Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, 1568
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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