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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

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 ? | 1st performance: Unknown date and place

Text

After Revelation 12: 10

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

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.
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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

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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.
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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

1st recording of Cantata BWV 50 by J.E. Gardiner. Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, England.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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19

Bach Cantatas Vol. 7: Abbaye d’Ambronay / Bremen
For the 14th 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:

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 50 by J.E. Gardiner. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen, Germany.
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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)

Cantata BWV 50: Recordings | Discussions

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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