Eric Gill, Good Shepherd, Tate Collections, London, 1926
Ich bin ein guter Hirt
I am a good shepherd
I am a good shepherd
Canata 85
BWV 85
Event: Cantata for Misericordias Domini [2nd Sunday after Easter]
1st Performance: April 15, 1725 - Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: 1 Peter 2: 21-25; Gospel: John 10: 12-16
Text: John 10: 11 (Mvt. 1); Cornelius Becker (Mvt. 3); Ernst Christoph Homburg(Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4-5) (Probably Christiane Mariane von Ziegler)
Chorale text: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt
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Performance by Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Alto: Andreas Scholl; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Gotthold Schwarz; Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale (Direction: Gotthold Schwarz) / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Christophe Coin conducting.
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Performance by Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Alto: Andreas Scholl; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Gotthold Schwarz; Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale (Direction: Gotthold Schwarz) / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Christophe Coin conducting.
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Performance by Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Norbert Meyn; Bass: Stephen Varcoe; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at Basilique St. Willibrord, Echternach, Luxembourg.
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Performance by Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.
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Performance by Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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Performance by Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Gabriele Schreckenbach, Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Walter Heldwein; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling conducting.
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Performance by Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Gabriele Schreckenbach, Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Walter Heldwein; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling conducting.
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