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Cantata BWV 169
Gott soll allein mein Herze haben

Ref.

BWV 169

German Title

Gott soll allein mein Herze haben

English Title

God alone shall have my heart (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Solo Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1: 4-8; Gospel: Matthew 22: 34-46
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for 18th Sunday after Trinity

Composed

Leipzig, 1726
1st performance: October 20, 1726 - Leipzig

Text

Martin Luther (Mvt. 7); Anon (Mvts. 2-6)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hungarian-2 | Indonesian | Italian-5 | Japanese-6 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3 | Spanish-7

Scoring

Soloist: Alto; 4-part Chorus (for the final chorale)
Orchestra: 2 oboes, tenor oboe (taille), 2 violins, viola, obbligato organ, continuo
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Arioso & Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Recitative | Mvt. 7: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.65] | Score BGA [2.20 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D B Mus. ms. Bach P 93 (BWV 169: Mvts.) [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 7
Capella: Mvt. 7 [cap]

References

BGA: XXXIII | NBA: I/24 | BC: A 143 | Zwang: K 155 | First Published: BG, 1887 | Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Provenance

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of September 29, 2002; Week of January 6, 2008; Week of May 6, 2012

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (2nd round)

Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) - conducted by Robert King
Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Bach Edition Vol. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vol. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland
Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Bach: Kantate BWV 169 / Ritter: Solokantate [C-3]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 170, BWV 169 - 7 Sacred Songs
[C-3]

Cantata BWV 169 [29:46]

Anthon van der Horst

Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy (Nederlandse Bachvereniging) / Nederlands Kamerorkest

Contralto: Aafje Heynis; Albert de Klerk (Organ)

Philips A00533L
Philips Eloquence 468210-2

Jun 30, 1959

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 72:17

Recorded live at St. Janskerk, Gouda, the Netherlands.

2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 157 & BWV 169 [L-3]
J.S. Bach: Cantata 117, Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut; Cantata 93, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten; Cantata 169, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben [SA-2]

 

Cantata BWV 169 [18:43]

Diethard Hellmann

Bach-Chor (Kurrende der Christuskirche) & Bach-Orchester Mainz

Alto: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus
Manfred Peters (Flute); Karl Schuch (Oboe & Oboe d’amore); Leopold Hager (Organ); Almut Moster (Cello)

Cantate 1202
SDG 610105
Musical Heritage Society MHS-1243
Schola Antiqua Out-of-Print Recordings SAOPR-6D

Mar 1960

LP / TT: 34:24
LP / TT: 34:24
LP / TT: 34:24
CD / TT:

Recorded at Christuskirche, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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3

Maureen Forrester sings Bach & Handel [C-1]

Antonio Janigro

I Solisti di Zagreb

Contralto: Maureen Forrester; Organ: Anton Heiller

Vanguard

Jun 1964

TT: 24:32

Recorded at the Grossesaal, Wiener Konzethaus, Vienna, Austria.
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4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 56, Cantata BWV 169 [L-10]
Bach: Cantates BWV 56, 82, 140, 169, 211, 212
[C-4]

 
  

Cantata BWV 169 [25:55 / 25:30]

Karl Ristenpart

Yves Rudelle Vocal Ensemble / Chamber Orchestra of the Saar

Contralto: Eva Bornemann; Gunther Karau (Organ)

Club Francais du disque 373
Nonesuch H-71142
Accord 4767951

Oct 1, 1965

LP / TT: 51:12
LP / TT: 51:12
2-CD / TT: 151:15

Recorded in Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany.
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5

Bach: Two Solo Cantatas: Cantata BWV 169, Gottt soll allein miein Herze haben; Cantata BWV 82, Ich habe genug [C-2]
J.S. Bach & Handel: Solo Cantatas & Vocal Works
[C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 169 [23:43]

Yehudi Menuhin

Ambrosian Singers / Bath Festival Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker

Angel / EMI
EMI Classics 72484
EMI Classics 77322

Jul 1966

LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 155:07
2-CD / TT: 155:07
MP3 / TT: 154:45

