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Cantata BWV 84
Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke

Ref.

BWV 84

German Title

Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke

English Title

I am content in my good fortune (by Joshua Rifkin)

Event

Solo Cantata (for Soprano) for Septuagesima Sunday
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9: 24 - 10: 5; Gospel: Matthew 20: 1-16

Composed

Leipzig, 1727 (Robertson and Stokes), or 1731 (Schweitzer and Neumann), or 1731/1732 (Terry)
1st performance: February 9, 1727 - Leipzig

Text

Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Mvt. 5); Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) ? (Mvts. 1-4)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-3 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesian | Italian-5 | Japanese-6 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende

Scoring

Soloist: Soprano; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: oboe, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.25 MB] | Score BGA [1.85 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten

References

BGA: XX/1 | NBA: I/7 | BC: A 43 | Zwang: K 164 | First Published: BG, 1872 | Autograph score (Facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Provenance [PDF]

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of February 11, 2001; Week of March 30, 2008; Week of March 7, 2010

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)

Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Bach Arias - by Marek Štryncl & Musica Flore with Magdalena Kožená

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 106, No. 84 [L-3]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 84, No. 210
[C-3]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 84, BWV 106 & BWV 140
[E-4]

Hermann Scherchen

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Soprano: Magda Lászlò; Oboe: Hans Kamesch; Violin: Wilhelm Hübner

Westminster / Archipel

1952

TT: 18:04

Recorded at Mozartsaal, Vienna, Austria.
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2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 49 & BWV 84 [C-4]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei / Instrumental Ensemble

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Oboe: Helmut Winschermann; Violin: Ulrich Grehling?

Cantate / Nonesuch

Nov 1961

LP / TT: 17:04

Recorded at Munsterkirche, Herford.

3

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

Kurt Redel

Choir and Orchestra "Pro Arte" Munich

Soprano: Agnes Giebel

Erato

Mid-Late 1960's ?

LP / TT:

 

4

Ex libris Bachianas - Eine Kantate Johann Sebastian Bachs im Spiegel seiner Bibliothek [C-1]

Erich Hübner

Heidelberger Bach-Chor / Deutsche Bachsolisten

Soprano: Ursula Buckel; Oboe: Helmut Winschermann; Violin: Saschko Gawriloff

Pelca

Spring 1969

LP / TT:

Side 2: Introduction Speech by Walter Blankenburg

5

J.S. Bach: Kleines Magnificat u. Kantate 84 [C-1]

Cantata BWV 84 []

Georges Aubert

Kammerorchester

Soprano: Brigitte Ganady

Mixtur-Schallplatten 2010

Oct 10, 1969

CD / TT: 30:44

Recorded live at Kirche B-Zehlendorf-Schönow.
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6

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 5

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Wilhelm Wiedl (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Oboe: Jürg Schaeftlein?; Violin: Alice Harnoncourt?

Teldec

1979

TT: 13:22

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7

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

Cantata BWV 84 [14:54]

Raymond Leppard

English Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Elly Ameling; Oboe:

Philips 6514-142
Philips 7337-142

1982

LP / TT: 52:02
MC / TT: 52:02

 

8

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 26
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 27

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Oboe: Günther Passin; Violin: Herbert Buchberger

Hänssler

June-July 1983

TT: 14:35

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

Soprano: Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger; Oboe: Klaus-Peter Gütz; Violin: Gunar Kaltofen

Eterna / Berlin Classics

Jun-Jul 1986 / June 1987

TT: 15:43

Recorded at Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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10

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 84, BWV 202, BWV 209 [C-2]
J.S. Bach: Cantatas [B-1]

 

Cantata BWV 84 [13:40]

Monica Huggett

Ensemble Sonnerie

Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Oboe: Paul Goodwin; Violin: Monica Huggett

Virgin Veritas 45059
Virgin Veritas 61644

May 22-25, 1993

CD / TT: 54:15
2-CD / TT: 116:02

Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England.
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11

»50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vol. 12

Cantata BWV 84 [16:03] - sung in Japanese translation by Emiko Ohmura

Emiko Ohmura

Bach-Chor Tokyo / Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Takako Mitsuno; Organ: Miyako Kusama

