Cantata BWV 50 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 50
Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft

German Title	Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
English Title	Now is come salvation and strength (by Richard Stokes)
Event	Cantata for Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels Readings: Epistle: Revelations 12: 7-12; Gospel: Matthew 18: 1-11
Composed	Leipzig, 1723 ? \| 1^st performance: Unknown date and place
Text	After Revelation 12: 10
Text	German Text \| German-2 \| Translations: Dutch \| English-1 \| English-3 \| French-1 \| French-2 \| French-4 \| French-6 \| Hebrew-1 \| Hebrew-3 \| Indonesian \| Italian-2 \| Portuguese-1 \| Russian-1 \| Spanish-2
Scoring	Soloists: 8-part Chorus Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 3 oboes, 2 violins, viola, organ, continuo Mvt. 1: Chorus
Scoring	Score Vocal & Piano [1.15 MB] \| Score BGA [2.12 MB] Score Examples: Examples from the Score
References	BGA: X \| NBA: I/30 \| BC: A 194 \| Zwang: \| First Published: BG, 1863 \| Provenance
Commentary	BCW \| Crouch \| AMG \| Chazot [French] \| Japanese-1 \| Reyes [Spanish]
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of March 16, 2003; Week of October 30, 2005

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions
Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Recordings
Complete Recordings

1	"Now Shall The Grace", Eight-part chorus from Cantata No. 50 (Bach) [C-1]
Cantata BWV 50 [4:16]
Sir Hugh P. Allen
Leeds Festival Choir / London Symphony Orchestra
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HMV C 1596 [Matrix No.: CR2215 I A ?]		Oct 4, 1928	78 rpm
Actually recorded at the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival, October [4], 1928. Allen used the edition prepared for The Bach Choir by Otto Goldschmidt in the late 1870's.

2	J.S. Bach: Motet, Singet dem Herrn; Cantata No. 50; Cantata No. 104 [C-1] L’Heritage de Carl Schuricht - Volume 6 [C-1]
Carl Schuricht
Berliner Philharmonischer Chor / Berliner Philharmoniker
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Capitol L8077 Dante LYS		1938	78", CD / TT: 4:28
Recorded in Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

3	Bach: Cantata 50
Arnold Goldsbrough
Choir and Goldsbrough Orchestra
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HMV		Early 1950's ?	LP / TT:
Was issued as part of the History of Music in Sound on HMV.

4	J.S. Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas BWV 50, 70 [C-3]
Felix Prohaska
Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Vanguard Classics		June 1957	TT: 3:54
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5	J.S. Bach: Soli Deo Gloria Vol. 5
Hans Pflugbeil
Greifswalde Bach Tage Choir / Bach-Orchester Berlin
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Baroque Music Club		Late 1950's - Late 1960's ?	TT: 3:55
Buy this album at: Baroque Music Club

6	Les Grandes Cantatas de J.S. Bach Vol. 20 Bach Cantatas: Volume 2
Fritz Werner
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
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Erato / MHS		June 1964	TT: 4:45
Recorded at Concert Hall, Heilbronn, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

7	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 50, BWV 83 & BWV 197 [E-2] J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master: Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien
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Teldec		1968	TT: 3:38
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8	Bach: Cantatas Nos. 31 & 50 - Buxtehude: “O Gottes Stadt” [C-1]
Dr. Kurt Bauer (Conductor & Organist)
Dresden Cathedral Choir & Orchestra
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Janus Piroquette		Late 1960’s - Early 1970’s	LP / TT:

9	J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 50 [C-1]
István Zámbó
Veszprem Mixed Choir / Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
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?		1978	LP / TT: 4:50+

10	J.S. Bach: Motets & Cantatas [E-1]
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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Erato		Apr 1980	TT: 3:32
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 50 by J.E. Gardiner. Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

11	Bach Made in Germany Vol. 4 - Cantatas X Bach: Kantaten BWV 40, BWV 50, BWV 110 [L-8]
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Thomanerchor Leipzig / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
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Eterna / Leipzig Classics		Oct 1980; Jan-Feb 1981	TT: 3:53
Recorded at Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de

12	Die Bach Kantate Vol. 6 Edition Bachakademie Vol. 17
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
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Hänssler		Feb 1984	TT: 3:35
Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

13	J.S. Bach: Magnificat [C-2]
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort & Players
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Virgin Veritas		Apr 1989	TT: 3:36
Recorded at Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

14	Bach: Cantatas 34, 50, 147 [C-1]
Harry Christophers
The Sixteen
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Collins Classics / Coro		Aug 1990	TT: 3:47
Recorded at St. Judes on the Hill, Hampstead, UK. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

15	J.S. Bach In Performance [C-7]
Jeffrey Thomas
American Bach Soloists
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NPR Classics		Jan 1994	TT: 3:29
Recorded at St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere, CA, USA. Buy this album at:

16	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
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Erato / Antoine Marchand		Apr, Sep 1997	TT: 3:24 + 3:16
2 versions of Cantata BWV 50. Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. See: Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman Buy this album at: Amazon.com, Amazon.com

17	J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 13 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
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BIS		Oct 1999	TT: 3:32
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. See: Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com

18	Bach Edition Vol. 18 - Cantatas Vol. 9
Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium
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Brilliant Classics		Spring 2000	TT: 3:44
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

19	Bach Cantatas Vol. 7: Abbaye d’Ambronay / Bremen For the 14^th Sunday after Trinity For the Feast of St Michael and All Angels
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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Soli Deo Gloria		Sep 2000	TT:
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 50 by J.E. Gardiner. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - April 2008)
Thanks to contributors: John Grayovski (October 2006), Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007, June 2007)

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