Cantata BWV 104 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 104
Du Hirte Israel, höre

German Title	Du Hirte Israel, höre
English Title	Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel (from Oxford Companion)
Event	Misericordias Domini [2^nd Sunday after Easter] Readings: Epistle: 1 Peter 2: 21-25; Gospel: John 10: 12-16
Composed	Leipzig, 1724 \| 1^st performance: April 23, 1724 - Leipzig;
Text	Psalm 80: 1 (Mvt. 1); Cornelius Becker (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)
Text	German Text \| Translations: Chinese-1 \| Dutch \| English-1 \| English-5 \| English-6 \| French-4 \| French-6 \| Hebrew-1 \| Indonesian \| Italian-2 \| Russian-1 \| Spanish-3 Chorale Text: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt
Scoring	Soloists: Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus Orchestra: 2 oboe d'amore, taille (tenor oboe), 2 violins, viola, continuo Mvt. 1: Chorus \| Mvt. 2: Recitative \| Mvt. 3: Aria \| Mvt. 4: Recitative \| Mvt. 5: Aria \| Mvt. 6: Chorale
Scoring	Score Vocal & Piano [1.65 MB] \| Score BGA [2.20 MB] \| Examples from the Score Chorale Melody: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
References	BGA: XXIII \| NBA: I/11.1 \| BC: A 65 \| Zwang: K 67 \| First Published: BG, 1830
Commentary	BCW \| Crouch \| AMG \| Emmanuel Music \| Dayton Bach Society \| Dutch-2 \| Spanish
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of April 29, 2001; Week of April 9, 2006

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions
John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 23 Complete Cantatas Vol. 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman Cantatas Vol. 19 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Recordings - Part 1
Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 46 & BWV 104 [C-3] J.S. Bach: Cantatas 21-34-46-56-104 [R-1]
Jonathan Sternberg
Wiener Kammerchor / Wiener Symphoniker
Contralto: Lorna Sydney; Tenor: Hugues Cuénod; Bass: Alois Pernerstorfer
Bach Guild / Artemis Classics		1950	TT: 22:53
Recorded in Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

2	Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 2 [E-2] Bach Cantatas: Volume 2
Fritz Werner
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden
Alto: Margarethe Bence; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Franz Kelch
Erato		Mar 1957	TT: 23:53
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 104 by F. Werner. Recorded at Protestant Church, Weinsberg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

3	Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 2 Cantatas BWV 7, 11, 30, 68, 104 [C-5] Bach Cantatas: Volume 1
Fritz Werner
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Tenor: Kurt Huber; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli
Erato / MHS		July 1966	TT: 21:44
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 104 by F. Werner. Recorded in Schwaigern, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

4	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 80 & BWV 104 [C-1]
André Vandernoot
Bach Chorus & Orchestra of the Amsterdam Philharmonic Society
Tenor: Richard Lewis; Bass: Heinz Rehfuss
Cantate / Vanguard		1966	LP / TT: 21:30

5	J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwork (1) [B-1]
Hans Grischkat
Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Bach-Orchester Stuttgart
Alto (?): Erika Schmidt; Tenor: Kurt Huber; Bass: Michael Schopper
FSM 43101 / Corona		Oct 1971	LP / TT:

6	Bach Cantatas Vol. 2 - Easter
Karl Richter
Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester
Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Archiv Produktion		May, June, Oct 1973	TT: 19:39
All recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

7	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 18 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 33
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne
Hänssler		Sep, Feb 1979	TT: 16:40
Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

8	J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 6
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien
Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher
Teldec		1980	TT: 18:18
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

9	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Volume 6
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Erato / Antoine Marchand		Apr, Sep 1997	TT: 18:38
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6 - conducted by Koopman Buy this album at: Amazon.com, Amazon.com

10	Bach Edition Vol. 18 - Cantatas Vol. 9
Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium
Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar
Brilliant Classics		Spring 2000	TT: 17:03
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

11	Bach Cantatas Vol. 23: Arnstadt/Echternach For the 1^st Sunday after Easter (Quasimodogeniti) For the 2^nd Sunday after Easter (Misericordas Domini)
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Tenor: Norbert Meyn; Bass: Stephen Varcoe
Soli Deo Gloria		May 2000	TT: 16:30
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at Basilique St. Willibrord, Echternach, Luxembourg. See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 23 Buy this album at: Amazon.com

12	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 19 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
BIS		June-July 2001	TT: 17:53
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. See: Cantatas Vol. 19 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2001 - April 2007)
Thanks to contributors: John Grayovski (October 2006), Michael Meacock (Arton) (December 2002), Walter Roth (August 2003, June 2004), Thomas Shepherd (April 2007), Jeremy Vosburgh (November 2003), Roland Wörner (July 2002)

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Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 2 Cantatas BWV 7, 11, 30, 68, 104 [C-5] Bach Cantatas: Volume 1

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Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 2
Cantatas BWV 7, 11, 30, 68, 104 [C-5]
Bach Cantatas: Volume 1