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Cantata BWV 52
Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht!

German Title

Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht!

English Title

False worls, I trust you not (liner notes to MHS recording)

Event

Solo Cantata for the 23^rd Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Philippians 3: 17-21; Gospel: Matthew 22: 15-22

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 | 1^st performance: November 24, 1726 - Leipzig

Text

Adam Reusner (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-4 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale: In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr

Scoring

Soloist: Soprano; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 horns, 3 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, organ, continuo
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.24 MB] | Score BGA [2.35 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 6
Capella: Mvt. 6 [cap]

References

BGA: XII/2 | NBA: I/26 | BC: A 160 | Zwang: K 160 | First Published: BG, 1863 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of November 18, 2001; Week of February 10, 2008

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 52 & BWV 161 [C-1]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 52 & BWV 209 [C-4]

Heinz Markus Göttsche

Mannheim Bach Choir / Heidelberger Kammerorchester

Soprano: Nelly van der Spek

Cantate / MHS

Mid 1960's ?

LP / TT: 15:52

2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 52 & BWV 84 [C-1]

Kurt Redel

Choir and Orchestra "Pro Arte" Munich

Soprano: Agnes Giebel

Erato

Late 1960's ?

LP / TT:

3

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

Gustav Leonhardt

Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) / Leonhardt Consort

Boy Soprano: Seppi Kronwitter (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor)

Teldec

1976

TT: 16:36

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4

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 59
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 17

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér

Hänssler

Oct 1982; June 1983

TT: 15:02

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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5

Bach: Kantaten BWV 52, BWV 84 & BWV 209 [C-1]

Raymond Leppard

English Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Elly Ameling

Philips

Early 1980’s ?

LP / TT:

6

Bach Edition Vol. 19 - Cantatas Vol. 10

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton

Brilliant Classics

Spring 2000

TT: 14:19

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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7

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 18

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens

Antoine Marchand

June 2001 (Mvts. 2-5); Feb 2003 (Mvts. 1,6)

TT: 13:49

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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8

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 38 (Solo Cantatas)

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Carolyn Sampson

BIS

Sep 2006

SACD / TT: 14:27

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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9

J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Sopran [C-5]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Bach Vokalensemble Köln / Kölner Kammerorchester

Soprano: Siri Thornhill

Naxos

Feb 19-22, 2007

TT: 14:06

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2001 - April 2008)
Thanks to contributors: John Carroll (July 2005), Peter Schmidt (August 2006)

Cantata BWV 52: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | 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
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