Cantata BWV 8
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?

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Radio Recording - Archiv-Nr: U0-02375 [R-41]

Cantata BWV 8 [23:00]

Max Thurn

NDR-Chor / Members of Hamburger Rundfunkorchester

Soprano: Dorothea Förster-Georgi; Alto: Ursula Zollenkopf; Tenor: Hans-Dieter Höltge; Bass: Klaus Ocker
Helmut Stirnagel (Solo Flute); Johannes Schlömer (Oboe d'amore); Wilhelm Schaper (Oboe d'amore)
Basso continuo: Gerhard Gregor (Organ); Wolfram Hentschel (Violoncello); Gerhard Ullrich (Double-bass)

Norddeutsche Rundfunk in Hamburg

Sep 28-Oct 1, 1958

Tape / TT:

Recorded in Hamburg, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [22:59]

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Bach Cantatas Vol. 4 - Sundays after Trinity I

Cantata BWV 8 [23:45]

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester

Soprano: Ursula Buckel; Alto: Hertha Töpper; Tenor: Ernst Haefliger; Bass: Kieth Engen
Aurèle Nicolet (Flute); Horst Schneider, Edgar Schann (Oboe d'amore I/II)

Archiv Produktion 439387-2
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Jul-Aug 1959

6-CD / TT: 359:25
MP3 / TT: 357:46

Recorded at Augustana-Saal, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
Production: Dr. Gerd Ploebsch / Helen Kuzaj; Recording Producer: Karl-Heinz Schneider; Balance Engineer: Walter Alfred Wettler.
Listen on YouTube: 
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [23:57] | Complete Cantata [23:37] | Complete Cantata [23:45]
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Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 12
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 110, Cantata No. 8 [L-12]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 8, 26, 43, 61, 85, 130, 182 [C-2]
Bach Cantatas: Volume 2

Cantata BWV 8 [21:28]

Fritz Werner

Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Friederike Sailer; Mezzo-Soprano: Claudia Hellmann; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Erich Wenk
Flute: Maxence Larrieu, Hartmut Strebel; Oboe d’amore: Pierre Pierlot, Jaques Chambon; Bassoon: Paul Hogne; Trumpet: Walter Gleissle; Violoncello: Jacoba Muckel; Organ: Eva Hoelderlin

Erato LDE-3206 (Mono)
Erato STE-50086 (Stereo)
Musical Heritage Society MHS-561
Erato 4509-97407-2
Erato 2584-61402-2

1961

LP / TT: 48:23
LP / TT: 48:23
LP / TT: 48:23
2-CD / TT: 147 min
10-CD / TT: 722:00

Recorded in Ilsfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [21:53]
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Bach Kantaten, Vol. 6: BWV 99, BWV 8, BWV 55 [D-6]

Cantata BWV 8 [22:02]

Diethard Hellmann

Kurrende des Bachchores Mainz und Bachorchester Mainz

Soprano: Herrat Eicker; Alto: Brigitte Fassbaender; Tenor: Kurt Huber; Bass: Siegmund Nimsgern
Werner Richter (Flute); Fred Schweinfurter (Oboe d’amore); Karl-Heinz Dieckmann (Oboe d’amore); Werner Taube (Continuo-Cello); Martha Schuster (Organ)

DdM-Records Mitterteich 200002

After 1970?

CD / TT: 56:09

Recorded by SWF at Christuskirche, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [22:06]
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CD: Musik aus Mitterteich - Hubertus Krämer

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Bach: Cantatas, No. 8, BWV 8; No. 161, BWV 161 [R-4]

Cantata BWV 8 [21:29]

Paul Steinitz

London Bach Society / Steinitz Bach Players

Soprano: Ilse Wolf; Counter-tenor: James Bowman; Tenor: Ian Partridge; Bass: unknown
John Constable (Organ; Continuo)

C1398/0547

Jul 19, 1970

Audio File

Recorded live at Maida Vale, London, England.
Broadcast by BBC Radio on Sep 13, 1970.
Electronic access: Play this at British Library only.

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Bach and Mozart CBF148-CBF151 07/20/1970 [F-150]

Cantata BWV 8 []

Sandor Salgo

Carmel Bach Festival Chorale / Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra

Soprano: Mary Ellen Pracht; Contralto: Pauline Law; Tenor: Seth McCoy; Bass: Douglas Lawrence

Carmel Bach Festival CBF-150

Jul 20, 1970

1 7 in. open reel audio tape

Recorded live at the Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA.
Source: Online Archive of California

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J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk ·Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 2 - BWV 5-8
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1 - BWV 1-14, 16-19
Bach-2000 Vol. 1: Sacred Cantatas 1 - BWV 1-14, 16-47
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten Vol. 3 - BWV 7-9

Cantata BWV 8 [19:03]

Gustav Leonhardt

King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort

Soprano: Soloist of the Regensburger Domspatzen (No name); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond
LC: Marie Leonhardt, Jacques Holtman, Alda Stuurop, Antoinette van den Hombergh, Janneke van der Meer (Violins); Wim ten Have, Wiel Peeters (Violas); Anner Bylsma, Dijck Koster (Violoncellos); Anthony Woodrow, Piet Swinkels (Violones); Adriaan van Woudenberg (Horn); Frans Brüggen (Transverse Flute); Jürg Schaeftlein, Karl Gruber, Paul Hailperin (Oboes d'amore); Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)

