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Cantata BWV 205
Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft
Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus

German Title

Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft

English Title

Destroy, burst, shatter the tomb (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Dramma per Musica, for the Birthday of Augustus Friedrich Müller, a Professor at Leipzig University

Composed

Leipzig, 1725 | 1st performance: August 3, 1725 - Leipzig

Text

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)

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

Scoring

Soloists: Pallas (Soprano), Pomona (Alto), Zephyrus (Tenor), Äolus (bass), 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 horns, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, oboe d’amore, viola d’amore, viola da gamba, 2 violas, 8 violins, 2 violoncellos, violone, bassoon, continuo (including cembalo & organ)
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Recitative | Mvt. 7: Aria | Mvt. 8: Recitative | Mvt. 9: Aria | Mvt. 10: Recitative | Mvt. 11: Aria | Mvt. 12: Recitative | Mvt. 13: Aria (Duet) | Mvt. 14: Recitative | Mvt. 15: Chorus

Score BGA [7.68 MB]

References

BGA: X1/2 | NBA: I/38 | BC: G 36 | Zwang: W 9 | First Published: BG, 1862

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 19, 2003

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 205

Discussions

Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 205

Details of Cantata BWV 205a

 


Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Eole Apaise [C-3]

Helmut Koch

Chœur et Orchestre de Chambre de Radio-Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Anny Schlemm; Alto [Pomona]: Diana Eustrati; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Gert Luze; Bass [Äolus]: Karl Wolfram

Le Chant du Monde

Early 1950’s ?

LP / TT:

1st recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Koch

2

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 205 [A-7]

 

Hans Grischkat

Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Ton-Studio Orchestra Stuttgart

Soprano [Pallas]: Käthe Netwig; Contralto [Pomona]: Ruth Michaelis; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Werner Hohmann; Bass [Äolus]: Franz Kelch

Renaissance

Jan 1952

LP / TT:

 

3

J.S. Bach: Der zufriedengestellte Äolus BWV 205 · Cembalokonzert Nr. 3 [ES-2]

Helmuth Rilling

Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano [Pallas]: Elisabeth Speiser; Alto [Pomona]: Margarethe Bence; Tenor [Zephyrus]: John van Kesteren; Bass [Äolus]: Jakob Stämpfli

Bärenreiter-Musicaphon / MHS

May 1966; May 1967

TT: 43:41 [LP] / 45:37 [CD]

1st recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.

4

[C-4]

Helmut Koch

Rundfunk-Solistenvereinigung Berlin / Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Elisabeth Speiser; Alto [Pomona]: Ingeborg Springer; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Äolus]: Siegfried Lorenz

?

1973-1974

LP / TT: 44:00

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Koch.

5

Bach made in Germany Vol. VII - Secular Cantatas V
Bach Edition Vol. 7 - Secular Cantatas

 

 

Peter Schreier

Berliner Solisten (Chorus master: Dietrich Knothe) / Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Edith Mathis; Alto [Pomona]: Carolyn Watkinson; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Äolus]: Siegfried Lorenz

Berlin Classics / Brilliant Classics

Jan, Oct 1981

TT: 39:40

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
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6

Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Soprano [Pallas]: Yvonne Kenny; Alto [Pomona]: Marjana Lipovšek; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Kurt Equiluz; Bass [Äolus]: Robert Holl

Teldec

1983

TT: 40:57

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7

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 205 & 214 [L-2]

Gustav Leonhardt

Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Soprano [Pallas]: Mieke van der Sluis; Alto [Pomona]: René Jacobs, Tenor [Zephyrus]: Christoph Prégardien, Bass [Äolus]: David Thomas

Philips

Dec 1990

TT: 40:18

Recorded at St Giles, Cripplegate. London, England.
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8

J.S. Bach: Cantate Profanes [C-1]

René Jacobs

RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Soprano [Pallas]: Efrat Ben-Nun; Alto [Pomona]: Katharina Kammerloher; Tenors [Zephyrus]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Äolus]: Klaus Häger

Harmonia Mundi France

Nov 1994

TT: 38:16

 

9

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano [Pallas]: Lisa Larsson; Alto [Pomona]: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Äolus]: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Sep, Nov 1996

TT: 40:16

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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10

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 63 - Secular Cantatas

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano [Pallas]: Sibylla Rubens; Alto [Pomona]: Yvonne Naef; Tenor [Zephyrus]: Christoph Genz; Bass [Äolus]: Andreas Schmidt

Hänssler

Sep 1999

TT: 38:18

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 205 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg, Germany.
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11

J.S. Bach: Le ouvertures per orchestra BWV 1066-69 - Cantate BWV 110 e 205 [C-3]

Diego Fasolis

Coro della Radio Svizzera / I Barocchisti

Soprano [Pallade]: Nancy Argenta; Mezzo-soprano [Pomona]: Claudia Iten; Tenor [Zefiro]: Charles Daniels; Bass [Eolo]: Klaus Mertens

Amadeus Magazine / Arts

May 2004

TT: 35:30

Included in December 2004 issue of Italian magazine Amadeus.
Recorded in Lugano, Switzerland

 

 

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - June 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Uri Golomb (June 2007), John Grayovski (October 2006), Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006), Riccardo Nughes (December 2004), Walter Roth (June 2004)


Cantatas BWV 205 & BWV 205a: Complete Recordings of BWV 205 | Recordings of Individual Movements from BWV 205 | Details of BWV 205a | Discussions


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