Recorded at Anney Road Studios, London, England.
See: Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner
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6

J.S. Bach: Cantates BWV 161 & BWV 169 [C-1]

Frigyes Sándor

Chamber Choir of the Liszt Music Academy / Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Alto: Julia Hamari; Organ: Gabor Lehotka; Zsuzsa Pertis (Harpsichord)

Hungaroton

1966

LP / TT: 28:06

 

7

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 169 [C-3]

Rudolf Barshai

Moskauer Staatschor / Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Alto: Zara Dolukhanova

Melodiya ?

c1970

LP / TT: 26:23

 

8

J.S. Bach: Kantaten 169-170 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 169 []

Wolfgang Dallmann (Organ & Conductor)

Chor der Lutherkirche Heidelberg / Heidelberger Kammerorchester

Alto: Ingeborg Müller-Ney

Da Camera SM-94034

Feb 14-15, 1971

LP / TT:

Recorded at the Lutherkirche, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

9

J.S. Bach: Cantates BWV 53, 54, 169 [C-2]

Jean-François Paillard

Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard

Alto: Birgit Finnilä

Erato

Nov 1977

LP / TT: 25:05

Recorded at Notre-Dame-des-Roses (Grisy-Suisnes).

10

Bach Festival 49th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: Second Concert [F49-2]

 

Cantata BWV 169 []

Dwight Oltman

Baldwin-Wallace Concert Choir / Festival Chamber Orchestra

Alto: ?; Sergiu Luca (Violin)

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music BW Tape 81-101b

May 22, 1981

MC / TT:

Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Library)

11

J.S. Bach: Cantate Gott soll allein mein Herze haben BWV 169; Cantate Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt BWV 68 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 169 [24:43]

Gerard Akkerhuis

Residentie Bachkoor / Residentie Bachorkest

Alto: Sylvia Schlüter

Globe Records

1982

LP / TT: 41:00

Recorded in The Hague, the Netherlands.

12

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 53
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 51

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Alto: Carolyn Watkinson

Hänssler

June 1983

TT: 23:36

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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13

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 39 - BWV 164-169
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas
Vol. 9 - BWV 163-182
Bach-2000
Vol. 4: Sacred Cantatas 4 - BWV 150-159, 161-188, 192, 194-199
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten
Vol. 50 - BWV 167-169

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 169 [22:50]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Alto: Paul Esswood

Telefunken 6.35658
Teldec 8.35658 ZL
Teldec 4509-91763-2
Teldec 3984-25709-2
Teldec 8573-81160-2
Warner Classics 8573-81160-5

P 1987

2-LP / TT: 104 min
2-CD / TT: 103:28
6-CD / TT: 366:45
15-CD / TT: 861:24
CD / TT: 55:04
CD / TT: 55:04

Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria (?).
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14

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 169, 54, 200 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 169 [25:00]

-

Choir of the Laurenscantorij Rotterdam (Conductor: Barend Schuurman) / Amsterdam Bach Soloists

Contralto: Jard van Nes; Leo van Doeselaar (Organ)

Vanguard Classics 99005

Jun 1988

CD / TT: 46:52

Recorded at Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, Holland.
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15

Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) (for Alto) [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 169 [24:15]

Robert King

The King’s Consort

Counter-tenor: James Bowman

Hyperion / Helios

Sep 5-7, 1988

CD / TT: 59:03

Recorded at Wadham College Chapell, Oxford, England.
See: Bach Cantatas 54, 169, 170 (for Alto) - conducted by Robert King
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16

Vivaldi: Motete; J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 169 [C-3]

Cantata BWV 169 [35:57] (with introduction)

Mario Videla (Conductor, Organ & Commentary)

Academia Bach de Buenos Aires
GCC-Grupo de Canto Coral (Director: Néstor Andrenacci) / Ensamble Academia Bach

Mezzo-soprano: Bernarda Fink

Ed. Institutional

1989

DVD / TT: 60:00

Recorded at Iglesia Santa Felicitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 169 by B. Fink.

