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Cantata BWV 48
Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen

German Title

Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen

English Title

O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Chorale Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Ephesians 4: 22-28; Gospel: Matthew 9: 1-8

Composed

Leipzig, 1723 | 1st performance: October 3, 1723 - Leipzig

Text

Romans 7: 24 (Mvt. 1); Martin Rutilius (Mvt. 3); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4-7)

German Text | Translations: Dutch-4 | English-1 | English-3 | French-1 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale Texts: Ach Gott und Herr | Herr Jesu Christ, ich schrei zu dir

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Chorale | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Recitative | Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.21 MB] | Score BGA [1.91 MB]
Chorale Melody: Ach Gott und Herr | Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut

References

BGA: X | NBA: I/24 | BC: A 144 | Zwang: K 46 | First Published: BG, 1863 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW-1 | BCW-2 | Crouch | AMG | Japanese-1 | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 6, 2002; Week of November 6, 2005

Contents

  

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Cantatas Vol. 14 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 51
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 16

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Alto: Marga Höffgen; Tenor: Aldo Baldin

Hänssler

Mar-Apr 1973

TT: 15:00

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master: Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz

Teldec

1975

TT: 16:06

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3

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Alto: Bernhard Landauer; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Oct 1998

TT: 14:40

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 14 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Gerd Türk

BIS

Feb 2000

TT: 14:33

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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5

Bach Edition Vol. 19 - Cantatas Vol. 10

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman

Brilliant Classics

Spring 2000

TT: 14:56

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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6

Bach Cantatas Vol. 10: Potsdam / Wittenberg
For the 19th Sunday after Trinity
For for the Feast of Reformation

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: James Gilchrist

Soli Deo Gloria

Oct 2000

TT: 15:56

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Erlöserkirche, Potsdam, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2002 - April 2006)
Thanks to contributors: John Pike (August 2005)

Cantata BWV 48: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

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

Introduction | Cantatas | Other Vocal | Non-Vocal | Performers | General Topics | Articles | Books | Movies
Biographies | Texts & Translations | Scores | References | Commentary | Music | Concerts | Bach Tour | Memorabilia
Chorale Texts | Chorale Melodies | Lutheran Church Year | Readings | Poets & Composers | Transcriptions
Search Website | Search Works/Movements | Terms & Abbreviations | Copyright Notice | How to contribute | Links

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