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Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Karl Münchinger

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Suzanne Danco: Bach Cantatas & Arias
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Cantatas

Cantatas BWV 51, BWV 202; BWV 478, BWV 508, BWV 516

Karl Münchinger (Cantatas only)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Cantatas only)

Soprano: Suzanne Danco; Trumpet: Paolo Longinotti (BWV 52); Organ: Jeanne Demessieux (BWV 478, 508, 516)

London / Testament
Pearl

Sep 1953; Oct 1952

CD / TT: 73:12
2-CD / 149:05

Other works on Testament album are not by J.S. Bach. The Pearl album includes the cantatas & 6 Brandenburg Concertos.
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J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 10, Magnificat BWV 243
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio; Cantata BWV 10

Cantata BWV 10, Magnificat BWV 243

Karl Münchinger

Wiener Akademiechor (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Sopranos: Elly Ameling & Hanneke van Bork; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Basses: Tom Krause, Marius Rintzler

Decca

May 1968

LP / TT:

Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg.
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas 80 & 140

Cantatas BWV 80, BWV 140

Karl Münchinger

Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Soprano: Gabriele Fontana; Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Gösta Winbergh; Bass: Tom Krause

Decca

Feb 1984

CD / TT: 73:22

Recorded at Evangelisches Schloßkirche, Ludwigsburg, Germany.
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Karl Münchinger

Wiener Singakademie (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) * / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Sopranos - Elly Ameling & Yvonne Minton; Contralto - Helen Watts; Tenor - Werner Krenn; Bass - Tom Krause

Decca

May 1970

2-CD / TT: 1:58:49

* According to Anton Schönauer from Wiener Singakademie (November 2002) the CD Cover contains a mistake, because it was NOT the Wiener Singakademie performing! The Chorus Master of this recording, Xaver Meyer, was then Assistent-Director of the Wiener Singakademie, but it was an especially composed choir doing this recording. Recorded at Sofiensall, Vienna, Austria.
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Magnificat - Oster-Oratorium

Magnificat BWV 243

Karl Münchinger

Wiener Akademiechor (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Sopranos: Elly Ameling & Hanneke van Bork; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Bass: Tom Krause

Decca

May 1968

TT: 30:52

Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany. Other work: Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 [V-6].
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J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Karl Münchinger

Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (Chorus Master: Gerhard Wilhelm) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Tenor [Evangelist]: Peter Pears; Baritone [Jesus]: Hermann Prey; Soprano [Arias, 1^st Maid, Pilatus' wife]: Elly Ameling; Contralto [Arias, 2^nd Maid]: Marga Höffgen; Tenor [Arias]: Fritz Wunderlich; Bass [Arias]: Tom Krause; Bass [Petrus, High Priest, Pilatus]: Heinz Blankenburg; Bass [Judas]: August Messthaler

Decca

July 1964

3-CD / TT: 196:43

Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany.
See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Karl Münchinger
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V-4

J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion

Johannes-Passion BWV 245

Karl Münchinger

Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (Chorus Master: Gerhard Wilhelm) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Tenor [Evangelist]: Dieter Ellenbeck, Bass [Jesus]: Walter Berry; Soprano: Elly Ameling; Contralto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Werner Hollweg; Bass: Hermann Prey; Bass [Petrus]: Manfred Ackermann; Bass [Pilatus]: Allan Ahrans; Soprano [Maid]: Marianne Köhnlein-Goebel; [Diener]: Wolfgang Isenhart

Decca

July, Oct 1974

2-CD / TT: 131:06

Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany.
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V-5

J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium

Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1-6

Karl Münchinger

Lübecker Kantorei (Chorus Master: Hans-Jürgens Wille) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Soprano [Arias, the Angel]: Elly Ameling; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Peter Pears; Bass [Arias, Herodes]: Tom Krause

Decca

Sep 1966

2-CD / TT: 158:07

Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany.
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V-6

J.S. Bach: Magnificat - Oster-Oratorium
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio; Cantata BWV 10 [C-2]

Oster-Oratorium BWV 249

Karl Münchinger

Wiener Akademiechor (Chorus Master: Xaver Meyer) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Soprano [Arias, Maria Jacobi]: Elly Ameling; Contralto [Arias, Maria Magdalena]: Helen Watts; Tenor: Werner Krenn; Bass [Arias, Johannes]: Tom Krause

Decca

May 1968

TT: 47:49

Recorded at Schloss Ludwigsburg, Germany.
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Sacred Materworks

Karl Münchinger

Various Choral Groups / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

This box set includes all the vocal works recorded by Münchinger (V1-V6 above)

Decca

1964-1974

10-CD

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