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Cantata BWV 20
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [I]
[I]  


Ref.:

BWV 20

German Title

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [I]

English Title

O eternity, O word of thunder (by Francis Browne)

Event

Chorale Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 1 John 4: 16-21; Gospel: Luke 16: 19-31
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for 1st Sunday after Trinity

Composed

Leipzig, 1724
1st performance: June 11, 1724 - Leipzig

Text:

Johann Rist (Mvts. 1, 7, 11); Anon (Mvts. 2-6, 8-10)

BWV 20 Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7 | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | English-13 | English-14
Catalan-1 | Chinese-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-4 | French-1 | French-4 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hungarian-2 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-2 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-1 | Russian-3 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7 | Spanish/English-8
Chorale Text: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [BWV 20/1,~2-6,7,~8-10,11]

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: trumpet, 3 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) | Mvt. 2: Recitative [T] | Mvt. 3: Aria [T] | Mvt. 4: Recitative [B] | Mvt. 5: Aria [B] | Mvt. 6: Aria [A] | Mvt. 7: Chorale | Mvt. 8: Aria [B] | Mvt. 9: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 10: Aria - Duet [A, T] | Mvt. 11: Chorale

BWV 20 Scores: Score Vocal & Piano [2.29 MB] | Score BGA [3.42 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-LEb Thomana 20 [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 11
Capella: Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 7 ver 2 [cap]
MuseScore: Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 | Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 9 | Mvt. 10 | Mvt. 11 [MuseScore]
Annotated Score with Analysis: Complete Cantata [Unger]
Chorale Melody: Wach auf, mein Geist, erhebe dich>O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [BWV 20/1,7,11]

References:

BWV 20 References: BGA: II | NBA: I/15 | BC: A 95 | Zwang: K 74 | First Published: BG, 1852 | Autograph score (facsimile): Basle, Paul-Sacher-Stiftung | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 20 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | Bachipedia
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | B!52, Odcinek 79 [Polish] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of June 2, 2002; Week of May 28, 2006; Week of April 24, 2011; Week of May 18, 2014


Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3
Discussions - Part 4 (3rd round)
Discussions - Part 5 (4th round)
Discussions - Part 6 (July 2024)

John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vols. 1&8
Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Cantatas Vol. 22 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Discography - Part 1

Complete Recordings


1

Radio Recording - Archiv-Nr: 00-83963 [R-12]

 

Cantata BWV 20 [33:15]

Max Thurn

NDR-Chor, Members of Eppendorfer Knabenchor / NDR Sinfonieorchester

Alto: Lotte Wolf-Matthäus; Tenor: Helmut Kretschmar; Bass: Hans-Olaf Hudemann
Adolf Scherbaum (Bach Trumpet); Johannes Schloemer (Oboe); Hans Kohlert (Oboe); Wilhelm Schaper (Oboe)
Basso continuo: Gerhard Gregor (Organ); Wolfram Hentschel (Violoncello); Gerhard Ulrich (Basso continuo)

Norddeutsche Rundfunk in Hamburg

Jun 9-10, 1955

Tape / TT:

Recorded in Hamburg, Germany.


2

Bach: Kantate BWV 20, O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort, Schmidt-Gaden 1964 [CR-20]

Cantata BWV 20 [33:05]

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Tölzer Knabenchor / Orchestra: unknown

Alto: Helen Raab; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer; Baritone: Barry McDaniel

YouTube

1964

Audio / TT:

Recorded at... original mono, 1961.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [33:05]


3

Bach: Kantate BWV 20 O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort, Lothar Gast live [CR-20]

Cantata BWV 20 [31:34]

Lothar Gast

Kantorei Vegesack / Bremer Bach-Orchester

Alto: Brigitte Verpoort; Tenor: Bernhard Michaelis; Bass: Klaus Ocker

YouTube

1966

Audio / TT:

Recorded probably at Alt-Aumunder-Kirche, Bremen-Vegesack, district of Aumund, Germany. Recorded live from the radio.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [31:34]


4

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 39 (Cantatas BWV 176, 20, 2)
Edition Bachakademie
Vol. 6 (Cantatas BWV 19-20)

 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [33:04]

Helmuth Rilling

Frankfurter Kantorei / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Altos: Verena Gohl, Martha Kessler; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer, Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne
Hermann Sauter (Trumpet); Otto Winter (Oboe); Klaus Kärcher (Oboe); Hanspeter Weber (Oboe); Hans Mantels (Bassoon); Rudolf Kleibnerr (Continuo Cello); Ulrich Lau (Double-bass); Martha Schuster (Harpsichord, Positive Organ)

Hänssler 98.801
Hänssler 92.006
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Jun-Jul 1970

CD / TT: 64:15
CD / TT: 55:43
MP3 / TT: 53:43

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recording: Sonopress Tontechnik, Gütersloh; Recording Supervision: Richard Hauck/Wolfram Wehnert.
Listen on YouTube:
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 19, BWV 20 [53:41]
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5

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk ·Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 5 - BWV 17-20
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas
Vol. 2 - BWV 20-36
Bach-2000
Vol. 1: Sacred Cantatas 1 - BWV 1-14, 16-47
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten
Vol. 7 - BWV 20 & 21

 

Cantata BWV 20 [26:29 / 26:55]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master - Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond
CMW: Alice Harnoncourt, Walter Pfeiffer, Peter Schoberwalter, Wilhelm Mergl, Josef de Sordi (Violins); Kurt Theiner, Hans-Peter Ochsenhofer (Violas); Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Violoncello); Eduard Hruza (Violone); Jürg Schaeftlein, Paul Hailperin, Karl Gruber, Alfred Hertel, Stanley King (Oboes); Otto Fleischmann, Milan Turkovic (Bassoon); Richard Rudolf (Slide Trumpet); Herbert Tachezi, Johann Sonnleitner (Organ); Kurt Hammer (Timpani)

Telefunken 6.35031
Teldec 4509-91756-2
Teldec 3984-25706-2
Teldec 8573-81208-2
Warner Classics 8573-81208-5

Dec 1971

2-LP / TT: 80 min
6-CD / TT: 385:33
15-CD / TT: 999:37
CD / TT: 63:57
CD / TT: 63:57

Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria (?).
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [26:50] | Complete Cantata [27:10] | Complete Cantata [27:03] | Cantatas BWV 20, BWV 21 [63:55]
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6

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10

 
 
 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [26:54]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Alto: Michael Chance; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens
ABC: Sopranos: María-Luz Álvarez, Els Bongers, Loes Groot Antink, Francine van der Heijden, Vera Lansink; Altos: Annemieke Cantor, Marleene Goldstein, Peter de Groot, Hugo Naessens; Tenors: Andreas Gisler, Henk Gunneman, Joost van der Linden, Geraint Roberts, John Wright; Basses: Kees van Hees, Matthijs Mesdag, René Steur, Hans Wijers
ABO Soloists: Margaret Faultless (Violin); Jonathan Manson (Cello); Patrick Beaugireaud (Oboe); Stephen Keavy (Trumpet)
ABO: Margaret Faultless, Marc Cooper, Foskien Kooistra, Carla Marotta, Catherine Martin, Fanny Pestalozzi, Alida Schat. Sylvia Schweinberger, Sebastiaan van Vucht (Violins); Martin Kelly, Jane Rogers (Violas); Jonathan Manson, Catherine Jones (Cello); Nicholas Pap (Double-bass); Patrick Beaugireaud, Michel Henry, Stefaan Verdegem (Oboe); Stephen Keavy (Trumpet); Marc Vallon (Bassoon); Ton Koopman (Organ, Harpsichord) [recitatives & arias]; Matthew Halls (Organ) [choir]; Mike Fentross (Lute)

Erato 8573-80220-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72210

Oct 1998

3-CD / TT: 224:01

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Producer: Tini Mathot; Sound engineer and editing: Adriaan Verstijnen.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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7

Bach Edition Vol. 18 - Cantatas Vol. 9

 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [28:10]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar
HBC: Trebles: Anne Jan Leusink, Herjan Pullen, Hans van Roset, Aalt Jan van Roest, Jelle Stocker, Gerwin Zwep, Tanny Koomen, Claude Paelinck, Erik Guldenaar, Nicky Westerink, Peter van der Kolk; Counter-tenors: Arjan Dokter, Gerald Engeltjes, Vincent Groeneveld, Jan Zwerver, Arjen Nap, Jan Willem Prins; Tenors: Martinus Leusink, Marijn Takken, Cor van Twillert, Peter Bloemendaal, Frank Tros; Basses: Jeroen Assink, Edwin Smit, Jim Groenevald, Sebastian Holz, Klaas Alberts, Richard Guldenaar, Huib van Hinsbergen
NBC: John Wilson Meyer (Concert-master), Laura Johnson, Eva Scheytt, Pieter Affourtit, Alida Schat, Annabelle Ferdinand, Fanny Pestalozzi, Rachael Beesley, Mimi Mitchel (Violins); Jan Willem Vis, Simon Murphy, Örsze Adam (Violas); Frank Wakelkamp, Thomas Pitt (Violoncellos); Maggie Urquhart, Robert Franenberg, Jan Hollestelle, Joshua Cheatam (Double-bass); Peter Frankenberg, Ofer Frenkel, Susanne Grutzmacher, Eduard Wesley, Kristin Linde, Vincent van Ballegooien, Nico de Gier, Fernando Souza (Oboes); Trudy van der Wulp, Norbert Kunst (Bassoons); Susan Williams, William Wroth, Frank Anepool, Geerten Rooze, David Kjar (Natural Trumpets); Vaughan Schlepp, Rien Voskuilen, Stephen Taylor (Organ)

Brilliant Classics 99377

Mar-Apr 2000

5-CD / TT: 307:14

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, the Netherlands. Production Manager: Christine Schreuder; Recording: Clavigram, Leerdam; Producer/editing: Jean van Vugt; Balance & Recording Engineer, Editing: Louis van Emmerk.
Listen on YouTube: 
CD: Cantatas BWV 5, BWV 38, BWV 20 [68:44]
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8

Bach Cantatas Vol. 1: City of London
For the Feast of St. John the Baptist (BWV 167, 7, 30)
For the 1st Sunday after Trinity (BWV 75, 30, 20)

 
 
1. 
2.

Cantata BWV 20 [23:46]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Alto: Wilke te Brummelstroete; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Dietrich Henschel
MC: Sopranos: Suzanne Flowers, Susan Hamilton, Angharad Gruffydd Jones, Gillian Keith, Emma Preston-Dunlop, Katharine Fuge; Altos: Lucy Ballard, Mark Chambers, Angus Davidson, Richard Wyn Roberts; Tenors: Simon Davies, Rory O'Connor, Paul Tindall, Vernon Kirk; Basses: Christopher Foster, Charles Pott, Colin Campbell, Robert Macdonald
EBS: Alison Bury, Penny Spencer, Debbie Diamond, Sarah Bealby-Wright (Violin I); Adrian Butterfield, Jane Gillie, Silvia Schweinberger, Alison Townley (Violin II); Jane Rogers, Colin Kitching, Mari Giske (Violas); Viola De Hoog, Christopher Poffley (Cellos); Valerie Botwright (Double-bass); Edouard Wessley, Mark Baigent, Kate Latham (Oboes); Alastair Mitchell (Bassoon); Mark Bennett (Tromba da tirasi); Simon Standage (Harpsichord); Howard Moody (Organ)

Soli Deo Gloria 101

Jun 25, 2000

2-CD / TT: 148:26

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England.
Listen on YouTube: 
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [23:47] | Mvt. 1: Chorus [4:58]
See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vols. 1&8
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9

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for the First and Second Sundays After Trinity [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 20 [29:24]

Craig Smith

Orchestra and Chorus of Emmanuel Music (Chorus Master: Michael Beattie)

