C-1

J.S. Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (BWV 182; Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 4 · Christ lag in Todesbanden; Cantata No. 182 · Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 4 & 182
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 182, 4 & 150 [BMC]

Cantatas BWV 4 [20:57 / 20:50], BWV 182 [29:50]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei / Deutsche Bachsolisten

Soprano: Herrad Wehrung; Alto: Frauke Haasemann; Tenor: Johannes Hoefflin; Bass: Wilhelm Pommerien
Otto Steinkopf (Cornett); Willi Walther (Alto Trombone); Ferdinand Conrad (Recorder); Ernst Mayer-Schierning (Violin); Horst Beckedorf (Violoncello); Paul Breuer (Double-bass); Arno Schönstedt (Organ)

Cantate 651218
Vanguard SRV-225SD
Oryx BACH-1113
Baroque Music Club BACH-724

Jul 1964

LP / TT: 50:47
LP / TT: 50:47
LP / TT: 50:47
CD / TT: 69:39

Recorded at Munsterkirche, Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Other works on BMC: Cantata BWV 150 conducted by M. Couraud & Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 152.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [21:03]
Cantata BWV 182: Complete Cantata [26:47]
Buy this album at:
CD: Baroque Music Club

C-2

J.S. Bach: Schwingt freudig euch empor, Kantate BWV 36; Schwingt freudig euch empor; Sehet, welch eine Liebe, Kantate BWV 64
J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 36, "Schwingt freudig euch empor"; Cantata no. 64, "Sehet, welch eine Liebe"
J.S. Bach: Schwingt freudig euch empor, Kantate BWV 36; Schwingt freudig euch empor; Sehet, welch eine Liebe, Kantate BWV 64
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 36, 93 & 140 [BMC]

Cantata, Vanguard, MHS: Cantatas BWV 36 [28:03], BWV 64 [24:08]
SDG: Cantatas BWV 36 [27:56], BWV 64 [25:45]
BMC: Cantatas BWV 36 [28:01]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei / Deutsche Bachsolisten

BWV 36: Soprano: Maria Friesenhausen; Altos: Andrea von Ramm; Tenor: Johannes Feyerabend; Bass: Hartmut Ochs
Helmut Hucke (Oboe d'amore); Heinrich Seemann (Oboe d'amore); Karl Heinrich von Stumpff (Violin); Horst Beckedorf (Violoncello); Horst Beckedorf (Violoncello); Otto Steinkopf (Bassoon); Jörg-Neithardt Keller (Positive Organ)
BWV 64: Soprano: Maria Friesenhausen; Alto: Eva Bornemann; Bass: Hartmut Ochs
Helmut Winschermann (Oboe d'amore); Helmut Schmitt (Baroque Trombone); Hans Leissner (Baroque Trombone); Alfred Stöneberg (Baroque Trombone); Otto Steinkopf (Cornett); Horst Beckedorf (Violoncello); Henrich Nelleßen (Double-bass); Jörg-Neithardt Keller (Positive Organ)

Cantate 641213 (1963)
Vanguard SRV-251SD (1969)
Musical Heritage Society MHS-1270 (1971)
SDG 610103
Baroque Music Club BACH-725

Jan 1962

LP / TT: 52:11
LP / TT: 52:11
LP / TT: 52:11
LP / TT: 53:41
CD / TT: 79:50

Recorded at Evangelisch-Reformierte Petrikirche, Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Recording: Sonopress Gütersloh; Recording Supervision: Ulrich W. Zimmer; Recording Engineer: H Kübler.
Other works on BMC: not conducted by W. Ehmann. In a later printing of Baroque Music Club BACH-724 the recording on the CD was replace by F. Prohaska's 1^st recording.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 36: Complete Cantata [27:25]
Cantata BWV 64: Complete Cantata [24:10]
Cantata BWV 64: Mvt. 7: Aria [A] + Mvt. 8: Chorale [7:48]
Buy this album at:
CD: Baroque Music Club

C-3

J.S. Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes Kantate BWV 76; Wer da gläubet und getauft wird Kantate BWV 37
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 76 & 37
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 68 / 76 / 80 [BMC]

Cantatas BWV 76 [37:30], BWV 37 [18:15]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei / Deutsche Bachsolisten

Soprano: Nelly van der Spek; Alto: Frauke Haasemann; Tenor: Johannes Hoefflin; Bass: Wilhelm Pommerien
Helmut Schneidewind (Trumpet); Helmut Winschermann (Oboe & Oboe d'amore); Susanne Lautenbecher (Violin); Johannes Koch (Viola da gamba); Alwin Bauer (Violoncello); Paul Breuer (Double-bass); Arno Schönstedt (Postive Organ)

