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J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 157 · 55 · 151 [C-2]

Cantata BWV 55 []

Kurt Redel

Choir and Orchestra "Pro Arte" Munich

Tenor: Helmut Krebs

Erato LDE-3044
Westminster XWN-18768
Musical Heritage Society MHS-594

Mar 31-Apr 4, 1956

LP / TT:

Recorded in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 55 Ich armer Mensch [Radio Recording] [R-1]

Cantata BWV 55 [13:30]

Karl Ristenpart

Kammerchor des Saarländischen Rundfunks / Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks

Tenor: Helmut Kretschmar; Konrad Hampe (Flute)

Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)

May 16, 1957

Tape

Recorded live in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 55 by K. Ristenpart.

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J.S. Bach: Quatre Cantates No. 53, 55, 189 & 200 [L-3]

Cantata BWV 55 []

Karl Ristenpart

Orchestre de Chambre de la Sarre

Tenor: Helmut Kretschmar; Konrad Hampe (Flute) K. Steinkopf (Oboe)

Les discophiles français DF-217

Jun 18 & Oct 2, 1957

LP / TT:

Recorded at Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 55 by K. Ristenpart.

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Bach Cantatas Vol. 5 - Sundays after Trinity II
J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 55, BWV 189 [C-9]

Cantata BWV 55 [CD: 15:30 / LP: 15:21]

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester

Tenor: Ernst Haefliger

Archiv Produktion

Feb 28 - Mar 1, 1959

5-CD / TT:
LP / TT:

Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 55, BWV 160 & BWV 189 [C-2]

Heinz Markus Göttsche

Mannheim Bach Choir / Heidelberger Kammerorchester

Tenor: Raimund Gilvan

Cantate / Oryx / Da Camera Magna

1968

LP / TT:

Bach Kantaten, Vol. 6: BWV 99, BWV 8, BWV 55 [D-6]

Cantata BWV 55 [14:51]

Diethard Hellmann

Kurrende des Bachchores Mainz und Bachorchester Mainz

Tenor: Alexander Young
Werner Richter (Flute); Fred Schweinfurter (Oboe d’amore); Ruth Hellmann (Violin); Marianne Weiss-Tunder (Violin); Werner Taube (Continuo-Cello)

DdM-Records Mitterteich 200002

Late 1960’s ? (P 2000)

CD / TT: 56:09

Recorded by SWF at Christuskirche, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Peter Schreier singt Bach-Kantaten [L-3]
Bach Made in Germany Vol. 3 - Cantatas II
Bach Made in Germany Vol. 3 - Sacred Cantatas, St Matthew Passion [B-1]

Cantata BWV 55 [15:41]

Erhard Mauersberger

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Tenor: Peter Schreier
Basso continuo: Friedemann Erben (Violoncello); Heinz Morawietz (Double-bass); Hannes Kästner (Harpsichord, Organ)

Eterna 826099
Telefunken SMT-1162
Telefunken 6.41948 AG
Leipzig Classics 001821-2BC
Leipzig Classics 001819-2BC

Apr 16, 1968

LP / TT: 34:20
LP / TT: 34:20
LP / TT: 34:20
CD / TT: 73:06
5-CD / TT: 323:17

Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier.
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Bach: Solokantaten [C-1]

Cantata BWV 55 []

Hans-Martin Linde

Instrumentalisten und Vokalensemble der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Tenor: Nicolai Gedda

EMI-Electrola C063-29065

1971

LP / TT: 45 min

2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 55 by N. Gedda.

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J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 14 - BWV 51-52, BWV 54-56
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. 17 - BWV 52 & 54-56

Cantata BWV 55 [13:00]

Gustav Leonhardt

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

Tenor: Kurt Equiluz

Telefunken 6.35304
Teldec 8.35304 ZL
Teldec 4509-91757-2
Teldec 3984-25707-2
Teldec 8573-81198-2
Warner Classics 8573-81198-5

Jan 20-21+25, 1975

2-LP / TT: 79 min
2-CD / TT: 79:27
6-CD / TT: 415:47
15-CD / TT: 963:00
CD / TT: 61:30
CD / TT: 61:30

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Holland.
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Bach Festival 45^th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: First Concert (BW Tape 77-71 A) [F45-1]

Cantata BWV 55 []

Dwight Oltman

Baldwin-Wallace Motet Choir (Conductor: Stuart Raleigh) / Festival Chamber Orchestra

Tenor: Jon Humphrey

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music

May 20, 1977

MC / TT:

Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
1^st recording of Cantata BWV 158 by S. Oltman.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Library)

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Die Bach Kantate Vol. 57
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 18

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Tenor: Adalbert Kraus

Hänssler

Feb, Oct 1982

TT: 13:01

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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Bach: Kantaten BWV 55, 84, 199 [C-2]

Cantata BWV 55 [12:19]

Max Pommer

Leipziger Universitätschor / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Tenor: Peter Schreier

Eterna / Berlin Classics

Jun-Jul 1986; Jun 1987

CD / TT:

Recorded at Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany.
2^nd recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier.
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J.S. Bach: Solo Cantatas (Cantatas Volume I) [C-1]

Cantata BWV 55 [12:44]

Jeffrey Thomas

American Bach Soloists

Tenor: Jeffrey Thomas

Koch International Classics 3-7138-2H1
American Bach Soloists

Apr 27-28 & Oct 19-20, 1990

CD / TT: 61:48

Recorded at St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere, CA, USA.
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J.S. Bach: Solo-Kantaten und Arien [C-10]

Peter Schreier

RIAS-Kammerchor / Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Tenor: Peter Schreier

Philips

Aug 1994

TT: 11:04

4^th recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier. Recorded at Rundfunkhaus, Berlin, Germany.
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J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 55 · Concerto a-Moll [C-2]

Matthias Eisenberg (Conductor & Harpsichord)

Mitglieder des Thomanerchor Leipzig / Leipziger Barockorchester

Tenor: Martin Petzold

RAM

Jan 1998

TT: 13:15

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Cantatas, Arias & Motet [C-2]

Ludwig Güttler

Virtuosi Saxoniae

Tenor: Christoph Genz

Dresden Classics

Feb-Mar 1999

TT: 16:46

Recorded at Lukaskirche, Dresden, Germany. 1^st recording of Cantata BWV 55 by C. Genz.
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Bach Edition Vol. 11 - Cantatas Vol. 5

Cantata BWV 55 [13:33]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Tenor: Knut Schoch

Brilliant Classics 99370

Nov-Dec 1999

5-CD / TT: 270:58

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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