Johann Ludwig Bach ( – 1 May 1731) was a German

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and

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. He was born in Thal (

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) near

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. At the age of 22 he moved to

Meiningen Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 26,000 (2024).

eventually being appointed cantor there, and later

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. He wrote a large amount of music and regularly oversaw performances, both at

Meiningen Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 26,000 (2024).

and neighbouring courts. He was a third cousin of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, who made copies of several of his

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s and performed them at

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. The cantata '' Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen'',

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15, once thought to be by Johann Sebastian, and listed as BWV 15 in

Wolfgang Schmieder Wolfgang Schmieder (May 29, 1901 – November 8, 1990) was a German music librarian and musicologist. Schmieder was born in Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz, Poland).Eggebrecht, Hans. "Wolfgang Schmieder". ''Oxford Music Online''. 2001, https://doi.o ...

's catalogue of his works, is now thought to be by Johann Ludwig. Bach died in Meiningen.

Works, editions and recordings

The earliest lists of compositions by Johann Ludwig Bach appeared in the 19th century: Johann Theodor Mosewius listed 16 of his cantatas in 1852, and

Alfred Dörffel Alfred Dörffel (24 January 1821 – 22 January 1905) was a German pianist, music publisher and librarian. Career Dörffel was born in Waldenburg, Saxony, the son of August Friedrich Dörffel and his wife Christiane Charlotte, née Kröhne. H ...

listed 17 cantatas and the Mass in E minor, with their incipits, in Vol. 41 of the

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(1894). The Johann-Ludwig-Bach-Verzeichnis (catalogue of compositions by Johann Ludwig Bach, abbreviated JLB) contains 39 compositions, starting, in the same sequence, with the 17 cantatas listed by Dörffel:

Hermann Max Hermann Max (born 1941 in Goslar) is a German choral conductor. In 1977, he founded the Jugendkantorei Dormagen, which in 1985 became the basis of the Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert. In 1992, he founded the Knechtsteden Early Music ...

(editor)
''Johann Ludwig Bach: Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht''.
Carus, 1982 #''Gott ist unser Zuversicht'', sacred cantata for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Scored for

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and

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soloists (satb) and choir (

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), with an accompaniment consisting of 2

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parts and one

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part ( Str), and

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(Bc). Performed in Leipzig on . #''Der Gottlosen Arbeit'', sacred cantata for the fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Darum will ich auch erwählen'', sacred cantata for the third Sunday before Lent (Septuagesima). Scored for satbSATB, two

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s (2Ob), Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Darum säet euch Gerechtigkeit'', sacred cantata for the second Sunday before Lent (Sexagesima). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht'', sacred cantata for the last Sunday before Lent (Estomihi). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements:Barbara Schlick, Mary Nichols, Wilfried Jochens, Jugendkantorei Dormagen, Das Kleine Konzert and

(conductor)
''Johann Ludwig Bach: Kantaten''.
Carus, 1981 #:Part I #:: Aria (bass): "Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht" (Yes, you rather burden me, ) – Recitative (tenor): "Der Herr der Herrlichkeit" (The Lord of blessedness) – Duet (alto, tenor): "Ach, der Sünden Greul und Wust" (O, confusing sinfulness) – Recitative (bass): "Sehet, wir gehen hinauf" (Come now, we journey the path) #:Part II #:: Aria (soprano): "Fließt, ihr Lieb- und Trauertränen" (Flow, my tears of love and mourning!, ) – Recitative (soprano): "Dies ist das Reis'geschenk" (With tears I follow you) – Arioso (alto): "O wundergroße Lieb" (O wondrous loving heart) – Chorus: "Zieh, teurer Jesus, hin" (My precious Lord, alas), concluding with two stanzas from Johannes Heermann's " Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen" (tune by

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) #''Wie lieblich sind auf den Bergen'', sacred cantata for the first Sunday after Easter (Quasimodogeniti). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Ich will meinen Geist'', sacred cantata for the sixth Sunday after Trinity. Scored for satbSATB, two

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s (2Hn), Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements:Maria Zadori, Kai Wessel,

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, Wilfried Jochens, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Stephan Schreckenberger, Harry van der Kamp, the Rheinische Kantorei, the Kleine Konzert and