Alto: Pamela Dellal; Tenor: Gerald Gray; Bass: David Kravitz
Choir: Sopranos: Gail Abbey, Roberta Anderson, Kendra Colton, Margaret Johnson, Pamela Murray, Jaylyn Olivo, Jayne West; Altos: Pamela Dellal, Gloria Raymond, Amy Schneider, Kamala Soparkar, Susan Trout; Tenors: Gerald Gray, William Hite, Frank Kelley, Randy McGee, Ryan Turner; Basses: Paul Guttry, Herman Hildebrand, David Kravitz, Mark McSweeney, Donald Wilkinson
Orchestra: Danielle Maddon, Sarah Roth, Jodi Hagan, Hilary Fostyer (Violin I); Dianne Pettipaw, Jennifer Elowitch, Karma Tomm (Violin II); Betty Hauck, Mary Ruth Ray (Violas); Shannon Snapp (Cello); Gregory Koeller (Double-bass); Suzanne Cleverdon (Organ); Peggy Pearson, Barbara LaFitte Janes Harrison (Oboes); Jeffrey Work (Trumpet); Laura Jeppesen (Viola da gamba)

Koch International Classics 3-7535-2H1

Sep 5-15, 2001

2-CD / TT: 146:15

Recorded at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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10

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 22 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 (BWV 7, 20, 94)

 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [23:58]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Peter Kooy
Chorus: Sopranos: Yukari Nonoshita, Minae Fujisaki, Yoshie Hida, Naoco Kaketa; Altos: Robin Blaze, Tamaki Suzuki, Yukie Tamura, Sumihito Uesugi; Tenors: Jan Kobow, Satoshi Mizukoshi, Yosuke Taniguchi; Basses: Peter Kooy, Tetsuya Oi, Chiyuki Urano, Yusuke Watanabe
Orchestra: Trumpet: Toshio Shimada*; Transverse Flute: Kiyomi Suga*; Oboe I: Alfredo Bernardini*; Oboe II: Masamitsu San’nomiya; Oboe III: Yukari Maehashi; Violin I: Natsumi Wakamatsu* [Leader], Yuko Araki, Paul Herrera; Violin II: Azumi Takada*, Luna Oda, Kaori Toda; Viola: Yoshiko Morita, Amiko Watabe
Continuo: Violoncello: Hidemi Suzuki*, Mime Yamahiro; Double-bass: Takashi Konno; Bassoon: Dona Agrell; Harpsichord: Masaaki Suzuki, Naoya Otsuka; Organ: Naoko Imai*
* Soloists

BIS 1321

Apr 19-23, 2002

CD / TT: 73:17

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
Balance Engineer: Ingo Petry; Producer: Hans Kipfer; Digital Editing: Sibylle Strobel.
See: Cantatas Vol. 22 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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11

J.S. Bach: “O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort” - Cantatas BWV 2, 20 & 176 [C-14]

Cantata BWV 20 [25:30]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Peter Kooy
Choir: Sopranos: Edwige Cardoen, Cécile Kempenaers, Lut Van de Velde, Dominique Verkinderen; Altos: Yvonne Fuchs, Cécile Pilorger, Alex Potter, Mieke Wouters; Tenors: Malcolm Bennett, Friedemann Büttner, Gerhard Hölzle, Markus Schuck, Basses: Pieter Coene, Robert van der Vinne, Bart Vanderwege, Frits Vanhulle
Orchestra: Mira Clodeann (Concert-master); Michiyo Kondo, Andreas Preuss, Kathrin Tröger (Violin I); Adrian Chamorro, Corrado Masoni, Sebastian van Vucht (Violin II); Hiltrud Hampe, Brigitte Clement, Peter Van Boxedaere (Violas); Claire Giardelli, Herman Jan Schwitters (Violoncellos); Myiriam Shalinsky (Double-bass); Herman Stinders (Organ); Marcel Ponseele, Taka Kitazato, Rafaël Palacios (Oboes); Philippe Miquen (Bassoon); Patrick Beuckels (Flute); Guy Ferber, Pascal Geay, René Mazé (Trumpets)

Harmonia Mundi France HMC-901791
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May 2002

CD / TT: 53:20
MP3 / TT: 53:10

Recorded at Stolberger Saal, Köln, Germany. Artistic Director: Andreas Neubronner / Tritonous; Recording Engineer: Ulrich Schneider.
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12

