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Cantata BWV 4
Christ lag in Todes Banden
Discography - Part 5

Complete Recordings 1980-1989

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1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 4 & 131 [E-2]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 4 [23:01 / 22:55 / 23:06]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Baritone: Stephen Varcoe
MC: Sopranos: Carol Hall, Jean Knibbs, Lyn Parkyns, Elisabeth Priday, Suzanne Flowers, Daryl Greene, Catherine Askew, Jenny Hill; Altos: Christopher Robson, Brian Gordon, Julian Clarkson, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin, Ashley Stafford; Tenors: Julian Pike, Andrew Murgatroyd, Douglas Leigh, Neil MacKenzie, Neil Lunt, Collin Mair; Baritones: Richard Savage, Alan Brafield, Richard Wistreich, Charles Stewart, Gordon Jones, Michael Boswell
EBS: Violins 1: Nona Liddell, Miles Golding, Michaela Comberti, Julie Miller, Cathy Weiss; Violins 2: Elizabeth Willcock, Alison Bury, Roy Goodman, Bill Turnell; Violas: Trevor Jones, Jan Schlap, Katherine Hart, Annette Isserlis; Violoncellos: Timothy Mason, Angela East, Julie Lehwalder; Double-bass: Valerie Botwright; Bassoon: Jeremy Ward; Cornett: Michael Laird; Trombones: Peter Goodwin, David Purser, Richard Tyack; Organ: Alastair Ross

Erato STU-71506
Erato 2292-45988-2
Apex 092-749574-2
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Nov 1980

LP / TT: 43:48
CD / TT: 43:47
CD / TT: 43:57
MP3 / T: 43:55

Recorded in All Saints Church, Tooting, England.
Sound Engineer: James Burnett; Produced by RVC Corporation.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by J.E. Gardiner.
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Music Download: Amazon.de


2

Bravo Bach! Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 []

Stephen P. Folkemer

Gettysburg Seminary Festival Chorus and Baroque ensemble

Soloists: unknown

Gettysburg

May 12, 1981

2-MC / TT:

Recorded live at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Title from published description. One of a series of concerts of the same name held in April and May, 1981, in Gettysburg, Pa.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 31178821)


3

Bach: Kantaten BWV 4, BWV 134 [L-9]
Bach Kantaten: BWV 4, BWV 134, BWV 31 [C-3]
Bach Made in Germany Vol. 3 -
Cantatas III (BWV 4, 134, 14)
J.S. Bach: Oster-Kantaten · Easter Cantatas (BWV 4, 31, 66, 134) [C-18]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 4 [20:01 / 19:59]

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

No vocal soloists
Ludwig Güttler (Trumpet); Gerhard Eßbach (Narrow-bore Alto Trombone); Karl Semsch (Narrow-bore Tenor Trombone; Rolf Bachmann (Narrow-bore Bass Trombone)
Continuo: Burkhard Schmidt (Violoncello); Achim Beyer (Double-bass); Gerd Schulze (Bassoon); Walter-Heinz Bernstein (Organ)

Eterna 827516
Berlin Classics BC-2067-2
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Leipzig Classics 0018262BC
Berlin Classics 0184112BC
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1981

LP / TT: 50:58
CD / TT: 74:01
MP3 / TT: 73:45
CD / TT: 68:28
2-CD / TT: 105:30
MP3 / TT: 105:33

Recorded at Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Recording Producers: Reimar Bluth; Balance Engineer: Eberhard Richter; Recording Enginneers: Gerlald Junge, Horst Langherrich; Editing: Annelene Dziengel, Hildegard Mehe.
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [19:55]
Buy this album at:
BC CD (1993): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: ClassicsOnline
LC CD (2000): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
LC 11-CD (1999): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
BC 2-CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
BC Music Download 2-CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ClassicsOnline


4

»50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vol. 1

Cantata BWV 4 [20:45] - sung in Japanese translation by Emiko Ohmura

Emiko Ohmura

Bach-Chor Tokyo / Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra

Tenor: Masami Saeki; Bass: Keiichi Usami; Organ: Miyako Kusama

Bach-Chor Tokyo BACHCD 01

May 14, 1983

CD / TT: 66:00

Recorded at live at Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Source: J.S. Bach: »50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vols. 1-20: CD