Telefunken 6.35028
Teldec 4509-91755-2
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Teldec 3984-25706-2
Teldec 8573-81123-2
Warner Classics 8573-81123-5

Jan 1971

2-LP / TT: 88 min
6-CD / TT: 386:45
MP3 / TT: 384:39
15-CD / TT: 999:37
CD / TT: 62:07
CD / TT: 62:07

Recorded in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Listen on YouTube: 
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [19:07] | Complete Cantata [19:03] | Complete Cantata [19:03, Spanish Subtitles] | Mvt. 1: Chorus [5:48]
CD:Cantatas BWV 7, BWV 8, BWV 9 [70:04]
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Die Bach Kantate Vol. 51 (Cantatas BWV 99, 8, 27, 48)
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 3 (Cantatas BWV 7-9)

Cantata BWV 8 [16:55]

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher
Bernhard Schmid (Horn); Peter-Lukas Graf (Flute); Hedda Rothweiler, Klaus Kärcher (Oboes d'amore); Martin Ostertag (Continuo Cello); Thomas Lom (Double-bass); Hans-Joachim Erhard (Harpsichord, Positive Organ)

Hänssler 98.813
Hänssler 92.003
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Feb, Oct 1979

CD / TT: 65:52
CD / TT: 59:29
MP3 / TT: 59:25

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
BWV 8: Recording: Tonstudio Teije van Geest, Heidelberg; Recording Supervision: Richard Hauck.
Listen on YouTube: 
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [17:15]
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 7, BWV 8, BWV 9 [59:27]
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Bach: Kantate BWV 8 Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben, Dietrich Knothe [CR-8]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:32]

Dietrich Knothe

Rundfunkchor Berlin / Members of Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Soprano: Dagmar Schellenberger; Alto: Angela Liebold; Tenor: Ralph Eschrig; Bass: Andreas Scheibner

YouTube

Early 1980's (?)

Audio / TT:

Recorded in Berlin, Germany. Recording from the Radio of DDR.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [18:32]

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Mihály András előadása Bach 8. kantátájáról (Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?) [CV-1]

33:36: Cantata BWV 8 [19:47]
András Mihály analyzes and describes J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 8. The whole work is performed at the end of the program.

András Mihály

Magyar Rádió Énekkara (Hungarian Radio Choir) / Concentus Hungaricus

Soprano: Ibolya Verebics; Alto: Judit Németh; Tenor: János Bándi; Bass: János Tóth
Anikó Horváth (Continuo)

YouTube

1987

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed in Budapest, Hungary. An event of TV zenei klubja (TV Music Club); Broadcast on Magyar Televízió m2.
Directed by Ádám Horváth; Director: Iván Bánki; Cameraman: Tamás Szabados.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Lecture & Complete Cantata [53:23]

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J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 8 "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben"; Cantata BWV 78 "Jesu, der du meine Seele"; Cantata BWV 99 "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" [C-8]
J.S. Bach: 6 Favourite Cantatas (Cantatas BWV 147, 80, 140, 8, 51 & 78) [B-1]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:22]

Joshua Rifkin

(OVPP - No Choir) / The Bach Ensemble

Soprano: Julianne Baird; Alto: Allan Fast; Tenor: Frank Kelley; Bass: Jan Opalach

L'Oiseau-Lyre 421728-2
L'Oiseau-Lyre 455706-2
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Mar-Apr 1988

CD / TT: 57:59
2-CD / TT: 136:29
MP3 / TT: 135:32

Recorded at Methuen Memorial Hall, Massachusetts, USA.
Producer: Peter Wadland; Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley.
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas Volume II - Trauerode (BWV 198, 156, 8) [C-2]

Cantata BWV 8 [17:21]

Jeffrey Thomas

American Bach Soloists

Soprano: Julianne Baird; Alto: Steven Rickards; Tenor: Jeffrey Thomas; Bass: James Weaver
ABS Choir: Sopranos: Julianne Baird, Christine Earl, Claire Kelm; Altos: Alexandra Ivanoff, Linda Liebschutz, Steven Rickards; Tenors: Neal Rogers, John Rouse; Basses: Charles Fidlar, Thomas Hart, James Weaver; Choral Preparation: Jonathan Dimmock
ABS Orchestra: Violin I: Elizabeth Blumenstock (leader), Jörg-Michael Schwarz, Jolianne von Einem; Violin II: Anthony Martin, Michael Sand, Lisa Weiss; Violas: Katherine Kyme, George Thomson; Violoncello: Elisabeth LeGuin; Violone: Steven Lening; Flute: Sandra Miller; Oboe d'amore: John Abberger (solo), Gonzalo Ruiz; Cornett: Steven Escher; Bassoon: Andrew Schwartz; Organ: Jonathan Dimmock; Harpsichord: Phebe Craig; Archlute: Michael Eagan

Koch International Classics 3-7163-2H1
American Bach Soloists

Jan 10-11 & May 1-2, 1992

CD / TT: 67:51

Recorded at St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere, California, USA.
Producer: Joseph Spenser; Recording & Engineer: Peter Nothnagle; Digital Editing: Peter Nothnagle
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»50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vol. 2

Cantata BWV 8 [21:41] - sung in Japanese translation by Emiko Ohmura

Emiko Ohmura

Bach-Chor Tokyo / Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Konomi Nagoya; Alto: Mariko Sasaki; Tenor: Masatoshi Sasaki; Bass: Akira Watanabe; Organ: Miyako Kusama

Bach-Chor Tokyo BACHCD 02

May 7, 1994

CD / TT: 63:10

Recorded at live at Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Source: J.S. Bach: »50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vols. 1-20: CD

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J.S. Bach: "Mit Fried und Freud" (Cantatas BWV 8, 125, 138) [C-12]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:31]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Soprano: Deborah York; Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Peter Kooy
Choir: Sopranos: Goedele Debelder, Susan Hamilton, Lut Van de Velde, Dominique Verkinderen; Altos: Marnix De Cat, Martin van der Zeijst, Henning Voss, Mieke Wouters; Tenors: Gerhard Hölzle, Paul Hörmann, Markus Schuck, Warren Trevelyan-Jones; Basses: Pieter Coene, Paul Van den Berghe, Robert van der Vinne, Bart Vandewege, Frits Vanhulle
Orchestra: Violins: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch (Concert-master), Roberto Anedda, Adrian Chamorro, Thérèse Kipfer, Corrado Masoni, Attilio Motzo, Andreas Preuss, Sebastiaan van Vucht; Violas: Catherine Puig, Jean-Luc Thonnerieux, Benoît Weeger; Violoncellos: Ageet Zweistra, Harmen Jan Schwitters; Double-bass: Margareth Urquhart; Flute: Patrick Beuckels; Oboes: Marcel Ponseele, Taka Kitazato; Bassoon: Philippe Miqueu; Horn: Claude Maury; Organ: Herman Stinders

Harmonia Mundi France HMC-901659
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Harmonia Mundi France HMX-2951659

Feb 1998

CD / TT: 58:40
MP3 / T:58:18
CD / TT: 58:40

Recorded at Eglise Doopsgezinde Germeente, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Recording Supervisor: Nicholas Parker; Sound Recording: Erdo Groot.
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [18:40] | Complete Cantata [18:07]
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Concierto Sinfonico Coral [C-1]

Cantata BWV 8: Mvts. 4-8 []

Andrés Juncos

Coral Santa Cecilia / Orquesta da Cámara Juvenil

Soprano: Yolanda Fresedo; Tenor: Ricardo González Dorrego [as Ricardo Dorrego]; Bass: Victor Castells

Coro Santa Cecilia

Oct 28, 1999

CD / TT:

Recorded live at the Catedral de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Recording & Digital Editing: Pablo de la Hera.

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Concierto Sinfonico Coral [C-2]

Cantata BWV 8: Mvts. 4-8 []

Sarita Cafferata & Andrés Juncos

Coral Santa Cecilia / Orquesta da Cámara Juvenil

Soloists: not listed (probably the same as on [C-1])

Coro Santa Cecilia

Nov 7, 1999

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Iglesia de San Pedro Temo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Recording & Digital Editing: Pablo de la Hera.

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Bach Edition Vol. 12 - Cantatas Vol. 6

Cantata BWV 8 [18.17]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar
HBC: Trebles: Anne Jan Leusink, Herjan Pullen, Hans van Roset, Aalt jan van Roest, Jelle Stocker, Gerwin Zwep, Tanny Roomen, Gerrit van der Hoorn, Erik Guldenaar, Peter van de Kolk, Nicky Westerink; Counter-tenors: Arjan Dokter, Gerald Engeltjes, Maarten Engeltjes, Vincent Groeneveld, Edwin Smit, Jan Willem Prins, Arjen Nap; Tenors: Martinus Leusink, Marijn Takken, Cor van Twillert, Frank Tros, Peter Bloemendaal, Frans Benschop; Basses: Jeroen Assink, Jim Groenevald, Sebastian Holz, Willem van der Hoorn, Huib van Hinsbergen, Klaas Alberts, Richard Guldenaar, Piet Schuyn
NBC: John Wilson Meyer (Concert-master), Laura Johnson, Antoinette Lohmann, Eva Scheytt, Elin Eriksson, Mimi Mitchel, Fanny Pestalozzi, Josef Tan, David Rabinowitz (Violins); Jan Willem Vis, Simon Murphy, Maarten Boeken (Violas); Frank Wakelkamp, Thomas Pitt (Violoncellos); Maggie Urquhart, Robert Franenberg, Jan Hollestelle, Ties Marang, Joshua Cheatam (Double-bass); Peter Frankenberg, Ofer Frenkel, Christin Linde, Vincent van Ballegooin, Eduard Wesley, Fernando Souza, Nico de Gier (Oboes); Trudy van der Wulp (Bassoons); Kate Clark, Marion Moonen, Doretthe Janssens, Brian Berryman (Transverse Flutes); Susan Williams (Natural Trumpet); Rien Voskuilen, Vaughan Schlepp (Organ)

Brilliant Classics 99371

Nov-Dec 1999

5-CD / TT: 286:53

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, the Netherlands.
Production Manager: Christine Schreuder; Recording: Clavigram, Leerdam; Producer/editing: Jean van Vugt; Balance & Recording Engineer, Editing: Louis van Emmerk.
Listen on YouTube: Cantatas BWV 8, BWV 186, BWV 3 [73:58]
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J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12

Cantata BWV 8 [18:38]
Apendix: Alternate version of Aria for Bass (Mvt. 4) with traverso and oboe d’amore [4:58]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Lisa Larsson; Alto: Annette Markert; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens
ABO Soloists: Alfredo Bernardini (Oboe d'amore); Jonathan Manson (Cello); Wilbert Hazelzet (Transverse Flute); Margaret Faultless (Violin)
ABC: Sopranos: María-Luz Álvarez, Francine van der Heijden, Els Bongers, Henriette Feith, Caroline Stam; Altos: Stephen Carter, Annemieke Cantor, Peter de Groot, Hugo Naessens; Tenors: Joost van der Linden, Malcolm Bennett, Andreas Gisler, Henk Gunneman, Geraint Roberts, Otto Bouwknegt; Basses: Donald Bentvelsen, Mitchell Sandler, René Steur, Hans Wijers
ABO: Margaret Faultless, Elena Borderias, Marc Cooper, Kati Debretzeni, Foskien Kooistra, Carla Marotta, Marshall Marcus, Fanny Pestalozzi, David Rabinovich (Violins); Martin Kelly, Nicky Akeroyd (Violas); Jonathan Manson, Robbie Jacobs (Cellos); Nicholas Pap (Double-bass); Wilbert Hazelzet, Marion Moonen (Transverse Flutes); Alfredo Bernardini, Michel Henry, Anna Starr (Oboes d'amore); Andrew Clark, Gavin Edwards (Horns); Margreet Bongers (Bassoon); Ton Koopman (Organ, Harpsichord) [recitatives & arias]; Jan Kleinbussink (Organ) [choir]; Mike Fentross (Lute)

Erato 8573-85842-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72211
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Mar 2000

3-CD / TT: 201:13
3-CD / TT: 201:13
MP3 / TT: 200:36

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Producer: Tini Mathot; Sound engineer & editing: Adriaan Verstijnen; Production Coordination: Willemijn Mooij.
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Bach Cantatas Vol. 8: Bremen / Santiago
For the 15^th Sunday after Trinity
For the 16^th Sunday after Trinity

Cantata BWV 8 [18:38]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Thomas Guthrie
MC: Sopranos: Donna Deam, Katharine Fuge, Elin Manahan Thomas, Belinda Yates, Suzanne Flowers, Emma Preston-Dunlop; Altos: Richard Wyn Roberts, Charles Humphries, Robin Tyson, Carol Hall; Tenors: Nicolas Robertson, Andrew Busher, Paul Tindall; Basses: Julian Clarkson, Thomas Guthrie, Michael McCarthy, Geoffrey Davidson
EBS: First Violins: Maya Homburger, Nicolette Moonen, Anne Schumann, Sarah Bealby-Wright, Roy Mowatt; Second Violins: Peter Lissauer, Hetty Wayne, Alison Townley, Hildburg Williams; Violas: Annette Isserlis, Rosemary Nalden, Colin Kitching; Cellos: Rainer Zipperling, Catherine Rimer; Double-bass: Cecelia Bruggemeyer; Flutes: Rachel Beckett, Marion Scott; Oboes: Michael Niesemann, James Eastaway; Bassoon: Nathaniel Harrison; Trumpet: Mike Harrison; Harpsichord: Silas Standage; Organ: Ian Watson

Soli Deo Gloria SDG-104
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Oct 7, 2000

2-CD / TT: 145:04
MP3 / TT: 144:37

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Santo Domingo de Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Producer: Isabella de Sabata; Balance Engineer: Everett Porter; Recording Engineers: Thijs Hoekstra, Mario Nozza (Eurosound); Tape Editor: Sebastian Stein; Series Executive Producer: Isabella de Sabata.
See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vols. 1&8
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 8: Mvt. 1: Chorus [6:20] | Mvt. 1: Chorus [6:19]
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J.S. Bach: Kóralkantáták III [C-4]

Cantata BWV 8 []

Salamon Kamp

Lutherania Choir (Lutheránia énekkar) / Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony (Weiner-Szász Kamaraszimfónikusok)

Soprano: Mária Zádori; Alto: Judit Németh; Tenor: Péter Marosvári; Bass: Joszéf Moldvay; Gábor Trajtler (Organ)

Lutherania

Jun 10, 2001

MP3 / TT

Recorded live during 12^th Budapest Bach Weeks, at Deák téri evangélikus templom (Lutheran Church), Budapest, Hungary.
Download this recording from: Lutherania: Recordings [MP3]