J.S. Bach: Kóralkantáták IV [C-5]

 

Cantata BWV 20 []

Salamon Kamp

Lutherania Choir (Lutheránia énekkar) / Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra (Ferenc Kamarazenekar) (Artistic Leader: Lili Áldor)

Soprano: Mária Zádori; Alto: Atala Schöck; Tenor: Péter Marosvári; Bass: Joszéf Moldvay; Gábor Trajtler (Organ)

Lutherania

Jun 9, 2002

MP3 / TT

Recorded live during 13th Budapest Bach Weeks, at Deák téri evangélikus templom (Lutheran Church), Budapest, Hungary.
Download this recording from: Lutherania: Recordings [MP3]


13

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 7: "O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort" - Cantatas BWV 20 · 2 · 10

 

Cantata BWV 20 [26:26]

Sigiswald Kuijken

(OVPP - No Choir) / La Petite Bande

Soprano: Siri Thornhill; Alto: Petra Noskaiova; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann; Bass: Jan Van der Crabben

Accent 25307

Jul 2007

SACD / TT: 64:38

Recorded at Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium.
Listen on YouTube: Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [26:29]
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14

J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 20 "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" [D-80] [D8-6]
Bach-Kantaten-Edition der Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen: Bach erlebt VIII - Das Bach-Jahr 2014
Bachkantaten N°13 (BWV 20, 13, 103)

 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [CD: 24:27; YT: 28:46]

Conductor: Rudolf Lutz
Reflection lecture: Sibylle Lewitscharoff

Chor & Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung

Soloists: Alto: Markus Forster; Tenor: Daniel Johannsen; Bass: Wolf-Matthias Friedrich
Choir: Sopranos: Olivia Fündeling, Guro Hjemli, Susanne Seitter, Noëmi Sohn-Nad, Alexa Vogel; Altos: Jan Börner, Antonia Frey, Francisca Näf, Damaris Rickhaus, Lea Scherer; Tenors: Marcel Fässler, Manuel Gerber, Nicolas Savoy, Walter Siegel; Basses: Fabrice Hayoz, Philippe Rayot, Tobias Wicky, William Wood
Orchestra: Violins: Renate Steinmann, Monika Baer, Elisabeth Kohler, Olivia Schenkel, Fanny Tschanz, Anita Zeller; Violas: Susanna Hefti, Matthias Jäggi, Martina Zimmermann; Violoncellos: Maya Amrein, Hristo Kouzmanov; Violone: Markus Bernhard; Oboes: Kerstin Kramp, Ingo Müller, Shai Kribus; Trumpet & tromba da tirarsi: Patrick Henrichs; Bassoon: Susann Landert; Harpsichord: Thomas Leininger; Organ: Nicola Cumer

J.S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen B196
J.S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen
J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen B290
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Jun 27, 2014

DVD / TT: 88 min
11-DVD / TT: 937 min
CD / TT: 59:49
MP3 / TT: 59:13

Recorded live at Evangelische Kirche, Trogen, Switzerland, in the frame of J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Cantata Series.
The DVD contains film recordings of the complete cantata performance, the musical and theological introductory workshop, and reflection lecture on the cantata text. The DVD also features a documentary in German, English and Spanish on the making of our sound and image recordings and their distribution across the world.
Recording & Production: Sound Engineers: Stefan Ritzenthaler, Johannes Widmer; Producer: Meinrad Keel; Production: Gallus Media AG, Switzerland; DVD format: PAL.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [28:46] | Workshop [46:09 | Reflection Lecture [13:26] | Mvt. 5: Aria [B] [4:13]
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CD (2015): J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen: Shop | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de || Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
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15

Bach & Neues: Konzert zum Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentag (BWV 20, 39) [C15-3]

 

Cantata BWV 20 [27:33]

Kay Johannsen

Stuttgarter Kantorei / Stiftsbarock Stuttgart (Konzertmeisterin: Susanne von Gutzeit)

