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Cantata BWV 204
Ich bin in mir vergnügt
Von der Vergnügsamkeit


Ref.:

BWV 204

German Title

Ich bin in mir vergnügt

English Title

I am content in myself (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Secular Cantata for an unknown event

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 or 1727
1st performance: 1726/1727 ? - Leipzig

Text:

Christian Friedrich Hunold

BWV 204: Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | French-4 | French-6 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-3 | Spanish-3 | Spanish-7

Scoring

Soloist: Soprano
Orchestra: transverse flute, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 2: Aria [S] | Mvt. 3: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 4: Aria [S] | Mvt. 5: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 6: Aria [S] | Mvt. 7: Recitative & Arioso [S] | Mvt. 8: Aria [S]

Scores:

BWV 204 Scores: Score Vocal & Piano [2.05 MB] | Score BGA [2.95 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 107 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 204 References: BGA: X1/2 | NBA: I/40 | BC: G 45 | Zwang: W 11 | First Published: BG, 1862 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 204 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Mincham
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 12, 2003; Week of March 2, 2008; Week of December 1, 2013


Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)

Discography - Part 1

Complete Recordings


1

Bach Cantatas: Cantata No. 204 "Ich bin in mir vergnügt"; Cantata No. 209 "Non sa che sia dolore" [L-3]
Bach Cantatas
[C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 204 [35:27 / 35:17]

Rudolf Ewerhart

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Elisabeth Speiser; Susanne Lautenbacher (Violin); Helmuth Steinkraus (Flute); Willi Schnell & Dietmar Keller (Oboes)

Vox
Turnabout TV-34127S
Vox CD3X-3039

1966

LP / TT: 59:04
LP / TT: 59:04
3-CD / TT: 193:03

Recorded in Germany.
Buy this album at:
3-CD (1996): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

 


2

Bach: Kantaten BWV 202, BWV 204 [L-2]
Bach made in Germany Vol. VII -
Secular Cantatas IV
Bach Edition Vol. 7 - Secular Cantatas

 
 

Cantata BWV 204 [34:00]

Peter Schreier

Kammerorchester Berlin

Soprano: Edith Mathis

Eterna 827030
Berlin Classics 0092232BC
Berlin Classics 0018602BC
Berlin Classics 0092232CCC
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Brilliant Classics

Nov 5-9, 1976

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 71:54
CD / TT: 69:48
CD / TT: 71:54
MP3 / TT: 69:43
8-CD / TT:

Recorded at Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany.
Buy this album at:
Berlin Classics CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Berlin Classics CD (2000): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Berlin Classics CD (2008): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CCC Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


3

Bach Cantatas [C-1]

Cantata BWV 204 [27:30]

Milan Munclinger

Ars Rediviva of Prague

Soprano: Jana Jonášová

Supraphon

Feb 6-26, 1978

LP / TT: 48:00

Recorded at Domovina Studio, Prague, Czechoslovakia.


4

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. II [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 204 [30:53]

Bernard Labadie

Les Violons du Roy

Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann

Dorian Recordings DOR-90207

May 1994

CD / TT: 64:51

Recorded at the Church of Saint-Isidore, Québec, Canada.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


5

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 4
Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas
[B-0]

 

Cantata BWV 204 [29:05]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Soprano: Lisa Larsson

Erato 0630-15562-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72204
Teldec

Jan 1996

3-CD / TT: 219:03
3-CD / TT: 219:03
11-CD / TT:

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
Listen on YouTube: Complete Cantata [28:50]
Buy this album at:
Erato 3-CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Antoine Marchand 3-CD (2004): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | ClassicsOnline
Teldec 11-CD (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


6

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 62 - Secular Cantatas

Cantata BWV 204 [28:44]

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Harpsichord: Michael Behringer

Hänssler 92.062

Jan 1998

CD / TT: 59:13

Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn, Germany.
Listen on YouTube: 
CD: Cantata BWV 202-204 [59:11]
Buy this album at:
CD (1999): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (Korea): Amazon.com


7

Bachfest Leipzig 2013 · Ausgewählte Höhepunkte [F-2013] [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 204 []

Stefano Veggetti

Ensemble Cordia

Soprano: Hana Blažíková

Bach-Archiv Leipzig (Kamprad)

Jun 23, 2013

CD / TT: 79 min

Recorded live in the frame of Bachfest Leipzig 2013, Altes Rathaus, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Buy this album at:
CD (2014): Bach Museum Leipzig: Shop


8

Leipzig Bach Archive • Farewell concert for Christoph Wolff [F-4]

 

18:20-49:25: Cantata BWV 204 [31:05]

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Instrumental Ensemble

Soprano: Lisa Larsson
Verena Fischer (Flute); Michael Niesemann, Clara Geuchen (Oboes); Katharina Wolff, Michael Maul, Konstanze Beyer, Peter Wollny (Violins); Christian Goosses, Cosima Taubert (Violas); Anna Dorothea Wolff (Violoncello); Ulrich Wolff (Violone); Hermann Max (Harpsichord)

Bach-Archiv Leipzig

Feb 19, 2014

Video / TT: 61:42

Recorded & filmed live at Festsaal des Alten Rathauses zu Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Produced by Accentus Music, Arcona Living Bach14, Breitkopf & Härtel, MDR Figaro, Historische Musikinstrumente Martin Schwabe
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 204: Complete Concert [61:42]


9

J.S. Bach: Kantaten für Solo-Sopran · Cantatas for Soprano Solo (BWV 204, 199, 1127) [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 204 [29:53]

Michi Gaigg

L'Orfeo Barockorchester

Spprano: Dorothee Mields
Julia Huber-Warzecha (Violin); Lucas Schurig-Breuss (Viola); Carin van Heerden (Oboe & Recorder); Claire Genewein (Flute)

Carus-Verlag 83.309
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Dec 9-11, 2014

CD / TT: 67:46
MP3 / TT: 67:23

Recorded at SWR Funkstudio, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Executive Producer: Doris Blaich; Recording Producer: Michael Sandner.
Buy this album at:
CD (2015): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | iTunes


10

Bach:vokal | concerts 2017, Serie No. III: Geistlich & weltlich, virtuos & vergnügt (BWV 204, 210) [C17-3]

 

Cantata BWV 204: Mvts. 2-8 (from a complete performance)

Kay Johannsen (Harpsichord & Conductor)

Stiftsbarock Stuttgart (Konzertmeisterin: Christine Busch)

BWV 204 Soloist: Soprano: Lydia Brotherton

YouTube

Jun 24, 2017

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Schlosskirche, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the frame of the Cantata Cycle Bach:vokal.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 204: Mvt. 2: Aria [S] [8:16] + Mvt. 3: Recitative [S] + Mvt. 4: Aria [S] [8:14] + Mvt. 5: Recitative [S] + Mvt. 6: Aria [S] [11:12] + Mvt. 7: Recitative [S] + Mvt. 8: Aria [S] [7:36]


11

Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10 - Cantastas of Contenment (BWV 30a, 204)

 
 

Cantata BWV 204 [29:54]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soloists: Soprano: Carolyn Sampson
Kiyomi Suga (Transverse Flute); Masamitsu San'nomiya (Oboe); Natsumi Wakamatsu (Violin)
Orchestra: Transverse Flute I: Kiyomi Suga; Oboe I: Masamitsu San'nomiya; Oboe II: Go Arai; Violins 1: Natsumi Wakamatsu [Leader], Yuko Takeshima, Ayaka Yamauchi; Violins 2: Azumi Takada, Yuko Araki, Akira Harada; Violas: Hiroshi Narita, Mika Akiha
Continuo Violoncello: Toru Yamamoto; Violone: Seiji Nishizawa; Bassoon: Kiyotaka Dosaka; Harpsichord: Masato Suzuki

BIS SACD-2351
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Jul 2017

SACD / TT: 66:11
MP3 / TT: 66:02

Recorded at the Saitama Arts Theater, Concert Hall, Japan.
Producer: Hans Kipfer (Take5 Music Production); Sound Engineer: Matthias Spitzbarth; Tuning: Akimi Hayashi; Post-production: Editing & Mixing: Hans Kipfer; Executive producer: Robert von Bahr.
Listen on YouTube:
SACD: Cantatas BWV 30a, 204 [65:45]
Buy this album at:
SACD (2018): Amazon.com


12

Bach Cantata Series (BWV 204 & 35) [C21-4]

 

Cantata BWV 204 [30 min]

BWV 204: Anna Lenti

Instrumental ensemble

BWV 204 Soloist: Soprano: Anna Lenti
Emma Milian (Violin I); Noah Arcenas (Violin II); Juliana Kilcoyne (Viola); Amarilli Severa (Cello); Alexander Day (Flute); Alex Kang (Oboe I); Daniel Hirschbein (Oboe II); Alexander Little (Organ)

Eastman School of Music

Mar 20, 2022

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Glory House International, Rochester, New York, USA, in the frame of Eastman School of Music: Bach Cantata Series.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 204, 35 [empty video]


13

J.S. Bach: Kantatenkonzert BWV 204 «Ich bin in mir vergnügt» [D18-2]

Cantata BWV 204

Musical Director & Conductor: Rudolf Lutz
Workshop Participants: Rudolf Lutz, Pfr. Niklaus Peter
Reflection Lecture: Marie Louise Knott

Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung

Soprano: Marie Luise Werneburg

J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen

Feb 23, 2024

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Evangelische Kirche, Trogen, Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, in the frame of J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Cantata Series.
Video not yet published.


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2002 - April 2024)
Thanks to contributors: John Carroll (July 2005); Matthias Hansen (September 2005, August 2006); Filip Adam Zieliński (February 2023)

Cantata BWV 204: Ich bin in mir vergnügt for unspecified occasion [Secular cantata] (1726/1727)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3


Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Main Page | Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Cantatas BWV Anh | Order of Discussion
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