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J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 24 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 (BWV 8, 33, 113)

Cantata BWV 8 [17:06]
Appendix: Cantata BWV 8: 2^nd version of the opening chorus (Mvt. 1) [5:35]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy
Chorus: Sopranos: Yukari Nonoshita, Minae Fujisaki, Yoshie Hida, Mikiko Suzuki; Altos: Robin Blaze, Hiroya Aoki, Tamaki Suzuki, Sumihito Uesugi; Tenors: Gerd Türk, Satoshi Mizukoshi, Jun Suzuki, Yosuke Taniguchi; Basses: Peter Kooy, Yoshiya Hida, Chiyuki Urano, Yusuke Watanabe
Orchestra: Natsumi Wakamatsu [leader]; Horn: Toshio Shimada; Transverse Flute: Liliko Maeda; Oboe/Oboe d’amore I: Masamitsu San’nomiya; Oboe/Oboe d’amore II/Oboe da caccia: Atsuko Ozaki; Oboe d’amore II: Yukari Maehashi [BWV 8, appendix]; Violin I: Natsumi Wakamatsu, Paul Herrera, Yuko Takeshima; Violin II: Azumi Takada, Yuko Araki, Kaori Toda; Violas: Yoshiko Morita, Amiko Watabe
Continuo: Violoncello: Hidemi Suzuki; Double-bass: Shigeru Sakurai; Bassoon: Kiyotaka Dosaka; Harpsichord: Masaaki Suzuki; Organ: Naoko Imai

BIS 1351
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Sep 6-10, 2002

CD / TT: 67:37
MP3 / TT: 67:26

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
Balance Engineer: Jens Braun; Producer: Thore Brinkmann; Digital Editing: Julian Schwenkner.
See: Cantatas Vol. 24 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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J.S. Bach: Cantata "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?" BWV 8 [SWR Vokalensemble-H. Zender] [C-1]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:24]

Hans Zender

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Soprano: Kerstin Steube-König [YouTube] or Julia Rempe [Programme]; Alto: Maria von Eldig; Tenor: Julius Pfeifer; Bass: Otto Katzermeyer

YouTube

May 6, 2005

Audio / TT: 18:24

Recorded live at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, during Bachfest Leipzig 2005.
Listen on YouTube: 
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [18:24]

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Cantata No. 8, Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben? (J.S. Bach) [C-2]

Cantata BWV 8 []

Edward Lundergan

Kairos: A Consort of Singers / Orchestra

Soprano: Christine Howlett; Alto: Patricia Marquez; Tenor: Glenn Knickerbocker; Baritone: William Ashby

Kairos: A Consort of Singers

Sep 27, 2009

MP3 / TT

Recorded live at Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York, USA.
Listen at: Kairos: A Consort of Singers

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J.S. Bach: Cantatas 71, 8 & 191 [SC-1]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:05]

Christian Dehn Bang (Director & Organ)

Enghave Barok

Soprano: Klaudia Kidon; Counter-tenor: Daniel Carlsson; Tenor: Mathias Hedegaard; Bass: Jakob Bloch Jespersen

SoundCloud

Oct 9, 2011

Audio / TT: 50:49

Recorded live at Enghave Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark , in the frame of Enghave Barok: Bach Cantata Series.
Listen on SoundCloud:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata

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Blanche Moyse 2^nd Annual Memorial Concert (BWV 8, 140, 243) [MC-2]

Cantata BWV 8 [24:58]

Mary Westbrook-Geha

Blanche Moyse Chorale / Strathmere Festival Orchestra (Music Directo: Per Brevig)

Soprano: Mary Ellen Callahan; Alto: Mary Westbrook-Geha; Tenor: Steven Paul Spears; Bass: David Tinervia

YouTube

Oct 12, 2012

Video / TT: 91:57

Recorded & filmed live at St. Joseph's Church, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [24:58]

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Bach at One - April 29, 2015 (Cantatas BWV 8, 26, 27) [BO-38]

Cantata BWV 8 []

Julian Wachner

Choir of Trinity Wall Street / Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Wall Street

Soloists: unknown

Trinity Wall Street

Apr 29, 2015

Video / TT: 72:46

Recorded & filmed live 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 [72:46]

27

Kantaten zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis (BWV 161, 95, 27, 8) - Konzert [C15-6]

Cantata BWV 8 [20:21]

Kay Johannsen

Solistenensemble Stimmkunst / Stiftsbarock Stuttgart (Konzertmeisterin: Christine Busch)

BWV 8 Soloists: Alto: Soprano: Fanie Antonelou [5]; Anne Greiling [3]; Tenor: Stephan Scherpe [2]; Bass: Ekkehard Abele [4]
Solistenensemble Stimmkunst: Sopranos: Fanie Antonelou, Franziska Bobe, Agnes Knoop, Rahel Maas; Altos: Anne Greiling, Hanna Roos, Lena Sutor-Wernich, Wiebke Wighardt; Tenors: Michael Berner, Hans Jörg Mammel, Stephan Scherpe, Andreas Weller; Basses: Ekkehard Abele, Jens Hamann, Matthias Horn, Thomas Scharr

