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Cantata BWV 204
Ich bin in mir vergnügt
Von der Vergnügsamkeit

German Title

Ich bin in mir vergnügt

English Title

I am content in myself (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Secular Cantata for an unknown event

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 or 1727 | 1st performance: 1726/1727 ? - Leipzig

Text

Christian Friedrich Hunold

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | French-4 | Hebrew | Italian | Spanish-3

Scoring

Soloist: Soprano
Orchestra: transverse flute, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Recitative | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Recitative | Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Recitative & Arioso | Mvt. 8: Aria

Score BGA [2.95 MB]

References

BGA: X1/2 | NBA: I/40 | BC: G 45 | Zwang: W 11 | First Published: BG, 1862

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 12, 2003; Week of March 2, 2008

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Bach Cantatas [C-1]

Rudolf Ewerhart

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Elisabeth Speiser

Vox

1966

TT: 35:17

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2

Bach made in Germany Vol. VII - Secular Cantatas IV
Bach Edition Vol. 7 - Secular Cantatas
Bach: Kantaten BWV 202, BWV 204
[L-2]

 

 

Peter Schreier

Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano: Edith Mathis

Eterna / Berlin Classics / Brilliant Classics

Nov 1976

TT: 34:00

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
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3

Bach Cantatas [C-1]

Milan Munclinger

Ars Rediviva of Prague

Soprano: Jana Jonášová

Supraphon

Feb 1978

LP / TT: 27:30

Recorded in Prague.

4

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. II [C-2]

Bernard Labadie

Les Violons du Roy

Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann

Dorian Recordings

May 1994

TT: 30:53

Recorded at the Church of Saint-Isidore, Québec, Canada.
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5

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 4
Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas
[O-1]

 

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Soprano: Lisa Larsson

Erato / Antoine Marchand / Teldec

Jan 1996

TT: 29:05

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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6

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 62 - Secular Cantatas

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Harpsichord: Michael Behringer

Hänssler

Jan 1998

TT: 28:44

Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - August 2006)
Thanks to contributors: John Carroll (July 2005), Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006)

Cantata BWV 204: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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