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Cantata BWV 213
Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen

German Title

Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen

English Title

Let us take care, let us watch (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Dramma per Musica [Hercules at the Crossroads], for the (11-year) Birthday of Prince Friedrich Christian

Composed

Leipzig, 1733 | 1st performance: September 5, 1733 - Leipzig

Text

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | French-4 | Hebrew-2 | Italian | Spanish

Scoring

Soloists: Wollust = Lust (Soprano), Herkules = Hercules (Alto), Tugend = Virtue (Tenor), Merkur = Mercury (Bass); 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 horns, oboe d’amore, oboe, 2 violins, bassoon, viola, continuo
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 (Duet) | Mvt. 12: Recitative | Mvt. 13: Chorus

Score BGA [5.00 MB]

References

BGA: XXXIV | NBA: I/36 | BC: G 18 | Zwang: W 13 | First Published: BG, 1887

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

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Contents

  

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Recordings

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Hercules auf dem Scheidwege · Cembalokonzert BWV 1058 [ES-5]

Helmuth Rilling

Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano [Wollust]: Sheila Armstrong; Alto [Herkules]: Hertha Töpper; Tenor [Tugend]: Theo Altmeyer; Bass [Merkur]: Jakob Stämpfli

Cantate-Musicaphon

Jan 1967

TT: 51:55

1st recording of Cantata BWV 213 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

Weltische Quellen des Weichnachts-Oratoriums [C-1]

Wilfried Fischer

Chor und Kammerorchester Collegium Musicum der Universität Tübingen

Sopran [Wollust]: Herrad Wehrung; Alto [Herkules]: Ortrun Wenkel; Tenor [Tugend]: Kurt Huber; Bass [Merkur]: Bruce Abel

Corona

July 1969

2-LP / TT:
 

3

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

 

 

Peter Schreier

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

Soprano [Wollust]: Edith Mathis; Alto [Herkules]: Carolyn Watkinson; Alto [Echo]: Astrid Pilzecker; Tenor [Tugend]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Merkur]: Siegfried Lorenz

Berlin Classics / Brilliant Classics

Apr 1978, Nov 1979

TT: 45:20

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
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4

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantata BWV 211 & 213 [L-4]

Gustav Leonhardt

Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Soprano [Wollust]: Barbara Bonney; Alto [Herkules]: Ralf Popken; Tenor [Tugend]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Merkur]: David Wilson-Johnson

Philips

Jan 1994

TT: 48:00

Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England.

5

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

René Jacobs

RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Soprano [Wollust]: Efrat Ben-Nun; Counter-tenor [Herkules]: Andreas Scholl; Tenor [Tugend]: James Taylor; Bass [Merkur]: Klaus Häger

Harmonia Mundi France

Nov 1994

TT: 47:02
 

6

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

 

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano [Wollust]: Anne Grimm; Alto [Herkules]: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor [Tugend]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Merkur]: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand / Teldec

Sep, Nov 1996

TT: 45:41

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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7

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 67 - Secular Cantatas

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano [Wollust]: Sibylla Rubens; Alto [Herkules]: Ingeborg Danz; Alto [Echo] (Mvt. 5): Constanze Schumacher; Tenor [Tugend]: Marcus Ullmann; Bass [Merkur]: Andreas Schmidt

Hänssler

Sep 1999

TT: 42:41

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 213 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn, Germany.
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8

J.S. Bach: Festmusiken für das Kurfürstlich-Sächsische Haus [C-2]

Heinz Hennig

Knabenchor Hannover / Barockorchester L'ARCO (Konzertmeister: Christoph Heidemann)

So[Wollust]: Elisabeth Scholl; Mezzo-soprano [Herkules]: Barbara Hölzl; Tenor [Tugend]: Jan Kobow; Bass-Baritone [Merkur]: Hanno Müller-Brachmann

Ars Musici

Sep 2000

TT: 47:26

Recorded live at Großer Sendesaal des NFDR Hannover, Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - August 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Rudolf Bayer (October 2003), Matthias Hansen (August 2006)

Cantata BWV 213: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Cantatas BWV Anh | Order of Discussion

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