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Listening through the whole catalogue of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 3rd ed.) by 31 March 2027!

I'll be posting my entirely subjective, non-expert reviews, reactions and random nonsense about Bach as I listen through from BWV1 to BWV1164.
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Simon @bach2bachbach.bsky.social · Apr 9
If anyone is here - welcome! Please feel free to get involved!

I'm not an expert on J.S. Bach (although I have been a big fan for years): this is just a crazy project I randomly alighted on while daydreaming.

I realised that there is a huge amount I have never or barely listened to. [1/3]
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Some needed time off from social media; but looking forward to ploughing on through these cantatas!
July 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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BWV 19 Cantata for the Feast of St Michael ‘Es erhub sich ein Streit’ (‘A war arose’)
John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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open.spotify.com/album/6OUDQA...
(From track 28)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 7 - Bwv 17, 19, 25, 50, 78, 130, 149
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2000 · 41 songs
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May 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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BWV 18 - Cantata for Sexagesima Sunday ‘Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt‘ (’Just as rain and snow falls from Heaven‘)
Nicholas Harnoncourt / Concertus Musicus Wien

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#bach #cantata #baroque #classicalmusic #bwv18

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Bach: Sacred Cantatas, BWV 10 - 14 & 16 - 19
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2025 · 61 songs
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May 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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BWV 17 - Cantata for the 17th Sunday after Trinity ‘Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich’ (‘They that offer thanks praises me’)
Rudolf Lutz / Orchester und Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung
#bach #bwv17 #baroque #classicalmusic #cantata
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Bachkantate, BWV 17 - Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (Live)
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2020 · 7 songs
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May 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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BWV 16 - Cantata for New Year's Day 'Herr Gott dish loben wir' ('Lord God, we praise thee' -- "German 'Te Deum'")
John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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open.spotify.com/album/1yhzQ5... (Tracks 14-19)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 17 - Bwv 16, 41, 58, 143, 153, 171
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2008 · 39 songs
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April 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Love a good 'Jauchzet!' and BWV16 has Jauchzets! in spades.
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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BWV 15 - Cantata for Easter Monday 'Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen' ('So that you will not leave my soul in Hell')
[Attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731)]
Wolfgang Helbig / In Febiarmonici / Alsfelder Vokalensemble

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open.spotify.com/album/74Lk9P... [Tracks 13-21]
Bach: Apocryphal Bach Cantatas, Vol. 2
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April 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Awks. BWV 15 isn't even by J.S. Bach. Nineteenth Century arrogant-certainty-cum-incompetence strikes again.

I'll review it anyway; but like can't-be-fucked Bach just getting the choir to trundle through his second cousin's work on Easter Monday, it might be a bit more phoned in than other reviews.
April 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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BWV 14 - Cantata for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany 'Wär Gott nicht mit uns dieser Zeit' ('Were God not with us at this time')
John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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open.spotify.com/album/21SGAz... (Disc 2, tracks 14-18)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 19 - Bwv 3, 13, 14, 26, 81, 155, 227
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2000 · 46 songs
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April 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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BWV 13 - Cantata for the Second Sunday after Epiphany 'Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen' ('My sighs, my tears')
John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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open.spotify.com/album/21SGAz... (Disc 1, track 12 onwards)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 19 - Bwv 3, 13, 14, 26, 81, 155, 227
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2000 · 46 songs
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April 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Bit of a break from music over Easter weekend. Unlike JSB of course. Will be back after the family hordes depart later #bach #cantatas
April 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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BWV 12 - Cantata for the Third Sunday after Easter 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' ('Weeping, Lamenting, Worrying, Fearing')
Thomas Gropper / Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante / Arcis Vocalisten München
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open.spotify.com/album/02o2io...
Bach: Cantatas, BWV 12 & 147
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2013 · 17 songs
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April 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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BWV 11 - Cantata for Ascension Day ("Ascension Oratorio") 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen' ('Praise God in his Kingdoms')
Frieder Bernius / Barockorchester Stuttgart / Kammerchor Stuttgart

