Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 21 (Fasolis / Gardiner / Harnoncourt / Herreweghe / Kuijken / Koopman / Leusink / Richter

Domenico Feti, Parable of the Lost Drachma, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, 1618-22

Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis in meinem Herzen
I had much affliction in my heart
Cantata 21
BWV 21


Event 1: Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity
1st performance: June 17, 1714 - Weimar; 2nd performance: 1717-1722 - Köthen; 3rd performance: June 13, 1723 - Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: 1 Peter 5: 6-11; Gospel: Luke 15: 1-10
Event 2: For any time / ’Per ogni tempo’. Probably a Farewell Cantata for Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
Text: Salomo Franck ? (Mvts. 3-5, 7, 8, 10); Psalm 94: 19 (Mvt. 2); Psalm 42: 5 (Mvt. 6); Psalm 116: 7 (Mvt. 9); Georg Neumark (Mvt. 9); Revelation 5: 12-13 (Mvt. 11)
Chorale Text: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten

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Performance of Soprano: Antonella Balducci; Alto: Ulrike Clausen; Tenor: Frieder Lang; Baritone: Fulvio Bettini; Coro della Radio Svizzera / Ensemble Vanitas; Diego Fasolis conducting.  Recorded live at Chiesa di S. Francesco, Locarno. Switzerland.

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Performance of Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Tenor: Vernon Kirk; Bass: Jonathan Brown; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting.  Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Fraumünster, Zürich, Switzerland. 

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Soloist from the Wiener Sängerknaben (No Name); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Walker Wyatt; Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master: Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.


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Performance of Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Tenor: Howard Crook; Bass: Peter Harvey; La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting.  1st recording of Cantata BWV 21 by P. Herreweghe.


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Performance of Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Tenor: Guy de Mey; Bass: Klaus Mertens; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir; Ton Koopman conducting. Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.

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Performance of Soprano:Greta de Reyghere; Alto: René Jacobs; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Peter Lika; Nederlands Kamerkoor / La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken conducting.  Recorded at Augustinuskerk, Amsterdam, Holland.


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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.  Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.


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Performance of Soprano: Edith Mathis; Tenor: Ernst Haefliger; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting.  Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.

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