5

Dessoff Choir Concert: Handel's Israel in Egypt and Bach's Cantatas [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [26:29]

Michael Hammond

Dessoff Choirs / unidentified orchestra

Vocal soloists: unidentified; Walter Hilse (Organ)

Dessoff Choirs Collection

May 21, 1983

MC / TT: 83:32

Recorded live at St. Paul's Chapel, New York City, New York, USA.
Service 2-CD available on LDC-37690.
Source: WorldCat Libraries


6

J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 4 & 140 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 4 [22:25]

Wayne Riddell

Tudor Singers of Montreal / CBC Vancouver Orchestra

Soprano: Rosemarie Landry; Tenor: Ben Heppner; Bass: Mark Pedrotti

CBC Enterprises SM-5029C

1984

LP / TT: 50:49

Recorded in Canada.
Producer: Anton Kwiatkowski; Project Producer George Laverock; Engineer: James Reid; Digital Editing, Remastering: Peter Cook.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [22:31]


7

J.S. Bach: Christ lag in Todes Banden - Rilling [L-20]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [19:20]

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Costanza Cuccaro; Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

YouTube

Mid 1980's

Audio / TT:

Recorded at...
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 4 by H. Rilling.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [19:20]


8

Bach: Cantata No. 4. Regência: Roberto de Regina. Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba, 1985 [CV-1]

Cantata BWV 4 [20:10]

Conductor: Roberto de Regina
Vocal Coach: Gerard Galloway; Orchestra Rehearser: Walter J. Hoerner; Choir Rehearser: Helma Haller; Co-ordination: Ingrid Müller Seraphim

Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba

Sopranos: Helma Haller, Laura Aimbiré Santos, Ruth Misiuta, Silvia Suss Marques, Darci de Almeida; Altos: Cora d'Bruns, Verônica Burger, Raquel C. Ramos, Fátima Castilho; Tenors: Alexandre Castilho, Eli Pereira da Silva, Paulo Macedo Mestre; Basses: Roberto Domingos, Ademir P. da Silva, Bruno Spadoni, Fernando Rodrigues
Violins: Simone Savytzky, Walter José Hoerner, Marco Vinícius Damm, Luiz Gustavo Surgik, Moema Cit, Ruth Jucksch, Roberto Hübner, Vanessa Savytzky; Violas: Ulrike Graff, Edna Savytzky, Estela Ortiz; Violoncellos: Thomas Jucksch, Nelly Péricas; Double-bass: Luiz Felipe Klein; Harpsichord: Ingrid Müller Seraphim

YouTube

Nov 1985

Audio / TT:

Recorded in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [20:10]


9

The University Symphony and Oratorio Chorus, 1986 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 4 [21:58]

Abraham Kaplan (Conductor); Matthew Changhoon Park (Assistant Conductor)

Oratorio Chorus (University of Washington) / University Symphony (University of Washington)

Walter Atha, Glenda Williams (Accompanists)

University of Washington

Dec 10, 1986

3 sound reels: analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo / TT: 80:09

Recorded live at the Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Source: Wolrld Cat Libraries (OCLC Number: 489198361)


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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2000 - December 2022)
Thanks to Contributors: Anandgyan (January 2010); Yoël L. Arbeitman (July 2009); Rainer Baruth (April 2012); Yoav Belinsky (March 2015); Thérèse Hanquet (February 2007); Matthias Hansen (July 2006, August 2006, June 2008, June 2013); Rainer Harald (April 2022); Frits van Laeken Herbold (São Paulo, Brazil - March 2008, March 2012, January 2014); Harald Kurama (November 2010); Christian Moll (November 2009); Jean-Gabriel Puyraveau (April 2014); Pierre-F. Roberge (July 2009); Peter Schmidt (May 2005); Jean-Louis Serre (March 2006); Russ Sackowitz (September 2008); Thomas Shepherd (April 2007); Burke Smith (November 2007); Josif Spartak (July 2020); Peter Tanzer (November 2001); Bradley Taylor (April 2005, July 2009); Jerome F. Weber (February 2018)

Cantata BWV 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden for Easter Day [Easter Sunday] (1707-1708)
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