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Cantata BWV 49
Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen

Ref.

BWV 49

German Title

Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen

English Title

I go and seek with longing (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Solo Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Ephesians 5: 15-21; Gospel: Matthew 22: 1-14
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for 20th Sunday after Trinity

Composed

Leipzig, 1726
1st performance: November 3, 1726 - Leipzig

Text

Philipp Nicolai, after Jeremiah 31: 3 and Revelation 3: 20 (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch-6 | English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | French-1 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-2 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Italian-4 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7
Chorale Text: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Bass
Orchestra: oboe d’amore, 2 violins, viola, obbligato organ, continuo
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative & Arioso | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Recitative (Dialogue) | Mvt. 6: Aria & Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [2.17 MB] | Score BGA [3.86 MB]
Capella: Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 2 ver 2 [cap]

References

BGA: X | NBA: I/25 | BC: A 150 | Zwang: K 157 | First Published: BG, 1863 | Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin Staatsbibliothek | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 28, 2001; Week of January 20, 2008; Week of June 17, 2012

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)

Cantatas BWV 49, BWV 58 & BWV 82 - conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 49 & BWV 84 [C-4]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei (Instrumental Ensemble)

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli

Cantate / Nonesuch

Nov 1961

LP / TT: 29:44

Recorded at Munsterkirche, Herford.

2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 13 - BWV 47-50
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas
Vol. 3 - BWV 37-52, 54-60
Bach-2000
Vol. 2: Sacred Cantatas 2 - BWV 48-52, 54-69, 69a, 70-99
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten
Vol. 16 - BWV 48-51

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 49 [25:24]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Peter Jelosits (Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben); Bass: Ruud van der Meer

Telefunken 6.35284
Teldec 8.35284 ZL
Teldec 4509-91757-2
Teldec 3984-25707-2
Teldec 8573-81199-2
Warner Classics 8573-81199-5

Feb+May 1975

2-LP / TT: 68 min
2-CD / TT: 67:41
6-CD / TT: 415:47
15-CD / TT: 963:00
CD / TT: 63:32
CD / TT: 63:32

Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria.
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3

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 55
Edition Bachakademie
Vol. 17

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

Hänssler

Oct 1982

TT: 25:50

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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4

Bach: Cantatas (I) - BWV 49 - BWV 158 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 49 [6:55, 5:00, 2:23, 4:57, 1:51, 5:52 = 26:58]

Mario Videla (Conductor & Organ)

Academia Bach de Buenos Aires

Soprano: Nani Landau; Baritone: Raúl Neumann
Orchestral ensemble: Haydée Francia (Violin concertino); Delia Galan (Violin); Gabriel Pinette (Violin); Marcela Magin (Viola); Edgardo Zollhofer (Violoncello); Eduardo Alegre (Violone); Andrés Spiller (Oboe & Oboe d’amore); Pedro Chiambaretta (Fagot)

Cosentino IRCO-84C

1983 [issued 1985]

MC (stereo) / TT: 37:51

Editor: Cosentino Grabaciones
Out of print - no more available.

5

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 82 · 49 · 58 [C-2]

Cantata BWV 49 [25:37]

Sigiswald Kuijken

La Petite Bande

Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Accent

Jun 1993

CD / TT: 62:34

Recorded at the 'Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Kerk', Haarlem, Holland.
See: Cantatas BWV 49, BWV 58 & BWV 82 - conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken
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6

J.S. Bach: Cantatas with Violoncelle Piccolo (Vol. 1)

 

Cantata BWV 49 [25:00]

Christophe Coin

Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Bass: Gotthold Schwarz

Auvidis Astrée / Naïve

Nov 1993

CD / TT: 70:53

Recorded at Ponitz Kirche, Thüringen, Germany.
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7

Bach Edition Vol. 15 - Cantatas Vol. 8

 
 

Cantata BWV 49 [25:54]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics 99374

Jan-Feb 2000

5-CD / TT: 307:16

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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8

Bach Cantatas Vol. 11: Genova/Greenwich
For the 20th Sunday after Trinity
For the 21st Sunday after Trinity

 
 

Cantata BWV 49 [25:42]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Magdalena Kožená; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria 168

Nov 4, 2000

2-CD / TT: 145:05

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at Cattedtrale di San Lorenzo, Genova, Italy.
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9

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16
J.S. Bach: Dialogue Cantatas l (Single Volume Cantatas
Vol. 9)

 
 

Cantata BWV 49 [23:43]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand CC-72216
Antoine Marchand CC-72288

Jun 2001

3-CD / TT: 193:10
CD / TT: 73:06

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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10

J.S. Bach: Kantaten [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 49 [24:31]

Bernhard Forck

Members of Berliner Philharmoniker and guests on original instruments

Soprano: Christine Schäfer; Baritone: Peter Kooy
Raphael Alpermann (Organ); Raimar Orlovsky (Violin); Walter Küssner (Viola); Götz Teutsch (Violoncello); Bernhard Forck (Violin)

IPPNW-Concerts CD-48

Mar 2, 2004

CD / TT: 45:41

Live recording from chamber concert at the Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie Berlin, Germany.
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11

Bach: Dialogue Cantatas · Dialogkantaten [C-2]

Rainer Kussmaul

RIAS-Kammerchor / Berliner Barock Solisten

Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann; Bass-Baritone: Thomas Quasthoff

Deutsche Grammophon

May-Jun 2007

TT: 22:56

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
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12

J.S. Bach: Cantates BWV 32, 49, 57 [C-1]

 

Cantatas BWV 49 [24:19]

Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Choeur Regional d'Auvergne (Direction: Blaise Plumetaz) / Les Folies Françoises

Soprano: Salomé Haller; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
Francois Saint-Yves (Organ)

Cypres 1652

Aug 4-8, 2007

CD / TT: 67:39

Recorded at l'Eglise de Pontaumur, Combrailles, France.
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13

J.S. Bach: Cantatas [C-1]

Cantata BWV 49 [23:53]

Martin Haselböck

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra

Soprano: Dominique Labelle; Baritone: Florian Boesch
Jeremy Joseph (Organ); Gonzalo Ruiz (Oboe d’amore); William Skeen (Violoncello Piccolo)

NCA

2008

CD / TT: 64:01

 

14

Desire: J.S. Bach - Cantates [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 49 [24:29]

Marcel Ponseele

(OVPP - No Choir) / Il Gardellino

Soprano: Caroline Weynants; Bass: Lieven Termont

Passacaille 956

Jan 14-17, 2008

CD / TT: 67:24

Recorded at AMUZ, Antwerp, Belgium.
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15

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 50 - Man singet mit Freuden, Cantatas · 49 · 145 · 149 · 174 (Cantatas from Leipzig 1726-29)

 
 

Cantata BWV 49 [24:21]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Hana Blažíková; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS 1941

Feb 2011

SACD / TT: 74:57

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2001 - April 2013)
Thanks to contributors: Frits V. Herbold (February 2012), Jean Gabriel Puyraveau (March 2011), Peter Schmidt (May 2005)

Cantata BWV 49: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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