YouTube

Sep 25, 2015

Video / TT: 77:22

Recorded & filmed live at Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the frame of the Cantata Cycle Bach:vokal.
Watch on YouTube:
BWV 8 [20:21]: Mvt. 1: Chorus [6:35] + Mvt. 2: Aria [T] [4:19] + Mvt. 3: Recitative [A] + Mvt. 4: Aria [B] [6:35] + Mvt. 5: Recitative [S] + Mvt. 6: Chorale [2:52]

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Loss, Healing and Acceptance (Cantatas BWV 8, 78, 72) [C-1]

Cantata BWV 8 (Mvt. 2: Aria [T] is not sung) [16:37]

Paul Boehnke

Bach Society of Minnesota (choir & orcherstra)

Soloists (members of BSM): Soprano: Shanta Hejmadi; Alto: Kris Kautzman; Bass: Eric Sorum

YouTube

Feb 28, 2016

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Central Lutheran Church, Winona Minnesota, Minnesota, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [16:37]

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Bach en sept paroles II - De passage (Cantatas BWV 146, 27, 8, 48) [CP-2]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:00]

Raphaël Pichon

Ensemble Pygmalion

Soloists: Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: Tim Mead; Tenor: Nicholas Pritchard; Bass: Christian Immler
Choir: Sopranos: Caroline Arnaud, Armelle Cardot-Froeliger, Perrine Devillers, Nadia Lavoyer; Altos: Floriane Hasler, Yann Rolland, Alexander Schneider; Tenors: Constantin Goubet, Guillaume Gutiérrez, Randol Rodriguez; Basses: Geoffroy Heurard, Matthias Lutze, Pierre Virly, Emmanuel Vistorky
Orchestra: Violois 1: Cecilia Bernardini, Louis Creac’h, Yoko Kawakubo, Béatrice Linon; Violins 2: Gabriel Grosbard, Cyrielle Eberhardt, Simon Pierre; Violas: Fanny Pacco, Josèphe Cottet; Violoncellos: Antoine Touche*, Viola da gamba: Julien Léonard*; Double-bass: Thomas de Pierrefeu*; Oboes: Jasu Moisio, Lidewei de Sterck; Flute: Georgia Browne; Bassoon: Evolène Kiener; Trumpet & Horn: Emmanuel Mure; Organ: Matthieu Boutineau*; Harpsichord: Pierre Gallon*
* Continuo.

Culturebox / Mezzo

Nov 21, 2017

Video / TT: 115:55

Recorded & filmed live at the Philharmonie de Paris, France.
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Concert [115:55]
Watch on Philharmonie de Paris:
Complete Concert [93:26]
Watch on Culturebox:
Complete Concert [93:26]

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Bach's Cantatas as He Performed Them (BWV 151, 82, 8) [C-2]

Cantata BWV 8: Mvt. 1 [6:17] (from a complete performance)

James Andrewes

(OVPP - No Choir) / La Follia Austin Baroque

Soprano: Meredith Ruduski; Counter-tenor: Sean Lee; Tenor: Jeffrey Jones-Ragona; Bass: Gil Zilkha
Special guests: Sarah Davol & Sarah Weiner (Oboes d'amore); Marcus McGuff (Baroque Flute)

YouTube

Feb 17, 2018

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Mvt. 1: Chorus [6:17]

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Bach at One - April 30, 2018 (Cantatas BWV 8, 113) [BO-85]

Cantata BWV 8 []

Julian Wachner

Choir of Trinity Wall Street / Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Wall Street

Soloists: Soprano: Madeline Healey; Soprano: Molly Netter; Alto: Melissa Attebury; Alto: Clifton Massey; Tenor: Timothy Hodges; Tenor: Brian Giebler; Bass: Paul An; Bass: Jonathan Woody

Trinity Wall Street

Apr 30, 2018

Video / TT: 69:36

Recorded & filmed live 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 [69:36]

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Cantata! A Bach Cantata Series (BWV 8 & 48) [C18-1]

Cantata BWV 8

BWV 8: Joseph Taff

(OVPP - No Choir) / Instrumental ensemble

BWV 8 Soloists: Soprano: Peiqi Huang; Mezzo-soprano: Carolena Belle Lara; Tenor: James Henry Benson; Bass: Ben Johns
BWV 8+48 Orchestra: Ela Kodzas & Ryan Cheng (Violins); Isaiah Chapman (Viola); Maurice Cohn (Cello); Yue Li (Double-bass; Yi Xiang (Flute); Stephanie Becker & Alex Lynch (Oboes); Paul Tingley (Trumpet); Alice Chauqui Baldwin (Organ)

Eastman School of Music

Oct 7, 2018

Video / TT: 45:18

Recorded & filmed live at Reformation Lutheran Church, Rochester, New York, USA, in the frame of Eastman School of Music: Bach Cantata Series.
Watch on Facebook:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 8, 48 [45:18]

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Bach + One - April 29, 2019 (Cantata BWV 8 + Telemann) [B1-8]

Cantata BWV 8 [19:51]

Julian Wachner
Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster

Choir of Trinity Wall Street / Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Wall Street

