Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" by Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata, composed 1731. 269 recordings in this catalogue, from 1951 to 2020.
Movements
I. Coro "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
II. Recitativo (Tenor) "Er kommt, er kommt, der Bräutgam kommt!"
III. Aria (Sop, Bass) "Wann kömmst du, mein Heil?"
IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”
V. Recitativo (Bass) "So geh herein zu mir"
VI. Aria (Sop, Bass) "Mein Freund ist mein"
VII. Choral "Gloria sei dir gesungen"
Most recorded performers
Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Conductor · 16 recordings

Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor · 15 recordings
Fritz Werner
Conductor · 14 recordings

John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor · 14 recordings

Karl Münchinger
Conductor · 14 recordings
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English Baroque Soloists
Orchestra · 14 recordings
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Orchestra · 14 recordings

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra · 14 recordings
Most reissued catalogue entries
Ranked by linked albums in the catalogue, with compilations left out and at most two entries per conductor or soloist. Some entries are candidate groups of movements with shared publications and credits. These connections do not establish a shared recording session, equivalent mastering or recording quality.
- John Eliot Gardiner, Shlomo Mintz, English Baroque Soloists and 1 more
catalogue year 1990 · on 14 albums
- Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor and 3 more
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1978 · on 13 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 2 catalogue recordings
- Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1981 · on 12 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 2 catalogue recordings
- John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
catalogue year 1990 · on 12 albums
- Karl Richter, Peter Schreier, Münchener Bach-Orchester and 3 more
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1978 · on 11 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 2 catalogue recordings
Recordings (269)
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