(conductor
''Missa Brevis "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr"''.
Capriccio, 2004 ## Duet (soprano, alto): "Ich will meinen Geist in euch geben" ## Recitative (bass): "Das Gute, das ich kann" ## Aria (bass): "Lass mich deine Hilfe spüren" ## Arioso (alto, tenor): "An dem merken wir, dass wir ihn kennen" ## Aria (soprano): "Seele, wilst du Christum kennen" ## Recitative (soprano): "Dies ist die Prob', die er von dir begehrt" ## Chorus: "Hilf Jesu, hilf" – Chorale: "Die Werke kommen wahrlich her" #''Die mit Tränen säen'', sacred cantata for the third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements:Hans Hornung and Martin Gotthard Schneider (editors)
''Johann Ludwig Bach: Die mit Tränen säen''.
Carus, 1977 (²1992)Susanne Gorzny, Steve Wächter, Michael Zabanoff, Biederitzer Kantorei, Telemann-Consort-Magdeburg and Michael Scholl (conductor)
''mitteldeutsche Barockkantaten''.
Amati, 2007 ##Chorus: "Die mit Tränen säen" (Who has sorrow planting, ) ##Recitative (alto): "Bei unverdrossnem Schweiß" (Alone by work and care) ##Aria (alto): "Tau und Tränen feuchten Saat und Herzen an" (Dew and weeping water seeds and faithful hearts) ##Duet (tenor, bass): "Denn ich halte es dafür" (This I strongly do maintain, ) ##Aria (soprano): "Dringt, ihr Qualen auf mich her" (Come, o torments, over me) ##Recitative (soprano): "Es kann die Seel kein besser Glück genießen" (The soul can know no higher satisfaction) ##Chorus: "O angenehmer Tausch" (O wonderful exchange), concluding with three stanzas from " Kommt her zu mir" by

Georg Grünwald Georg Grünwald, also Grüenwald, (c. 1490 – 1530) was a German Protestant reformer and hymn writer. He was born in Kitzbühel c. 1490. According to a chronicle, Grünwald, a shoemaker, was a preacher of anabaptism. They were prosecuted, and he m ...

#''Mache dich auf, werde licht'', sacred cantata for the feast of Purification. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements:

(editor)
''Johann Ludwig Bach: Mache dich auf, werde licht''.
Carus, 1984 (²1992) #:Part I #:: Aria (bass): "Mache dich auf, werde licht" (Rise up and shine, be a light) – Duet (soprano, tenor): "Und die Heiden" (And the nations) – Recitative (alto): "Siehst du, verdüstert Aug'" (See now, most darkened eye) – Aria (soprano): "Weicht, ihr Schatten" (Flee, dark shadows) – Aria (tenor): "Herr, nun lässet du deinen Diener" (Lord, you let now your faithful servant) #:Part II #:: Aria (alto): "Herr, dein Wort, das ist geschehen" (Lord, your word has been fulfilled now) – Recitative (soprano, alto, tenor, bass): "Dein Reich ist ja den Menschen zubereitet" (Your kingdom, Lord, is meant for ev'rybody) – Chorus: "Laß, Höchster, diesen Wunsch" (Most highest, may this wish) #''Er ist aus der Angst und Gericht genommen'', sacred cantata for Easter Monday. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Er machet uns lebendig'', sacred cantata for Easter Tuesday. Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements: ## Chorus: "Er machet uns lebendig" ## Recitative: "Du hast gesiegt" ## Aria: "Soll ich vor dir, Herr" ## Duet: "So sind wir nun mit ihm begraben" ## Aria: "Geerbte Schuld" ## Recitative: "Nimm, Heiland, hin den Dank" ## Chorale: "Hilf, daß ich mit diesem Morgen" #''Und ich will ihnen einen einigen Hirten'', sacred cantata for the second Sunday after Easter (Misericordias Domini). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Der Herr wird ein Neues im Lande'', sacred cantata for the feast of Visitation. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements: ## Chorus: "Der Herr wird ein Neues im Lande erschaffen" ## Recitative (alto): "Hat Gott nicht alles gut gemacht?" ## Aria (alto): "Evens Kinder aus der Schuld zu reißen" ## Aria (soprano): "Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn" ## Arioso (tenor, bass): "Gesegnet ist der Leib, der Jesum hat getragen" ## Recitative (alto, tenor, bass): "Muss alle Welt die Mutter selig preisen" ## Chorus: "Verschmähe nicht den Preis" – Chorale: "Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren" #''Die Weisheit kömmt nicht'', sacred cantata for the fourth Sunday after Easter (Cantate). Scored for sabbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . Movements: ## Chorus: "Die Weisheit kömmt nicht in eine boshafte Seele" ## Recitative (tenor): "Wie stehen Tag und Finsternis zusammen" ## Aria (tenor): "Licht und Recht muss die Brust der Seelen weisen" ## Arioso (bass): "Wenn derselbige kommt, der die Welt wird strafen" ## Aria (soprano): "Streu ein Fünklein reiner Flammen" ## Recitative (soprano): "Wie kann ich sonst vor seinem Recht bestehn?" ## Chorale (chorus): "O du allersüß'ste Freude" #''Durch sein Erkenntnis'', sacred cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Ich aber ging für dir über'', sacred cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Siehe, ich will meinen Engel senden'', sacred cantata for the feast of St. John the Baptist. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on . #''Klingt vergnügt, ihr holden Saiten'', secular cantata. #''O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht'', funeral music (Trauermusik) for Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (died 24 November 1724). Movements:Maria Zadori, Lena Susanne Norin, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens, Veronika Winter, Gundula Anders, Hans Jörg Mammel, Hans-Joachim Weber, Annette Schneider, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert and

