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Cantata BWV 13
Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen

German Title

Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen

English Title

My sighs, my tears (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Cantata for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Readings: Epistle: Romans 12: 6-16; Gospel: John 2: 1-11

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 | 1st performance: January 20, 1726 - Leipzig

Text

Georg Christian Lehms (Mvts. 1-2, 4-5); Johann Heermann (Mvt. 3); Paul Fleming (Mvt. 6)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Dutch-2 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-1 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Portuguese-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Texts: Zion klagt mit Angst und Schmerzen | In allen meinen Taten

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 recorders, oboe da caccia, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Chorale | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.36 MB] | Score BGA [1.77 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 6
Capella: Mvt. 6 [cap]
Chorale Melodies: Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele | O Welt, ich muß dich lassen

References

BGA: II | NBA: I/5 | BC: A 34 | Zwang: K 138 | First Published: BG, 1852

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

January 14, 2001; Week of September 16, 2007

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Bach Edition Vols. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vols. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 13 & BWV 166 [C-1]

Helmut Barbe

Kantorei St. Nikolai Berlin-Spandau / Bach Orchestra Berlin

Soprano: Hanni Wendlandt; Alto: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Roland Kunz

Cantate / MHS / Vanguard

Nov 1960

TT: 20:37

Recorded at Teldec Studio Berlin Lichterfelde.

2

Bach Cantatas Vol. 1 - Advent and Christmas

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester

Soprano: Edith Mathis; Alto: Anna Reynolds; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Archiv Produktion

Jun-Jul 1971

TT: 22:43

Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.
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3

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1

Gustav Leonhardt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort

Boy Soprano: Walter Gampert (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1972

TT: 23:13

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4

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 23
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 4

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Carolyn Watkinson; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Walter Heldwein

Hänssler

Mar, Nov 1981

TT: 19:49

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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5

Bach Edition Vol. 9 - Cantatas Vol. 4

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Oct-Nov 1999

TT: 23:46

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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6

Bach Cantatas Vol. 19: Greenwich/Romsey
For the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
For the 4th Sunday after Epiphany

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: Richard Wyn Roberts; Tenor: Julian Podger; Bass: Gerald Finley

Soli Deo Gloria

Jan 2000

TT: 24:35

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, England.
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7

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sandrine Piau; Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Nov-Dec 2001

TT: 19:06

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2001 - January 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Peter Schmidt (May 2005)

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