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Cantata BWV 117
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut

German Title

Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut

English Title

Give loud and praise to the highest good (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Chorale Cantata for unspecified occasion

Composed

Leipzig, 1728-1731 ? | 1st performance: 1728-1731 - Leipzig

Text

Johann Jakob Schütz

German Text | Translations: Dutch-1 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spaniah-5
Chorale Text: Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, 2 oboes d’amore, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Chorale | Mvt. 5: Recitative | Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Aria | Mvt. 8: Recitative | Mvt. 9: Chorus

Score Vocal & Piano [1.66 MB] | Score BGA [2.09 MB]
Chorale Melody: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

References

BGA: XXIV | NBA: I/34 | BC: A 187 | Zwang: K 172 | First Published: BG, 1876

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | Emmanuel Music | Spanish | Role [French]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of July 7, 2002

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 24
Bach Edition Vol. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vol. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Bach Made in Germany Vol. 1 - Cantatas VI
J.S. Bach: Kantaten
10. Folge

 

Günther Ramin

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Alto: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus; Tenor: Gert Lutze; Bass: Friedrich Härtel

Leipzig Classics

Sep 1949

TT: 25:57

Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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2

Bach: Das Kantatenwork (6) [C-1]

Siegfried Bauer

Kantorei de Karlshöne Ludwisburg / Bach-Orchester Stuttgart

Alto: Margret Jetter; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: Hanns-Friedrich Kunz

FSM Candide

1960’s ?

LP / TT:

 

3

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 93 & BWV 117 [C-1]

Ludwig Doormann

Göttinger Stadtkantorei / Frankfurter Kantatenorchester

Alto: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus; Tenor: Johannes Feyerabend; Bass: Hans-Olaf Hudemann

Cantate / Vanguard

1967

LP / TT: 25:50

 

4

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 6

Gustav Leonhardt

Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort

Alto: René Jacobs; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1981

TT: 19:20

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5

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 5
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 37

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Alto: Mechthild Georg; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Andreas Schmidt

Hänssler

Feb 1984

TT: 21:45

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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6

Bach Edition Vol. 8 - Cantatas Vol. 3

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Oct-Nov 1999

TT: 19:43

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
See: Bach Edition Vols. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vols. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
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7

Bach Cantatas Vol. 24: Altenburg/Warwick
For the 3rd Sunday after Easter (Jubilate)
For for the 4th Sunday after Easter (Cantate)

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Stephen Varcoe

Soli Deo Gloria

May 2000

TT: 20:35

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, England.
See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 24
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8

Musikwochen Weserbergland 2001 [C-2]

Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss

Hamelner Kammerchor St. Nikolai, Miglieder des Göttinger Vokalensemble / Barockorchester der Musikwochen Weserbergland

Alto: Manuela Mach; Tenor: Achim Kleinlein; Bass: Hans Christian Hinz

Musikwochen Weserbergland

May 2001

TT: 24:59

Recorded live at St.-Marien-Kirche Aerzen.
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9

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 19

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Choir Master: Ulrike Grosch)

Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

May 2002 (Mvts. 2, 3, 6, 8); Sep-Oct 2002 (Mvts. 5, 7); Oct 2003 (Mvts. 1, 4, 7)

TT: 19:26

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2002 - June 2006)
Thanks to contributors: John Pike (May 2005), Matthias Hansen (March 2006)


Cantata BWV 117: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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