(conductor)
''Johann Ludwig Bach: Trauermusik (für Soli, Doppelchor, 2 Orchester)''.
Capriccio, 2011 #: Part I: #:: "O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht" (Chorus) – Recitative: "Du Gottes Ebenbild" (Soprano) – Aria: "Ach ja, die Ketten" (Soprano) – Recitative: "Dein Will kann nicht das?" (Alto) – Aria: "O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht" (Alto) – Recitative: "So kannstu aus dem Diensthaus" (Tenor) – Aria: "Ob gleich aller Treiber Wut" (Tenor) – Recitative: "Ja, der, dem alle Macht" (Bass) – "Meine Bande sind zurissen" (Chorus) #: Part II: #:: Duet and Aria: Ich suche nur das Himmelleben (Soprano, Alto, Bass) – Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus) – Duet: Drum will ich auch Dankopfer bringen (Alto, Tenor) – Aria: Das, was ich meinem Gott versprochen (Bass) – Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus) – Duet: Drum Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde (Soprano, Alto) – Aria and Chorale: Jerusalem, ich tu verlangen (Tenor, Bass, Chorus) #: Part III: #:: Dir Will Ich Dank Opfern (Chorus) – Recitative: Was Ist Der Mensch, Herr (Alto) – Aria: Dies Macht Dein Sohn (Alto) – Recitative: Befreit Mich Nun Der Sohn (Tenor) – Aria: Lob Und Dank Zum Opfer Geben (Tenor) – Recitative: Doch Eines Weiss Ich Noch (Soprano) – Aria: Da, Da Will Ich Dir Bezahlen (Soprano) – Accompagnato: Die Herrschaft, Welche Nur (Bass) – So Viel Gnadengaben (Bass) – Finale: In Dir, Jerusalem (Chorus) – Chorale: Preis, Lob, Ehr, Ruhm, Dank, Kraft Und Macht (Chorus) # Ouvertüre à 4 in G major. #'' Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen'', sacred cantata for Easter, in two parts. Performed in Leipzig on , and for some time misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 15). #''Küsset den Sohn, daß er nicht zürne''.Johann Ludwig Bach
at #''Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden''. #''Du sollst lieben Gott deinen Herrn'', sacred cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. #''Es wird des Herren Tag kommen'', sacred cantata. #''Gehet, ihr Sorgen, gehet hin'', for H. Anton Ulrich, 17 October 1728. #''Gott sei uns gnädig'',

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. #''Das ist meine Freude'', motet. #''Uns ist ein Kind geboren'', motet. #''Die richtig für sich gewandelt haben'', motet. #''Ich will auf den Herren schauen'', motet. #''Wir wissen so unser irdisches Haus'', motet. #''Unsere Trübsal die zeitlich und leicht ist'', motet. #''Das Blut Jesu Christi'', motet. #''Sei nun wieder zufrieden'', motet. #''Gedenke meiner, mein Gott'', funeral motet. #''Ich habe dich ein klein Augenblick verlassen'', motet. #

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, Missa super cantilena " Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr", a.k.a. BWV Anh. 166, formerly attributed to

Johann Nicolaus Bach Johann Nicolaus Bach (or Johann Nikolaus Bach) ( – 4 November 1753) was a German composer of the Baroque period. Johann Nicolaus was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach and the second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was educated ...

