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Cantata BWV 77
Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, Lieben

German Title

Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, Lieben

English Title

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle Galatians 3: 15-22; Gospel: Luke 10: 23-37

Composed

Leipzig, 1723 | 1st performance: August 22, 1723 - Leipzig

Text

Luke 10: 27 (Mvt. 1); Justus Gesenius / David Denicke (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5) [based on text from Johann Oswald (?) Knauer cantata cycle]

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-1 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Italian-4 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Wenn einer alle Ding verstünd (Chosen by Carl Friedrich Zelter) or O Gottes Sohn, Herr Jesu Christ (Recommended by NBA)

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: trumpet, 2 oboes, strings, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus w/ Instrumental Chorale | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.44 MB] | Score BGA [1.82 MB]
Chorale Melody: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein

References

BGA: XVIII | NBA: I/21 | BC: A 126 | Zwang: K 40 | First Published: BG, 1870

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Japanese-1 | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of September 17, 2000; Week of September 18, 2005

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 47
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 25

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Helen Donath; Altos: Helen Watts [LP], Julia Hamari [CD]; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Hänssler

1972 (Mvts. 2-4); 1983 (rest)

TT: 17:15

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. The original LP was all recorded in 1972.
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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 4

Gustav Leonhardt

Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort

Boy Soprano: Detlef Bratschke [Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1978

TT: 15:49

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3

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 8

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann; Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Jörg Dürmüller; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Mar 1998

TT: 13:34

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 13 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yoshie Hida; Alto: Kirsten Sollek-Avella; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

Oct 1999

TT: 14:53

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
See: Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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5

Bach Edition Vol. 21 - Cantatas Vol. 12

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Jun-Jul 2000

TT: 14:37

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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6

Bach Cantatas Vol. 6: Köthen/Frankfurt
For the 12th Sunday after Trinity
For the 13th Sunday after Trinity

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Gillian Keith; Alto: Nathalie Stutzmann; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Jonathan Brown

Soli Deo Gloria

Sep 17, 2000

TT: 17:47

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (September 2000 - September 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Teri Noel Towe (December 2001), Ed Myskowski (March 2006)


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