Usage

Parameters

All optional.

For dates, use {{Start date}}

For names to be sorted, use {{Sortname}}

For multiple values, use {{Plainlist}}.

For choir types and orchestra types, see Mass in B minor discography.

Blank

{{Cantata discography row
| title = 
| conductor = {{sortname|FIRSTNAME|LASTNAME}}
| choir = 
| orchestra = 
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* xxx
* xxx
}}
| label = 
| year = {{Start date|YYYY}}
| choir_type =
| orchestra_type =
}}

Example

Typical example:

{{Cantata discography row
| id = Rilling
| title = ''{{lang|de|Die Bach Kantate}} Vol. 38''
| conductor = {{sortname|Helmuth|Rilling}}
| choir = [[Gächinger Kantorei]]
| orchestra = [[Bach-Collegium Stuttgart]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Arleen Augér]]
* [[Alyce Rogers]]
* [[Kurt Equiluz]]
* [[Wolfgang Schöne]]
}}
| label = [[Hänssler]]
| year = {{Start date|1976}}
}}
Recordings of O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165
Title Conductor / Choir / Orchestra Soloists Label Year
Die Bach Kantate Vol. 38 Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Hänssler 1976 (1976)


Models for Bach cantatas

As several conductors led performances of all Bach cantatas, others conducted several, the code is presented for three groups, ready to be copied and adjusted. As the source for most recordings is the Bach-Cantatas website which lists them chronologically, the basic display is in that order, but the result is sortable by several criteria.

The listing is taken from the selection on the Bach-Cantatas website. Choirs and orchestras are roughly marked as large by red background; instrumental groups playing period instruments in historically informed performances are highlighted green under the header Instr..

Complete cycles

Recordings of Complete cycles
Title Conductor / Choir / Orchestra Soloists Label Year Choir type Instr.
J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk • Complete Cantatas • Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 20 Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Wiener Sängerknaben
Concentus Musicus Wien
Teldec 1973 (1973) Boys Period
J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk • Complete Cantatas • Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 1 Gustav Leonhardt
Leonhardt-Consort
Teldec 1971 (1971) Period
Die Bach Kantate Vol. 38 Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Hänssler 1976 (1976)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 4 – Man singet mit Freuden, Cantatas • 49 • 145 • 149 • 174 (Cantatas from Leipzig 1726–29) Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
BIS 1996 (1996) Period
J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 3 Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Antoine Marchand 1997 (1997) Period
Bach Edition Vol. 5 – Cantatas Vol. 2 Pieter Jan Leusink
Holland Boys Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Brilliant Classics 1999 (1999) Boys Period
Bach Cantatas Vol. 27: Blythburgh/Kirkwell / For Whit Tuesday / For Trinity Sunday John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Soli Deo Gloria 2000 (2000) Period


Cycles

Recordings of Cycles
Title Conductor / Choir / Orchestra Soloists Label Year Choir type Instr.
J. S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 21, 110 (Ramin Edition Vol. 1) Günther Ramin
Thomanerchor
Gewandhausorchester
Fidelio 1947 (1947) Boys Symphony
The RIAS Bach Cantatas Project (1949–1952) Karl Ristenpart
RIAS Kammerchor
RIAS-Kammerorchester
Audite 1950 (1950) Chamber Chamber
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 6 & BWV 19 Hans Grischkat
Stuttgart Choral Society
Bach-Orchester Stuttgart
Renaissance 1951 (1951)
Radio Recording - Archiv-Nr: U0-01391 Max Thurn
Members of NDR Chor
Members of Hamburger Rundfunkorchester
NDR 1957 (1957)
Bach Made in Germany Vol. 2 – Cantatas IV Kurt Thomas
Thomanerchor
Gewandhausorchester
Eterna 1960 (1960) Boys Symphony
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 110 Hans Thamm
Windsbacher Knabenchor
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Cantate 1961 (1961) Boys Chamber
Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol. 11 Fritz Werner
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Erato 1962 (1962) Chamber
J. S. Bach: Kantaten 106 · 182 Jürgen Jürgens
Monteverdi-Chor
Leonhardt-Consort
Telefunken 1963 (1963)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 10, BWV 47; Sanctus BWV 241 Paul Steinitz
London Bach Society
English Chamber Orchestra
Oryx 1965 (1965)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 68 & BWV 172 Klaus Martin Ziegler
Vokalensemble Kassel
Deutsche Bachsolisten
Cantate / Nonesuch 1966 (1966)
J. S. Bach Collector's Series Helmut Kahlhöfer
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke
Deutsche Bachsolisten
Bach Recordings 1966 (1966)
Bach Kantaten, Vol. 2: BWV 26, BWV 62, BWV 191 Diethard Hellmann
Bachchor Mainz
Bachorchester Mainz
DdM-Records Mitterteich 1968 1968 (1968) Bach Bach
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 10, Magnificat BWV 243 Karl Münchinger
Wiener Akademiechor
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Decca 1968 (1968) Chamber
Bach Made in Germany Vol. 4 – Cantatas VIII Erhard Mauersberger or Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Thomanerchor
Gewandhausorchester
Eterna 1970 (1970) Boys Symphony
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 110 & Magnificat BWV 243 Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Tölzer Knabenchor
Collegium Aureum
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 1972 (1972) Boys
Bach Cantatas Vol. 2 – Easter Karl Richter
Münchener Bach-Chor
Münchener Bach-Orchester
Archiv Produktion 1974 (1974) Bach Bach
J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 10 – Magnificat BWV 243 Michael Gielen
Anton-Webern-Chor
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
SWF 1991 (1991)
J. S. Bach: Actus Tragicus – Cantatas BWV 4, 12, 106 & 196 Konrad Junghänel
Cantus Cölln
Harmonia Mundi France 1999 (1999) OVPP Period
J. S. Bach: Weinen, Klagen ... Philippe Herreweghe
Collegium Vocale Gent
Harmonia Mundi France 2003 (2003) Period
J. S. Bach: Funeral Cantatas Philippe Pierlot
Ricercar Consort
Rapidshare 2009 (2009) OVPP Period
J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 11 Sigiswald Kuijken
La Petite Bande
Accent 2008 (2008) OVPP Period
J. S. Bach: O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165 (MDR-Figaro-Reihe Kantate) Georg Christoph Biller or Gotthold Schwarz
Thomanerchor
Gewandhausorchester
MDR 2003 (2003) Boys Symphony
J. S. Bach: Kantate BWV 22 "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe" Rudolf Lutz
Chor der J. S. Bach-Stiftung
Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung
Gallus Media 2010 (2010) Period


Single cantatas

Recordings of Single cantatas
Title Conductor / Choir / Orchestra Soloists Label Year Choir type Orch. Type
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 131 & BWV 140 Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra
RCA 1949 (1949)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 52 & BWV 161 Felix Prohaska
Choir of the Bach Guild
Orchestra of the Bach Guild
Bach Guild 1952 (1952) Bach Bach
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 21 Fritz Lehmann
Berliner Motettenchor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Deutsche Grammophon 1952 (1952) Symphony
J. S. Bach: Cantatas No. 140, No. 32 Hermann Scherchen
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Westminster/Archipel 1952 (1952) chamber Opera
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 21 Marcel Couraud
Stuttgarter Chor
Stuttgarter Orchester
Les Discophiles 1955 (1955)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 49 & BWV 84 Wilhelm Ehmann
Westfälische Kantorei
Instrumental Ensemble
Agnes Giebel Cantate 1961 (1961)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 32 & BWV 39 Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor
Consortium Musicum
EMI 1965 (1965)
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 93 & BWV 131 Hans Thamm
Windsbacher Knabenchor
Das Corsortium Musicum
EMI 1966 (1966) Boys Period
Bach: 13 Sacred Cantatas & 13 Sinfonias Helmut Winschermann
Deutsche Bachsolisten and choir
Philips 1970 (1970)
Bach Cantata BWV 147, Motets BWV 226, BWV 228, BWV 230 David Willcocks
Münchener Bach-Chor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
EMI 1970 (1970)
Bach: Kantaten BWV 52, BWV 84 & BWV 209 Raymond Leppard
English Chamber Orchestra
Elly Ameling Philips 1982 (1982) Chamber
Deutsche Barock Kantaten (VIII): Aus der Tiefe Erik Van Nevel
Ricercar Consort
Ricercar 1991 (1991) OVPP Period
J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 140 & BWV 51 Joshua Rifkin
The Bach Ensemble
L'Oiseau-Lyre 1986 (1986) OVPP Period
J. Ch. F. Bach / J. S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Heinz Hennig
Knabenchor Hannover
Barockorchester L'Arco
Thorofon 1995 (1995) OVPP Period
J. S. Bach: Cantatas with Violoncelle Piccolo (Vol. 1) Christophe Coin
Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Auvidis Astrée 1993 (1993) Period
J. S. Bach Kantaten Bernhard Forck [de]
Members of Berliner Philharmoniker
IPPNW-Concerts 2004 (2004)
J. S. Bach: Bach: Kantaten · Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 158, BWV 56 Michael Schneider
Thomanerchor
La Stagione
Gotthold Schwarz Capriccio 2006 (2006) Boys Period
Bach: Cantates pour la Nativité, Intégrale des cantates sacrées Vol. 4 Eric Milnes
Montréal Baroque
ATMA Classique 2007 (2007) OVPP Period
J. S. Bach: Geistliche Solokantaten für Sopran Helmut Müller-Brühl
Bach Vokalensemble Köln
Kölner Kammerorchester
Siri Thornhill Naxos 2007 (2007) chamber
Bach – Purcell: Motetten – Kantaten Thomas Hengelbrock
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor & Ensemble
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 2007 (2007) Boys Period
Bach Cantatas From Mühlhausen, Weimar & Leipzig James Bates
Carolina Baroque
  • Teresa Radomski
  • Lee Morgan
  • Richard Heard
  • Doug Crawley
Carolina Baroque 2008 (2008) Period
J. S. Bach: Magnificat, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens Jos van Veldhoven
Netherlands Bach Society
Channel Classics Records 2010 (2010) Period
Bach: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern – Cantata BWV 1, 48, 78 & 140 Karl-Friedrich Beringer
Windsbacher Knabenchor
Deutsche Kammer-Virtuosen Berlin
Sony Music 2011 (2011) Boys Chamber
Bach Cantatas for Bass BWV 82/158/56/203 Ryō Terakado
il Gardellino
Dominik Wörner Passacaille 2013 (2013) Period


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