (April 2005, July 2009), Jerome F. Weber (May 2019)

Cantata BWV 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden for Easter Day [Easter Sunday] (1707-1708)
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