. Short addition by J. S. Bach in his Leipzig copy of this composition. The text of the Gloria is partly in German: it intersperses the Latin text of the Gloria with, as cantus firmus, all four stanzas of "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" (which is itself a paraphrase of the Gloria), a Lutheran hymn by Nicolaus Decius and Joachim Slüter. Movements:Mass in E minor, BWV Anh 166
at

Klaus Hofmann Klaus Hofmann (born 20 March 1939) is a German musicologist who is an expert on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Born in Würzburg, Hofmann studied after graduation (1958) from 1958 to 1959 at the University of Erlangen. He then continued his ...

(editor)
''Johann Nikolaus Bach: Missa brevis Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr''.

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, 1976 (²1993) #: Kyrie: #:: "Kyrie eleison" – "Christe eleison" – "Kyrie eleison" #: Gloria: #:: "Gloria in excelsis" – "Laudamus te" – "Domine Fili unigenite" – "Quoniam tu solus sanctus" – "Cum Sancto Spiritu" #

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for two

s and

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D major D major is a major scale based on D (musical note), D, consisting of the pitches D, E (musical note), E, F♯ (musical note), F, G (musical note), G, A (musical note), A, B (musical note), B, and C♯ (musical note), C. Its key signature has two S ...

. Further there is a sacred cantata for the second Sunday after Trinity, ''Kommet, es ist alles bereit'', JLB

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, with a manuscript dated 1719. Compositions that are sometimes attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach: * BWV Anh. 25 – Kyrie–Gloria Mass in

C major C major is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music. Its key signature has no flats or sharps. Its relative minor is A minor and its parallel min ...

, copied & performed by J. S. Bach 1740–1742. * BWV Anh. 167 – Kyrie–Gloria Mass for double choir in G major, according to 21st-century scholarship attributable to

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. Older scholarship attributed the mass to

Antonio Lotti Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 – 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. Biography Lotti was born in Venice, although his father Matteo was ''Kapellmeister'' at Hanover at the time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti be ...

or Johann Ludwig Bach, after it had been considered Johann Sebastian Bach's up to the middle of the 19th century.

Score publications

In 1852 ''Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen'', JLB 21, was published as J. S. Bach's 15th cantata by the

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published the Kyrie-Gloria Mass (JLB 38), the Suite in G major (JLB 20), the motets, and a few cantatas (JLB 5, 8 and 9). Facsimiles of several 18th-century manuscripts containing Johann Ludwig Bach's works are available at the

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website.

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's edition of the Trauermusik, JLB 19, was published by Hofmeister.

Recordings

Sacred cantatas JLB 1–17: * JLB 5, 8, 9 and 11:

Barbara Schlick Barbara Schlick (born 21 July 1943, Würzburg) is a German soprano who is particularly admired for interpretations of the concert literature of the baroque era. Career Schlick studied singing under at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and in E ...

, Mary Nichols, Wilfried Jochens, Jugendkantorei Dormagen and Das Kleine Konzert conducted by

(1981) * JLB 7, 13 and 14: Maria Zadori, Kai Wessel,

, Wilfried Jochens, Hans-Georg Wimmer,

Stephan Schreckenberger Stephan Schreckenberger (born 16 February 1955) is a German bass singer and conductor, especially in the field of early music. From 2003, he has been a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, and from 2011 the director ...

Harry van der Kamp Harry van der Kamp (born 1947 in Kampen) is a Dutch bass singer in opera and concert. Mostly active in Historically informed performance, he founded the Gesualdo Ensemble. He is also an academic voice teacher. Singing career Born in Kampen, va ...

, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, conducted by

(2004) *

JLB 8 Johann Ludwig Bach ( – 1 May 1731) was a German composer and violinist. He was born in Thal ( Ruhla) near Eisenach. At the age of 22 he moved to Meiningen eventually being appointed cantor there, and later Kapellmeister. He wrote a large a ...

: Susanne Gorzny, Steve Wächter, Michael Zabanoff, Biederitzer Kantorei, Telemann-Consort-Magdeburg, conducted by Michael Scholl (2007) Trauermusik, JLB 19: * Maria Zadori, Lena Susanne Norin,

Guy de Mey Guy de Mey (born 4 August 1955) is a Belgian operatic tenor. Life and career Guy de Mey was born in Hamme, Belgium on 4 August 1955. He began his education at the Brussels Conservatory where he was a pupil of Stella Dalberg. He pursued further s ...

