Cantata BWV 84 - Recordings

Cantata BWV 84
Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke

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) 1^st performance: February 9, 1727 - Leipzig
Text	Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Mvt. 5); Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) ? (Mvts. 1-4)
Text	German Text \| Translations: Dutch \| English-1 \| English-3 \| English-6 \| French-4 \| French-6 \| Hebrew-3 \| Hungarian-1 \| Indonesian \| Italian-5 \| 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
Scoring	Score Vocal & Piano [1.25 MB] \| Score BGA [1.85 MB] 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
Commentary	Crouch \| AMG \| Spanish
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	Week of February 11, 2001

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions
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. Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

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: 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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6	Bach: Kantaten BWV 52, BWV 84 & BWV 209 [C-1]
Raymond Leppard
English Chamber Orchestra
Soprano: Elly Ameling; Oboe:
Philips		Early 1980�s ?	LP / TT:

7	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. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

8	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. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

9	J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 84, BWV 202, BWV 209 [C-2]
Monica Huggett
Ensemble Sonnerie
Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Oboe: Paul Goodwin; Violin: Monica Huggett
Virgin Veritas		May 1993	TT: 13:40
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

10	Bach Edition Vol. 15 - Cantatas Vol. 8
Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium
Soprano: Ruth Holton; Oboe: Peter Frankenberg; Violin: John Wilson Meyer
Brilliant Classics		Jan-Feb 2000	TT: 15:18
Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

11	Cantatas and Concertos of Bach [C-4]
Dale Higbee
Carolina Baroque
Soprano: Teresa Radomski
Carolina Baroque		Mar 2001	TT: 13:37
Recorded live at the Chapel of St. John's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC, USA. Buy this album at: Carolina Baroque

12	J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Soprano: Sandrine Piau
Antoine Marchand		May 2002 (Mvts 2, 3); Sep-Oct 2002 (Mvts. 1, 4); Oct. 2003 (Mvt. 5)	TT: 13:16
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman Buy this album at: Amazon.com

13	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. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

14	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: 15:06
Recorded at at Deutchlandfunk Sendesaal, Köln, Germany.

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2001 - April 2008)
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)

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