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Recordings & Discussions of Other Vocal Works: Motets BWV 225-231 | Mass in B minor BWV 232 | Missae Breves & Sanctus BWV 233-242 | Magnificat BWV 243 | Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 | Johannes-Passion BWV 245 | Lukas-Passion BWV 246 | Markus-Passion BWV 247 | Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 | Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Geistliche Lieder BWV 439-507 | AMN BWV 508-523 | Quodlibet BWV 524 | Aria BWV 1127

Magnificat in D major BWV 243
Recordings - Part 8

Recordings: Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001 | BWV 243a | Individual Movements

Recordings of Individual Movements

M-1

? [V-1]

Fecit Potentiam et Gloria from Magnificat BWV 243 []

Gustave Bret

Chœur de la Société Bach

-

Gramophone W 883 [matrix nos. CTR3394-1, CTR3391-1]

Nov 16, 1927

78 rpm

Info provided by François Dru, Producer, France Musique, Radio France.

M-2

?

Esurientes (Mvt. 9) from Magnificat BWV 243 []

Ruggero Gerlin

String ensemble

Contralto: Lina Falk

Lumen

1937

78"

 

M-3

Mormon Tebernacle Choir: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - 20 Great Bach & Handel Choruses [C-1]

‘My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord’ from Magnificat BWV 243 [3:20]

Eugene Ormandy

Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Director: Richard P. Condie) / Philadelphia Orchestra

Sony Classics

Nov 1958; May 1962

CD

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M-4

Christmas with Leontyne Price [V-8]

Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (Mvt. 2a) from Magnificat BWV 243a [4:03]

Herbert von Karajan

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde / Members of Wiener Philharmoniker

Soprano: Leontyne Price

Decca

Jun 1961

CD

Recorded at Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria.
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M-5

Marilyn Horn - Bach Handel - Henry Lewis [C-2]

Aria Et exultavit (Mvt. 2) from Magnificat BWV 243 []
Aria Esurientes (Mvt. 9) from Magnificat BWV 243 []

Henry Lewis

Vienna Cantata Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano: Marilyn Horne

London Records

c1969

LP

 

M-6

Bach Is Beautiful [C-1]

Quia Respexit (Mvt. 3) from Magnificat BWV 243, arranged by Laurindo Almeida [3:05]

-

-

Soprano: Deltra Eamon; Guitar: Laurindo Almeida

Orion

1970

CD

Recorded at Malibu,CA/Sherman Oaks, CA, USA.
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M-7

? [V-2]

 

Vom Himmel hoch, Freut euch und jubiliert (Mvt. 2a) from Magnificat BWV 243a []

Louis Halsey

Louis Halsey Singers

Organ: David Lumsden

L'oiseau-Lyre / Decca / Unicorn

1972

2-LP

 

M-8

The Art of the Recorder [C-1]

Esurientes (Mvt. 9) from Magnificat BWV 243 [3:16]

David Munrow

David Munrow Recorder Consort & Early Music Consort of London

Counter-tenor: James Bowman

Textament

Oct 1974

2-CD

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England.
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M-9

J.S. Bach - Handel: Solo Cantatas & Vocal Works [C-4]

Aria for Soprano Et exultavit (Mvt. 2) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:25]

Neville Marriner

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker

EMI Classics

Oct 1975

2-CD

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England.
See: Baker does Bach - conducted by Menuhin & Marriner
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M-10

Bach and Handel arias [C-1]

Aria for Soprano (Mvt. 3) from Manificat BWV 243 [3:36]

-

-

Soprano: Tatiana Sterling; Organ: Olgerts Cintins

Melodiya

1981

LP

 

M-11

Bach: Die Motetten BWV 225-230 · Chorälsatze [V-1]
J.S. Bach: 4 Shorter Masses
[V-3]

Chorales from the Magnificat BWV 243a
- Vom Himmel hoch (Mvt. 2a) [1:40]
- Freut euch und jubiliert (Mvt. 5a) [1:15]
- Gloria in excelsis Deo (Mvt. 7a) [1:20]

Hartwig Eschenburg

Rostocker Motettenchor (Chorus Master: Hartwig Eschenburg) / Instrumental soloists from Capella Fidicinia Leipzig (Direction: Hans Grüss)

-

Eterna / Baroque Music Club

1982-1983

2-LP / 2-CD

Recorded at Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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M-12

Bach / Händel / Schütz [C-3]

Gloria (Mvt. 12) from Magnificat BWV 243, sung in Swedish []

Anders Öhrwall

Adolf Fredrik Bach Choir / Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

-

Proprius

Nov 1983

CD

Recorded at Adolf Fredrik's Church, Stockholm, Sweden.
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M-13

New Approach to J. S. Bach [C-1]

Sicut locutus est (Mvt. 11) from Magnificat BWV 243 [1:40]

-

-

Alberto Basso

Harmonia Mundi

1987

CD

M-14

Works by Bach, Purcell, Handel [C-1]

Quia Respexit (Mvt. 3) from Magnificat BWV 243 []

Soprano: Alla Ablaberdyeva; Organ: Alexander Fiseisky

Melodiya C10-30497-003

1987

LP / TT:

 

M-15

Joplin, Bach, Satie and others [C-4]

Adaptation for brass from Magnificat BWV 243, as "The Cathedral" by Don Gillis [6:41]

-

Canadian Brass

-

Musica Viva

1987

CD

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M-16

Bach - Emile Naoumoff [C-1]

Suscepit Israel (Mvt. 10) from Magnificat BWV 243, transcribed for piano by Emile Naoumoff [1:59]

-

-

Piano: Emile Naoumoff

Thésis / Saphir

Feb 1989

CD

Recorded at Studios Namiens, Boulogne, France.

M-17

Jessye Norman at Notre-Dame [C-1]

Ex exultavit (Mvt. 2) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:27]

Lawrence Foster

Lyon Opera Orchestra

Soprano: Jessye Norman

Philips

Jan 1990

CD

Recorded live at Notre-Dame, Paris, France.
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V-18

Ave Maria - Famous Sacred Choral Works [V-1]

Suscepit Israel (Mvt. 10) from Magnificat BWV 243 [1:57]

Bohumil Kulínský & Blanka Kulínska

Bambini di Praga / Youth Chorus of the Prague Symphony

Soloists of BdP: Martina Caithamelova (4, 9), Vera Cerna (7, 15, 19, 20), Jarmila Farkasova (4, 7, 14, 20), Margita Farkasova (19), Jana Jicinská (10), Linda Vagnerova (4, 7)
Piano: Ludmila Cermakova; Organ: Miluska Kvechova; Harp: Ivana Zizkova; Cello: Vilem Bernacek; Harpsichord: Josef Ksica; Oboe: Ivan Sequardt

Multisonic

Mar-Apr 1992

CD

Recorded at the Studio Domovina, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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M-19

Orchestral Excerpts For Trumpet [C-1]

Excerpt for trumpet from Magnificat BWV 243, edited by Philip Smith [2:45]

 

New York Philharmonic ?

Trumpet: Philip Smith

Summit

1994

CD

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M-20

Chant - Zang - Singing 1996 [V-2]

Deposuit potentes (Mvt. 8) from Magnificat BWV 243 [1:55]

Patrick Peire

Capella Brugensis / Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Soprano: Greta de Reyghere; Alto: Wilke te Brummelstroete; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Jan Van der Crabben

Cypres

May-Jun 1996

CD

Recorded at Royal Conservatory of Music/Palais des Beaux-Arts.
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M-21

J.S. Bach: Arias [C-1]

Et exsultavit spiritus meus (Mvt. 2) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:28]

Marek Štryncl

Musica Florea

Mezzo-Soprano: Magdalena Kožená

Archiv Produktion

July, Sep 1996

CD

Recorded at Concert Hall, Kromĕřĭž, Czech Republic.
See: Bach Arias - by Marek Štryncl & Musica Flore with Magdalena Kožená
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M-22

Angela Gheorgiu: Mysterium - Sacred Arias [C-2]

Quia respexis (Mvt. 3) from Magnificat BWV 243 [3:59]

Ion Marin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano: Angela Gheorghiu

Decca

Sep 1998

CD

Recorded al All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, England.
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M-23

ABC (Albinoni, Bach, Caccini) [C-1]

Quia respexit (Mvt. 3) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:30]

Mark Stephenson

London Musici

Soprano: Inessa Galante

Campion

1999

EP

Recorded at St. Silas Church, Kentish Town, England.
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M-24

Heavenly Harmonies - Three Trebles from Blackburn Cathedral [V-1]

Aria Et exultavit (Mvt. 2) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:47]

-

-

Daniel Adams, James Holding, Thomas Croxson (trebles)
Richard Tanner, Greg Morris (organ)

Lammas Records

Mar, Apr 2002; Aug 2004

CD / TT: 72:44

Recorded at Blackburn Cathedral, England.
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M-25

A Song for All Seasons [C-1]

Suscepit Israel (Mvt. 10) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:21]

Jean Ashworth Bartle

Toronto Children's Chorus

Organ: Ruth Watson Henderson

Marquis Classics

Jun 2002

CD

Recorded at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, Canada.
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M-26

Ave Maria In Mary's Basilica In Krakow [C-1]

Quia respexit humilitatem (Mvt. 3) from Magnificat BWV 243 [3:19]

-

-

Soprano: Elzbieta Towarnicka; Organ: Marek Stefanski

Dux Recording Prod.

2002 ?

CD

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M-27

Lieder ohne Worte - Bach-Transkriptionen für Oboe & Orchester

Arrangements for oboe & orchestra from BWV 243 []

-

Sinfonia Varsovia

Oboe: Albrecht Mayer; Violin: Nigel Kennedy

Deutsche Grammophon

2003 ?

CD

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M-28

Fabiana Kats: mezzo-soprano [C-1]

Aria for Alto Esurientes (Mvt. 9) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:33]

-

-

Mezzo-soprano: Fabiana Katz; Piano: Stephen Smith

Demo-CD

Apr 2005

CD

Recorded at St Paul's Anglican, Vancouver, BC, Canada

M-29

Bach Piano Transcriptsions - 6: Walter Rummel [C-1]

Aria Esurientes implevit bonis (Mvt. 9) from Magnificat BWV 243, transcribed to piano by Walter Rummel [3:55]

-

-

Piano: Jonathan Plowright

Hyperion

Jul 2005

2-CD

Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
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M-30

Bach: Airs de cantates et pièces pour hautbois [C-1]

Aria for Soprano (Mvt. 3) from Magnificat BWV 243 []

-

-

Soprano: Gaële Le Roi; Oboe: O. Doise; Cello: J. Pernoo; Organ: J. Rohrer

Arion

2005 ?

CD

 

M-31

Bach Spectacular / The Romantic Rachmaninoff [C-1]

Gloria Patri (Mvt. 12) from Magnificat BWV 243 [2:01]

John Alldis

Kingsway Symphony Chorus / Kingsway Symphony Orchestra

-

Vocalion

?

CD

 

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - April 2008)
Thanks to contributors: John Carroll (January 2006, July 2006, April 2008), François Dru (May 2007), Matthias Hansen (June 2006), Hou Fang-Lin, Riccardo Nughes (September 2001), Ehud Shiloni (October 2005)

Magnificats BWV 243 & BWV 243a: Details
Recordings: Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001 | BWV 243a | Individual Movements
General Discussions:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Systematic Discussions: BWV 243 | BWV 243a
Individual Recordings:
BWV 243 - Harnoncourt | BWV 243a - Hengelbrock | BWV 243 - McCreesh | BWV 243 - Rifkin | BWV 243 - Rilling | BWV 243 - Shaw | BWV 243 - Suzuki | BWV 243a - Herreweghe

Recordings & Discussions of Other Vocal Works: Motets BWV 225-231 | Mass in B minor BWV 232 | Missae Breves & Sanctus BWV 233-242 | Magnificat BWV 243 | Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 | Johannes-Passion BWV 245 | Lukas-Passion BWV 246 | Markus-Passion BWV 247 | Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 | Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Geistliche Lieder BWV 439-507 | AMN BWV 508-523 | Quodlibet BWV 524 | Aria BWV 1127

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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