Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”
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
I. Recitativo (Sopran I) “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”
II. Aria (Sopran I) “Jagen ist die Lust de Göter”
III. Recitativo (Tenor) “Wie? Schönste Göttin! Wie?”
IV. Aria (Tenor) “Willst du dich nicht mehr ergötzen”
V. Recitativo (Sopran I, Tenor) “Ich liebe dich zwar noch!”
VI. Recitativo (Bass) “Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott in diesen Feldern bin”
VII. Aria (Bass) “Ein Fürst ist seines Landes Pan!”
VIII. Recitativo (Sopran II) “Soll denn der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?”
IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden”
X. Recitativo (Sopran I) “So stimmt mit ein”
XI. Chorus (Aria a 4) “Lebe, Sonne dieser Erdem”
XII. Duetto (Sopran I, Tenor) “Entzücket uns beide”
XIII. Aria (Sopran II) “Weil die wollenreichen Herden”
XIV. Aria (Bass) “Ihr felder und Auen, laßt grünend euch schauen”
XV. Chorus “Ihr lieblichste Bliche! ihr freudige Stunden”
Most recorded performers
Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor · 40 recordings

Gustav Leonhardt
Conductor · 30 recordings

Peter Schreier
Conductor · 17 recordings

Yvonne Kenny
Soloist · 17 recordings
Mátyás Antal
Conductor · 16 recordings
Roy Goodman
Conductor · 16 recordings
Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra · 16 recordings

Frans Brüggen
Conductor · 15 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.
- Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
catalogue year 1977 · on 11 albums
- Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
catalogue year 1983 · on 7 albums
- Peter Schreier, Barbara Hendricks, Eckart Haupt
catalogue year 1989 · on 6 albums
- Philip Brunelle
catalogue year 1984 · on 5 albums
- Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Elisabeth von Magnus
catalogue year 1995 · on 5 albums
Recordings (292 of 292)
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