Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe
Merciful heart of eternal love
Merciful heart of eternal love
Cantata 185
BWV 185
Event: Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Romans 8: 18-23; Gospel: Luke 6: 36-42
Text: 1-5 Salomo Franck; 6: Johann Agricola 1529
Readings: Epistle: Romans 8: 18-23; Gospel: Luke 6: 36-42
Text: 1-5 Salomo Franck; 6: Johann Agricola 1529
1st Performance: July 14, 1715, Weimar
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Performance of Soprano: Magdalena Kožená; Contralto: Nathalie Stutzmann; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Nicolas Testé; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Tewkesbury Abbey, England.
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Performance of Soprano: Claire Fassbender-Luz, Alto: Hetty Plümacher, Tenor: Werner Hohmann, Bass: Bruno Müller; Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Bach-Orchester Stuttgart; Hans Grischkat conducting.
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Performance of Boy Soprano: Helmut Wittek (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Thomas Hampson; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.
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Performance of Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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Performance of Soprano: Arleen Augér, Alto: Hildegard Laurich, Tenor: Aldo Baldin, Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Frankfurter Kantorei / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling conducting.
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