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Year 2004

Contents

January 2004

January 2004 – New Releases

January 2004 – Re-issues

February 2004

February 2004 – New Releases

February 2004 – Re-issues

March 2004

March 2004 – New Releases

March 2004 – Re-issues

April 2004

April 2004 – New Releases

April 2004 – Re-issues

May 2004

May 2004 – New Releases

May 2004 – Re-issues

June 2004

June 2004 – New Releases

June 2004 – Re-issues

July 2004

July 2004 – New Releases

July 2004 – Re-issues

August 2004

August 2004 – New Releases

August 2004 – Re-issues

September 2004

September 2004 – New Releases

September 2004 – Re-issues

October 2004

October 2004 – New Releases

October 2004 – Re-issues

November 2004

November 2004 – New Releases

November 2004 – Re-issues

December 2004

December 2004 – New Releases

December 2004 – Re-issues


January 2004 - Re-issues

R01-1

Complete Cantatas - Volume 5

 

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 207a, BWV 202
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 206, BWV 210
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 212, BWV 205
CD-4: Cantatas BWV 213

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Sopranos - Lisa Larsson, Sibylla Rubens, Anne Grimm & Els Bongers; Alto - Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor – Christoph Prégardien; Bass - Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Sep, Nov 1996

4-CD

February 2004 – Re-issues

R02-1

Aeolus Appeased. Dramma per Musica

 

Cantata BWV 205

Helmuth Rilling

Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano [Pallas]: Elisabeth Speiser; Alto [Pomona]: Margarethe Bence; Tenor [Zyphyrus]: John van Kesteren; Bass [Aelous]: Jakob Stämpfli

Musicaphon

Mid 1960’s ?

CD / TT:


R02-2

Cantatas BWV 170, 54, 53

 

Cantatas BWV 53, BWV 54, BWV 170

Hermann Scherchen

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Alto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan

Archipel

1952

CD / TT:


R02-3

Mass in B minor BWV 232

 

Michel Corboz

Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne & Instrumental Ensemble

Soprano: Sandrine Piau; Mezzo-soprano: Bernarda Fink, Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Bass: Marcos Fink

Virgin Veritas

Sep 1996

2-CD / TT: 1:42:23

3rd recording of Mass in B minor by M. Corboz
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 – conducted by Michel Corboz


R02-4

Trauerode - Matthew Passion: Famous Arias

 

Cantata BWV 198

Hermann Scherchen

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Soprano: Magda Lászlò; Alto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Tenor: Waldemar Kmentt; Bass: Alfred Pöll

Matthew Passion: Famous Arias

Clemens Krauss

Vienna Philharmonic

Archipel

1951 / 1944

CD / TT:


R02-5

BACH / HANDEL / STAINER / MOZART: Choral Favourites

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

Resonance

1979

T-CD / TT:

Sung in English. Revised by Elgar and Atkins
Other works on this 7-CD album are not by J.S. Bach

R02-6

Complete Cantatas - Volume 6

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 76, BWV 75
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 190, BWV 179, BWV 59, BWV 69
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 50, BWV 186, BWV 104, BWV 69a, BWV 50 (Appendix)

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano - Ruth Ziesak; Alto - Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor - Paul Agnew; Bass - Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Apr, Sep 1997

3-CD

See: Complete Cantatas Volume 6 – conducted by Koopman

March 2004 - New

N03-1

Cantatas - Vol. 15

 

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 110, BWV 146, BWV 28
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 168, BWV 175, BWV 87, BWV 3
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 176, BWV 108, BWV 85, BWV 128, BWV 183

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Sopranos: Deborah York, Sandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer, Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenors: Jörg Dürmüller, Christoph Prégardien, Paul Agnew, James Gilchrist; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Mar, Nov-Dec 2001; Feb-Mar 2002

3-CD


N03-2

Cantatas - Volume 24 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724

Cantatas BWV 8 (+ a different version of the opening chorus), BWV 33, BWV 113

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

Oct 2002

CD / TT: 67:37

See: Cantatas Volume 24 – conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

June 2004 – Re-issues

R06-1

Complete Cantatas - Volume 7

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 25, BWV 95, BWV 144, BWV 67, BWV 24
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 136, BWV 184, BWV 105, BWV 148
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 147, BWV 181, BWV 173, BWV 181 (Appendix)

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Lisa Larsson; Altos: Bogna Bartosz & Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Sep, Oct 1997

3-CD

July 2004 - New

N07-1

Mass in B minor BWV 232

 