Soloists: Soprano: Fanie Antonelou; Alto: Lena Sutor-Wernich; Tenor: Daniel Schreiber; Bass: Matthias Horn

YouTube

Jun 4, 2015

Audio / TT: 46:32

Recorded & filmed live at Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the frame of the Canata Cycle Bach:vokal.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [HD: 27:33]


16

Bach at One - Wednesday, October 14, 1pm (Cantatas BWV 48, 20) [BO-44]

 

Cantata BWV 20 []

Julian Wachner

Trinity Wall Street Choir / Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Wall Street

Soloists: Alto: Melissa Attebury [BWV 20]; Alto: Clifton Massey [BWV 20]; Tenor: Andrew Fuchs [BWV 20]; Tenor: Brian Giebler [BWV 20]; Bass: Edmund Milly [BWV 20]; Bass: Jonathan Woody [BWV 20]

Trinity Wall Street

Oct 14, 2015

Video / TT: 69:37

Recorded & filmed live at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, New York, USA, in the frame of Bach at One Cantata Series.
Watch on Trinity Wall Street Website:
Complete Concert [66:37]


17

Angelus Sacred Early Music: Lenten Concert - Word of Thunder: J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 101, 20, and 76 [ASM-17]

 

Cantata BWV 20

Marianne Pfau

USD Choral Scholars (Director: Emilie Amrein) / Jubilate Baroque Orchestra (Director: David Wilson)

Soprano: Rita Lilly; Alto: Clifton Massey; Tenor: Kyle Stegall; Bass: Ben Kazez

Angelus Sacred Early Music

Apr 1, 2017

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at University of San Diego: Founders Chapel, San Diego, Calfornia, USA, in the frame of Angelus Sacred Early Music Series at USD.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Mvt. 11: Chorale [1:02]


18

Bach: Eternity (Cantatas BWV 20, 93, 3, 10, 116, 124) [C-6]

 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [23:57]

Christoph Spering

Chorus Musicus Köln / Das Neue Orchester

Soloists: Alto: Leandro Marziotte; Tenor: Benedikt Kristjánsson; Bass: Daniel Ochoa
CMK: Sopranos: Santa Bulatova, Anna-Sophie Brosig, Sabine Laubach, Elisa Rabanus, Ingeborg Schilling; Altos: Franziska Gündert, Natalie Hüskens, Stefan Kunath, Nils Stefan, Angelika Wied; Tenors: Jo Holzwarth, Thomas Jakobs, Ferdinand Junghänel, Bruno Michalke, Fabian Strotmann; Basses: Benjamin Hewat-Craw, Johannes Hill, Karsten Lehl, Andreas Post, Christian Walter
DNO: Oboes: Michael Niesemann, Clara Blessing, Benjamin Völkel; Bassoon, Contra-bassoon: Alexander Golde; Trumpet: Hannes Rux; Tromba da tirarsi: Karin Stock; Corno da tirarsi: Olivier Picon; Trombone: Uwe Haase; Violins 1: Elisabeth Weber [Concert master]; Christof Boerner, Katja Grüttner, Christine Wasgindt; Violins 2: Petar Mancev, Christian Friedrich, Mark Schimmelmann; : Antje Sabinski, Christian Goosses; Violoncello: Davit Melkonyan; Double-bass: Timo Hoppe; Harpsichord: Andreas Gilger; Organ: Carsten Lohf

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19075874862
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Feb 3-12, 2018

2-CD / TT: 110:13
MP3 / TT: 109:54

Recorded at Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A coproduction with Deutschlandfunk.
Executive Producer: Christoph Schmitz (Deutschlandfunk), Stefan Lang (Deutschlandfunk Kultur); Recording Producer: Jens Schünemann; Recording Engineer: Michael Morawietz.
Buy this album at:
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19

Blanche Moyse Chorale Concerts - J.S. Bach: Four Cantatas 10/7/18 (BWV 14, 4, 32, 20) [CC-18]

70:06-100:26: Cantata BWV 20 [30:26]

Mary Westbrook-Geha

Blanche Moyse Chorale / Blanche Moyse Memorial Orchestra

Soprano: Hyunah Yu; Alto: Mary Westbrook-Geha; Tenor: Steven Paul Spears; Bass: Nathaniel Sullivan

YouTube

Oct 7, 2018

Video / TT: 103:26

Recorded & filmed live at the Brattleboro Music Center Auditorium, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. Broadcast on Brattleboro Community TV.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 14, 4, 32, 20 [103:26]


20

Все кантаты Баха. Сезон V "Кантаты и хоралы", Концерт первый (BWV 60, 20) [S5-1]

 
 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [26:20]

Artistic Director & Conductor: Oleg Romanenko

Collegium Musicum Ensemble, Moscow

Alto: Mikhail Shirochenko; Tenor: Mikhail Nor; Bass: Vladimir Krasov
Igor Goldenberg (Organ)

YouTube

Sep 26, 2021

Video / TT: 92:51

Recorded & filmed live at Evangelical-Lutheran St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, as part of Все кантаты Баха.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 60, 20 [92:51]
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [26:20]


21

BWV 20 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [C21-18]

Cantata BWV 20 [28:23]

Ryan Turner

Emmanuel Music

Soloists: Alto: Carrie Cheron; Tenor: Jonas Budris; Bass: David McFerrin
Peggy Pearson, Jennifer Slowik & Andrew van der Paardt (Oboes); Richard Kelley (Trumpet)

YouTube

Feb 13, 2022

Video / TT: 28:23

Recorded & filmed live at at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the frame of Emmanuel Music: Bach Cantata Series.
Recording Engineer: Seth Torres; Livestream Engineer: Maurizio Fiore.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [28:23]


22

6. Bach-Tage St. Jacobi II: Kantate "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" BWV 20; Kantate "Die Elenden sollen essen" BWV 75 [BT6-2]

 
 

Cantata BWV 20 [25:22]

Conductor & Organ: Stefan Kordes

Kammerchor St. Jacobi Göttingen / Göttinger Barockorchester (on original instruments)

BWV 20 Soloists: Soprano: Katherina Müller; Alto: Nicole Pieper; Tenor: Manuel König; Bass: Henryk Böhm
GBO: Henning Vater, Julia Krikkay (Violins); Magdalena Schenk-Bader (Viola); Angelika Miklin (Violoncello); Barbara Hofmann (Violone); Annette Berryman, Aleksandra Mutwicka & Christine Allanic (Oboe, Oboe d'amore, Oboe da caccia), Rhoda Patrick (Bassoon)

Bach-Tage St. Jacobi

Jul 9, 2022

Video / TT: 60:48

R& filmed live at St. Jacobi, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, in the frame of 6. Bach-Tage St. Jacobi Göttingen.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [25:22]


23

Eastman Bach Cantata Series: Cantatas 10 & 20 [CV-1] [C22-3]

Cantata BWV 20 [28:35]

Ömer Aziz Kayhan

(OVPP - No Choir) / Instrumental ensemble

Soprano: Xiaoge Zhang; Mezzo-soprano: Madelin Morales; Tenor: Andrés Ramírez Román; Bass: Holden Turner
Abreal Whitman (Violin I); Artur Korotin (Violin II); Ally Keller (Viola); Amarilli Severa (Cello); Aaron Tan (Organ); Alexis Wilson (Oboe I); Ernest Chau (Oboe II); Eric Lofgren (Trumpet)

Facebook

Apr 16, 2023

Video / TT: 68:05

Recordred & filmed live at Glory House International, Rochester, New York, USA, in the frame of Eastman School of Music: Bach Cantata Series.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 20: Complete Cantata [28:35]
Watch on Facebook:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 10, 20 [68:05]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2002 - May 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Rainer Harald (February 2019 - June 2022); Frits V. Herbold (March 2012); Claude Role (December 2017, December 2018)

Cantata BWV 20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [I] for 1st Sunday after Trinity (1724)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6


Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Main Page | Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Cantatas BWV Anh | Order of Discussion
Discussions of General Topics: Cantatas & Other Vocal Works | Performance Practice | Radio, Concerts, Festivals, Recordings




 

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