Magnificat BWV 243 - conducted by by Helmuth Rilling

Recordings

V-11	Christmas Magnificats
Magnificat BWV 243a
Helmuth Rilling
Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Soprano: Romy Gundermann; Contralto: Hildegard Rütgers; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Erich Wenk
Vox / Turnabout		Mid 1960’s ?	CD / TT: 62:20
1^st recording of Magnificat BWV 243a by H. Rilling. Other works not by J.S. Bach. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

V-12	Bach: Magnificat / Vivaldi: Gloria, Beatus vir
Magnificat BWV 243 [35:51]; Schemellis Gesangbuch BWV 414, BWV 440, BWV 443, BWV 454, BWV 465, BWV 469, BWV 476, BWV 493
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Sopranos: Arleen Augér, Ann Murray; Contralto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Basses: Philippe Huttenlocher, Wolfgang Schöne
Sony Classical		Feb, Apr 1979 (243); Oct 1982, Jan 1983 (Schmelli)	CD / TT: 74:38
1^st recording of Magnificat BWV 243 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany (BWV 243) & Herz Jesu Kirche Stuttgart, Germany (Schmelli). Other works by A. Vivaldi. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

V-13	Edition Bachakademie Vol. 73
Magnificat BWV 243 [28:09]; Suseipit Iasrael BWV 1082, Aus der Tiefen BWV 246/40a, So heb ich denn BWV 1088, Psalm 51 BWV 1083
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Sopranos: Christine Schäfer, Ibolya Verebics, Christiane Oelze; Mezzo-soprano: Ingeborg Danz, Birgit Remmert; Tenor: James Taylor; Bass: Thomas Quasthoff
Hänssler		Jan 1995 (243); Jan 1999 (1082, 1083); Mar 1999 (others)	CD / TT: 65:28
2^nd recording of Magnificat BWV 243 by H. Rilling. Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg (BWV 243) & Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Germany (all others). Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

V-14	Edition Bachakademie Vol. 140
Magnificat in Es BWV 243a [33:30] Credo aus BWV 232II
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Sopranos: Christiane Oelze, Sibylla Rubens, Ruth Sandhoff; Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenors: Christoph Prégardien, Marcus Ullmann; Basses: Klaus Häger, Andreas Schmidt
Hänssler		Mar 2000	2-CD / TT: 76:19
2^nd recording of Magnificat BWV 243a by H. Rilling. Recorded at Stadthallen Sindelfingen & Leonberg, Germany. Other works are Cantatas BWV 34a, BWV 69a, BWV 120a, BWV 197a. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

Rilling’s Magnificat

Neil Halliday wrote (June 1, 2004):
The 1979 recording (Sony Classical), with Augér, is shown to have a total playing time of 35 minutes, at the BCW. Is this correct? I think the 'Magnificat' would seem very slow at this speed; Munchinger's (30mins)seems to be as leisurely as one would want (except for the 'Suscepit Israel', which might be better at a slower speed).

Alfred Krause wrote (June 1, 2004):
[To Neil Halliday] It is so long because it is the "Christmas" version, interpolating between the movements at least three seasonal choraels, including (IIRC) at least two verses of "Vom Himmel hoch",

Cara Emily Thornton wrote (June 1, 2004):
[To Alfred Krause] I have the NBA full score of the Magnificat in D, and it contains an appendix with the following items from the E-flat major version of the Magnificat (transposed down half a step of course) to be interpolated into the 'regular' Magnificat text to form the 'Christmas version'. In the score is indicated where to place each item:

A. 'Vom Himmel hoch' - only one stanza (after 'Et exultavit')
B. 'Freut euch und jubiliert' (after 'Quia fecit mihi magna')
C. 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' (after 'Fecit potentiam')
D. 'Virga Jesse floruit' (after 'Esurientes')

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