Helmut Müller-Brühl

Dresdner Kammerchor / Kölner Kammerorchester

Soprano: Sunhae Im; Mezzo-soprano: Marianne Beate Kielland; Alto: Ann Hallenberg; Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Bass-Baritone: Hanno Müller-Brachmann

Naxos

2003

2-CD/ TT: 106:00

August 2004 - New

N08-1

The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas II (Apokryphal Works 3)

Cantatas BWV 15, BWV 141, BWV 142, BWV 160

Wolfgang Helbich

Alsfelder Vokalensemble / I Febiarmionici

Soprano: Dorothee Mields; Counter-tenor: Henning Voss; Tenor: Henning Kaiser; Bass: Ralf Grobe

CPO

2001

CD / TT:


N08-2

Cantatas - Vol. 16

 

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 82 (+ Appendix), BWV 27, BWV 16 (+ Appendix)
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 170, BWV 102, BWV 79
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 49, BWV 43 (+ Appendix), BWV 39

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Sopranos: Johannette Zomer, Sandrine Piau, Sibylla Rubens; Altos: Bogna Bartosz, Annette Markert; Tenors: James Gilchrist, Paul Agnew, Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

June 2001 (82, 49); Nov 2001 (16, 79); Feb-Mar 2002 (39, 43); Oct-Nov 2002 (102); Feb 2003 (27); Oct 2003 (170)

3-CD / TT:


N08-3

Cantatas - Volume 25 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724

Cantatas BWV 78, BWV 99, BWV 114

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

?

CD / TT: 62:57

September 2004 - New

N09-1

The Soulful Bach and Telemann

Arias & Recitativers from BWV 163, BWV 47, BWV 97, BWV 56, BWV 159, BWV 158 - Sung in English?

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Olde Friends Concert Artists

Bass-baritone: Daniel Lichti

Centaur

?

CD / TT:

September 2004 – Re-issues

R09-1

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Bruno Kittel

Bruno-Kittel-Chor & Ein Knabenchor / Berliner Philharmoniker

Tenor [Evangelist, Arias]: Walther Ludwig; Bass-Baritone [Jesus]: Hans-Hermann Nissen; Soprano [1st & 2nd Magd, Arias]: Tilla Briem; Alto [Arias]: Gusta Hammer; Bass [Judas, Petrus, Pilatus, Hoherepriester, Arias]: Fred Drissen

Gebhardt

Aug-Sep 1942

2-CD / TT: 132:59

Omits 19, 23, 28, 29, 38, 40, 41, 48 - 51, 55, 61, 64 - 66, 70, 75; abridges 10, 12, 34, 35, 37, 39, 52, 54, 59, 63, 67, 73, 76, 78


R09-2

Motets BWV 225-230

 

Konrad Junghänel

Cantus Cölln

Sopranos: Johanna Koslowsky, Maria Cristina Kiehr; Alto: Elisabeth Popien; Counter-tenor: Bernhard Landauer; Tenors: Gerd Türk, Wilfried Jochens; Basses: Stephan Schreckenberger, Matthias Gerchen

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Oct 1995

CD / TT: 60:57

See: Motets – performed by Konrad Junghänel & Cantus Cölln

October 2004 - New

N10-1

Thomas Quasthoff: Bach Cantatas

Cantatas BWV 56, BWV 82, BWV 158

Rainer Kussmaul

RIAS-Kammerchor / Berliner Barock Solisten

Baritone: Thomas Quasthoff

Deutsche Grammophon

2004 ?

CD / TT:

October 2004 - Re-Issues

R10-1

Bach Cantatas: Volume 1

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 61, BWV 40, BWV 68
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 110, BWV 57, BWV 32
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 92, BWV 23
CD-4: Cantatas BWV 72, BWV 1, BWV 182
CD-5: Oster-Oratorium BWV 249, Cantata BWV 4
CD-6: Cantatas BWV 31, BWV 6, BWV 104
CD-7: Cantatas BWV 67, BWV 85, BWV 103, BWV 87
CD-8: Cantatas BWV 43, BWV 1, BWV 34
CD-9: Cantatas BWV 68, BWV 39, BWV 7
CD-10: Cantatas BWV 76, BWV 30

Fritz Werner

Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Heilbronn
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Heilbronn Instrumental Ensemble
Wurttemburg Chamber Orchestra

Various Soloists

Erato

1950's - 1970's

10-CD / TT:


R10-2

Bach Cantatas: Volume 2

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 21, BWV 10, BWV 53
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 147, BWV 105, BWV 160
CD-3: Cantatas BWV 102, BWV 137, BWV 78
CD-4: Cantatas BWV 51, BWV 8, BWV 130, BWV 50
CD-5: Cantata BWV 19, BWV 149, BWV 180
CD-6: Cantatas BWV 56, BWV 98, BWV 26, BWV 90
CD-7: Cantatas BWV 70, BWV 140, BWV 79
CD-8: Cantatas BWV 80, BWV 150, BWV 131
CD-9: Cantatas BWV 106, BWV 119, BWV 200, BWV 51
CD-10: Cantatas BWV 140, BWV 85, BWV 104

Fritz Werner

Heinrich Schüz-Chor, Heilbronn

Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra

Heilbronn Instrumental Ensemble

Südwestfunk Orchestra, Baden-Baden

Various Soloists

Erato

1950's - 1970's

10-CD / TT:


R10-3

Bach Choral Works: Volume 3

CD-1: Johannes-Passion BWV 245 - Part 1
CD-2: Johannes Passion BWV 245 - Part 2; Motets BWV 225, BWV 226, BWV 230
CD-3-5: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
CD-6: Weihnachts-Oratorium - Parts 1&2
CD-7: Weihnachts-Oratorium - Parts 3&4
CD-8: Weihnachts-Oratorium - Parts 5&6; Motets BWV 228, BWV 229; Cantata BWV 118
CD-9: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Part 1
CD-10: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Part 1; Motet BWV 227

Fritz Werner

Heinrich Schüz-Chor, Heilbronn

Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Various Soloists

Erato

1950's - 1970's

10-CD / TT:


R10-4

Cantatas BWV 32 & BWV 76

Cantatas BWV 32, BWV 76

Hermann Scherchen

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Soprano: Magda Lászlò; Alto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Tenor: Petre Munteanu; Basses: Richard Standen & Alfred Poell

Archipel

1950-1952

CD / TT:


R10-5

Cantatas BWV 84, BWV 106 & BWV 140

Cantatas BWV 84, BWV 106, BWV 140

Hermann Scherchen

Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Soprano: Magda Lászlò; Alto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Tenor: Waldemar Kmentt; Bass: Alfred Poell

Archipel

1950-1951

CD / TT:


R10-6

Cantata No. 147, The Six Motets

Cantata BWV 147; The Six Motets BWV 225-230, Chorales & Choral Preludes For Advent & Christmas

Dadid Willcocks

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

?

EMI Gemini

?

CD / TT:


R10-7

Major Choral Works

B Minor Mass, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Christmas Oratorio

Peter Schreier, Enoch Zu Guttenberg, Martin Flamig

?

?

RCA

?

10-CD / TT:

November 2004 - New

N11-1

Psaume 51 d’aprés le Stabat Mater de Pergolesi
Cantate BWV 82« Ich habe genug »

Psalm 51 BWV 1083; Cantata BWV 82

Bernard Labadie

Les Violons du Roy

Soprano: Karina Gauvin; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor

Atma Clasique

2004 ?

CD / TT:


N11-2

Secular Cantatas

Cantatas BWV 210, BWV 211

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Carolyn Sampson; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Stephan Schreckenberger

BIS

?

CD / TT:

1st recording of Bach's secular cantatas by M. Suzuki

November 2004 - Re-Issues

R11-1

Cantatas 198, 106, 196, 53

Cantatas BWV 198, BWV 106, BWV 196, BWV 53

Diego Fasolis

Coro della Radio Svizzera / I Barocchisti

Sopranos: Nancy Argenta, Antonella Balducci; Mezzo-soprano: Guillemette Laurens; Counter-tenor: Bernhard Landauer; Tenors: Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels; Basses: Georg Zeppenfeld, Furio Zanasi

Arts

Dec 2000

CD / TT: 69:47

Finally the reissue of this recording originally published with an Italian magazine

R11-2

Mass in B minor BWV 232

 

Sergiu Celibidache

Bach Choir of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Chorus Master: Joshard Daus) / Münchner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Barbara Bonney; Mezzo-soprano: Ruxandra Donose (Danila); Alto: Cornelia Wulkopf; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Baritone: Yaron Windmüller; Bass: Anton Scharinger

EMI

Nov 1990

2-CD / TT: 134:13

Previously on Exclusive

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2003 - December 2004)
Thanks to contributors: Riccardo Nughes (August 2004, September 2004, October 2004, December 2004), Emiko Hall (Cleofide) (August 2004), Johan van Veen (December 2004), Piotr Jaworski (December 2004)


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