17

Bach Kantaten BWV 35, BWV 169, BWV 49 (Sinfonia) [C-1]

Hartmut Haenchen

Mitgilieder des RIAS-Kammerchor / Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Counter-tenor: Jochen Kowalski; Organ: Raphael Alpermann

Berlin Classics

May 1994

TT: 24:04

Recorded at Kirche Zur Frohen Botschaft, Berlin-Karlshorst, Germany.
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18

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Alto [C-1]

Andrzej Mysiński

Concerto Avenna

Contralto: Jadwiga Rappé

Accord

May 1995

TT: 22:50

Recorded live at Studio S1, Polskie Radio.
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19

Bach Alto Cantatas [C-1]

Juha Kangas

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano: Monica Groop

Finlandia

June 1998

TT: 23:48

Recorded at Kruunupyy Church, Finland.
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20

Solo Cantatas [C-1]

Ludwig Güttler

Virtuosi Saxoniae

Alto: Elisabeth Wilke

Dresden Classics

Nov 1998

TT: 25:01

Recorded at Kirche zu Crostau, Germany.
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21

Bach Edition Vol. 9 - Cantatas Vol. 4

 
 

Cantata BWV 169 [23:31]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda

Brilliant Classics 99368

Oct-Nov 1999

5-CD / TT: 276:16

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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22

Bach Cantatas Vol. 9: Lund / Leipzig
For the 17th Sunday after Trinity
For the 18th Sunday after Trinity

 
 

Cantata BWV 169 [23:39]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Contralto: Nathalie Stutzmann

Soli Deo Gloria 159

Oct 22, 2000

2-CD / TT: 138:41

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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23

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17
J.S. Bach: Solo Cantatas for Alto and Tenor (Single Volume Cantatas
Vol. 3)

 
 

Cantata BWV 169 [23:55]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Organ: Ton Koopman

Antoine Marchand CC-72217
Antoine Marchand CC-72282

Sep 25, 27, 29, 30, Oct 1-3, 2002 [Mvt. 1]
Oct 28, Nov 4,5 2002 [Mvts. 2-7]

3-CD / TT: 189:12
CD / TT: 73:53

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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24

J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Alt [C-4]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Bach Vokalensemble Köln / Kölner Kammerorchester

Mezzo-soprano: Marianne Beate Kielland

Naxos

Oct-Nov 2004

TT: 22:23

Recorded at Deutchlandfunk Sendesaal, Köln, Germany.
See: Sacred Cantatas for Alto - conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl w/ Marianne Beate Kielland
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25

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 37 - BWV 35, 169, 170, 200

 
 

Cantata BWV 169 [23:03]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze

BIS 1621

Sep 2006

SACD / TT: 77:21

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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26

Bach: Solo Cantatas BWV 35, 169, 170 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 169 [24:50]

Petra Müllejans

Vocalconsort Berlin / Freiburger Barockorchester

Mezzo-soprano: Bernarda Fink; Organ: Wolfgang Zerer

Harmonia Mundi France 902016

Apr 2008

CD / TT: 76:10

Recorded at Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 169 by B. Fink.
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27

J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 169 “Gott soll allein mein Herze haben“ [C-17]

 

Cantata BWV 169 []

Rudolf Lutz (Conductor & Organ)

Vokalensemble der Schola Seconda Pratica / Schola Seconda Pratica

Alto: Claude Eichenberger

Gallus Media A493

Sep 19, 2008

DVD / TT:

Recorded live at Evangelische Kirche, Trogen, Switzerland.
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28

Bach Cantatas [C-1]

Cantata BWV 169 [24:38]

Andreas Scholl

Kammerorchester Basel

Counter-tenor: Andreas Scholl

Decca 4782733

Jan 23-28, 2011

CD / TT: 63:25

Recorded at Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace, France.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2002 - November 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Yoël L. Arbeitman (December 2009), Matthias Hansen (September 2005, March 2006, September 2006), Frits V. Herbold (March 2012), Robert Killingsworth (October 2002), Martin A. Lobeck (October 2011), Peter Schmidt (August 2006)

Cantata BWV 169: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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