SDG Cantatafinder
The Cantatafinder is a fan-made search tool and covers Johann Sebastian Bach’s surviving church cantatas recorded under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
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In the calendar: 25th Sunday after Trinity BWV 90, 116
The database lists currently 333 works:
| Composer | Johann Christoph Bach |
| Title | Fürchte dich nicht |
| Occasion | not specified |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | five-part (divided tenor) |
| Solo voice | - |
| Instruments | basso continuo (violoncello e cembalo) |
| 1st Performance | no details |
| This recording | Sherborne, Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin live recording, 04 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 2, track(s) 20 |
| Composer | Johann Kuhnau, arrangement attr. to Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | Der Gerechte kömmt um |
| Occasion | memorial / funeral motet |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | five-part (divided soprano) |
| Solo voice | choral only |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, oboe I, oboe II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | about 1730 (this arrangement) |
| This recording | Ansbach, St Gumbertus live recording, 30 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 156, disk 1, track(s) 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern |
| Occasion | Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 March 1725 |
| This recording | Walpole St Peter's Church (Norfolk) live recording, 26 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 2, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 2 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein |
| Occasion | 2nd Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, trombone IV, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 18. June 1724 |
| This recording | Paris, Basilique Saint-Denis live recording, 2nd or 3d July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 165, disk 2 (SDG 165), track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid I |
| Occasion | 2d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, trombone, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 14 January 1725 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 16 or 17 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Richard Wyn Roberts, Julian Podger, Gerald Finley, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 1, track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | - (all parts are sung by choir in this recording) |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen or Weimar 1707/08, re-performed in Leipzig 1724 and 1725 |
| This recording | London, Аll Saints’ Church, November 1980 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | Erato, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | - (all parts are sung by choir in this recording) |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen or Weimar 1707/08, re-performed in Leipzig 1724 and 1725 |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 23 or 24 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 5 Wo soll ich fliehen hin |
| Occasion | 19th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (B), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 15 October 1724 |
| This recording | Potsdam, Erlöserkirche live recording, 29 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (alternatively by choir) alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello piccolo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 April 1725 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, 07 and 08 April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Bernarda Fink, Steve Davislim, Julian Clarkson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 66 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (alternatively by choir) alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello piccolo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 April 1725 |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 24 or 25 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Angharad Gruffydd, Jones Daniel, Taylor James, Gilchrist Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 7 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam |
| Occasion | St. John the Baptist (24 June) |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 24 June 1724 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, 23 or 24 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 101, disk 1, track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 8 Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben (E major) |
| Occasion | 16th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 24 September 1724 (initial version in E major) |
| This recording | Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo de Bonaval live recording, 07 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Mark Padmore, Thomas Guthrie, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 9 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her |
| Occasion | 6th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, presumably between 1724 and 1735 |
| This recording | Ansbach, St Gumbertus live recording, 30 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 156, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 10 Meine Seel erhebt den Herren |
| Occasion | Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 July 1724 |
| This recording | Paris, Basilique Saint-Denis live recording, 2nd or 3d July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 165, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 11 Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 19 May 1735 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, October 1993 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 128 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 11 Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 19 May 1735 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles' Cripplegate, 10 May 2012 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lenneke Ruiten, Meg Bragle, Andrew Tortise, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 185, disk [one disk only], track(s) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen |
| Occasion | Jubilate |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba, oboe, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 1714 (revised on 30 April 1724; this recording is based on the revised version; the second movement underlies BWV 232, Symbolum Nicenum, Credo, Chorus Cruzifixus |
| This recording | Altenburg, Schlosskirche live recording,14 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Julian Clarkson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 107, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 13 Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen |
| Occasion | 2d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to cantus firmus [alto, No. 3 ] and final chorale) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 January 1726 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 16 or 17 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Richard Wyn Roberts, Julian Podger, Gerald Finley, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 1, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 14 Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit |
| Occasion | 4th Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 January 1735 |
| This recording | Romsey, Romsey Abbey live recording, 30 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 2, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Ludwig Bach |
| Title | BWV 15 Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 1704? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 16 Herr Gott, dich loben wir |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno da caccia (C), oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, violetta, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 January 1726 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Derek Lee Ragin, Julian Podger, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 98 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 16 Herr Gott, dich loben wir |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno da caccia (C), oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, violetta, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 January 1726 |
| This recording | Berlin, Gethsemanekirche live recording, 1 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Charles Humphries, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 150, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 17 Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich |
| Occasion | 14th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 22 September 1726 |
| This recording | Ambronay, Abbaye d'Ambronay live recording, 24 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 18 Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt |
| Occasion | Sexagesimae |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, viola I, viola II, viola III, viola IV, violoncello obligato, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 1713-1714?, revised later in Leipzig |
| This recording | Southwell (Nottinghamshire), Southwell Minster, live recording, 27 February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, James Gilchrist, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 153, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 19 Es erhub sich ein Streit (Johann Sebastian Bach) |
| Occasion | Michaelmas Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 29 September 1726 |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 29 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 2, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 20 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort I |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata; chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba da tirarsi (C), oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 11 June 1724 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, 25 or 26 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 101, disk 2, track(s) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis |
| Occasion | 3rd Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, trombone IV, oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | of this version: Weimar, 17 Junе 1714 |
| This recording | Zürich, Fraumünster live recording, 8th or 9th July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, (Robin Tyson - solo sections within the choral part), Vernon Kirk, Jonathan Brown, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 165, disk 2 (SDG 165), track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe |
| Occasion | Quinquagesima; application piece for the post as Thomaskantor |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 07 February 1723 |
| This recording | Cambridge, King’s College Chapel live recording, 05 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 23 Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn |
| Occasion | Quinquagesima; along with BWV 22, this cantata is possibly Bach's second application piece for the post as Thomaskantor |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore |
| Instruments | cornetto, tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen 1723 or Leipzig 1724 |
| This recording | Cambridge, King’s College Chapel live recording, 05 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 1, track(s) 6 7 8 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 24 Ein ungefärbt Gemüte |
| Occasion | 4th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | clarino, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 June 1723 |
| This recording | Tewkesbury, Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary live recording, 16 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, Paul Agnew, Nicolas Teste, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 25 Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe |
| Occasion | 14th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto dolce III, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 29 August 1723 |
| This recording | Ambronay, Abbaye d'Ambronay live recording, 24 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 26 Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig |
| Occasion | 24th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 19 November 1724 |
| This recording | Romsey, Romsey Abbey live recording, 30 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 27 Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende |
| Occasion | 16th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 October 1726 |
| This recording | Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo de Bonaval live recording, 07 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Mark Padmore, Thomas Guthrie, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 28 Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, oboe I, oboe II, taille, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 December 1725 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 31 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 137, disk [one disk only], track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 29 Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir |
| Occasion | council election |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 August 1731 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 30 Freue dich, erlöste Schar |
| Occasion | St. John the Baptist |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, in or after 1738 (underlying secular cantata: 1737) |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, 23 or 24 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 101, disk 1, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 30a Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen! |
| Occasion | Homage to Johann Christian von Hennickes, lord of the Wiederau manor |
| Genre | Dramma per musica, secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (Zeit), alto (Glück), tenore (Elster), basso (Schicksal) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Gut Wiederau manor near Leipzig, 28 September 1737 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 31 Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | five-part (divided soprano) |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, violoncello I, violoncello II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 21 April 1715 |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 23 or 24 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 1, track(s) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 32 Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 13 January 1726 |
| This recording | Hamburg, St. Jacobi live recording, 9 January 2000 |
| Performers | Claron McFadden, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 2, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 33 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ |
| Occasion | 13th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 03 September 1724 |
| This recording | Frankfurt, Dreikönigskirche live recording, 17 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Jonathan Brown, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 134, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 34 O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (sacred version recorded in London in 1999) |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | of the underlying BWV 34a: Leipzig, 1726; revised BWV 34: Leipzig, in or before 1746 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Bernarda Fink, Steve Davislim, Christopher Foster, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 34 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 20 21 22 23 24 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 34 O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (sacred version recorded live in Long Melford in 2000) |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | of the underlying BWV 34a: Leipzig, 1726; revised BWV 34: Leipzig, in or before 1746 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 11 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 1, track(s) 21 22 23 24 25 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 34a O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (incomplete secular version) |
| Occasion | wedding ceremony |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1726 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 35 Geist und Seele wird verwirret |
| Occasion | 12th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 September 1726 |
| This recording | Köthen, Jakobskirche live recording, 10 September 2000 |
| Performers | Robin Tyson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 134, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 36 Schwingt freudig euch empor |