Klaus Mertens Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice. Career Klaus Mertens took singing lessons wh ...

, Veronika Winter, Gundula Anders,

Hans Jörg Mammel Hans Jörg Mammel (born in Stuttgart) is a German tenor in opera and concert. Mammel received his first musical training as a member of the boys' choir Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben. After aborting legal studies, he studied at the Hochschule ...

, Hans-Joachim Weber, Annette Schneider, the Rheinische Kantorei and The Kleine Konzert conducted by

(1997) Overture in G major, JLB 20: * Musica Antiqua Köln conducted by Reinhard Goebel (2012)Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
''Bach Bachianas: Music by the Bach Family''.
Deutsche Grammophon, 2012 * Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by

Thomas Hengelbrock Hans Thomas Hengelbrock (born 9 June 1958) is a German violinist, musicologist, stage director and conductor. Biography Hengelbrock was born in Wilhelmshaven, the son of teachers Günther and Dorothea Elisabeth (Schliefert) Hengelbrock. He stud ...

Sacred cantata, JLB 21 (see also Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen#Recordings): * Mona Spägele, Harry Van Berne, Stephan Schreckenberger, Christiane Iven, Bremen Baroque Orchestra, Alsfelder Vokalensemble, Gesualdo Consort and others conducted by

Wolfgang Helbich Wolfgang Helbich (8 April 1943 – 8 April 2013) was a German church musician, a choral conductor and academic. He was the founder of the Alsfelder Vokalensemble and served as their conductor for decades, a group that toured internationally and re ...

(before 2014)Mona Spägele, Harry Van Berne, Stephan Schreckenberger, Christiane Iven, Bremen Baroque Orchestra, Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble, Gesualdo Consort, etc. and Wolfgang Helbich (conductor)
The Sacred Apocryphal Bach / Helbich, Alsfelder Vokalensemble (8-CD Set)
CPO, 2014 Motets, JLB 27–37: * JLB 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36 and 37: Maria Zadori, Lena Susanne Norin, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens, Veronika Winter, Gundula Anders, Hans Jörg Mammel, Hans-Joachim Weber, Annette Schneider, Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert conducted by

(1997–2004) * JLB 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36 and 37: Ex tempore Gent, Orpheon Consort Wien, Florian Heyerick (2006) * JLB 28 and 33: Choir of Clare College Cambridge conducted by Timothy Brown (2013) * JLB 28, 32 and 33: Leipziger Cantorey conducted by

Gotthold Schwarz Gotthold Schwarz (born 2 May 1952) is a German Bass-baritone and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the 17th Thomaskantor after Johann ...

(2015) * JLB 34: Cantus Cölln conducted by

Konrad Junghänel Konrad Junghänel (born 27 February 1953) is a German lutenist and Conducting, conductor in the field of historically informed performance, the founder and director of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln. Career Junghänel studied at the Hochschule ...

(2015) Kyrie-Gloria Mass, JLB 38: *

Gächinger Kantorei Gächinger Kantorei (Gächingen Chorale), which uses the old German spelling of its name, the Gaechinger Cantorey, is an internationally known German mixed choir, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1954 in Gächingen (part of St. Johann close to Reutl ...

and

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Bach-Collegium Stuttgart is an internationally known German instrumental ensemble, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1965 to accompany the Gächinger Kantorei in choral music with orchestra. Its members are mostly orchestra musicians from Germany and ...

, conducted by

Helmuth Rilling Helmuth Rilling (born 29 May 1933) is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher. He is the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970), the Internationale Bachakade ...

(1976–77, reissued 2013) *Maria Zadori, Kai Wessel, David Cordier, Wilfried Jochens, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Stephan Schreckenberger, Harry van der Kamp, Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert conducted by

(2004) *Ex Tempore, conducted by Florian Heyerick (2012)Ex Tempore and Florian Heyerick (conductor
''Un dimanche à Leipzig''.
Ricercar, 2012 Concerto, JLB 39: * Reinhard Goebel, Stephan Schardt and Musica Antiqua Köln (2012) Kyrie–Gloria Masses BWV Anh. 25 and

167 Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 167 for t ...

: * Mona Spägele, Harry Van Berne, Stephan Schreckenberger, Christiane Iven, Bremen Baroque Orchestra, Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble, Gesualdo Consort and others conducted by Wolfgang Helbich (before 2014)

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