Cantate 651219
SDG 610117
Oryx BACH-1114
Baroque Music Club BACH-723

Jul 1965

LP / TT: 55:45
LP / TT: 55:45
LP / TT: 55:45
CD / TT: 79:55

Recorded at Reformierte Petrikirche, Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Other works on BMC: not conducted by W. Ehmann.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 37: Complete Cantata [18:26]
Cantata BWV 76: Complete Cantata [37:05]
Buy this album at:
CD: Baroque Music Club

C-4

J.S. Bach: Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, Cantata BWV 84; Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, Cantata BWV 49

Cantatas BWV 49 [29:38 / 29:34 / 29:40], BWV 84 [16:48 / 16:50 / 16:55]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei Ensemble & Orchestra

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli
Helmut Winschermann (Oboe & Oboe d'amore); Ulrich Grehling (Violin); Emil Seiler (Viola); Sibylle Funke (Viola pomposa); Wolfgang Eggers (Violoncello); Horst Stöhr (Double-bass); Arno Schönstedt, (Concertante Organ); Jörg Neithardt Keller (Positive Organ).

Cantate: 651212
Nonesuch: H-71273
Musical Heritage Society, MHS-1386

Nov 1961

LP / TT: 46:26
LP / TT: 46:24
LP / TT: 46:35

Recorded at Munsterkirche, Herford, Westphalia, Germany.
Recording: Sonopress Gütersloh; Recording Manager: Ulrich W. Zimmer; Sound Engineer: H. Kübler.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 84 by A. Giebel.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 49: Complete Cantata [29:31]
Cantata BWV 84: Complete Cantata [16:48]

CR-2

Bach: Kantate BWV 2 Ach Gott vom Himmel sie darein, W Ehmann 1965

Cantata Ach Gott vom Himmel sie darein, BWV 2 [21:51[

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei

Alto: Maureen Lehane; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer; Bass: Wilhelm Pommerien

YouTube

1965

Audio / TT:

Recorded in Herford, North RhineWestphalia, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 2: Complete Cantata [21:51]

CR-17

Bach: Kantate BWV 17 Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, Wilhelm Ehmann 1965

Cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17 [19:31]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei Herford / Collegium Musicum des WDR

Soprano: Nelly van der Spek; Alto: Maureen Lehane; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer; Bass: Wilhelm Pommerien

YouTube

1965

Audio / TT:

Recorded in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Tape recording from the radio.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 17: Complete Cantata [19:31]

CR-115

Bach: Kantate BWV 115 Mache dich mein Geist bereit, Wilhelm Ehmann

Cantata Mache dich mein Geist bereit, BWV 115 [22:04]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei Herford

Soprano: Nelly van der Spek; Alto: Maureen Lehane; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer; Bass: Wilhelm Pommerien

YouTube

1965

Audio / TT:

Recorded in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Tape recording from the radio.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 115: Complete Cantata [22:04]

Recordings of Other Vocal Works

V-1

J.S. Bach: The Motets

Motets BWV 225-230

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westminster Choir / Westminster Abbey Orchestra

Sopranos: Anne Ackley Gray, Sharon Alexander; Tenor: Thomas Faracco; Bass: Daniel Pratt; Organ: Daniel Beckwith

Gothic

1978

CD / TT: 74:05

Buy this album at: Amazon.com

V-2

J.S. Bach: Intégrale des quatre messes brèves (Collection Philips Twin-set)

LP-2: Missa Brevis BWV 235, BWV 236

Helmut Winschermann

Westfälische Kantorei Herford (Chorus Master: Wilhelm Ehmann) / Deutsche Bachsolisten

Soprano: Elly Ameling; Alto: Birgit Finnilä; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer; Bass: William Reimer

Philips

Mid 1960's?

2-LP / 26:50 + 28:17

Other 2 masses: conducted by K. Redel

V-3

Morgen und Abendlieder

Some Bach-Schemelli Songs BWV 439-507:
Die goldne Sonne, voll Freud' und Wonne, BWV 451
Dir, dir Jehovah, will ich singen, BWV 452
Der lieben Sonnen Licht und pracht, 446
Der Tag ist hin, die Sonne gehet nieder, BWV 447

Wilhelm Ehmann; Philipp Reich

Westfälische Kantorei Herford; Hessische Kantorei

Soprano: Hertha Flebbe; Alto: Frauke Haasemann; Tenor: Wilhelm Kaiser; Bass: Paul Gümmer

Cantate 642230

May+Jun 1957

15cm LP / TT:

Recorded in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2001 - May 2021)
Thanks to contributors: Rainer Baruth (March 2012); Rolf Günther (October 2013); Rainer Harald (March 2019 - March 2021); Daniel Michel (September 2004); Peter Schmidt (May 2005)

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