C-1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 1 & BWV 19

Cantatas BWV 1, BWV 19

Fritz Lehmann

Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Hermann Schey

American Decca

Jun 1952

LP / TT:

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C-2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 4 · 56 · 82

Cantata BWV 4

Fritz Lehmann

Frankfurt State School of Music Chorus / Göttingen Bach Festival Orchestra

Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Baritone: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Archiv Produktion (originally Decca)

Jul-Aug 1950

CD / TT: 67:49

Recorded at Johanniskirche, Göttingen, Germany. Other 2 cantatas - BWV 56 & BWV 82 - are conducted by Karl Ristenpart.
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C-3

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 21

Cantata BWV 21

Fritz Lehmann

Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Hermann Schey

American Decca

Jun 1952

LP / TT: 42:14

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

C-4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 39 & BWV 79

Cantatas BWV 39, BWV 79

Fritz Lehmann

Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Contralto: Lore Fischer; Bass: Hermann Schey

American Decca

Jun 1952

LP / TT: 21:30 +

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

C-5

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 105 & BWV 170

Cantatas BWV 105, BWV 170

Fritz Lehmann

BWV 105: Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker
BWV 170: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Contraltos: Lore Fischer, Elisabeth Höngen; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Hermann Schey

American Decca

Jun 1952; Oct 1951

LP / TT: 28:00 + ?

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany [BWV 105] & Amerikahaus, Munich, Germany [BWV 170].

C-6

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 53, 200, 189

Cantata BWV 189

Fritz Lehmann

"Ensemble" Fritz Lehmann

Tenor: Walther Ludwig

Decca

Aug 1951

LP / TT:

Recorded at Bavaria Film-Ateliers Halle 4, Germany. Other cantatas (BWV 53, BWV 200) are conducted by August Wenzinger

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J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 21

Cantata BWV 21

Fritz Lehmann

Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Hermann Schey

Deutsche Grammophon - Archiv

Jun 1952

LP / TT: 42:14

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

D-2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 39 & BWV 105

Cantatas BWV 39, BWV 105

Fritz Lehmann

Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Contralto: Lore Fischer; Bass: Hermann Schey

Deutsche Grammophon - Archiv

Jun 1952

LP / TT: 21:30 +28:00

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin.

D-3

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 19 & BWV 79

Cantatas BWV 19, BWV 79

Fritz Lehmann

Berliner Motettenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Contralto: Lore Fischer; Bass: Hermann Schey

Deutsche Grammophon - Archiv

Jun 1952

LP / TT:

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin.

D-4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 170 & BWV 189

Cantatas BWV 170, BWV 189

Fritz Lehmann

BWV 170: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
BWV 189: "Ensemble" Fritz Lehmann

BWV 170: Contralto: Elisabeth Höngen
BWV 189: Tenor: Walther Ludwig

Deutsche Grammophon - Archiv

Oct 1951; Aug 1951

LP / TT:

Recorded at Amerikahaus, Munich (BWV 170) & Bavaria Film-Ateliers Halle 4 (BWV 189)

V-1

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Fritz Lehmann

Berlin Radio Chorus & Orchestra
or Berlin Chamber Choirs / Berlin Symphony Orchestra (on Vanguard Bach Guild)
or Vienna Festival Orchestra and Chorus (on Music Treasure of the World)

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Contralto: Margherita de Landi; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Karl Wolfram

Urania / Saga / Vanguard Bach Guild / Music Treasures of the World

1953

2-LP / TT:

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V-2

J.S. Bach: Matthaus Passion

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Fritz Lehmann

Großer Chor des Berliner Rundfunks & the Boys’ Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin / Runfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Tenor [Evangelist, Arias]: Helmut Krebs; Baritone [Jesus]: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Soprano: Elfriede Trötschel; Alto: Diana Eustrati; Bass [Arias]: Friedrich Härtel

Vox / Pantheon / Music & Arts / Dante

Apr 1949

3-CD / TT: 200:31

Recorded live in Berlin, Germany.
See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Fritz Lehmann
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V-3

J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6

Fritz Lehmann [1-4], Günther Arndt [5-6]

Berliner Motettenchor & RIAS Kammerchor (Einstudierung: Günther Arndt) / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Gunthild Weber; Alto: Sieglinde Wagner; Tenor: Helmut Krebs; Bass: Heinz Rehfuss

Deutsche Grammophon

Aug 1955 [1-4]; Jun, Sep 1956 [5-6]

3-LP / TT: 163:03 (or 159:16)

Conductor of No. 59: Günther Arndt. The notes state Lehmann conducted parts 1-4 ( in August 1955); and after his death Günther Arndt recorded parts 5 and 6 in June and September 1956.
Cantatas 1 & 2 from this recording were issued by Deutsche Grammophon on CD (TT: 61:57)