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Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

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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

  1. I. Coro "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

  2. II. Recitativo (Tenor) "Er kommt, er kommt, der Bräutgam kommt!"

  3. III. Aria (Sop, Bass) "Wann kömmst du, mein Heil?"

  4. IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”

  5. V. Recitativo (Bass) "So geh herein zu mir"

  6. VI. Aria (Sop, Bass) "Mein Freund ist mein"

  7. VII. Choral "Gloria sei dir gesungen"

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  1. John Eliot Gardiner, Shlomo Mintz, English Baroque Soloists and 1 more

    catalogue year 1990 · on 14 albums

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  2. 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

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  3. Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    candidate grouping · catalogue year 1981 · on 12 albums

    Low-confidence candidate · 2 catalogue recordings

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  4. John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

    catalogue year 1990 · on 12 albums

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  5. Karl Richter, Peter Schreier, Münchener Bach-Orchester and 3 more

    candidate grouping · catalogue year 1978 · on 11 albums

    Low-confidence candidate · 2 catalogue recordings

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Recordings (269 of 269)

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