Recordings of Cantatas

David Willcocks – Short Biography

Recordings of Other Vocal Works

King's College Choir Cambridge – Short History

Recordings with Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Recordings with Gustav Leonhardt

C-1

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 147 & Motets

Cantata BWV 147, Motets BWV 226, BWV 228, BWV 230

David Willcocks

King's College Choir Cambridge / Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields

Soprano: Elly Ameling; Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker; Tenor: Ian Partridge; Bass: John Shirley-Quirk

EMI

1972

LP / TT:

See: [C-2] below.

C-2

J.S. Bach: Catata 147 · 6 Motets · Chorales & chorale preludes for Advent & Christmas [C-2]

CD-1: Cantata BWV 147; Chorales & Chorale Preludes for Advent & Christmas: BWV 140/7+BWV 645, BWV 36/8+BWV 659, BWV 104/6+BWV 711, BWV 121/6+BWV 611, BWV 22/5+BWV 601, BWV 248/9+BWV 700, BWV 151/5+BWV 609, BWV 227/1+BWV 610, BWV 294+BWV 605, BWV 40/3+BWV 612, BWV 65/2+BWV 603, BWV 368, BWV 729
CD-2: Motets BWV 225-230

David Willcocks

King's College Choir Cambridge / Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields (Musical Director: Neville Marriner) (BWV 147 only)

BWV 147: Soprano: Elly Ameling; Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker; Tenor: Ian Partridge; Bass: John Shirley-Quirk
Chorales: Organs: David Willcocks, Andrew Davis

EMI Classics

Jun-Jul 1967; July 1970

2-CD / TT: 150:03

Recorded at Chapelle of King's College, Cambridge, UK.
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V-1

J.S. Bach: Motets BWV 225-230

BWV 225-230

David Willcocks

King's College Choir Cambridge / Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields

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EMI

Early 1970's ?

2- LP / TT:

See: [C-2] above.

V-2

J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 227 (sung in English)

BWV 227

David Willcocks

King's College Choir Cambridge

Argo

?

LP / TT:

V-3

Bach: St Matthew's Passion (Sung in English)

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

David Willcocks

Boys' voices of St Paul's Cathedral Choir & Bach Choir / Thames Chamber Orchestra

Tenor [Evangelist]: Robert Tear; Bass [Jesus]: John Shirley-Quirk; Soprano: Felicity Lott; Contralto: Alfreda Hodgson; Tenor: Neil Jenkins; Baritone: Stephen Roberts; Baritone: Paul Hillier; Alto: Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Decca / ASV

1979

3-CD / TT: 188:37

Sung in English. Revised by Elgar and Atkins. Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London.
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V-4

Bach: St. John Passion [Sung in English]

Johannes-Passion BWV 245

David Willcocks

King's College Choir Cambridge / Philomusica of London

Tenor [Evangelist]: Peter Pears; Bass [Jesus]: David Ward; Soprano [Arias, Maid]: Elizabeth Harwood; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor [Arias]: Alexander Young; Tenor [Servant]: Robert Tear; Bass-Baritone [Arias]: Harvey Alan; Bass [Peter]: Brian Etheridge; Bass [Pilate]: Lindsay Heather

Argo / Decca / London

1960

2-LP / TT:

Sung in English. English text by Peter Pears & Andrew Raeburn, based on the 1872 Trotbeck translation

H-1

Bach: Matthäus-Passion

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Boy Soprano Voices of Regensburger Domspatzen (Chorus Master: Christoph Lickleder) & Men's Voices of the King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Tenor [Evangelist, Arias - Chorus One]: Kurt Equiluz; Bass [Jesus]: Karl Ridderbusch; Sopranos [Arias - Chorus One and Chorus Two]: Two anonymous boy soloists of the Wiener Sängerknaben (Chorus Master: Hans Gillesberger); Alto [Arias - Chorus One]: Paul Esswood; Alto [Arias - Chorus Two: Nos. 33, 77]: Tom Sutcliffe; Alto [Arias - Chorus Two]: James Bowman; Tenor [Arias - Chorus Two]: Nigel Rogers; Bass [Arias - Chorus One]: Max van Egmond; Bass [Arias - Chorus Two]: Michael Schopper

Teldec

1970

3-CD / TT: 174:27

1^st recording of Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 by N. Harnoncourt. Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria.
See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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L-1

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1

CD-3: Cantatas BWV 7, BWV 8, BWV 9
CD-4: Cantatas BWV 10, BWV 12
CD-5: Cantatas BWV 13, BWV 14, BWV 16

Gustav Leonhardt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort

For the details of the soloists see Harnoncourt & Leonhardt - Recordings Part 2

Teldec

1971-1972

6-CD

King's College Choir Cambridge & David Willcocks do not participate in the other recordings of cantatas on this album.
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L-2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2

CD-2: Cantatas BWV 22, BWV 23

Gustav Leonhardt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master - Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master - David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort

For the details of the soloists see Harnoncourt & Leonhardt - Recordings Part 2

Teldec

1972-1974

6-CD

King's College Choir Cambridge & David Willcocks do not participate in the other recordings of cantatas on this album.
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