BaroqueCantata

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. 270 recordings in this catalogue, from 1969 to 2025.

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"

Top Performers

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Conductor · 16 rec

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Conductor · 15 rec

Fritz Werner

Conductor · 14 rec

John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor · 14 rec

Karl Münchinger

Conductor · 14 rec

English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra · 14 rec

Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Orchestra · 14 rec

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra · 14 rec

Recordings (270)

Conductor

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch16 Nikolaus Harnoncourt15 Fritz Werner14 John Eliot Gardiner14 Karl Münchinger14 Wolfgang Gönnenwein10 Peter Schreier9 Raymond Leppard9 Karl Richter8 Ton Koopman8 Blanche Honegger Moyse7 Christoph Spering7

Orchestra

English Baroque Soloists14 Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum14 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra14 Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn14 American Bach Soloists11 Münchener Bach-Orchester8 Bach Collegium Japan7 CBC Radio Orchestra7 English Chamber Orchestra7 La Petite Bande7 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra7 Netherlands Bach Collegium7

Label

Decca Music Group22 Deutsche Grammophon20 Warner Classics20 Erato19 Decca Classics18 EMI Classics17 Brilliant Classics16 Berlin Classics15 Deutsche Harmonia Mundi15 Archiv Produktion14 Musical Heritage Society14 Sony Classical13

Decade

1960s1 1970s1 1980s58 1990s90 2000s51 2010s37 2020s8

Credited instrument

Tenor13 Organ12 Piano10 Violin10 Bass5 Oboe2 Cello1 Flute1 Guitar1 Harp1 Trombone1 Trumpet1

Performers	Year	Label
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Kurt Thomas, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra · view	1999	Leipzig Classics	5:00
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Kurt Thomas, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra · view	1999	Leipzig Classics	1:04
Kurt Thomas, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra · view	1999	Leipzig Classics	8:02
Kurt Thomas, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra · view	1999	Leipzig Classics	2:35
Kurt Thomas, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Elisabeth Grümmer · view	1999	Leipzig Classics	7:10
Chris Hinze, Louis van Dijk · view	1999	Brilliant Classics	5:02
Martin Neary, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Michala Petri · view	1999	RCA Red Seal	4:42
Wilhelm Kempff · view	1998	Classic CD	5:20
Ludwig Güttler, Friedrich Kircheis · view	1998	Berlin Classics	4:14
Joshua Rifkin · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	3:47
Joshua Rifkin, Julianne Baird · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	5:29
Joshua Rifkin, Drew Minter, Julianne Baird · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	6:12
Joshua Rifkin, Julianne Baird · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	5:19
Joshua Rifkin · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	0:54
Joshua Rifkin, Drew Minter, Julianne Baird · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	1:56
John Williams, Peter Hurford · view	1997	Sony Classical	6:09
Bohumil Kulínský · view	1997	Supraphon	1:50
Joshua Rifkin · view	1997	L’Oiseau‐Lyre	1:19
Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra · view	1996	The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc	2:10
Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Gösta Winbergh · view	1996	The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc	0:37