Cantata BWV 34 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 34
O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe [I]

German Title	O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe [I]
English Title	O eternal fire, O source of love [I] (by Richard Stokes)
Event	Cantata for Whit Sunday [1^st Day of Pentecost] Readings: Epistle: Acts 2: 1-13; Gospel: John 14: 23-31
Composed	Leipzig, 1740 (Stokes) or 1746-1747 \| 1^st performance: 1746-1747 - Leipzig
Text	Anon
Text	German Text \| Translations: Dutch \| English-1 \| English-3 \| English-5 \| English-6 \| French-1 \| French-4 \| Hebrew-1 \| Indonesian \| Italian-2 \| Portuguese-1 \| Russian-1 \| Spanish-4
Scoring	Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Scoring	Score Vocal & Piano [1.83 MB] \| Score BGA [2.58 MB] Mvt. 1: Chorus \| Mvt. 2: Recitative \| Mvt. 3: Aria \| Mvt. 4: Recitative \| Mvt. 5: Chorus
References	BGA: VII \| NBA: I/13 \| BC: A 84 \| Zwang: K 200 \| First Published: BG, 1857 \| Provenance
Commentary	BCW \| Simonson \| Crouch \| AMG \| Bethlehem \| Emmanuel Music \| Reyes [Spanish]
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of June 8, 2003; Week of February 24, 2008

Contents
Complete Recordings - BWV 34 Recordings of Individual Movements Complete Recordings - BWV 34a	Discussions - Part 1 Discussions - Part 2 Discussions - Part 3
John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 26 Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner Bach Arias - by Marek Štryncl & Musica Flore with Magdalena Kožená
Recordings - Part 1
Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 34 & BWV 56 [C-2] J.S. Bach: Cantatas 21-34-46-56-104 [R-1]
Jonathan Sternberg
Wiener Kammerchor / Wiener Symphoniker
Contralto: Lorna Sydney; Tenor: Hugues Cuénod; Bass: Alois Pernerstorfer
Bach Guild / Artemis Classics		1950	TT: 20:02
Recorded in Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

2	Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 8 Bach Cantatas: Volume 1
Fritz Werner
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Alto: Claudia Hellmann; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli
Erato / MHS		1961	LP / TT: 19:40
Recorded in Ilsfeld, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

3	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 187 & BWV 34 [C-4]
Diethard Hellmann
Kantorei & Kammerorchester der Christuskirche Mainz
Alto: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus; Tenor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch; Bass: Olaf Erksen
Cantate		Mid 1960’s ?	LP / TT:

4	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 36 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 11
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne
Hänssler		Feb 1972	TT: 19:01
Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

5	Bach Cantatas Vol. 3 - Ascension Day, Whitsun, Trinity
Karl Richter
Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester
Contralto: Anna Reynolds; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Archiv Produktion		Mar, May 1974; Jan 1975	TT: 19:09
Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

6	J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master - Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien
Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Siegmund Nimsgern
Teldec		1974	TT: 18:20
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7	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 11 & BWV 34 [C-1]
Philip Ledger
King's College Choir Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra
Contralto: Alfreda Hodgson; Tenor: Martyn Hill; Bass: Stephen Roberts
HMV		Early 1980’s ?	LP / TT:

8	Bach: Cantatas 34, 50, 147 [C-1]
Harry Christophers
The Sixteen
Alto: David James; Tenor: Ian Partridge; Bass: Michael George
Collins Classics / Coro		Aug 1990	TT: 16:44
Recorded at St. Judes on the Hill, Hampstead, UK. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

9	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 27, 34 & 41 [L-7]
Gustav Leonhardt
Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Baroque Orchestra
Boy Alto: Michael Sapara (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Bass: Harry van der Kamp Organ: Siebe Henstra
Sony Classical		June 1995	TT: 17:51
Recorded at Doopsgezendekerk Haarlem, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

10	J.S. Bach: Whitsun Cantatas [C-7]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Contralto: Bernarda Fink; Tenor: Steve Davisilim; Bass: Christopher Foster
Archiv Produktion		Apr 1999	TT: 16:56
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 34 by J.E. Gardiner. Recorded at St. John's, Smith Square, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

11	Bach Cantatas Vol. 26: Long Melford For Whit Sunday For Whit Monday
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
Alto: Nathalie Stutzmann; Counter-tenor: Derek Lee Ragin; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Panajotis Iconomou
Soli Deo Gloria		Jun 2000	TT: 16:34
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 34 by J.E. Gardiner. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, England. See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 26 Buy this album at: Amazon.com

12	Bach Edition Vol. 21 - Cantatas Vol. 12
Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium
Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar
Brilliant Classics		Jun-Jul 2000	TT: 17:08
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

13	J.S. Bach: Kantaten [C-4]
Karl-Friedrich Beringer
Windsbacher Knabenchor / Deutsche Kammer-Virtuosen Berlin
Alto: Rebecca Martin; Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Bass: Sebastian Bluth
Rondeau Production		July 2000	TT: 16:01
Recorded live at Kirche St. Gumbertus, Ansbach, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

14	J.S. Bach: The Ascension Oratorio and Two Festive Cantatas [C-4]
Greg Funfgeld
Bach Choir of Bethlehem / The Bach Festival Orchestra
Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Frederick Urrey; Baritone: Christòpheren Nomura
Dorian Recordings		May 2001	TT: 17:16
Recorded at the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, PA, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

15	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 21
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Choir Master: Ulrike Grosch)
Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens
Antoine Marchand		Nov-Dec 2001	TT: 15:27
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - August 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Harald Kurama (November 2002), Michael Meacock (Arton) (December 2002), Ehud Shiloni (August 2006), Jeremy Vosburgh (November 2003), Matthias Hansen (March 2006)

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