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Robert Shaw & Shaw Chorale & RCA Victor Orchestra

Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Contents

Recordings of Cantatas
Recordings of Other Vocal Works
Collections of Movements from other Vocal Works

Robert Shaw - Short Biography
Robert Shaw Chorale - Short History
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - Short History
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Short History

Mass in B minor Mass BWV 232 - conducted by Robert Shaw
Magnificat BWV 243 - conducted by Robert Shaw
Johannes-Passion BWV 245 - conducted By Robert Shaw

Recordings - Part 1

Recordings of Cantatas

C-1

Bach: Cantata BWV 4 & Motet BWV 227


Cantata BWV 4, Motet BWV 227

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale / RCA Victor Orchestra

Counter-tenor: Russell Oberlin; Other unknown vocal soloists

RCA Victor

1946 [BWV 227]; 1949 [BWV 4]

LP / TT: 23:22 + ?

 

C-2

Bach: Cantatas BWV 56 & BWV 82

 


Cantatas BWV 56, BWV 82

Robert Shaw

RCA Victor Orchestra & Chorus

Baritone: Mack Harrell

RCA Victor / Locked in the Vault Reissues

May 1958

CD / TT: 49:34

 

C-3

Bach: Cantatas BWV 131 & BWV 140

Cantatas BWV 131, BWV 140

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale / RCA Victor Orchestra

Soprano: Suzanne Freil; Tenors: William Hess, Roy Russell; Bass: Paul Matthen

RCA Victor

1949 + 1946

LP / TT:

 

C-4

Great Songs of Faith / Prima Voce

Aria for Alto (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 12 [5:23]
Aria for Alto (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 81 [5:21]
Aria for Alto (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 112 [4:11]
Aria for Alto (Mvt. 39) from Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 [8:01]
Aria for Alto All is fulfilled (Mvt. 30) from Johannes-Passion BWV 245, sung in English [7:02]
Aria for Alto Bereite dich, Zion (Mvt. 4 (4)) from Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/1 [5:20]

Robert Shaw

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Contralto: Marian Anderson

RCA Victor / Nimbus

1946

CD / TT: 72:18

Other works: aria from Händel’s Messiah and 11 spirituals.
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C-5

Bach Aria Group - Cantatas & Cantata Movements [C-6]

Cantatas BWV 41, Cantata BWV 42

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra

Soprano: Eileen Farrell; Alto: Carol Smith; Tenor: Jan Peerce; Bass-Baritone: Norman Farrow
Oboes: Robert Bloom, Harry Shulman, Earl Schuster; 'cello: Bernard Greenhouse; Piano: Erich Itor Kahn

RCA Victor

1953-1954

2-LP / TT:

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, USA. Other works: by Bach Aria Group, not conducted by R. Shaw.

 

 

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2000 - May 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Antonio Fuentes Miranda (November 2005), Bradley Taylor (April 2005), Teri Noel Towe (February 2005, April 2007)


Robert Shaw: Short Biography | Robert Shaw Chorale | RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Recordings:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | BWV 232 - Shaw | BWV 243 - Shaw | BWV 245 - Shaw

Recordings & Discussions of Major Conductors: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Discussions of Singers & Instrumentalists

Introduction | Cantatas | Other Vocal | Non-Vocal | Performers | General Topics | Articles | Books | Movies
Biographies | Texts & Translations | Scores | References | Commentary | Music | Concerts | Bach Tour | Memorabilia
Chorale Texts | Chorale Melodies | Lutheran Church Year | Readings | Poets & Composers | Transcriptions
Search Website | Search Works/Movements | Terms & Abbreviations | Copyright Notice | How to contribute | Links

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