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Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
Created 2 July 1724, Leipzig period. Occasion: Visitation.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 10.
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All of Bach
Published 13 December 2018BWV 10 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Marcus Creed Grote Kerk, Naarden
Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Published 15 October 2025J. S. Bach, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren" BWV 10--Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 1 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 10 - Meine Seel erhebt den Herren
Helmut Rilling
Published 6 August 2013Bach J.S. Cantata BWV 10
Karl Münchinger
Published 25 March 2013Bach: Cantata BWV 10 (Meine Seel erhebt den Herren) by Ameling Watts Krenn Rintzler
Karl Richter
Published 29 January 2010Karl Richter - Cantata "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren", BWV 10 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1/7)
La Petite Bande
Published 20 September 2019J. S. Bach - The Complete Liturgical Year in 64 Cantatas - S. Kuijken (CD 11/19)
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 29 October 2021J.S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 10, 93, 178, 107 - M. Suzuki (CD 23/55)
Ton Koopman
Published 22 January 2015Bach: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 (Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir)