Cantata 89 Leonhardt / Leusink / Suzuki



Possible Pupil of Rembrandt van Rijn, The Wicked Servant Begs for Pardon, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?
What am I to make of you , Ephraim?
Cantata 89
BWV 89


Event: Solo Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
1st Performance: October 24, 1723, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: Philippians 1: 3-11; Gospel: Matthew 18: 23-35
Text: Hosea 2: 8 (Mvt. 1); Johann Heermann (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5) [W. Murray Young suggests Christian Weiss, Sr. or someone unknown]
Chorale Text: Wo soll ich fliehen hin

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Boy Soprano: Marcus Klein (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: Paul Esswood; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting. 

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Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.  Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Soprano: Midori Suzuki; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Bass: Chiyuki Urano; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki conducting.  Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.

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