| Occasion | First Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 December 1731 (final version) |
| This recording | London, Blackheath Concert Halls, January 1992 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Petra Lang, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 36 Schwingt freudig euch empor |
| Occasion | First Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 December 1731 (final version) |
| This recording | Cologne, St. Maria im Kapitol live recording, 03 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Jan Kobow, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 162, disk 1, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 37 Wer da gläubet und getauft wird |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 18 May 1724 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, October 1993 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 128 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 37 Wer da gläubet und getauft wird |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 18 May 1724 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles' Cripplegate, 10 May 2012 |
| Performers | |
| Album | SDG 185, disk [one disk only], track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 38 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir |
| Occasion | 21st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, trombone IV, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 29 October 1724 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 11th or 12th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 39 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 23 June 1726 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, 25 or 26 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 101, disk 2, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 40 Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 December 1723 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 25 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 113, disk [one disk only], track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 41 Jesu, nun sei gepreiset |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, violoncello piccolo, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 January 1725 |
| This recording | Berlin, Gethsemanekirche, 1 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Charles Humphries, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 150, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 42 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats |
| Occasion | Quasimodogeniti |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 April 1725 |
| This recording | Arnstadt, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kirche live recording, 29 or 30 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Daniel Taylor, Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 1, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 43 Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 May 1726 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, October 1993 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 128 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 43 Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 May 1726 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles' Cripplegate, 10 May 2012 |
| Performers | |
| Album | SDG 185, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 44 Sie werden euch in den Bann tun I |
| Occasion | Exaudi |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ fagotte) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 21 May 1724 |
| This recording | Sherborne, Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin live recording, 04 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 45 Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist |
| Occasion | 8th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 11 August 1726 |
| This recording | Rendsburg, Christkirche, 13 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Christoph Genz, Brindley Sherratt, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 147, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 46 Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgendein Schmerz sei |
| Occasion | 10th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | clarino? (some sources say tromba, other corno da tirarsi), flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II (some sources say flauto traverso instead), oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 August 1723 |
| This recording | Braunschweig, Braunschweig Cathedral, 27 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, Christoph Genz, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 147, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 47 Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden |
| Occasion | 17th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 13 October 1726 |
| This recording | Lund, Allhelgonakyrkan live recording, 14 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Stephen Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 48 Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen |
| Occasion | 19th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | tromba, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 03 October 1723 |
| This recording | Potsdam, Erlöserkirche live recording, 29 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Towers, James Gilchrist, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 49 Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen |
| Occasion | 20th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore, violoncello piccolo, violino I, violino II, viola, organo obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 03 November 1726 |
| This recording | Genoa, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo live recording, 4th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožená, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 50 Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft |
| Occasion | Michaelmas Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata, motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | none (pure choral cantata) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpanie, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1725-1744? |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 29 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 2, track(s) 1 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen |
| Occasion | 15th Sunday after Trinity et per ogni tempo |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo motet, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | tromba (C), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 17 September 1730 |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 28 September 2000 |
| Performers | Malin Hartelius, Niklas Eklund, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen |
| Occasion | 15th Sunday after Trinity et per ogni tempo |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo motet, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | tromba (C), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 17 September 1730 |
| This recording | London, November 1983 |
| Performers | Emma Kirkby, Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | PHILIPS BWV 51 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 52 Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht! |
| Occasion | 23d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata (the opening sinfonia is based on the first movement of the BWV 1046 Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 24 November 1726 |
| This recording | Winchester, Winchester Cathedral live recording, 26 November 2000 |
| Performers | Gillian Keith, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Georg Melchior Hoffmann |
| Title | BWV 53 Schlage doch gewünschte Stunde |
| Occasion | funeral service |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo, bells |
| 1st Performance | 1730? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 54 Widerstehe doch der Sünde |
| Occasion | Oculi |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 1714 |
| This recording | Walpole St Peter's Church (Norfolk) live recording, 26 March 2000 |
| Performers | Nathalie Stutzmann, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 2, track(s) 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 54 Widerstehe doch der Sünde (No. 1 only) |
| Occasion | Oculi |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 1714 |
| This recording | Walpole St Peter's Church (Norfolk) live recording, 23 March 2000 |
| Performers | Nathalie Stutzmann, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 4 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht |
| Occasion | 22d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | tenore |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 17 November 1726 |
| This recording | London, Tooting, All Saints live recording, 17 November 2000 |
| Performers | James Gilchrist, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 56 Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen |
| Occasion | 19th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia (taille), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 October 1726 |
| This recording | Potsdam, Erlöserkirche live recording, 29 October 2000 |
| Performers | Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 1, track(s) 20 21 22 23 24 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 57 Selig ist der Mann |
| Occasion | St. Stephen's Day (26 December) |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 December 1725 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 27 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 127, disk [one disk only], track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 58 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid II |
| Occasion | Sunday after New Year's Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 05 January 1727 |
| This recording | Berlin, Gethsemanekirche, 2 January 2000 |
| Performers | Ruth Holton, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 150, disk 2, track(s) 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 59 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten I |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to chorale No. 3 / No. 5) |
| Solo voice | soprano basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), timpani, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 28 May 1724 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 34 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 59 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten I |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to chorale No. 3 / No. 5) |
| Solo voice | soprano basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), timpani, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 28 May 1724 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 11 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 60 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort II |
| Occasion | 24th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, 07 November 1723 |
| This recording | London, Tooting, All Saints live recording, 17 November 2000 |
| Performers | Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 1, track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland I |
| Occasion | First Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 02 December 1714 |
| This recording | London, Blackheath Concert Halls, January 1992 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland I |
| Occasion | First Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 02 December 1714 |
| This recording | Cologne, St. Maria im Kapitol live recording, 03 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Jan Kobow, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 162, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II |
| Occasion | First Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 03 December 1724 |
| This recording | London, Blackheath Concert Halls, January 1992 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Petra Lang, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II |
| Occasion | First Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 03 December 1724 |
| This recording | Cologne, St. Maria im Kapitol live recording, 03 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Jan Kobow, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 162, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), tromba IV (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, before 1716 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ann Monoyios, Sara Mingardo, Rufus Müller, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 + BWV 61 + BWV 62, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), tromba IV (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, before 1716 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, 25 December 1999 |
| Performers | Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 63 Rehearsal of the cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag |
| Occasion | - |
| Genre | - |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), tromba IV (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, before 1716 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ann Monoyios, Sara Mingardo, Rufus Müller, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | Arthaus Musik, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 64 Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 December 1723 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ann Monoyios, Sara Mingardo, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 + BWV 61 + BWV 62, disk [one disk only], track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 64 Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 December 1723 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 27 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Robin Tyson, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 127, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 65 Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen |
| Occasion | Feast of Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, flauto traverso I, traverso II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 January 1724 |
| This recording | Leipzig, Nikolaikirche live recording, 6 January 2000 |
| Performers | James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 1, track(s) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (D), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 March 1731; underlying secular cantata: Köthen, 1718 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, 05 and 06 April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Michael Chance, Mark Padmore, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 66 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (D), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 March 1731; underlying secular cantata: Köthen, 1718 |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 23 or 24 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 1, track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ |
| Occasion | Quasimodogeniti |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno da tirarsi, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 16 April 1724 |
| This recording | Arnstadt, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kirche live recording, 29 or 30 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 68 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | corno, cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, oboe I, oboe II, taille, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello piccolo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 21 May 1725 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 12 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 69a Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele I |
| Occasion | 12th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore, fagotto obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1723 |
| This recording | Köthen, Jakobskirche live recording, 10 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Christoph Genz, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 134, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 69 Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele |
| Occasion | council election |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | original version BWV 69a: Leipzig, 1723; final version: Leipzig, late years |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 70 Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! |
| Occasion | 26th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (clarino?), oboe, fagotto (obligato?), violoncello (obligato?), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 21 November 1723 (final version); original version: Weimar, 1716 |