#bwv11 #bach #classicalmusic #cantata #baroque
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open.spotify.com/album/6sEREj... (Starts at track 12)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Osteroratorium BWV 249 & Himmelfahrtsoratorium BWV 11
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2015 · 22 songs
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April 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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BWV 10 - Cantata for the Feast of the Visitation (2 July) 'Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren' ('My soul doth magnify the Lord' aka 'The German Magnificat')
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Wiener Akademie-Chor
#bwv10 #bach #classicalmusic #baroque
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J.S. Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243; Meine Seel erhebt den Herren Cantata, BWV 10 (Elly Ameling – The Bach Edition, Vol. 6)
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 1969 · 18 songs
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April 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I've got to tell you all that my reaction to BWV 10 is coming and I cannot tell you how fucking awesome this cantata is.
April 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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BWV 9 - Cantata for the 6th Sunday after Trinity ‘Es ist das Heil uns konmen her’ (‘This is Salvation come to us’)
Karl Richter / Münchner Bach Orchester and Chor

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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas for the Sundays after Trinity I
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 1993 · 109 songs
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April 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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BWV 8 - Cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity ‘Liebster Gott, wenn werde ich sterben?’ (‘Dearest God, when shall I die?’)
Masaaki Suzuki / Bach Collegium Japan
#bach #bwv8 #classicalmusic #baroque
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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 24 - Bwv 8, 33, 113
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2004 · 21 songs
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April 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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BWV 7 - Cantata for the Feast day of St John the Baptist 'Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam' ("Christ our Lord came to the Jordan')
John Eliot Gardiner / The Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Sololists
#bach #bwv7 #classicalmusic #baroque
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open.spotify.com/album/4mNQd8... (from track 6)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 1 - Bwv 7, 20, 30, 39, 75, 167
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2000 · 56 songs
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April 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Going to revise my schedule a bit because, with the best will in the world, I don’t think I can do 3-4 of these reviews a day 😄 - and that’s before we even get to Oratorios, Masses and Passions!

Let’s go for 31 March 2027 instead. It will be Bach’s 342nd birthday!
April 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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BWV6 Cantata for Easter Monday 'Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden' ('Stay with us, for evening falls')
John Eliot Gardiner / The Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
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#bach #classicalmusic #baroque

open.spotify.com/album/1fR0hS... (Disc 2, tracks 1-6)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 22 - Bwv 4, 6, 31, 134, 145
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2000 · 40 songs
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April 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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BWV5 Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity ’Wo soll ich fliehen hin‘ (’Where shall I flee?‘)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Concertus Musicus Wien

#bach #classicalmusic #baroque

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(Track 9 onwards)
Bach: Sacred Cantatas, BWV 4 - 6
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 1994 · 21 songs
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April 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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BWV4 Cantata for the First Day of Easter ‘Christ lag in Todes banden’ (‘Christ lay in Death’s bonds’)
John Eliot Gardiner / English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir

#bach #classicalmusic #baroque

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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 22 - Bwv 4, 6, 31, 134, 145
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2000 · 40 songs
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April 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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BWV3 - Cantata for the Second Sunday after Epiphany ‘Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid!’ (‘O God, so much heartache!’)
Pieter Jan Leusink / Netherlands Bach Collegium / Netherlands Boys’ Choir

#bach #classicalmusic #baroque

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J.S. Bach: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3
Johann Sebastian Bach · EP · 2023 · 6 songs
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April 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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BWV2 - Cantata for the second Sunday after Trinity “Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein” (“O God, look down from Heaven”)
Rudolf Lutz / Orchestra and Chorus of the J.S. Bach-Stiftung

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Bachkantate, BWV 2 - Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Johann Sebastian Bach · EP · 2023 · 6 songs
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April 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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BWV1 - Cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How beautifully shines the morning star")
Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki

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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 34 - Bwv 1, 126, 127
Johann Sebastian Bach · Album · 2007 · 17 songs
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April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM