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Cantata BWV 55
Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht

German Title

Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht

English Title

I, wretched man, a slave to sin (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Solo Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Philippians 1: 3-11; Gospel: Matthew 18: 23-35

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 | 1st performance: November 17, 1726 - Leipzig

Text

Johann Rist (Mvt. 5); Anon (Mvts. 1-4)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-3 | Indonesian | Italian-4 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale Text: Werde munter mein Gemüte

Scoring

Soloist: Tenor; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: transverse flute, oboe d’amore, 2 violins, continuo
Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.09 MB] | Score BGA [1.14 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Werde munter, mein Gemüthe

References

BGA: XXII/2 | NBA: I/26 | BC: A 157 | Zwang: K 159 | First Published: BG, 1863 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmaniel Music | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 27, 2002; Week of February 3, 2008

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 55, BWV 151 & BWV 157 [C-2]

Kurt Redel

Choir and Orchestra "Pro Arte" Munich

Tenor: Helmut Krebs

Erato / Westminster

Before 1959

LP / TT:

 

2

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

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester

Tenor: Ernst Haefliger

Archiv Produktion

Feb 28 - Mar 1, 1959

TT: 15:30 [CD], 15:21 [LP]

Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.
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3

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:

 

4

Bach Made in Germany Vol. 3 - Cantatas II

Erhard Mauersberger

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Tenor: Peter Schreier

Leipzig Classics

Apr 1968

TT: 15:41

1st recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier. Recorded at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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5

Peter Schreier singt Bach-Kantaten [C-3]

 

Erhard Mauersberger

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Tenor: Peter Schreier

Telefunken

1969

LP / TT: 15:40

2nd recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier.

6

Bach: Solokantaten [C-1]

Hans-Martin Linde

Instrumentalisten und Vokalensemble der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Tenor: Nicolai Gedda

EMI

1971

LP / TT:

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

7

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

Gustav Leonhardt

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

Tenor: Kurt Equiluz

Teldec

1976

TT: 13:00

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8

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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9

Bach: Kantaten BWV 55, 84, 199 [C-2]

 

Max Pommer

Leipziger Universitätschor / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Tenor: Peter Schreier

Eterna / Berlin Classics

Jun-Jul 1986; June 1987

TT: 12:19

3rd recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier. Recorded at Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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10

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

Jeffrey Thomas

American Bach Soloists

Tenor: Jeffrey Thomas

Koch International

Apr, Oct 1990

TT: 12:44

Recorded at St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere, CA, USA.
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11

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

4th recording of Cantata BWV 55 by P. Schreier. Recorded at Rundfunkhaus, Berlin, Germany.
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12

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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13

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. 1st recording of Cantata BWV 55 by C. Genz.
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14

Bach Edition Vol. 11 - Cantatas Vol. 5

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Tenor: Knut Schoch

Brilliant Classics

Nov-Dec 1999

TT: 13:33

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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15

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

Fabio Biondi (Director & Violin)

(OVPP - No Choir) / Europa Galante

Tenor: Ian Bostridge; For the Chorale only: Soprano: Roberta Giuia; Alto: Alessandro Carmignani; Bass: Antoni Abete

Virgin Veritas

Mar 2000

TT: 12:11

Recorded at La Biblioteca Monumentale dell Abbazia di San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, Italy.
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16

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 18

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Tenor: Christoph Prégardien

Antoine Marchand

Sep-Oct 2002; Oct-Nov 2002 (Mvt. 5)

TT: 12:54

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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17

J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Alt - Tenor [C-3]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Collegium Vocale Siegen (Chorus Master: Ulrich Stölzel) / Kölner Kammerorchester

Tenor: Markus Schäfer

Naxos

June, Nov 2004

TT: 11:07

Recorded at Deutchlandfunk Sendesaal, Köln, Germany.
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18

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for the complete liturgical year Vol. 1 - Cantatas BWV 98 · 180 · 56 · 55 [C-5]

Sigiswald Kuijken

(OVPP - No Choir) / La Petite Bande

Soprano: Sophie Karthäuser; Alto: Petra Noskaiova; Tenor [Soloist]: Christoph Genz; Bass: Dominik Wörner

Accent

Oct 2004

SACD / TT:

Recorded at l'Eglise des Minimes à Bruxelles, Belgium. 2nd recording of Cantata BWV 55 by C. Genz.
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19

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

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Tenor: Gerd Türk

BIS

Sep 2006

SACD / TT: 14:35

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (September 2002 - April 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (September 2005, June 2006, September 2006), Peter Smaill (August 2006), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007), Tim Williams (March 2008)

Cantata BWV 55: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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