Soloists: Soprano: Madeline Healey; Alto: Timothy Parsons; Tenor: Oliver Mercer; Bass: Jonathan Woody
Priscilla Herreid and David Ross

Trinity Wall Street

Apr 29, 2019

Video / TT: 58:35

Recorded & filmed live at St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, New York, USA, in the frame of Bach + One Cantata Series.
Watch on Trinity Wall Street Website:
Full Concert, including Cantata BWV 8 [58:35]

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BWV 8 Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben [C21-24]

Cantata BWV 8 [20:10]

John Harbison

Emmanuel Music (Artistic Director: Ryan Turner)

Soloists: Soprano: Corrine Byrne; Alto: Elizabeth Eschen; Tenor: Charles Blandy; Bass: Andrew Padgett
Vanessa Holroyd (Flute); Jennifer Slowik (Oboe d'amore)

YouTube

Apr 3, 2022

Video / TT: 20:10

Recorded & filmed live at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the frame of Emmanuel Music: Bach Cantata Series.
Recording Engineer: Seth Torres; Livestream Engineer: Maurizio Fiore.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [20:10]

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Bach's Cantatas: Nos. 8 and 78 - Lecture Concert Featuring Professor Christoph Wolff [CV-1]

15:30-35:20: Cantata BWV 8 [19:50]

Christoph Wolff

Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum (Director of Choral Activities; Andrew G. Clark; Resident Conductor: Jonathan Mott) ; Harvard University Choir (Chorus Master: Edward Elwyn Jones; Assistant Chorus Master: David von Behren) / Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (Director: Phoebe Carrai; Assistant Director: Sarah Darling)

Soloists: not listed
HRCM: Sopranos: Aurora Avallone, Larissa Barth, Heidi Bloodgood, Alice Findlay, Natalie Kahn, Andrea Lanza, Chloe E.W. Levine, Anne Lonowski, Emma MacKenzie, Isabella Meyer, Jessica Miller, Mai Nguyen, Samantha O'Connell, Ashari Palmer, Elisa Pavarino, Madeline Ranalli, Emma Rogers, Hayley Ross, Jillian Vogel; Altos: Hannah Alton, Kat Boit, Zeynep Bromberg, Katie Burstein, Sarika Chawla, Rosalind DeLaura, Rachel Gibian, Delaney Ignace, Nina Ijomanta, Allie Jeffay, Racheal Lama, Nikita Nair, Genevieve Raushenbush, Raquel Segars, Madison Webb, Jessica Wu, Sarah Yang, Beatrice Youd; Tenors: Fahim Ahmed, Joshua Hansen, Jaxson Hill, Elijah McGill, Andrew Rao, Beck Saine, Xavier Sayeed, Jonathan Schneiderman, Lowry Yankwich; Basses: William Brown, Ian Chan, Ben DuPont, Xavier Evans, Robert Greene, Jason Jorge, Mark Penrod, Brian Seepaul, Ivan Specht, Chibuike Uwakwe, Raymond Zheng
HUC: Sopranos: Sophie Choate, Natalie Choo, Rena Cohen, Maliya Ellis, Olympia Hatzilambrou, Sydney Penny, Amy Smith-Dingler, Rebecca Stewart, Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg, Elizabeth Wu; Altos: Ari Chriyanm, Rosie Du, Inés Hynett, Karalyn Joseph, Romaine Loubes, Lauren Marshall, Katherin McPhie, Claire Murphy, Julia Paolillo, Aurora Straus, Meghan Turner, Peggy Yin; Tenors: Jonathan Caron, Alex Chen, Joey Griffith, Isaac Kim, Gavin Kramar, Arhan Kumar, Victor Quintas-Martinez, Jasper Schoff; Basses: Trevor Bishai, Christian Carson, Soren Choi, Will Cooper, Moritz von Brescius, Jack Golden, Henrique Neves, Chrisopher Ong, Ian Chetron
HBCO: Violins: Sarah Darling, Farkhad Abdikadirov, William Lundell, Ambrose Philipek, Morris Reeves, Zev Shapiro, Meghan Titzer, Sophie Westbrooke; Violas: Hayley Murks-Abdikadirova, Jessica Cooper, Jonathan Karp; Cellos: Phoebe Carrai, Andrew Koutroubas, Nathaniel Steele; Double-bass: Guinevere Connor; Flute: Andrea LeBlanc; Oboe/Oboe d'amore: Geoffrey Burgess, Ellen Exner; Bassoon: Allen Hamrick; Harpsichord: Edward Jones; Organ: Justin Blackwell

YouTube

Nov 14, 2021

Video / TT: 64:43

Recorded & filmed live at Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert, including Complete Cantatas BWV 8 & 78 [64:43]

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Bach Cantatedienst in De Burgwal Kampen - Zondag 9 oktober 2022: Cantate BWV 8 "Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben" [C22-10]

42:04-62:30: Cantata BWV 8 [20:06]

Preacher: Piet Vliegenthart
Conductor: Sander van den Houten
Organist: Ab Weegenaar

