Cantatas, BWV 169 & 170 - Seven Sacred Songs

~ Release by J.S. Bach, Aafje Heynis, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Anton van der Horst, Szymon Goldberg & Simon Jansen (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Cantata 'Vernügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust', BWV 170: Aria: Vernügte Ruh
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Szymon Goldberg (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!": I. Aria (Alt) "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-07-28)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Georg Christian Lehms (in 1711)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Johann Sebastian Bach7:12
2Cantata 'Vernügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust', BWV 170: Recitative: Die Welt, das Sündenhaus
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Szymon Goldberg (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!": II. Recitativo (Alt) "Die Welt, das Sündenhaus"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-07-28)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Georg Christian Lehms (in 1711)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Johann Sebastian Bach1:48
3Cantata 'Vernügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust', BWV 170: Aria: Wie jammern mich doch
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Szymon Goldberg (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!": III. Aria (Alt) "Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-07-28)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Georg Christian Lehms (in 1711)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Johann Sebastian Bach5:33
4Cantata 'Vernügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust', BWV 170: Recitative: Wer sollte sich demnach
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Szymon Goldberg (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!": IV. Recitativo (Alt) "Wer sollte sich demnach"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-07-28)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Georg Christian Lehms (in 1711)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Johann Sebastian Bach1:22
5Cantata 'Vernügte Ruh, Beliebte Seelenlust', BWV 170: Aria: Mir ekelt mehr zu leben
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Szymon Goldberg (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!": V. Aria (Alt) "Mir ekelt mehr zu leben"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-07-28)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Georg Christian Lehms (in 1711)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Johann Sebastian Bach7:59
6Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Sinfonia
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": I. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach8:41
7Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Arioso & Recitative: Gott soll allein
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": II. Arioso (Alt) "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach3:40
8Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Aria: Gott soll allein
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": III. Aria (Alt) "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach8:25
9Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Recitative: Was is die Liebe Gottes?
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": IV. Recitativo (Alt) "Was ist die Liebe Gottes?"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach1:04
10Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Aria: Stirb in mir
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": V. Aria (Alt) "Stirb in mir, Welt"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach5:29
11Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Recitative: Doch meint es auch dabei
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": VI. Recitativo (Alt) "Doch meint es auch dabei"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach0:48
12Cantata 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', BWV 169: Chorus: Du süsse Liebe
organ:
Albert de Klerk (organist/composer)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Netherlands Bach Academy
orchestra:
Nederlands Kamerorkest (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Anthon van der Horst
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben": VII. Choral "Du süße Liebe, schenk uns deine Gunst"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-10-26)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation) (in 1524)
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 256)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach1:39
13Seven Sacred Songs: So gehst du num, main Jesu, hin, BWV 500
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
recorded at:
Adventskerk in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Geistliche Lied, BWV 500 "So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin"
lyricist:
Kaspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer (hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Musicalisches Gesang-Buch (Schemellis Gesangbuch, Schemelli´s Songbook) (number: 296), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 500), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 500) and Bach Compendium (number: BC F 241)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:23
14Seven Sacred Songs: Es ist vollbracht! Vergiss ja nicht dies Wort, BWV 458
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
recorded at:
Adventskerk in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 458, "Es ist vollbracht! Vergiß ja nicht dies Wort"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 458)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:03
15Seven Sacred Songs: Mein Jesu was fur Seelenweh, BWV 487
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
recording of:
Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh, BWV 487 (Stokowski orchestration)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Geistliche Lied, BWV 487 "Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh"
Johann Sebastian Bach3:36
16Seven Sacred Songs: Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden?, BWV 441
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
recording of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 441 "Auf, auf! mein Herz, mit Freuden"
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 441)
version of:
Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden
Johann Sebastian Bach2:00
17Seven Sacred Songs: Jesus, unser Trost und Leben, BWV 475
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
recording of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 475 "Jesus, unser Trost und Leben"
lyricist:
Ernst Christoph Homburg (in 1659)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1736)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 475)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:18
18Seven Sacred Songs: Mit Freuden zart
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
arranger:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:11
19Seven Sacred Songs: Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn
organ:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
contralto vocals:
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
arranger:
Simon C. Jansen (organist)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:06

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part of:Eloquence (Deutsche Grammophon/Decca/Philips Classics, et al.; classical series established in 1999) (order: 190)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/23148833 [info]