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Bach Cantatas Vol. 22: Eisenach
For Easter Sunday / For Easter Monday
For Easter Monday / For Easter Tuesday

CD-1: Cantatas BWV 4 [21:45], BWV 31 [18:26], BWV 66 [28:04]
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 6 [19:17], BWV 134 [23:57], BWV 145 [8:58]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Sopranos: Angharad Gruffydd Jones [CD-2], Gillian Keith [BWV 31]; Counter-tenors: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Stephen Varcoe

Soli Deo Gloria

Apr 2000

2-CD / TT: 68:26 + 52:13

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at Georgenkirche, Eisenach, Germany.
See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 22
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 34 (Cantatas from Leipzig 1725)

Cantatas BWV 1 [22:23], BWV 126 [17:04], BWV 127 [19:21]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Carolyn Sampson; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

Jun 2005

SACD / TT: 59:51

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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Bach: Cantates Marie de Nazareth
Intégrale des cantates sacrées Vol. 3

Cantatas BWV 1 [21:58], BWV 82 [22:24], BWV 147 [26:37]

Eric J. Milnes (conductor from the positive organ)

(OVPP - No Choir) / Montréal Baroque

Soprano: Monika Mauch; Counter-tenor: Matthew White; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Stephan MacLeod

ATMA Classique

Jun 18-21, 2006

SACD / TT: 70:59

Recorded at Montreal Baroque Festival, Église Saint-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec, Canada.
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An Evening with Bach [V-1]

Air on a G string, BWV 1069 [5:12]
Schlummert ein from Cantata BWV 82 [9:06]
Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067 [1:22]
Ich folge dir gleichfalls from Johannes-Passion BWV 245 [3:34]
Giga from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [4:30]
Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208 [4:16]
WTC 2: Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871 [3:34]
Schlafe mein Leibster from Cantata BWV 213 [8:56]
Prelude in G Major from BWV 1007 [3:22]
Aria for Alto Es Ist Vollbracht (Mvt. 30) from Johannes-Passion BWV 245 [5:09]
Sarabanda from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [3:51]
Kein Artz from Cantata BWV 103 [4:19]
Prelude in E flat major, BWV 998 [2:37]
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 [2:44]
J.C. Bach: Passacaglia: Mein Freund ist mein [11:08]

David Taylor

Voices of Music

Susanne Rydén (Soprano) ; Jennifer Lane (Alto)
Joanna Blendulf (Baroque cello); Elizabeth Blumenstock (Baroque violin); Louise Carslake (Traverso & alto recorder); Rodney Gehrke (Chamber organ); Lisa Grodin (Baroque viola); Katherine Kyme (Baroque violin & viola); Dan Laurin (Alto recorder & voice flute); Victoria Gunn Pich (Baroque viola); Hanneke van Proosdij (Organ, harpsichord, recorder); William Skeen (Baroque cello, viola da gamba & violone); David Tayler (Theorbo)

Magnatune

2005

CD / TT: 73:40

Recorded at St Stephens Church, Belvedere, California, USA.
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J.S. Bach: Motetten

Motets BWV 225-230 [14:02, 9:13, 21:57, 9:52, 9:18, 6:55], BWV Anh 159 [4:39]

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Hilliard Ensemble

Sopranos: Joanne Lunn [BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159], Rebecca Outram [BWV 225-229, BWV Anh 159]; Counter-tenors: David James [BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159], David Gould [BWV 225-226, BWV 228-229, BWV Anh 159]; Tenors: Rogers Covey-Crump [BWV 225-229, BWV Anh 159], Steven Harrold [BWV 225-226, BWV 228-230, BWV Anh 159]; Baritone: Gordon Jones [BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159]; Bass: Robert Macdonald [BWV 225-226, BWV 228-229, BWV Anh 159]
Organ: Rogers Covey-Crump [BWV 230]

ECM

Nov 2003

CD / TT: 76:50

2^nd recording of Motets BWV 225-230 by Hilliard Ensemble. Recorded at Propsteri St. Gerold.
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor 

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Jos van Veldhoven

Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Soprano: Dorothee Mields; Soprano: Johannette Zomer; Alto: Matthew White; Tenor: Charles Daniels; Bass: Peter Harvey

Channel Classics

Dec 2006

2-CD / TT: 105:00

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Jos van Veldhoven
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Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Robert Shaw

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus

Soprano: Sylvia McNair; Mezzo-sopranos: Delores Ziegler, Marietta Simpson; Tenor: John Aler; Baritone: William Stone; Bass: Thomas Paul

Telarc

Mar 1990

2-CD / TT: 117:51

Reissue. 4^th recording of Mass in B minor by R. Shaw.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Robert Shaw
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Bach: Matthaüs Passion

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Tenor [Evangelist]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Jesus]: Matthias Goerne; Soprano: Christine Schäfer; Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann; Contralto: Bernarda Fink; Contralto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Michael Schade; Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Bass: Dietrich Henschel; Bass: Oliver Widmer

Warner Classics

May 2000

3-CD, DVD / TT: 162:15

Reissue. 3^rd recording of Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 by N. Harnoncourt. Recorded at Jesuitenkirche-Universitätskirche, Vienna, Austria.
See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Bach: St. John Passion

Johannes-Passion BWV 245

Stephen Cleobury

King's College Choir Cambridge / The Brandenburg Consort (Leader: Roy Goodman)

Tenor [Evangelist]: John Mark Ainsley; Bass [Jesus]: Stephen Richardson; Soprano: Catherine Bott; Alto: Michael Chance; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Stephen Varcoe

Brilliant Classics

Mar 1996

2-CD / TT: 138:16

Reissue. 1725 version. Recorded at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK.
See: Johannes-Passion BWV 245 - conducted By Stephen Cleobury
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V-6

Bach: The Leipzig Chorales [V-1]

The Leipzig Chorales alternating with choir

P. Urban Stillhardt

Concentus Vocalis Griesensis

Claudio Astronio (Organ)

Stradivarius

2007 ?

2-CD / TT:

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