Bachkoor en -orkest Kampen

Soprano: Lisa Bunt; Alto: Maria den Hertog; Tenor: Albert van Ommen; Bass: Aart Mateboer

YouTube

Oct 9, 2022

Video / TT: 70:10

Recorded & filmed live at De Burgwal, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Full Service, including Complete Cantata [70:10]

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Bach: Cantata Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben BWV 8 [AB-8]

Cantata BWV 8 [18:59]

Violin & Direction: Shunske Sato

Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Soloists: Soprano: Griet de Geyter; Alto: Franz Vitzthum; Tenor: Guy Cutting; Bass: Felix Schwandtke
Ripieno Sopranos: Marta Paklar, Amelia Berridge; Ripieno Altos: Sofia Gvirts, Bernadett Nagy; Ripieno Tenors: João Moreira, Immo Schröder; Ripieno Basses: Matthew Baker, Donald Bentvelsen
Violins 1: Lidewij van der Voort, Kano Imada, Mayumi Sargent Harada; Violins 2: Lucia Giraudo, Alyssa Wright, Andrew Wong; Violas: Anneke van Haaften, Esther van der Eijk; Cellos: Lucia Swarts, Anne-Linde Visser; Double-bass: Robert Franenberg; Recorder: Benny Aghassi; Oboes: Rodrigo Lopez Paz, Katharina Verhaar; Horn: Christopher Price; Organ: Bart Naessens; Harpsichord: Siebe Henstra

Nederlandse Bachvereniging: All of Bach

May 30, 2023

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Grote Kerk, Naarden, North Holland the Netherlands.
Director & Editor: Bas Wielenga; Music Recording: Guido Tichelman, Pim van der Lee, Ernst Coutinho; Music Edit & Mix: Guido Tichelman; Cameras: Martin Struijf, Bjorn Tiebout, Tom de Beer, Jesper Blok; Lights: Ernst-Jan Thieme; Grip: Jordi Kooij, Joey Marcoux; Assistant Director: Ferenc Soeteman; Set Technique: Justin Mutsaers; Data Handling: Ruben Kuyl; Project Manager Nep: Ron Vermeulen; Assistant Music Recording: Marloes Biermans; Producer Concert: Imke Deters; Producer Film: Wietske Hovingh; In loving memory of: Wendy Wallace.
Watch on All of Bach:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [18:59]
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 8: Complete Cantata [18:59]

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Bach: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern - Cantatas BWV 1, 8, 92, 101, 107 114, 123, 133, 139 (Cantatas from liturgical year from the annual cycle of cantatas 1724/25)

CD-3:
14-19: Cantata BWV 8 [18:57]

Christoph Spering

Chorus Musicus Köln / Das Neue Orchester

Soloists: Erika Tandiono; Alto: Sofia Pavone; Tenor: Daniel Johannsen; Bass: Tobias Berndt
CMK: Sopranos: Regina Achtelik, Sabine Laubach, Andrea Nübel, Elisa Rabanus, Anne Savignano, Xinyi Zhang; Altos: Christoph Dittmar, Beat Duddeck, Sofia Gvirts, Natalie Hüskens, Eva Sauerland; Tenors: Maximilian Fieth, Thomas Jakobs, Bruno Michalke, Markus Petermann, Felix Tudorache; Basses: Kevin Dickmann, Thomas Huy, Thomas Stiefeling, Christian Walter, Martin Zeidler
DNO: Violins 1: Elisabeth Weber, Elisabeth Weber, Petar Mancev | Julia Krikkay | Polina Babinkova, Anna Maria Smerd, Violins 2: Rachel Harris, Christian Friedrich, Lilit Tonoyan, Valentina Resnyanska; Violas: Valentin Holub, Michaela Thielen; Violoncello: Hannah Freienstein; Double-bass: Timo Hoppe; Flute I: Thomas Wormitt; Flute II: Juli Wang; Oboe I: Michael Niesemann; Oboe II: Marie-Therese Reith; Horn I: Stephan Katte; Horn II: Guillermo Pérez; Cornett: Arno Paduch; Bassoon: Alexander Golde; Harpsichord: Andreas Gilger; Organ: Tineke Steenbrink

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 198028001922
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Nov 18-23, 2023

HRA / TT: 196:32
MP3 / TT: 195:02

Recorded at Deutschlandfunk Chamber Music Hall, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A co-production with Deutschlandfunk.
Executive Producers: Christoph Schmitz (Deutschlandfunk), Stefan Lang (Deutschlandfunk Kultur), Michael Brüggemann (Sony Music), Roland Steinfeld (musikforum); Recording Producer: Jens Schünemann; Recording Engineer: Michael Morawietz.
Listen on YouTube:
3-CD: Complete Album [195:35] | Complete Album [Playlist; 60 Tracks; TT: 196:03]
Buy this album at:
3-CD (2024): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
MP3 (2024): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 1999 - June 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Rolf Günther (October 2012); Rainer Harald (April 2019 - October 2022); Frits V. Herbold (March 2012, April 2012); Teri Noel Towe (December 2001)

Cantata BWV 8: Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben? for 16^th Sunday after Trinity (1724)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4