Cantata BWV 176 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 176
Er ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding

German Title	Er ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding
English Title	There is something stubborn and fainthearted (by Richard Stokes)
Event	Cantata for Trinity Sunday Readings: Epistle: Romans 11: 33-36; Gospel: John 3: 1-15
Composed	Leipzig, 1725 \| 1^st performance: May 27, 1725 - Leipzig
Text	Jeremiah 17: 9 (Mvt. 1); Paul Gerhardt (Mvt. 6); Christiane Mariane von Ziegler (Mvts. 2-5) (amended by J.S. Bach)
Text	German Text \| Translations: Dutch \| English-1 \| English-6 \| French-4 \| Hebrew-1 \| Indonesian \| Italian-5 \| Spanish-3 Chorale Text: Was alle Weisheit in der Welt
Scoring	Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Bass; 4-part Chorus Orchestra: 2 oboes, oboe da caccia, 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 [1.43 MB] \| Score BGA [1.73 MB] \| Examples from the Score & Commentary Chorale Melody: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
References	BGA: XXXV \| NBA: I/15 \| BC: A 92 \| Zwang: K 127 \| First Published: BG, 1888
Commentary	BCW \| Crouch \| AMG \| Spanish
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of June 10, 2001

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions

Recordings - Part 1
Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 45, BWV 176 [E-2]
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Soprano: Sheila Armstrong; Alto: Norma Procter; Bass: Erich Wenk
Cantate / SDG		Feb 1967	LP / TT: 14:28
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 176 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Martinskirche, Metzingen.

2	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 39 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 53
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Soprano: Inga Nielsen; Alto: Carolyn Watkinson; Bass: Walter Heldwein
Hänssler		Dec 1980	TT: 13:05
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 176 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

3	J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9
Gustav Leonhardt
Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort
Boy Soprano: Matthias Echternach (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: Paul Esswood; Bass: Max van Egmond
Teldec		1988	TT: 12:21
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4	Bach Edition Vol. 15 - Cantatas Vol. 8
Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium
Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Bass: Bas Ramselaar
Brilliant Classics		Jan-Feb 2000	TT: 11:46
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

5	Bach Cantatas Vol. 27: Blythburgh/Kirkwell For Whit Tuesday For Trinity Sunday
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Soprano: Ruth Holton; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Bass: Peter Harvey
Soli Deo Gloria		Jun 2000	TT: 10:29
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

6	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 15
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Sopranos: Johannette Zomer; Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Antoine Marchand		Nov-Dec 2001	TT: 9:58
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

7	J.S. Bach: �O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort� - Cantatas BWV 2, 20 & 176 [C-14]
Philippe Herreweghe
Collegium Vocale Gent
Soprano: Johannette Zomer; Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Bass: Peter Kooy
Harmonia Mundi Fr		May 2002	TT: 10:52
Recorded at Stolberger Saal, Köln, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

8	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 35 (Cantatas from Leipzig 1725)
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Bass: Peter Kooy
BIS		Jul 2006	SACD / TT: 11:11
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (June 2001 - April 2008)
Thanks to conbtributors: Peter Schmidt (May 2005), Thomas Shepherd (May 2007, January 2008), Ehud Shiloni (March 2004)

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