Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 discography
This is a partial list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, organized chronologically.
The Bach cantatas fell into obscurity after the composer's death and, in the context of their revival, Christ lag in Todes Banden stands out as being having been recorded early and often; as of 2016, the Bach Cantatas Website lists 77 different complete recordings, the earliest dating from 1931.[1]
First recordings
[edit]In 1931 Lluís Millet conducted the Orfeó Català in Francesc Pujol 's Catalan version of the cantata. The performance was recorded by La Voz de su Amo (His Master's Voice) and appeared on three 78 rpm discs.
La Voz de su Amo[2] | His Master's Voice[3] | Movement | Audio[4] |
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AB 690 (side 1) | 11178–A (M 120-1) | 1–2a | Flac |
AB 690 (side 2) | 11178–B (M 120-2) | 2b | |
AB 691 (side 1) | 11179–A (M 120-3) | 3 | Flac |
AB 691 (side 2) | 11179–B (M 120-4) | 4–5 | Flac |
AB 692 (side 1) | 11180–A (M 120-5) | 6 | |
AB 692 (side 2) | 11180–B (M 120-6) | 7 |
In 1937 Nadia Boulanger made her first recording of the cantata in Paris for Voix de son maître (His Master's Voice), but this appears not to have been released commercially at the time. She also recorded the work in the USA in 1938.
Later recordings
[edit]The entries in the following table are taken from the listings on the Bach Cantatas Website.[1] Some recordings rely on choir without (or with few) solo voices. Choirs with one voice per part (OVPP) and orchestras playing on period instruments in historically informed performances are marked by green background.[1]
Title | Conductor / Choir / Orchestra | Soloists | Label | Year | Choir type | Orch. type |
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J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk – Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1 | Kurt ThomasThomanerchorGewandhausorchester | Teldec | 1959 | |||
Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol. 8 | Fritz WernerHeinrich-Schütz-Chor HeilbronnPforzheim Chamber Orchestra | Erato Records | 1961 | Chamber | ||
J. S. Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (BWV 182; Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4) | Wilhelm EhmannWestfälische KantoreiDeutsche Bachsolisten |
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Cantate | 1964 | ||
Bach Cantatas Vol. 2 – Easter | Karl RichterMünchener Bach-ChorMünchener Bach-Orchester | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Archiv Produktion | 1968 | ||
J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk – Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1 | Nikolaus HarnoncourtConcentus Musicus Wien |
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Teldec | 1971 | Period | |
J. S. Bach: Cantatas | John Eliot GardinerMonteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque Soloists | Stephen Varcoe | Erato | 1980 | Period | |
Die Bach Kantate Vol. 13 | Helmuth RillingGächinger KantoreiBach-Collegium Stuttgart | Hänssler | 1980 | |||
J. S. Bach: Oster-Oratorium | Andrew ParrottTaverner ConsortTaverner Players | Virgin Classics | 1993 | OVPP-RP | Period | |
J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 1 | Ton KoopmanAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir | Antoine Marchand | 1994 | Period | ||
J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 1 | Masaaki SuzukiBach Collegium Japan | BIS | 1995 | Period | ||
J. S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden; Lobet den Herrn; Himmelskönig sei willkommen | Philippe PierlotChoeur de Chambre de NamurRicercar Consort | Ricercar | 1995 | Chamber | Period | |
Bach Edition Vol. 20 – Cantatas Vol. 11 | Pieter Jan LeusinkHolland Boys ChoirNetherlands Bach Collegium | Brilliant Classics | 2000 | Period | ||
J. S. Bach: Actus Tragicus – Cantatas BWV 4, 12, 106 & 196 | Konrad JunghänelCantus Cölln | Harmonia Mundi France | 2000 | OVPP | Period | |
Bach/Webern: Ricercar | Christoph PoppenHilliard EnsembleMünchener Kammerorchester | ECM | 2001 | OVPP | Chamber | |
Aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. II | Thomas HengelbrockBalthasar-Neumann-ChorBalthasar-Neumann-Ensemble | Hänssler | 2001 | Period | ||
J. S. Bach Early Cantatas Volume I | Purcell Quartet | Chandos | 2004 | OVPP | Period | |
Bach J. S: Cantatas Vol 22 | John Eliot GardinerMonteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque Soloists | Soli Deo Gloria | 2000 | Period | ||
Das Kirchenjahr mit Bach, Vol. 5: Ostern · Easter | Georg Christoph BillerThomanerchorGewandhausorchester |
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Rondeau | 2012 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Oron, Aryeh (2015). "Cantata BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Catálogo de discos "La Voz de su Amo": enero 1932. His Master's Voice, 1932, pp. 96–97
- ^ Bach, Johann Sebastian (composer), Luther, Martin (author), Pujol, Francesc (arranger, translator), Millet, Lluís (conductor), Orfeó Català of Barcelona (performers). Cantata No. 4: Christ Lay in Death's Dark Prison: Sung in Catalan with orch. Victrola, 1932. OCLC 49511727
- ^ The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM)