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Cantata BWV 118
O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht
Discography - Part 8

Complete Recordings 2010-2019

< Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009

Part 9: Complete Recordings 2020-2029 >


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Boston University Choral Ensembles, Jones / Bach [CV-1]

Cantata BWV 118b [8:33]

Ann Howard Jones

Boston University Choral Ensembles

Soloists: unknown

InstantEncore

Feb 11, 2011

Audio / TT: 24:38

Recorded live at Boston University: Marsh Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Listen on InstantEncore:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 150, 118b [24:38]


2

J.S. Bach: Motets [V-1]

 

Cantata BWV 118b [9.38]

Gary Graden

St Jacobs Chamber Choir / REbaroque (Concert-master: Maria Lindal)

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Proprius PRCD-2066
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Feb 11-12, 2011

CD / TT: 77.54
MP3 / TT: 77:54

Recorded at St Jacob's Church, Stockholm, Sweden.
Buy this album at:
CD (2013): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ClassicsOnline


3

J.S. Bach: Complete Motets [V-3]

 
 

Cantata BWV 118 [8:18]

Julian Wachner

Trinity Wall Street Choir / Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra

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Musica Omnia MO-0403

May 30-Jun 2, 2011

CD / TT: 75 min

Recorded at Trinity Church, Wall St., New York City, New York, USA.
The album was released in autumn 2011, in time for the 10th anniversary commemoration of September 11, 2001 - this church and its organ were damaged in that attack, being so near the World Trade Center. Peter Watchorn wrote the program notes, and produced the album.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Cantata [4:49]
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


4

Greater San Diego Music Coterie - Fall 2011 [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 118 [6:09]

Angela Yeung

Greater San Diego Music Coterie

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YouTube

Nov 13, 2011

Video / TT: 40:35

Recorded & filmed live at the Incarnation Lutheran Church, Poway, California, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Cantata [6:09]


5

With Heart and Voice [C-1]

Cantata BWV 118 [4:43]

Richard R. Fischer

Concordia University Chicago Kapelle (Conductor: Charles P. Brown) / Concordia University Chicago Wind Symphony

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Mark Records

2011 (?)

CD / TT: 53:58

Recorded at…
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com
Music Download: Amazon.com


6

Concierto de Ciclo J.S. Bach y sus Cantatas: Junio de 2012 [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 118 [8:47]

Santiago Lusardi Girelli

Coro de Cámara de Sevilla / Conjunto Barroco

Coro de Cámara de Sevilla: Sopranos: Stepanie Steinbauer, Charlotte Gries, María Jesús Pacheco Caballero, Katalin Zsekely, Marta Sarrión; Altos: Maria Jose Arbeloa, Fátima Ortega / Elena Gauna; Tenors: Jeronimo Luna; Basses: Benito Sanchez, Juan Martin Hollos, Julián Lavado Quiles, Ignacio García Fenoll
Conjunto Barroco: Baroque Oboes: Jacobo Díaz, Sergio Hernandez; Violins: Raquel Batalloso, Rocío Máquez; Viola: Pablo Travé; Viola da gamba: Johanna Rose; Bassoon: Francisco Carrasco; Violone: Miguel Hernandez
Positive Organ: Andrés Cea Galán

YouTube

Jun 23, 2012

Video / TT: 51:02

Recorded & filmed live at Iglesia Santa Cruz, Sevilla, Spain, in the frame of Ciclo J.S. Bach y sus Cantatas.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Cantata [8:47]


7

Bach in Context, Vol. 5 - Actus Tragicus [C-5]

 

Motet BWV 118 [] ??

Pieter-Jan Belder (General Musical Direction)

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam (Artistic Leader: Harry van der Kamp) / Musica Amphion (Artistic Leader: Pieter-Jan Belder)

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam: Sopranos: Hana Blažíková, Stephanie Petitlaurent; Altos: Terry Wey, Marnix De Cat; Tenors: Charles Daniels, Harry van Berne; Basses: Harry van der Kamp, Jelle Draijer
Musica Amphion: Violin 1: Rémy Baudet (Concert-master); Violin 2: Sayuri Yamagata; Viola: Staas Swierstra; Cello: Julie Borsodi; Viola da gamba: Ghislaine Wauters, Julie Borsodi; Double-bass, Violone: Margaret Urquhart; Recorder I: Pieter-Jan Belder; Recorder II: Hanna Lindeijer; Transverse Flute: Wilbert Hazelzet; Oboe & oboe d'amore: Fde Bruine; Horn: Emmanuel Frankenberg; Harpsichord: Pieter-Jan Belder; Reitze Smits (Organ)

Etcetera KTC-1489

Sep 22-23, 2014

CD+Book / TT: 71:03

Recorded at the Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Buy this album at:
CD+Book (2014): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | Musica Amphion


8

J.S. Bach: Actus Tragicus - Musica Amphion en Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, deel 1 [C-5a]

 

Part 2 [not available]:
Motet BWV 118 []

Pieter-Jan Belder (General Musical Direction)

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam (Artistic Leader: Harry van der Kamp) / Musica Amphion (Artistic Leader: Pieter-Jan Belder)

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam: Sopranos: Hana Blažíková, Stephanie Petitlaurent; Altos: Terry Wey, Marnix De Cat; Tenors: Charles Daniels, Harry van Berne; Basses: Harry van der Kamp, Jelle Draijer
Musica Amphion: Violin 1: Rémy Baudet (Concert-master); Violin 2: Sayuri Yamagata; Viola: Staas Swierstra; Cello: Julie Borsodi; Viola da gamba: Ghislaine Wauters, Julie Borsodi; Double-bass, Violone: Margaret Urquhart; Recorder I: Pieter-Jan Belder; Recorder II: Hanna Lindeijer; Transverse Flute: Wilbert Hazelzet; Oboe & oboe d'amore: Frank de Bruine; Horn: Emmanuel Frankenberg; Harpsichord: Pieter-Jan Belder; Reitze Smits (Organ)

Arvotros

Sep 25, 2014

Video / TT: 49:07

Recorded & filmed live at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Performed also at Martinikerk, Groningen [Sep 20]; Muziek tussen Maas en Sluis, Grote Kerk, Maassluis, the Netherlands [Sep 26].
Altough the programme is almost identical, this is a different rendition from [C-5]
Watch on YouTube: Complete Concert on Sep 25, 2014: Part 1 [49:07]


9

Nystedt - Bach: Meins Lebens Licht [C-1]
Bach: The Motets [C-2]

 
 

Cantata BWV 118 [CD-1: 8:31; CD-2: 4:45] [Pitch: A=440]

Grete Pedersen

Det Norske Solistkor / Ensemble Allegria (Leader & Violin Solo: Maria Angelika Carlsen)

DNSK: Sopranos: Ragnhild Thu Austnaberg, Ditte Marie Bræin, Ingeborg Dalheim, Guro Hjemli, Magnhild Korsvik, Guro Lødemel, Camilla Wiig Revholt, Berit Solset; Altos: Mari Askvik, Daniel Carlsson, Astrid Sandvand Dahlen, Sunniva Eliassen, Jorunn Lovise Husan, Eva Borghild Landro, Live Maartmann, Marit Sehl, Eli Stange Synnes, Silje Vatne Heggem, Ingeborg Aadland; Tenors: Håvard Gravdal, Paul Kirby, Ludvik Kjærnes, Kristian Krokslett, Tim Lawrence, Robert Lind, Øystein Stensheim, Masashi Tsuji; Basss: Erik Arnelöf, Arild Bakke, Edward Grint, Olle Holmgren, Magnus Ingemund Kjelstad, Peder Arnt Kløvrud, Svein Korshamn, Eirik Krokfjord, Halvor Festervoll Melien, Gustav Nattoch Dag
Musicians: Ensemble Allegria: Jan Bertelsen (Oboe); Magdalena Orlowska (Oboe); Alessandro Caprotti (Bassoon), Knut Johannessen (Organ)

BIS BIS-2184
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BIS BIS-2251

Feb 2015

SACD / 59:00
MP3 / TT: 58:54
SACD / TT: 67:39

Recorded at Ris Kirke, Oslo, Norway.
Producer and Sound Engineer: Jens Braun (Take5 Music Production); Post-production: Editing & Mixing: Jens Braun; Executive Producer: Robert Suff.
Buy this album at:
SACD-1 (2015): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | iTunes
SACD (2011): Amazon.de

