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

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 | 1^st 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 3^rd Sunday after Epiphany
For the 4^th 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)

Cantata BWV 13: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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