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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 No. 4 (Christ lay in the bonds of death)
Bach: Cantata BWV 4 & Motet BWV 227

Cantata BWV 4 [23:28]
Motet BWV 227 [24:44] [on LP only]

Robert Shaw

RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra

No soloists are listed

RCA Victor DM-1096
RCA Victor LM-25
RCA Victor LM-9035

BWV 4: Jun 25 & 27, 1946
BWV 227: 1949

4x78rpm / TT: 23:28
10" / TT: 23:28
LP / TT: 48:12

The record jacket lists The RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra and the record itself lists the Robert Shaw Chorale. Must be a misprint because the Robert Shaw Chorale didn't start until 1948 and this recording was done in 1946 and released in 1949. DM-1096 & LM-25 includes only BWV 4.
1st recording of Cantata BWV 4 by R. Shaw.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 4: Complete Cantata [23:15]


C-7

Bach: Cantata No. 140 [Sleepers, Wake!]

Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 [YT: 26:11]

Robert Shaw

RCA Victor Chorale / RCA Victor Orchestra

Soprano: Suzanne Freil; Tenor: Roy Russell; Bass: Paul Matthen

RCA Victor Red Seal DM-1162

Jun 25-26, 1946

4 x 10" 78 rpm

Recorded in New York City, New York, USA.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 140: Complete Cantata [26:11]


C-3

Bach: Cantata No. 131 and Cantata No. 140

 

Cantatas BWV 131, BWV 140 [YT: 26:11]

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale / RCA Victor Orchestra

BWV 131: Tenor: William Hess; Bass: Paul Matthen
Bernard Greenhouse (Violoncello); Robert Bloom (Oboe); Sylvia Marlowe (Harpsichord)
BWV 140: Soprano: Suzanne Freil; Tenor: Roy Russell; Bass: Paul Matthen

RCA Victor LM-1100

BWV 131: May 3-4, 1949
BWV 140: Jun 25-26, 1946

LP / TT:

Recorded in New York City, New York, USA.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 140: Complete Cantata [26:11]



C-2

Bach: Cantatas No. 56 : I will carry the cross with gladness (Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen) · No. 82 Oh Lord, 'tis enough (Ich habe genug).
J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 56 Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen · No. 82 Ich habe genug
Bach: Cantate "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56-Cantate "Ich habe genug" BWV 82

 
 
 

Cantatas BWV 56 [LP: 23:01; CD: 23:30 / 23:22], BWV 82 [LP: 25:42; CD: 26:02 / 25:41]

Robert Shaw

RCA Victor Orchestra & Chorus

Baritone: Mack Harrell

RCA Victor LSC-2312
RCA Victrola VICS-1468
Locked in the Vault Reissues Vol. 44
Forgotten Records FR-497

May 5-7, 1958

LP / TT: 47:43
LP / TT: 47:43
CD / TT: 49:34
CD / TT: 49:15

Recorded at St Paul’s Church, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 56 by M. Harrell.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 56: Complete Cantata [23:34]
Cantata BWV 82: Complete Cantata [26:05]
Buy this album at:
Forgotten Records CD: Forgotten Records



C-4

Marian Anderson: Bach Arias and Great Songs of Faith
Marian Anderson: Prima Voce
Marian Anderson: Bach Arias and Great Songs of Faith
Marian Anderson sings Bach, Brahms, Schubert

 

Aria for Alto (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 12 [5:23]
Aria for Alto Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 81 [5:21]
Aria for Alto Zum reinen Wasser er mich weist (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
BWV 245/30: Charles O'Connell

RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra
BWV 245/30: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Contralto: Marian Anderson
BWV 244/39: Joseph Fuchs (Violin)
BWV 245/30: Samuel Mayes (Violoncello)

RCA LCT-1111
Nimbus NI-7882
Classical Roots
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RCA Victor 7911-2-RG
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Jun 12, 1946
BWV 245/30: Sep 25, 1941

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 72:18
CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 51:37
CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 74:43

Recorded in New York City, New York, USA
Other works: aria from Händel’s Messiah and 11 spirituals.
Original 78 rpm Nos.:
BWV 81/1: Victor Cat: 11-7378B
BWV 112/2: Victor Cat: 11-7379A
BWV 244/39: Matrix: D6-RC-5971-1/72-1; Victor Cat: 11-8380A/B
BWV 12/4: Victor Cat: 11-9378A
BWV 245/30 Matrix: 2A-71003/4 Victor Cat: 18326A/B
BWV 248/4 Victor Cat: 11-7398B
RCA Victor 7911-2-RG includes only BWV 244/29
Buy this album at:
RCA CD (1990): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com
Nimbus CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Classical Roots Music Download (2013): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


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 LM-6023

1953-1954

2-LP / TT:

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


C-6

J.S. Bach Motet No. 3 Jesus, dearest master (Jesu, meine Freude); Cantata No. 4 Christ lay in the bonds of death (Christ lag in Todesbanden)


Cantata BWV 4 [26:16]
Motet BWV 227 [24:44]

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Chorale / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Counter-tenor: Russell Oberlin; Other unknown vocal soloists (one source says the the cantata is sung by the choir, with no soloists)
BWV 227: Hugh Porter (Organ); Harvey Shapiro (Cello); Alvin Brehm (Bass)

RCA Victor LSC/LM-2273

BWV 4: May 24, 1957
BWV 227: 1949
[released 1959]

LP / TT: 51:00

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA.
The recording of Motet BWV 227 is the same as on [C-1].
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 4 by R. Shaw.


 

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2000 - July 2021)
Thanks to contributors: Yoël L. Arbeitman (July 2009); Rainer Harald (July 2019); Antonio Fuentes Miranda (November 2005); Pierre-F. Roberge (July 2009);
Bradley Taylor (April 2005, July 2009); Teri Noel Towe (February 2005, April 2007); Jerome F. Weber (May 2019)

Robert Shaw: Short Biography | Ensembles: Robert Shaw Chorale | RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | General Discussions
Individual Recordings:
BWV 232 - R. Shaw | BWV 243 - R. Shaw | BWV 245 - R. Shaw


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