Bach-Chor Tokyo BACHCD 12

May 8, 1999

CD / TT: 53:37

Recorded at live at Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Source: J.S. Bach: »50 Bach-Kantaten aufgeführt in japanischer Sprache« Vols. 1-20: CD

12

Bach Edition Vol. 15 - Cantatas Vol. 8

 
 

Cantata BWV 84 [15:18]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Oboe: Peter Frankenberg; Violin: John Wilson Meyer

Brilliant Classics 99374

Jan-Feb 2000

5-CD / TT: 307:16

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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13

Bach Cantatas Vol. 20: Naarden / Southwell
For Septuagesima
For Sexagesima

 
 

Cantata BWV 84 [12:58]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Miah Persson

Soli Deo Gloria 153

Feb 20, 2000

2-CD / TT: 95:25

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Grote Kerk, Naarden, Holland.
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14

Cantatas and Concertos of Bach [C-4]

Cantata BWV 84 [13:37]

Dale Higbee

Carolina Baroque

Soprano: Teresa Radomski

Carolina Baroque 109

Mar 25, 2001

2-CD / TT: 79:36

Recorded live at the Chapel of St. John's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC, USA.
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15

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17

 
 

Cantata BWV 84 [13:16]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sandrine Piau

Antoine Marchand CC-72217

May 10, 11, 12, 14, 2002 [Mvts 2, 3]
Sep 25, 27, 29, 30, Oct 1-3, 2002 [Mvts. 1, 4]
Oct 15, 19, 2003 [Mvt. 5]

3-CD / TT: 189:12

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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16

Bachvespern Frankfurt/Wiesbaden mitschnitte aus den Gottesdiensten frühjahr 2005 [C-3]


Cantata BWV 84 [15:17]

Martin Lutz

Schiersteiner Kantorei / Parnassi musici

Soprano: Heidrun Kordes

Bachvespern Frankfurt/Wiesbaden

2005

CD / TT: 77:38

 

17

J.S. Bach: Christus, Der Ist Mein Leben - Cantates BWV 27, 84, 95 & 161 [C-18]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Soprano: Dorothee Mields

Harmonia Mundi France

Nov 2006; Feb 2007

TT: 13:28

Recorded at De Singel, Blauwe Zaal, Anvers, Belgium.
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18

J.S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Sopran
J.S. Bach: Sacred Cantatas for Solo Soprano Nos. 51, 52, 84 and 199
[C-5]

Cantata BWV 84 [15:14]

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Bach Vokalensemble Köln / Kölner Kammerorchester

Soprano: Siri Thornhill

Naxos 8.570453

Feb 19-22, 2007

CD / TT: 70:36

Recorded at at Deutchlandfunk Sendesaal, Köln, Germany.
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19

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 41 (Solo Cantatas) - BWV 56, 82, 84, 158

 
 

Cantata BWV 84 [13:52]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Carolyn Sampson

BIS 1691

Sep 2007

SACD / TT: 64:04

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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20

Pachelbel and Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan [C-4]

 

Cantata BWV 84 []

-

(OVPP - No Choir) / The Bach Players

Soprano: Rachel Elliott; Alto: Sally Bruce-Payne; Tenor: Nicholas Mulroy; Bass: Matthew Brook
Marion Moonen (Flute); James Eastaway (Oboe); Alastair Mitchell (Bassoon); Nicolette Moonen (Violin/Director); Rachel Isserlis & Stephen Pedder (Violin); Rachel Stott (Viola); Piroska Baranyay (Cello); Silas Wollston (Organ/Harpsichord)

Hyphen Press Music

Nov 21-23, 2011

CD / TT:

Recorded at St Michael’s, Highgate, London, England.
[Not yet released]

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2001 - January 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Rudolf Bayer (October 2003), Matthias Hansen (June 2006), Riccardo Nughes (February 2008), Peter Schmidt (May 2005, August 2006), Peter Smaill (August 2006)

Cantata BWV 84: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

 

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

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