JS Bach: Cantate « Christ lay in the bonds of death »

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata no. 4 (« Christ lay in the bonds of death »)
RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra - Robert Shaw, cond.
RCA Victor « Red Seal Records » DM 1096 [78rpm x 4, 25cm]
RCA Victor « Red Seal Records » LM 25 [LP, 25cm]

Contents:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 4 « Christ lag in Todesbanden »

1. Chorus: Versus 1. Christ lag in Todesbanden (Part 1)
2. Chorus: Versus 1. Christ lag in Todesbanden (Concluded)
3. Duet: Versus 2. Den Tod niemand zwinen kunnt' (Part 1)
4. Duet: Versus 2. Den Tod niemand zwinen kunnt' (Concluded)

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5. Aria: Versus 3. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn
6. Chorus: Versus 4. Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg
7. Aria: Versus 5. Hier ist das rechte osterlamm
8. Duet: Versus 6 So Feiern wir das hohe fest
   Chorale: Versus 7 Wir essen und leben

Playing time: 26' 16"

Performers:
RCA Victor Chorale
with Russell Oberlin (?) (counter-tenor) and others (unknown)
RCA Victor Orchestra
Robert Shaw, cond.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [ca 1946]

Compilation
RCA Victor « Red Seal Records » LM 9035 [LP] JS Bach: Motet no. 3 « Jesu meine Freude » – Cantata No. 4 « Christ lag in Todesbanden »

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Comments:
Information from MELVYL; the 78rpm box includes four discs No. 10-1267, 10-1268, 10-1269 10-1270 (matrix 10-1263A to 10-1266B), automatic coupling.
The RCA Victor Chorale was later known as Robert Shaw Chorale.

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