  


10

Actus Tragicus - Memorial Concert (H. Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary; J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 106, 118, 198) [C-2]

 
 

Cantata BWV 118 [11:54]

András Vass

Pannon Philharmonic Festival Choir (Chorus Masters: László Dobos & András Vass) / Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra

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YouTube

Oct 28, 2016

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Kodály Centre, Pécs, Hungary.
Sound Engineer: László Dobos.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Cantata [11:54]


11

30 jaar Zwols Vocaal Ensemble - J.S. Bach: Cantates BWV 190, 140; Motet BWV 118; Magnificat BWV 243 [C-1]

8. Motet BWV 118 [8:11]

Mertien Hovestad

Zwols Vocaal Ensemble / ZVE Barokorkest

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Zwols Vocaal Ensemble

Nov 26, 2016

CD/MP3 / TT: 82:08

Recorded live atOnze Lieve Vrouwebasiliek, Zwolle, Overijssel, the Netherlands.
Listen on YouTube:
CD/MP3 (2016): Complete Album [Sequence; 27 Tracks; TT: 82:08]
Buy this album at:
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


12

J.S. Bach: O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht [CV-2]

Cantata BWV 118 [9:07]

Conductor & Coordination: Iara Fricke Matte
Assistants: Weberson Almeida & Giovanna Vlasic*

Orquestra Sinfônica da Escola de Música da UFMG

Violins 1: Elias Barros** [Spalla], Thiago Barros, Leonardo Lacerda **, Fellip Matheus, Clayton Silva, Thamires Cunha, Henrique Rocha, Joao Mazoni, Gabriel Magno, Giovanni Santos; Violins 2: Eliseu Barros**, Felipe Nonato*, Vinicius Oliveira*, Amanda Barbalho, Sara Barros, Larissa Barbalho, Hozana Barros, Mariana Furtado; Violas: Moisés Guimarães**, Ludson Salles, Lucas Bernardo, Elaine Stephanie, Aline Ayres, Lorena Fernandes, Lucas Dutra, Joao Pedro Rocha, Raphael Maximiano, Lucas Eduardo Carmo, Giovanna Fonseca*, Marcos Paulo*; Violoncelos: Guilherme Gonçalves, Talitha Marinho, André Freire, Ruth Oliveira de Barros, Nicodemos Gabriel*; Double-basses: Valdir Claudino**, Nikolly Ramos, Filipe Augusto Vieira, Pedro Guedes, Kennedy Guedes; Flutes: Ana Thereza Naback, Jordana da Veiga, Victor Faria; Oboes: Cássio Souza, Hermínio de Almeida**; Clarinetts: Walter Vieira**, Jefferson Assis de Souza; Bassoons: Pedro Parreiras**, Lucas Sodré***; Horns: Gustavo Trindade**, Priscila Viana**, Ana Laurinda, Lucas Filho; Trumpets: Vagner Vieira, João Pedro Morais; Trombones: Paulo Rocha, Jakson Pires Gonçalves, Filipe Sabino***
*PROEX Scholar; ** Technical Musician; *** Guest Musician

YouTube

Jul 3, 2019

Video / TT:

Recording & filmed live in the auditorium 302 of CAD 3 at UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Production: Viva Música Project; General Co-ordination: Prof. Luciana Monteiro de Castro; Executive Production: Matheus Dias Macedo; Audio Recording & Mixing: Manoel Almeida; Video Recording & Editing: Frederico Rezende; Audio Supervision & Technical Support: Fabio Janhan.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 118: Complete Cantata [9:07]


< Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009

Part 9: Complete Recordings 2020-2029 >

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2001 - January 2026)
Thanks to contributors: Rudolf Bayer (October 2003); Jacobus van Dijk (August 2021); Charles Francis (August 2004); Manfred Krugmann (June 2012); Bradley Lehman (October 2011); Andrew Oliver
(April 2001); Ehud Shiloni (August 2006); Jerome F. Weber (February 2020)

Cantata BWV 118: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht for Funeral (1736-1737)
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