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Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

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Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!” by Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata, composed 1713. 292 recordings in this catalogue, from 1946 to 2023.

Movements

  1. I. Recitativo (Sopran I) “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

  2. II. Aria (Sopran I) “Jagen ist die Lust de Göter”

  3. III. Recitativo (Tenor) “Wie? Schönste Göttin! Wie?”

  4. IV. Aria (Tenor) “Willst du dich nicht mehr ergötzen”

  5. V. Recitativo (Sopran I, Tenor) “Ich liebe dich zwar noch!”

  6. VI. Recitativo (Bass) “Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott in diesen Feldern bin”

  7. VII. Aria (Bass) “Ein Fürst ist seines Landes Pan!”

  8. VIII. Recitativo (Sopran II) “Soll denn der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?”

  9. IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden”

  10. X. Recitativo (Sopran I) “So stimmt mit ein”

  11. XI. Chorus (Aria a 4) “Lebe, Sonne dieser Erdem”

  12. XII. Duetto (Sopran I, Tenor) “Entzücket uns beide”

  13. XIII. Aria (Sopran II) “Weil die wollenreichen Herden”

  14. XIV. Aria (Bass) “Ihr felder und Auen, laßt grünend euch schauen”

  15. XV. Chorus “Ihr lieblichste Bliche! ihr freudige Stunden”

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  1. Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    catalogue year 1977 · on 11 albums

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  2. Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    catalogue year 1983 · on 7 albums

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  3. Peter Schreier, Barbara Hendricks, Eckart Haupt

    catalogue year 1989 · on 6 albums

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  4. Philip Brunelle

    catalogue year 1984 · on 5 albums

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  5. Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Elisabeth von Magnus

    catalogue year 1995 · on 5 albums

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Recordings (292 of 292)

Performance practice

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Recording / performers
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd": 2. Aria (Soprano I) "Jagen ist die Lust der Götter"Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yvonne Kenny
Year: 1988
1:51
Sheep May Safety GrazeFrederick Fennell, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Year: 1988
5:27
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd": 3. Recitativo (Tenore) "Wie, schonste Göttin"Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Equiluz
Year: 1988
1:13
Recitativo "So stimmt mit ein"Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yvonne Kenny
Year: 1988
3:26
Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208Westminster Cathedral Choir
Year: 1988
5:06
Aria "Weil die wollenreichen Herden"Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Year: 1988
1:48
Recitativo "Ich liebe dich zwar noch !"Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Equiluz, Yvonne Kenny
Year: 1988
2:20
Recitativo "Was mir behagt"Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yvonne Kenny
Year: 1988
2:28
Cantata No. 208 "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!", BWV 208: XIII. Aria "Weil die wollenreichen Herden" (Pales)Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Year: 1988
3:20
Cantata No. 208 "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!", BWV 208: VIII. Recitativo "Soll denn der Pales Opfer" (Pales)Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Year: 1988
0:37
Sheep May Safely GrazeVirgil Fox
Year: 1987
2:48
Sheep May Safely GrazeBBC National Chorus of Wales, Aled Jones
Year: 1987
5:01
Sheep May Safely GrazeRoy Goodman, Emma Kirkby
Year: 1987
4:30
Schafe können sicher weiden (from Cantata BWV 208)Robert King, The King's Consort, Gillian Fisher
Year: 1987
4:25
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt": "Sheep May Safely Graze"Douglas Major
Year: 1986
4:54
Sheep May Safely GrazeJohn Poole, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers
Year: 1986
5:51
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt": Coro "Ihr lieblichste Blicke!"Roy Goodman, Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith
Year: 1986
3:28
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt": Coro "Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden"Roy Goodman, Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith
Year: 1986
2:45
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt": Aria (Pales) "Schafe können sicher weiden"Roy Goodman, Jennifer Smith
Year: 1986
3:49
Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt": Recitativo (Pan) "Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott"Roy Goodman
Year: 1986
0:29

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