Kantate, BWV 4 „Christ lag in Todesbanden“: VIII. Choral Versus VII „Wir essen und leben wohl“

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Relationships

composed in:Mühlhausen, Thüringen (Thuringia), Germany (from 1707 until 1708)
revised in:Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1724 until 1725)
composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1707)
librettist:Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation) (in 1524)
part of:Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 41) (order: 41)
part of:Kantate, BWV 4 „Christ lag in Todesbanden“ (Leipzig version, commonly recorded) (movement) (order: 8)
arrangements:Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Choral Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl" (catch all for arrangements)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1950-08Cantata for the first day of Easter, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": Versus 7 (Chorale): Wir essen und wir leben wohlChor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik Frankfurt am Main, Maria Jung, Bach Festival Orchestra 1950, Fritz Lehmann1:25
1951Cantata No.4: Christ lag in Todesbanden (Easter Sunday), BWV4: vii. Chorus: Wir essen und leben wohlFelix Prohaska, The Bach Guild1:18
1961Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: VI. Versus 7: Choral "Wir essen und leben wohl"Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Fritz Werner1:31
1968-07Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Choral Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl"Münchener Bach‐Chor, Münchener Bach‐Orchester, Karl Richter1:24
1970-12-01 – 1971-04BWV 4 BC A54b: "Christ lag in Todes Banden": VIII Choral (Coro) Versus VII »Wir essen und leben wohl«Hans Gillesberger, Chorus Viennensis, Wiener Sängerknaben, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt1:19
1980-11Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": Versus VII (Chorale)Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner1:19
1980-12Kantate, BWV 4 „Christ lag in Todesbanden“: VIII. Choral Versus VII „Wir essen und leben wohl“Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling1:22
1984Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Choral Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl"CBC Radio Orchestra, Wayne Riddell1:04
1993-04Oratorio, "Christ lag in Todes Banden", BWV. 4: Versus VII (Coro) "Wir essen und leben wohl"Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott1:10
1993-11 – 1994-03Cantates BWV 4 : Verset 7 - ChoeurLes petits chanteurs de Versailles, Sinfonie Saint-Julien, Jean-Francois Frémont1:25
1994-03-03 – 1994-04-26Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: Chorale – Wir essen und leben wohlJudith Nelson, Daniel Taylor, Benjamin Butterfield, Kurt‐Owen Richards, American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas1:03
1994-11-23 – 1994-12-03Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Choral Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl"Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman1:21
1995-06 – 1995-07Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Choral Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl"Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan1:24
1999-06Christ lag in Todesbanden, Cantata BWV 4Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt1:08
2000-04-23 – 2000-04-24Cantata, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Versus VII: Choral "Wir essen und leben wohl"liveEnglish Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner1:18
2000-06 – 2000-07Cantata, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todes Banden": VIII. Choral (Coro): (Versus VII) "Wir essen und leben wohl"Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink1:17
2000Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl"Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel3:35
2002-12 – 2004-03-08Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4: VIII. Wir essen und leben wohlThe Purcell Quartet1:18
2007-11Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Choral Versus VII "Wir essen und leben wohl"Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot1:10
2012-05-07Chorale: Christ lag in TodesbandenliveTenebrae, Nigel Short1:19
2017-01-23 – 2017-01-25Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: 8. Versus VII (choral): "Wir essen und leben wohl"Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe1:05
2018-09Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: VIII. Wie essen und wir leben wohlVox Luminis, Lionel Meunier1:30
2022-05Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: VIII. Chorale. Wir essen und wir leben wohlLes Arts Florissants, Benjamin Alard1:12
BWV 4: 8. Versus 7 (Chor) »Wir essen und leben wohl«New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch1:15
Cantata no. 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": Versus VI: Duetto (Soprano, Tenore) – Versus VII: ChoralMünchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen3:01
Chorales By Luther Composed By J.S. Bach: Christ Lag In TodesbandenGächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Peter Schreier, Wurttemberg Chamber Choir Stuttgart, Dieter Kurz, Helmuth Rilling8:28
Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: VIII. Wir essen und leben wohlBach Collegium San Diego3:54
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: VIII. Versus 7. Wir essen und leben wohlEnsemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé1:17
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: Wir essen und leben wohl (Coro)liveChœur de Chambre de Namur, Ricercar Consort, Pierre Cao1:36
Kantate BWV 4, Nr. 7 (Vers 7)Calmus Ensemble Leipzig1:06
Kantate zum Osterfest, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden": VIII. Vers 7 (Chor)Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Fritz Werner?:??