| This recording | Lüneburg, Michaeliskirche live recording, 10 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Brigitte Geller, Michael Chance, Jan Kobow, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 162, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 71 Gott ist mein König |
| Occasion | inauguration of the Mühlhausen town council |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | four sections: tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani - flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, violoncello obligato - oboe I, oboe II, fagotto - violino I, violino II, viola, organo obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen, 04 February 1708 |
| This recording | Mühlhausen, Blasiuskirche live recording, 23 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Kobie van Rensburg, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 1, track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 71 Gott ist mein König (No. 6 only) |
| Occasion | council election |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | four sections: tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani - flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, violoncello obligato - oboe I, oboe II, fagotto - violino I, violino II, viola, organo obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen, 04 February 1708 |
| This recording | Mühlhausen, Blasiuskirche live recording, 23 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 72 Alles nur nach Gottes Willen |
| Occasion | 3d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 January 1726 |
| This recording | Milan, Chiesa di San Marco, between 22 and 24 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Sara Mingardo, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 111 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 73 Herr, wie du willt, so schick's mit mir |
| Occasion | 3d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno ossia, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 23 January 1724 |
| This recording | Milan, Chiesa di San Marco, between 22 and 24 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Julian Podger, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 111 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 74 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten II |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 May 1725 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, Robin Blaze, Christoph Genz, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 34 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 74 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten II |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 May 1725 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 11 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Derek Lee Ragin, Christoph Genz, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 1, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 75 Die Elenden sollen essen |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (C and G), oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 May 1723 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, 25 or 26 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 101, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 76 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes |
| Occasion | 2nd Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, viola da gamba, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 June 1723 |
| This recording | Paris, Basilique Saint-Denis live recording, 2nd or 3d July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 165, disk 2 (SDG 165), track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 77 Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben |
| Occasion | 13th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba da tirarsi, no details on instrumentation (Werner Neumann: oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 22 August 1723 |
| This recording | Frankfurt, Dreikönigskirche live recording, 17 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Jonathan Brown, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 134, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele |
| Occasion | 14th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 10 September 1724 |
| This recording | Ambronay, Abbaye d'Ambronay live recording, 24 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele (No. 2 only) |
| Occasion | 14th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 10 September 1724 |
| This recording | Ambronay, Abbaye d'Ambronay live recording, 24 September 2000 |
| Performers | Malin Hartelius, Robin Tyson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild |
| Occasion | Feast of Reformation |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, 31 October 1725 |
| This recording | Wittenberg, Schlosskirche live recording, 31 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 80 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott |
| Occasion | Feast of Reformation (Weimar original version BWV 80a "Alles, was von Gott geboren": Oculi) |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello e cembalo, violone et organo |
| 1st Performance | original version: Weimar, 1715; last version probably Leipzig, after 1739 |
| This recording | Wittenberg, Schlosskirche live recording, 31 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 2, track(s) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 81 Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? |
| Occasion | 4th Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 January 1724 |
| This recording | Romsey, Romsey Abbey live recording,30 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 82 Ich habe genug |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 February 1727 |
| This recording | Christchurch, Priory Church, February 2000 |
| Performers | Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 82 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 83 Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 February 1724 |
| This recording | Christchurch, Priory Church, February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson Paul Agnew Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 82 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 84 Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke |
| Occasion | Septuagesimae |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 09 February 1727 |
| This recording | Naarden, Grote Kerk, live recording, 20 February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Miah Persson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 153, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 85 Ich bin ein guter Hirt |
| Occasion | Misericordias Domini |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello piccolo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 15 April 1725 |
| This recording | Echternach, St. Willibrord live recording, 29 or 07 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, William Towers, Norbert Meyn, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 86 Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch |
| Occasion | Rogate |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 14 May 1724 |
| This recording | Dresden, Annenkirche live recording, 27 or 28 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Steve Davislim, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 87 Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen |
| Occasion | Rogate |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 May 1725 |
| This recording | Dresden, Annenkirche live recording, 27 or 28 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Steve Davislim, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 88 Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden |
| Occasion | 5th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore I, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 21 July 1726 |
| This recording | Mühlhausen, Blasiuskirche live recording, 23 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Kobie van Rensburg, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 89 Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim |
| Occasion | 22d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | corne du chasse, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 24 October 1723 |
| This recording | London, Tooting, All Saints live recording, 17 November 2000 |
| Performers | Joanne Lunn, Robin Tyson, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 1, track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 90 Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende |
| Occasion | 25th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (clarino?), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 14 November 1723 |
| This recording | Potsdam, Erlöserkirche live recording, 29 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 1, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 91 Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 December 1724 (original version; revised around 1732/35 and 1735/50) |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 25 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 113, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 92 Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn |
| Occasion | Septuagesimae |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 28 January 1725 |
| This recording | Naarden, Grote Kerk, live recording, 20 February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Miah Persson, Wilke te Brummelstroete, James Oxley, Jonathan Brown, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 153, disk 1, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 93 Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten |
| Occasion | 5th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 09 July 1724 |
| This recording | Mühlhausen, Blasiuskirche live recording, 23 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Kobie van Rensburg, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 2, track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 94 Was frag ich nach der Welt |
| Occasion | 9th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 August 1724 |
| This recording | Merano, Il duomo di S. Nicolò live recording, August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 168 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 95 Christus, der ist mein Leben |
| Occasion | 16th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno / cornetto (literally 'cornio'), oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 12 September 1723 |
| This recording | Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo de Bonaval live recording, 07 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Mark Padmore, Thomas Guthrie, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 2, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 96 Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn |
| Occasion | 18th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, trombone, flauto traverso, flauto dolce piccolo, oboe I, oboe II, "Terzgeige", violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 October 1724 |
| This recording | Leipzig, Thomaskirche live recording, 22 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 97 In allem meinen Taten |
| Occasion | unknown |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ fagotte) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1734 (year stated in the autograph) |
| This recording | Dresden, Annenkirche live recording, 27 or 28 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Steve Davislim, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 98 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan I |
| Occasion | 21st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, taille / oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 10 November 1726 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Derek Lee Ragin, Julian Podger, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 98 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 98 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan I |
| Occasion | 21st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, taille / oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 10 November 1726 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 11th or 12th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 99 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan II |
| Occasion | 15th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 17 September 1724 |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 28 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 100 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan III |
| Occasion | 15th Sunday after Trinity, 21st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno 1, corno II (G), timpani, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1734 (third version) |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 28 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 1, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 101 Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott |
| Occasion | 10th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto (some sources say corno), trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, flauto traverso (divided?), (?oboe I, oboe II?), oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 13 August 1724 |
| This recording | Braunschweig, Braunschweig Cathedral, 27 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Christoph Genz, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 147, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 102 Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben |
| Occasion | 10th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso (alternatively: "Terzgeige"), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 August 1726 |
| This recording | Braunschweig, Braunschweig Cathedral, 27 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, Christoph Genz, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 147, disk 2, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 103 Ihr werdet weinen und heulen |
| Occasion | Jubilate |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | tromba, flauto traverso, flauto dolce (piccolo), oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 22 April 1725 |
| This recording | Altenburg, Schlosskirche live recording,14 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Towers, Mark Padmore, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 107, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 104 Du Hirte Israel, höre |
| Occasion | Misericordias Domini |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, taille (oboe da caccia), oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 23 April 1724 |
| This recording | Echternach, St. Willibrord live recording, 29 or 07 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Norbert Meyn, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 105 Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht |
| Occasion | 9th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno (C), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 July 1723 |
| This recording | Merano, Il duomo di S. Nicolò live recording, August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 168 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit |
| Occasion | funeral service |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, viola da gamba I, viola da gamba II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen, 1707 or 1708 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, September 1989 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 106 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 107 Was willst du dich betrüben |
| Occasion | 7th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 23 July 1724 |
| This recording | Haddington, St Mary’s live recording, 5 or 6 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Kobie van Rensburg, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 156, disk 2, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 108 Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe |
| Occasion | Cantate |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 29 April 1725 |
| This recording | Warwick, St. Mary’s live recording, 21 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 107, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 109 Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben! |
| Occasion | 21st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | corno da caccia, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 17 October 1723 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 11th or 12th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Towers, Paul Agnew, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 110 Unser Mund sei voll Lachens |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia, fagotto (obligato?), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 December 1725 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 25 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 113, disk [one disk only], track(s) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 111 Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit |
| Occasion | 3d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 21 January 1725 |
| This recording | Milan, Chiesa di San Marco, between 22 and 24 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Sara Mingardo, Julian Podger, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 111 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt |
| Occasion | Misericordias Domini |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II (obligato), oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 April 1731 |
| This recording | Echternach, St. Willibrord live recording, 29 or 07 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, William Towers, Norbert Meyn, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 113 Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (Audio) |
| Occasion | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 August 1724 |
| This recording | St David's, St David's Cathedral live recording, September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 113 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 113 Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (Video) |
| Occasion | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 August 1724 |
| This recording | St David's, St David's Cathedral live recording, September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | OpusArte, disk [one disk only], track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 114 Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost |
| Occasion | 17th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 October 1724 |
| This recording | Lund, Allhelgonakyrkan live recording, 14 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Charles Humphries, Mark Padmore, Stephen Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 115 Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit |
| Occasion | 22d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violoncello piccolo, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 05 November 1724 |
| This recording | London, Tooting, All Saints live recording, 17 November 2000 |
| Performers | Joanne Lunn, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 1, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 116 Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ |
| Occasion | 25th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 November 1724 |
| This recording | Leipzig, Thomaskirche live recording, 22 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 2, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 117 Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut |
| Occasion | unspecified |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, between 1728 and 1731 |
| This recording | Warwick, St. Mary’s live recording, 21 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 107, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 118b O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht |
| Occasion | funeral service |
| Genre | chorale arrangement, motet |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | без (чисто хоровая кантата) |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, fagotto, trombo I, trombo II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1736-7 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, September 1989 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 106 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 118 O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht |
| Occasion | funeral service |
| Genre | chorale arrangement, motet |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | none (pure choral cantata) |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, fagotto, trombo I, trombo II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1736-7 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 119 Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn |
| Occasion | council election |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, tromba IV, timpani, flauto I, flauto II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 August 1723 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 120a Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge (incomplete) |
| Occasion | wedding ceremony |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, between 1728 and 1736; borrowing from BWV 120 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 120 Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille |
| Occasion | council election |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1728 or 1729 (some parts go back to the Köthen period) |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 121 Christum wir sollen loben schon |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 December 1724 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ann Monoyios, Sara Mingardo, Rufus Müller, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 + BWV 61 + BWV 62, disk [one disk only], track(s) 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 121 Christum wir sollen loben schon |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 December 1724 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 25 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 113, disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 122 Das neugeborne Kindelein |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto dolce III, oboe I, oboe II, taille (oboe III), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 31 December 1724 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 31 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 137, disk [one disk only], track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 123 Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen |
| Occasion | Feast of Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 January 1725 |
| This recording | Leipzig, Nikolaikirche live recording, 6 January 2000 |
| Performers | Sally Bruce-Payne, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 1, track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 124 Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 January 1725 |
| This recording | Hamburg, St. Jacobi live recording, 9 January 2000 |
| Performers | Claron McFadden, Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 2, track(s) 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 125 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, oboe, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 February 1725 |
| This recording | Christchurch, Priory Church, February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 82 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 126 Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort |
| Occasion | Sexagesimae |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (D), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 04 February 1725 |
| This recording | Southwell (Nottinghamshire), Southwell Minster, live recording, 27 February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 153, disk 2, track(s) 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 127 Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott |
| Occasion | Quinquagesima |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 11 February 1725 |
| This recording | Cambridge, King’s College Chapel live recording, 05 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, James Oxley, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 1, track(s) 10 11 12 13 14 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 128 Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (D), corno I (G), corno II (G), oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 10 May 1725 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Blaze, Christoph Genz, Reinhard Hagen, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 128 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 128 Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein |
| Occasion | Ascension Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (D), corno I (G), corno II (G), oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 10 May 1725 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles' Cripplegate, 10 May 2012 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Meg Bragle, Andrew Tortise, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 185, disk [one disk only], track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 129 Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott |
| Occasion | Trinity Sunday |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 16 June 1726 or 08 June 1727 (several re-performances) |
| This recording | Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral live recording, 18 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Daniel Taylor, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 2, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 130 Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir |
| Occasion | Michaelmas Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 29 September 1724 |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 29 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, Richard Wyn Roberts, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 2, track(s) 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 131 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir |
| Occasion | possibly for service in memory of the town fire in 177 |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino, viola I, viola II, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen, possibly 05 or 12 June 1707 |
| This recording | London, Аll Saints’ Church, November 1980 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, William Kendall, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | Erato, disk [one disk only], track(s) 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 131 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir |
| Occasion | possibly for service in memory of the town fire in 177 |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino, viola I, viola II, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Mühlhausen, possibly 05 or 12 June 1707 |
| This recording | Mühlhausen, Blasiuskirche live recording, 23 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Kobie van Rensburg, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 132 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! |
| Occasion | 4th Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, fagotto, violoncello, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 1715 |
| This recording | Lüneburg, Michaeliskirche live recording, 10 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Brigitte Geller, Michael Chance, Jan Kobow, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 162, disk 2, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 133 Ich freue mich in dir |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 December 1724 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Derek Lee Ragin, Julian Podger, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 36 + BWV 61 + BWV 62, disk [one disk only], track(s) 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 133 Ich freue mich in dir |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 December 1724 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 27 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 127, disk [one disk only], track(s) 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 134 Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß |
| Occasion | 3d Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | of the secular 134a: Köthen, 01 January 1719; of 1st sacred version (borrowing): Leipzig, 11 April 1724; 2d version: Leipzig, 27 March 1731; 3d version: probably Leipzig, after 1731 |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 24 or 25 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 135 Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder |
| Occasion | 3rd Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | cornetto, trombone, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 June 1724 |
| This recording | Zürich, Fraumünster live recording, 8th or 9th July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Vernon Kirk, Jonathan Brown, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 165, disk 2 (SDG 165), track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 136 Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz |
| Occasion | 8th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 18 July 1723 |
| This recording | Rendsburg, Christkirche, 13 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Christoph Genz, Brindley Sherratt, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 147, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 137 Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren |
| Occasion | 12th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, 19 August 1725, re-performed in Leipzig, between 1744 and 49 |
| This recording | Köthen, Jakobskirche live recording, 10 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Christoph Genz, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 134, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 138 Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz? |
| Occasion | 15th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 05 September 1723 |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 28 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 139 Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott |
| Occasion | 23d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 12 November 1724 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate, December 1998 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Derek Lee Ragin, Julian Podger, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 98 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 139 Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott |
| Occasion | 23d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 12 November 1724 |
| This recording | Winchester, Winchester Cathedral live recording, 26 November 2000 |
| Performers | Gillian Keith, Hilary Summers, William Kendall, Peter HarveyMonteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme |
| Occasion | 27th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia / taille, violino piccolo / Terzgeige, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ organo, fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 November 1731 |
| This recording | Fontmell Magna, St. Andrew’s Church, March 1990 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 140 + BWV 147, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme |
| Occasion | 27th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia / taille, violino piccolo / Terzgeige, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ organo, fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | 25 November 1731 |
| This recording | Winchester, Winchester Cathedral live recording, 26 November 2000 |
| Performers | Susan Hamilton, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 2, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 |
| Composer | Georg Philipp Telemann |
| Title | BWV 141 Das ist je gewisslich wahr |
| Occasion | Third Sunday in Advent |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 1721 or 1722 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Kuhnau |
| Title | BWV 142 Uns ist ein Kind geboren |
| Occasion | Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 1712-1713? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 143 Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele II (Bach is not confirmed to be the composer) |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I, corno da caccia II, corno da caccia III, timpani, fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Weimar between 1708 and 1714 |
| This recording | Berlin, Gethsemanekirche, 1 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 150, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 144 Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin |
| Occasion | Septuagesimae |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 February 1724 |
| This recording | Naarden, Grote Kerk, live recording, 20 February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Miah Persson, Wilke te Brummelstroete, James Oxley, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 153, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Georg Philipp Telemann |
| Title | BWV 145 So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | Refer to Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen |
| Choir | Remark: This cantata was extended by a new opening movement twice and therefore is known under three different incipits: (i) Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag, (ii) So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum, (iii) Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen (the latter being the first movement of the initial version). |
| Solo voice | The chorus So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum was written by Georg Philipp Telemann, and (possibly posthumously) inserted as the new opening chorus of this cantata at a later point in time. It is not included in this performance. |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 24 or 25 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Angharad Gruffydd Jones, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 145 Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen |
| Occasion | 3d Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (in this version final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba, flauto traverso, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 19 April 1729 |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 24 or 25 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Angharad Gruffydd Jones, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 145 Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | Refer to Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen |
| Choir | Remark: This cantata was extended by a new opening movement twice and therefore is known under three different incipits: (i) Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag, (ii) So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum, (iii) Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen (the latter being the first movement of the initial version). |
| Solo voice | The chorale Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag was (possibly posthumously) inserted as the new opening movement of this cantata at a later point in time. It is not included in this performance. |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | Eisenach, Georgenkirche live recording, 24 or 25 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Angharad Gruffydd Jones, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 128, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen |
| Occasion | Jubilate |
| Genre | sacred cantata; the first two movements are based on the lost D minor violin concerto BWV 1052 dating back to the Weimar period |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1726 or 1728 |
| This recording | Altenburg, Schlosskirche live recording,14 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Brigitte Geller, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Julian Clarkson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 107, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben |
| Occasion | Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (C), oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 July 1723 (of the lost original version 147a: Weimar, 1716) |
| This recording | Fontmell Magna, St. Andrew’s Church, March 1990 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 140 + BWV 147, disk [one disk only], track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben |
| Occasion | Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba (C), oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 July 1723 (of the lost original version 147a: Weimar, 1716) |
| This recording | Lüneburg, Michaeliskirche live recording, 10 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Brigitte Geller, Michael Chance, Jan Kobow, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 162, disk 2, track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 148 Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens |
| Occasion | 17th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | tromba? / clarino?, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly Leipzig, 19 September 1723 |
| This recording | Lund, Allhelgonakyrkan live recording, 14 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Frances Bourne, Mark Padmore, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 149 Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg |
| Occasion | Michaelmas Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1728 or 29 |
| This recording | Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen live recording, 29 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Malin Hartelius, Richard Wyn Roberts, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 124, disk 2, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich |
| Occasion | per ogni tempo, unspecified |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Arnstadt, around 1706? |
| This recording | Arnstadt, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kirche live recording, 29 or 30 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Daniel Taylor, Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich |
| Occasion | per ogni tempo, unspecified |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Arnstadt, around 1706? |
| This recording | Sherborne, Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin live recording, 04 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 2, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 151 Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 December 1725 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 27 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Rachel Beckett, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 127, disk [one disk only], track(s) 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 151 Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt (No. 1 only) |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 December 1725 |
| This recording | 27 December 2000 |
| Performers | Gillian Keith, , English Baroque Soloists, Rachel Beckett, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 152 Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce, oboe, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, basso continuo (con cembalo) |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 30 December 1714 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 31 December 2000 |
| Performers | Gillian Keith, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 137, disk [one disk only], track(s) 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 153 Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to No. 1, 5 and 9 chorales) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, organo obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 02 January 1724 |
| This recording | Berlin, Gethsemanekirche, 2 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Sally Bruce-Payne, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 150, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 154 Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (No. 3 and 8 chorales only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 09 January 1724 |
| This recording | Hamburg, St. Jacobi live recording, 9 January 2000 |
| Performers | Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 155 Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? (revised version 1724) |
| Occasion | 2d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 19 January 1716; revised version used in this recording: Leipzig, 16 January 1724 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 16 or 17 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Richard Wyn Roberts Julian Podger, Gerald Finley, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 155 Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? (revised version 1724, No. 4 only) |
| Occasion | 2d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 19 January 1716; revised version used in this recording: Leipzig, 16 January 1724 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 16 or 17 January 2000 |
| Performers | Joanne Lunn, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 156 Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe |
| Occasion | 3d Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to cantus firmus [soprano, No. 2] and final chorale) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, 23 January 1729 |
| This recording | Milan, Chiesa di San Marco, between 22 and 24 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Sara Mingardo, Julian Podger, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 111 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 157 Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn! |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, in or after 1727 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 158 Der Friede sei mit dir |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary or 3d Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to cantus firmus [soprano, No. 2] and final chorale) |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino solo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | this cantata is a re-compilation of individual movements which go back to different periods; performance of this compilation: Leipzig period |
| This recording | Arnstadt, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kirche live recording, 29 or 30 April 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 131, disk 1, track(s) 22 23 24 25 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 159 Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem |
| Occasion | Quinquagesima |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to cantus firmus [soprano, No. 2] and final chorale) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1729, possibly 27 February |
| This recording | Cambridge, King’s College Chapel live recording, 05 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Xenia Löffler, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 1, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 159 Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem (Nos. 4 and 5 only) |
| Occasion | Quinquagesima |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to cantus firmus [soprano, No. 2] and final chorale) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1729, possibly 27 February |
| This recording | Cambridge, King’s College Chapel live recording, 05 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Xenia Löffler, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 10 |
| Composer | Johann Christoph Bach or Johann Christian Bach |
| Title | BWV 159Anh. III Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn |
| Occasion | unknown |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | (soprano I, soprano II, alto I, alto II, tenore I, tenore II, basso I, basso II) |
| Instruments | - |
| 1st Performance | unknown |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk 1, track(s) 19 |
| Composer | Georg Philipp Telemann |
| Title | BWV 160 Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Easter |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | tenore |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, basso continuo, fagotto |
| 1st Performance | 1713 or 1714? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 161 Komm, du süße Todesstunde |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary and 16th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 06 October 1715 |
| This recording | Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo de Bonaval live recording, 07 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Mark Padmore, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 104, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 162 Ach, ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe |
| Occasion | 20th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno da tirarsi; violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 03 November 1715 |
| This recording | Genoa, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo live recording, 4th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožená, Sara Mingardo, Christoph Genz, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 163 Nur jedem das Seine! |
| Occasion | 23d Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 24 November 1715 |
| This recording | Winchester, Winchester Cathedral live recording, 26 November 2000 |
| Performers | Susan Hamilton, Hilary Summers, William Kendall, Peter HarveyMonteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 171, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 164 Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet |
| Occasion | 13th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 26 August 1725; some parts are suggested to date back to 1715 |
| This recording | Frankfurt, Dreikönigskirche live recording, 17 September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Keith, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Jonathan Brown, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 134, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 165 O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad |
| Occasion | Trinity Sunday |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 16 June 1715 |
| This recording | Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral live recording, 18 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 2, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 166 Wo gehest du hin? |
| Occasion | Cantate |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (limited to cantus firmus [soprano, No. 3] and final chorale) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 Mai 1724 |
| This recording | Warwick, St. Mary’s live recording, 21 May 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 107, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 167 Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe |
| Occasion | St. John the Baptist |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | clarino, oboe, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 24 June 1723 |
| This recording | London, St. Giles Cripplegate live recording, 23 or 24 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 101, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 168 Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort |
| Occasion | 9th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 29 July 1725 |
| This recording | Merano, Il duomo di S. Nicolò live recording, August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 168 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 169 Gott soll allein mein Herze haben |
| Occasion | 18th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 20 October 1726 |
| This recording | Leipzig, Thomaskirche live recording, 22 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 170 Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust |
| Occasion | 6th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 28 July 1726 |
| This recording | Ansbach, St Gumbertus live recording, 30 July 2000 |
| Performers | Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 156, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 171 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 Januar 1729 or later; the final chorale is taken from BWV 41 using different words; the opening chorus re-appears in BWV 232; movement 4 is based on BWV 205, movement 9 |
| This recording | Berlin, Gethsemanekirche, 1 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Lucy Ballard, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 150, disk 1, track(s) 20 21 22 23 24 25 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 172 Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 20 May 1714 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, April 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Martina Jankova, Robin Blaze, Christoph Genz, Reinhard Hagen, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 34 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 172 Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I (C), tromba II (C), tromba III (C), timpani, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 20 May 1714 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 11 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 173a Durchlauchtster Leopold |
| Occasion | birthday of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Köthen, 1722; movement 7 underlies BWV 175, movement 4 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk не включена в серию SDG, track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 173 Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | unknown (first version probably written during the Köthen period); re-performed in Leipzig on 29 May 1724 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 12 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 174 Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata (the opening sinfonia is based on the first movement of the BWV 1048 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 which Bach extended by 2 horns, 3 oboes and 1 bassoon) |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, violino III, viola I, viola II, viola III, violoncello obligato I, violoncello obligato II, violoncello obligato III, fagotto, organo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 June 1729 |
| This recording | Long Melford, Holy Trinity live recording, 12 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 121, disk 2, track(s) 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 175 Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen |
| Occasion | 3d Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto dolce III, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello piccolo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 22 May 1725 |
| This recording | Blythburgh, Holy Trinity church live recording, 13 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 1, track(s) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 176 Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding |
| Occasion | Trinity Sunday |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 27 May 1725 |
| This recording | Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral live recording, 18 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Daniel Taylor, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 177 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ |
| Occasion | 4th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 06 July 1732 |
| This recording | Tewkesbury, Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary live recording, 16 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, Nathalie Stutzmann, Paul Agnew, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 1, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 178 Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält |
| Occasion | 8th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 July 1724 |
| This recording | Rendsburg, Christkirche, 13 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Robin Tyson, Christoph Genz, Brindley Sherratt, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 147, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 179 Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei (Audio) |
| Occasion | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 August 1723 |
| This recording | St David's, St David's Cathedral live recording, September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 113 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 179 Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei (Video) |
| Occasion | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 August 1723 |
| This recording | St David's, St David's Cathedral live recording, September 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | OpusArte, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 180 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele |
| Occasion | 20th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe, oboe da caccia, Violoncello piccolo, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 22 October 1724 |
| This recording | Genoa, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo live recording, 4th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožená, Sara Mingardo, Christoph Genz, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 1, track(s) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 181 Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister |
| Occasion | Sexagesimae |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba, flauto traverso, oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 13 February 1724 |
| This recording | Southwell (Nottinghamshire), Southwell Minster, live recording, 27 February 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Angharad Gruffydd Jones, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 153, disk 2, track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen |
| Occasion | Palmarum |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 25 March 1714 |
| This recording | Walpole St Peter's Church (Norfolk) live recording, 26 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nathalie Stutzmann, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Latham, Maya Homburger, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 118, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (No. 1 and 2 only) |
| Occasion | Palmarum |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto dolce, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 25 March 1714 |
| This recording | Walpole St Peter's Church (Norfolk) live recording, 26 March 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Latham, Maya Homburger, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 2 and 3 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 183 Sie werden euch in den Bann tun II |
| Occasion | Exaudi |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello piccolo, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 13 May 1725 |
| This recording | Sherborne, Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin live recording, 04 June 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Panajotis Iconomou, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 144, disk 2, track(s) 15 16 17 18 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 184 Erwünschtes Freudenlicht |
| Occasion | 3d Day of Whitsun |
| Genre | sacred cantata, (whilst performed in Leipzig in 1724 and 1731, this cantata is a borrowing from the secular 184 a, Köthen, title and date of performance unknown) |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 May 1724 |
| This recording | Blythburgh, Holy Trinity church live recording, 13 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 1, track(s) 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 185 Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe |
| Occasion | 4th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe (alternatively: tromba), violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 14 July 1715; this recording is based on a revision performed in Leipzig in 1746 and re-performed in 1747 |
| This recording | Tewkesbury, Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary live recording, 16 July 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kožena, Nathalie Stutzmann, Paul Agnew, Nicolas Teste, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 141, disk 1, track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 186 Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht |
| Occasion | 7th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | lost original version: Weimar 1716; surviving revised version: Leipzig, 11 July 1723 |
| This recording | Haddington, St Mary’s live recording, 5 or 6 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Richard Wyn Roberts, Kobie van Rensburg, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 156, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 187 Es wartet alles auf dich |
| Occasion | 7th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 04 August 1726 |
| This recording | Haddington, St Mary’s live recording, 5 or 6 August 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katharine Fuge, Richard Wyn Roberts, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 156, disk 2, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 188 Ich habe meine Zuversicht |
| Occasion | 21st Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe da caccia, organo obligato, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, about 1728 |
| This recording | Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel live recording, 11th or 12th November 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Gotthold Schwarz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 168, disk 2, track(s) 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| Composer | Georg Melchior Hoffmann |
| Title | BWV 189 Meine Seele rühmt und preist |
| Occasion | per ogni tempo, unspecified |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | tenore |
| Instruments | flauto dolce, oboe, violino, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 1707-1710? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 190 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (cantata fragment reconstructed by the performers of this recording) |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore; fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 January 1724 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 31 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Katherine McGillivray, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 137, disk [one disk only], track(s) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 190 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (cantata fragment reconstructed by the performers of this recording; in this release: No. 5 only) |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore; fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 01 January 1724 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 31 December 2000 |
| Performers | James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Katherine McGillivray, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 8 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 190a Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (lost cantata) |
| Occasion | Cantata for the festivities of the Confession of Augsburg in 1730, Leipzig 25 June 1730 |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | most likely the same as BWV 190: four-part |
| Solo voice | most likely the same as BWV 190: alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | most likely the same as BWV 190: tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore; fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | ?Leipzig, June 1730? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 191 Gloria in excelsis Deo |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | liturgical piece, three movements borrowed from the Mass in B minor (Gloria in excelsis Deo, Domine Deus, Cum sancto spiritu) |
| Choir | five-part (divided soprano) |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, after 1740 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, 25 December 1999 |
| Performers | Claron McFadden, Christoph Genz, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 174, disk 1, track(s) 8 9 10 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 192 Nun danket alle Gott (incomplete) |
| Occasion | unspecified, possibly Feast of Reformation |
| Genre | sacred cantata, chorale cantata |
| Choir | four-part (tenor part is lost) |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly Leipzig, on Reformation Day 1730 |
| This recording | Wittenberg, Schlosskirche live recording, 31 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Joanne Lunn, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 110, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 193 Ihr Tore zu Zion (incomplete) |
| Occasion | council election |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part (male parts are lost) |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto (the male parts are missing) |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (some parts are missing) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1727 (the lost original version without BWV number was written in Köthen and underlies two cantatas which were both performed in Leipzig: BWV 193, 193a) |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 194 Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest (part I for Trinity Sunday) |
| Occasion | initially secular piece after 1717; re-usued as "Concerto Bey Einweihung der Orgel in Störmthal" (Dedication of the Organ at Störmthal) in 1723; Bach re-used part I of this cantata for Trinity in 1724, 1726 and 1731 (as in this recording) |
| Genre | sacred cantata (borrowing from the secular lost Köthen 194 a) |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, basso continuo (+ fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | this sacred borrowing: Leipzig, 02 Novermber 1723 (date of composition of the lost original: ?late? Köthen period) |
| This recording | Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral live recording, 18 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Ruth Holton, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 195 Dem Gerechten muss das Licht immer wieder aufgehen |
| Occasion | wedding ceremony |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | eight-part (or four-part + solo voices) |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso (+ alto & tenore where the choir is not eight but four-part, and four soloists are used as the complementary choir) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, corno I, corno II, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 11 September 1741 (underlying 30a: 28 September 1737; final version of 195: probably 1749) |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 196 Der Herr denket an uns |
| Occasion | wedding ceremony |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | probably Weimar, 05 June 1708 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 197 Gott ist unsre Zuversicht |
| Occasion | wedding ceremony |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II (?oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II?), violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, between 1736 and 1740 (the two No 6 and 8 arias are based on 197a, No 4 and 6 = 1728) |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 197a Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (incomplete) |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part (final chorale only) |
| Solo voice | alto, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, ca. 1728 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 198 Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl |
| Occasion | funeral ode for Christiane Eberhardine, Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe (d'amore) I, oboe (d'amore) II, violino I, violino II, viola, viola da gamba I, viola da gamba II, liuto I, liuto II, basso continuo (organo, cembalo) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 15 October 1727 |
| This recording | London, St. John's, September 1989 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 106 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 199 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (Audio) |
| Occasion | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo, fagotto |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 12 August 1714 |
| This recording | St David's, St David's Cathedral live recording, September 2000 |
| Performers | Magdalena Kožena, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 113 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 199 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (Video) |
| Occasion | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo, fagotto |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 12 August 1714 |
| This recording | St David's, St David's Cathedral live recording, September 2000 |
| Performers | Magdalena Kožena, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | OpusArte, disk [one disk only], track(s) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 200 Bekennen will ich seinen Namen (incomplete) |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary |
| Genre | sacred cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, around 1742 |
| This recording | Christchurch, Priory Church, February 2000 |
| Performers | Robin Tyson, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 82 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 17 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 201 Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde |
| Occasion | unknown |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | six-part (divided male voices) |
| Solo voice | soprano (Momus), alto (Mercurius), tenore I (Tmolus), tenore II (Midas), basso I (Phoebus), basso II (Pan) |
| Instruments | timpani, tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1729 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 202 Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten |
| Occasion | wedding celebrations |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | oboe, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | wahrscheinlich Köthen between 1718 and 1723 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 203 Amore traditore (Bach is not confirmed to be the composer) |
| Occasion | unknown |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | basso |
| Instruments | cembalo obligato |
| 1st Performance | possibly around 1735 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 204 Ich bin in mir vergnügt |
| Occasion | unknown |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1726 or 27 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 205 Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft |
| Occasion | name day celebrations of the Leipzig university professor August Friedrich Müller |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (Pallas), alto (Pomona), tenore (Zephyrus), basso (Aeolus) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, corno I, corno II, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II (alternatively: oboe d'amore + oboe), violino I, violino II, viola, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 03 August 1725 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 205a Blast Lärmen, ihr Feinde! verstärket die Macht (lost) |
| Occasion | coronation ceremonies for August III |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | unknown |
| Solo voice | unknown |
| Instruments | unknown |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 17 January 1734 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 206 Schleicht, spielende Wellen, und murmelt gelinde! |
| Occasion | birthday celebrations for Augusts III |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (Pleiße), alto (Donau), tenore (Elbe), basso (Weichsel) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, flauto traverso III, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly 1736; no records available relating to the place of performance |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 207 Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten |
| Occasion | Bey des Herrn D. Korttens erhaltener Profession |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (Glück), alto (Dankbarkeit), tenore (Fleiß), basso (Ehre) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II (alternatively: oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II), taille, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 11 December 1726 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 207а Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten |
| Occasion | name day celebrations for August III |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II (alternatively: oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II), taille, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly 03 August 1735; no records available relating to the place of performance |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! |
| Occasion | birthday celebrations for the prince Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part (divided soprano, without alto) |
| Solo voice | soprano I (Diana), soprano II (Pales), tenore (Endymion), basso (Pan) |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I, corno da caccia II, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe I, oboe II, taille, fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ violone grosso) |
| 1st Performance | probably Weimar, 1713 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 208a Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (modified BWV 208, author unknown) |
| Occasion | name day celebrations for August III |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part (divided soprano, without alto) |
| Solo voice | soprano I (Diana), soprano II (Pales), tenore (Endymion), basso (Pan) |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I, corno da caccia II, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe I, oboe II, taille, fagotto, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ violone grosso) |
| 1st Performance | 03 August 1740 or 42; no records available relating to the place of performance |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 209 Non sa che sia dolore (Bach is not proven to be the composer) |
| Occasion | unknown |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 1729? |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 210 O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit |
| Occasion | wedding celebrations |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ violone) |
| 1st Performance | probably between 1740 and 50 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 210a O angenehme Melodei! (incomplete) |
| Occasion | homage to the count Joachim Friedrich von Flemming and two other patrons |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ violone) |
| 1st Performance | probably between 1738 and 40 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 211 Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht |
| Occasion | no data available |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | three-part (without alto) |
| Solo voice | soprano (Liesgen), tenore (narrator), basso (Schlendrian) |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (cembalo) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1734 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 212 Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet |
| Occasion | homage to Carl Heinrich von Dieskau, chamberlain to Leipzig-Kleinzschocher |
| Genre | secular cantata |
| Choir | three-part (without middle voices) |
| Solo voice | soprano, basso |
| Instruments | corno, flauto traverso, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (cembalo) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 30 August 1742 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 213 Laßt uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen |
| Occasion | birthday ceremonies for Kurprinz Friedrich von Sachsen |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I, corno da caccia II (alternatively: corno I, corno II), oboe d'amore, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola I, viola II, continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 05. September 1733 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 214 Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! |
| Occasion | birthday celebrations for the Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony Maria Josepha |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano (Bellona), alto (Pallas), tenore (Irene), basso (Fama) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 08 December 1733 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 215 Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen |
| Occasion | anniversary of the election of Augusts III as King of Poland |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | 05 October 1734; no records available relating to the place of performance |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 216 Vergnügte Pleißen-Stadt (incomplete) |
| Occasion | wedding celebrations |
| Genre | secular cantata, solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano (Neiße), alto (Pleiße) |
| Instruments | instrumental parts are lost |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 05 February 1728 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 216a Erwählte Pleißenstadt (incomplete) |
| Occasion | homage (to an unknown person) |
| Genre | secular cantata, probably solo cantata |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore |
| Instruments | instrumental parts are lost |
| 1st Performance | after 1728 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 217 Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns geht (not confirmed to be written by Bach) |
| Occasion | 1st Sunday after Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | not part of the BCP |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Georg Philipp Telemann |
| Title | BWV 218 Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Georg Philipp Telemann |
| Title | BWV 219 Siehe, es hat überwunden der Löwe |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach? |
| Title | BWV 220 Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach? |
| Title | BWV 221 Wer sucht die Pracht, wer wünscht den Glanz |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Ernst Bach |
| Title | BWV 222 Mein Odem ist schwach |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 223 Meine Seele soll Gott loben (incomplete) |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 224 Reißt euch los, bekränkte Stimmen (incomplete aria) |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 224a Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt (lost) |
| Occasion | |
| Genre | |
| Choir | |
| Solo voice | |
| Instruments | |
| 1st Performance | |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 225 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (motet) |
| Occasion | New Year's Day? |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | (soprano I, soprano II, alto I, alto II, tenore I, tenore II, basso I, basso II) |
| Instruments | no separate parts (organo con il basso continuo) |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, 01 January 1727 |
| This recording | New York, St. Bartholomew’s live recording, 31 December 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 137, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 225 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (motet) |
| Occasion | New Year's Day? |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | (soprano I, soprano II, alto I, alto II, tenore I, tenore II, basso I, basso II) |
| Instruments | no separate parts (organo con il basso continuo) |
| 1st Performance | probably Leipzig, 01 January 1727 |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk всего один диск, track(s) 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 226 Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf |
| Occasion | Funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti, headmaster of the Leipzig Thomasschule |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | choral only |
| Instruments | colla parte - coro I: violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello; colla parte - coro II: oboe I, oboe II, taille, fagotto; basso continuo con il violone |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 20 or 24 October 1729 |
| This recording | Lund, Allhelgonakyrkan live recording, 14 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 1, track(s) 19 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 226 Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf |
| Occasion | Funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti, headmaster of the Leipzig Thomasschule |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | choral only |
| Instruments | colla parte - coro I: violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello; colla parte - coro II: oboe I, oboe II, taille, fagotto; basso continuo con il violone |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 20 or 24 October 1729 |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk 1, track(s) 3 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 227 Jesu, meine Freude |
| Occasion | funeral service (for Oberpostmeisterin Keeß?) |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | five-part (divided soprano) |
| Solo voice | (soprano I, soprano II, alto, tenore, basso) |
| Instruments | no separate parts, organo con il basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 18 July 1723 |
| This recording | Romsey, Romsey Abbey live recording,30 January 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 115, disk 2, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 227 Jesu, meine Freude |
| Occasion | funeral service (for Oberpostmeisterin Keeß?) |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | five-part (divided soprano) |
| Solo voice | (soprano I, soprano II, alto, tenore, basso) |
| Instruments | no separate parts, organo con il basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably 18 July 1723 |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk 1, track(s) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 228 Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir |
| Occasion | funeral service? |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | - |
| Instruments | no separate parts |
| 1st Performance | unknown |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk 1, track(s) 15 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 229 Komm, Jesu, komm, mein Leib ist müde |
| Occasion | funeral service |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | - |
| Instruments | - |
| 1st Performance | unknown |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk всего один диск, track(s) 2 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 230 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden |
| Occasion | funeral service? |
| Genre | motet |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | - |
| Instruments | organo |
| 1st Performance | unknown |
| This recording | London, St John's Smith Square live recording, 2011 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 716, disk всего один диск, track(s) 1 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 232 Messe in h-Moll |
| Occasion | - |
| Genre | Mass |
| Choir | five-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, corno da caccia, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, fagotto I, fagotto II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Sanctus: Leipzig, 25 December 1724; completion / dispatch of the Missa (Kyrie and Gloria) to the Dresden court: Leipzig, 27 July 1733; remaining movements: Leipzig, between 1740 and 1750 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, February 1985 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Patrizia Kwella, Carol Hall, Mary Nichols, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin, Ashley Stafford, Wynford Evans, Howard Milner, Andrew Murgatroyd, Richard Lloyd-Morgan, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 232 et al., disk 1, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 232 Messe in h-Moll |
| Occasion | - |
| Genre | Mass |
| Choir | five-part |
| Solo voice | soprano I, sopranoo II, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, corno da caccia, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, fagotto I, fagotto II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Sanctus: Leipzig, 25 December 1724; completion / dispatch of the Missa (Kyrie and Gloria) to the Dresden court: Leipzig, 27 July 1733; remaining movements: Leipzig, between 1740 and 1750 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, February 1985 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Patrizia Kwella, Carol Hall, Mary Nichols, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin, Ashley Stafford, Wynford Evans, Howard Milner, Andrew Murgatroyd, Richard Lloyd-Morgan, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 232 et al., disk 2, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 233 Messe in F-Dur |
| Occasion | probably commissioned work |
| Genre | mass |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | corno I, corno II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly 1738 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 234 Messe in А-Dur |
| Occasion | probably commissioned work |
| Genre | mass |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly before 1742 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 235 Messe in g-moll |
| Occasion | probably commissioned work |
| Genre | mass |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | presumably late period |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 236 Messe in G-Dur |
| Occasion | probably commissioned work |
| Genre | mass |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | possibly before 1742 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 243 Magnificat in D-Dur |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | liturgical arrangement |
| Choir | five-part |
| Solo voice | soprano I, soprano II, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba in D I, tromba in D II, tromba in D III, timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II (oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (violoncello, violone, fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 1728/31 |
| This recording | London, November 1983 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Patrizia Kwella, Charles Brett, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | PHILIPS BWV 51 et al., disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 243a Magnificat in Es-dur |
| Occasion | Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin |
| Genre | liturgical arrangement |
| Choir | five-part |
| Solo voice | soprano I, soprano II, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | tromba in Es I, tromba in Es II, tromba in Es III, timpani, oboe I, oboe II (flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II), violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo (+ fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 25 December 1723 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 244 Matthäus-Passion |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso; complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), baritone (Jesus), soprano (Pilate’s wife), soprano (maids), alto (first witness), tenore (second witness), baritone (Pilate), baritone (high priest), basso (Judas) |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe , oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, viola da gamba, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between 1727 and 1729 |
| This recording | Snape, The Maltings Concert Hall, April 1988 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Barbara Bonney, Ann Monoyios, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, Olaf Bär, Cornelius Hauptmann, Gill Ross, Ruth Holton, The London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 244, disk 1, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 244 Matthäus-Passion |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso; complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), baritone (Jesus), soprano (Pilate’s wife), soprano (maids), alto (first witness), tenore (second witness), baritone (Pilate), baritone (high priest), basso (Judas) |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe , oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, viola da gamba, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between 1727 and 1729 |
| This recording | Snape, The Maltings Concert Hall, April 1988 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Barbara Bonney, Ann Monoyios, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, Olaf Bär, Cornelius Hauptmann, Gill Ross, Ruth Holton, The London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 244, disk 2, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 244 Matthäus-Passion |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | eight-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, basso; complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), baritone (Jesus), soprano (Pilate’s wife), soprano (maids), alto (first witness), tenore (second witness), baritone (Pilate), baritone (high priest), basso (Judas) |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe , oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, viola da gamba, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between 1727 and 1729 |
| This recording | Snape, The Maltings Concert Hall, April 1988 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Barbara Bonney, Ann Monoyios, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, Olaf Bär, Cornelius Hauptmann, Gill Ross, Ruth Holton, The London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 244, disk 3, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 245 Johannes-Passion (1724) |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola d'amore I, viola d'amore II, viola, viola da gamba, liuto (alternativ: organo, cembalo), basso continuo (violoncello, violone, fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 April 1724 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, March 1986 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, Cornelius Hauptmann, Nancy Argenta, Ruth Holton, Michael Chance, Neill Archer, Rufus Müller, Gillian Ross, Andrew Murgatroyd, Nicolas Robertson, Simon Birchall, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 245, disk 1, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 245 Johannes-Passion (1724) |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola d'amore I, viola d'amore II, viola, viola da gamba, liuto (alternativ: organo, cembalo), basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 April 1724 |
| This recording | London, All Saints’ Church, March 1986 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, Cornelius Hauptmann, Nancy Argenta, Ruth Holton, Michael Chance, Neill Archer, Rufus Müller, Gillian Ross, Andrew Murgatroyd, Nicolas Robertson, Simon Birchall, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 245, disk 2, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 245 Johannes-Passion (1724) |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola d'amore I, viola d'amore II, viola, viola da gamba, liuto (alternativ: organo, cembalo), basso continuo (violoncello, violone, fagotto) |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 April 1724 |
| This recording | Königslutter, Kaiserdom, 22 March 2003 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katherine Fuge, Joanne Lunn, Bernarda Fink, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 712, disk 1, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 245 Johannes-Passion (1724) |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola d'amore I, viola d'amore II, viola, viola da gamba, liuto (alternativ: organo, cembalo), basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, 07 April 1724 |
| This recording | Königslutter, Kaiserdom, 22 March 2003 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Katherine Fuge, Joanne Lunn, Bernarda Fink, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 712, disk 2, track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 247 Markus-Passion |
| Occasion | Good Friday |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | scoring in the reconstruction used by Ton Koopman: four-part |
| Solo voice | scoring in the reconstruction used by Ton Koopman: soprano, alto, tenore, basso (Christus); another tenor for the parts of Petrus, Judas, Miles and Centurio; another bass for the parts of Pontifex, Pilatus and Testis I |
| Instruments | scoring in the reconstruction used by Ton Koopman: flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 23 March 1731 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-I Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, January 1987 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Ruth Holton, Katie Pringle, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 248, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-II Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, January 1987 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Ruth Holton, Katie Pringle, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 248, disk 1, track(s) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-III Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, January 1987 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Ruth Holton, Katie Pringle, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 248, disk 1, track(s) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-IV Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I (F), corno da caccia II (F), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, January 1987 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Ruth Holton, Katie Pringle, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 248, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-V Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen |
| Occasion | Sunday after New Year's Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, January 1987 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Ruth Holton, Katie Pringle, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 248, disk 2, track(s) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-VI Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben |
| Occasion | Feast of Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | London, Abbey Road Studios, January 1987 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Ruth Holton, Katie Pringle, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | ARCHIV BWV 248, disk 2, track(s) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-I Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage |
| Occasion | 1st Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, December 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | EuroArts, disk 1 (DVD), track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-II Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend |
| Occasion | 2nd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, oboe da caccia I, oboe da caccia II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, December 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | EuroArts, disk 1 (DVD), track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-III Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen |
| Occasion | 3rd Day of Christmas |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, flauto traverso I, flauto traverso II, oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, December 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | EuroArts, disk 1 (DVD), track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-IV Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben |
| Occasion | New Year's Day, Feast of the Circumcision |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I (F), corno da caccia II (F), oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, December 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | EuroArts, disk 2 (DVD), track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-V Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen |
| Occasion | Sunday after New Year's Day |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, December 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | EuroArts, disk 2 (DVD), track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 248-VI Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben |
| Occasion | Feast of Epiphany |
| Genre | sacred cantata |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso; usually complemented by: tenore (Evangelist), soprano (Angel), soprano (Echo), Bariton (Herodes) |
| Instruments | tromba I (D), tromba II (D), tromba III (D), timpani, oboe I, oboe II OR oboe d'amore I, oboe d'amore II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Leipzig, probably between First Advent and Christmas 1734 |
| This recording | Weimar, Herderkirche live recording, December 1999 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, Claron McFadden, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | EuroArts, disk 2 (DVD), track(s) all |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 249 Kommt, eilet und laufet |
| Occasion | Easter |
| Genre | oratorio |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | soprano, alto, tenore, basso |
| Instruments | timpani, tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, flauto traverso, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto dolce III, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 01 April 1725 |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 249a Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen |
| Occasion | birthday celebrations for the duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano (Doris), alto (Sylvia), tenore (Menalcas), basso (Damoetas) |
| Instruments | tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, timpani, flauto traverso, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, oboe I, oboe II, violino I, violino II, viola, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 23 February 1725; no records available relating to the place of performance |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 249b Verjaget, zerstreuet, zerrüttet, ihr Sterne (lost) |
| Occasion | birthday celebrations for the count Joachim Friedrich von Flemming |
| Genre | secular cantata, dramma per musica |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | possibly soprano (Melpomene), alto (Minerva), tenore (Genius), basso (Mercurius) |
| Instruments | probably: timpani, tromba I, tromba II, tromba III, flauto traverso, flauto dolce I, flauto dolce II, flauto dolce III, oboe I, oboe II, oboe d'amore, violino I, violino II, viola, fagotto, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | 25 August 1726; no records available relating to the place of performance |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 416 Vater unser im Himmelreich |
| Occasion | unspecified |
| Genre | four-part chorale |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | none (separate chorale) |
| Instruments | no separate parts |
| 1st Performance | unknown |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Giovannini |
| Title | BWV 518 Willst du dein Herz mir schenken (part of the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) |
| Occasion | - |
| Genre | secular aria |
| Choir | - |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Schmieder (1990) suggests the aria was written between 1725 and the early 40th |
| This recording | - |
| Performers | - |
| Album | [this work is missing in the SDG series], disk [one disk only], track(s) - |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 668 Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit |
| Occasion | no record |
| Genre | chorale |
| Choir | four-part |
| Solo voice | - |
| Instruments | - |
| 1st Performance | 1750 |
| This recording | Leipzig, Thomaskirche live recording, 22 October 2000 |
| Performers | Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 159, disk 2, track(s) 20 |
| Composer | |
| Title | BWV 1044 Concerto Per Cembalo con Violino e Flauto obligati e con ripieno due Violini, Viola, Violoncello e Contrabasso |
| Occasion | - |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | - |
| Solo voice | - |
| Instruments | obligati: flauto traverso, violino, cembalo; ripieno: violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello, contrabasso |
| 1st Performance | this arrangement: around 1738-1740 (refer to Schmieder 1990) |
| This recording | Zürich, Fraumünster live recording, 8th or 9th July 2000 |
| Performers | Rachel Beckett, Malcolm Proud, Maya Homburger, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 165, disk 2, track(s) 18 19 20 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1046 Concerto I F-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | corno da caccia I, corno da caccia II, oboe I, oboe II, oboe III, fagotto, violino piccolo, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello, basso continuo per il cembalo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, ca. 1718 |
| This recording | Paris, Cité de la Musique live recording, 10th, 11th or 12th January 2009 |
| Performers | English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 707, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1047 Concerto II F-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | tromba (originally corno?) in F, flauto dolce in f e g, oboe, violino concertatо, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello, basso continuo per il cembalo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, ca. 1718 |
| This recording | Paris, Cité de la Musique live recording, 10th, 11th or 12th January 2009 |
| Performers | English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 707, disk 1, track(s) 11 12 13 |
| Composer | |
| Title | BWV 1048 Concerto III G-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, violino III, viola I, viola II, viola III, violoncello I, violoncello II, violoncello III, basso continuo per il cembalo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, ca. 1718 |
| This recording | Paris, Cité de la Musique live recording, 10th, 11th or 12th January 2009 |
| Performers | |
| Album | SDG 707, disk 1, track(s) 14 15 16 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1048 Concerto III G-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, violino III, viola I, viola II, viola III, violoncello I, violoncello II, violoncello III, basso continuo per il cembalo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, ca. 1718 |
| This recording | Blythburgh, Holy Trinity church live recording, 13 Juny 2000 |
| Performers | English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 138, disk 1, track(s) 1 2 3 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1049 Concerto IV G-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | flauto dolce I f e g, flauto dolce II f e g, violino principale, violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello, basso continuo per il cembalo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, ca. 1718 |
| This recording | Paris, Cité de la Musique live recording, 10th, 11th or 12th January 2009 |
| Performers | English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 707, disk 2, track(s) 1 2 3 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1050 Concerto V D-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | flauto traverso, violino principale, cembalo concertato, violino, viola, violoncello, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, before 1721 |
| This recording | London, Cadogan Hall live recording, 13th April 2009 |
| Performers | English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 707, disk 2, track(s) 4 5 6 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1051 Concerto VI B-dur |
| Occasion | possibly commissioned work |
| Genre | concerto |
| Choir | orchestral work |
| Solo voice | orchestral work |
| Instruments | viola concertato I, viola concertato II, viola da gamba concertato I, viola da gamba concertato II, violoncello, basso continuo per il cembalo |
| 1st Performance | Köthen, ca. 1718 |
| This recording | Paris, Cité de la Musique live recording, 10th, 11th or 12th January 2009 |
| Performers | English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 707, disk 2, track(s) 7 8 9 |
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Title | BWV 1127 Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn |
| Occasion | birthday of Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar |
| Genre | strophic song with ritornello, strophic aria |
| Choir | solo only |
| Solo voice | soprano |
| Instruments | violino I, violino II, viola, violoncello obligato, basso continuo |
| 1st Performance | Weimar, 1713 |
| This recording | 22 July 2005 |
| Performers | Elin Manahan Thomas, Katherine McGillivray, Alison Mc Gillivray, Silas John Standage, David Miller, Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| Album | SDG 114, disk [one disk only], track(s) 1 |