Cantata Information
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
Created 22 April 1714, Weimar period. Occasion: Jubilate.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 12.
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All of Bach
Published 5 November 2023BWV 12 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by René Jacobs Grote Kerk, Naarden
Helmut Rilling
Published 9 August 2013Bach J.S. Cantata BWV 12
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 5 October 2018J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 12, BWV 103, BWV 146 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol24 CD1)
Joshua Rifkin
Published 13 May 2012J.S. Bach / Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (Rifkin)
Karl Richter
Published 11 May 2019BCA068 BWV12 Cantata for 3rd Sunday after Easter Richter 1973-74
La Petite Bande
Published 15 June 2022Bach: Sacred cantatas, BWV 12, 67, 85 | Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Bande
Martin Flämig
Published 21 April 2019Bach Kantate BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, Martin Flämig
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 20 August 2021J. S. Bach - Cantate: BWV12, BWV54, BWV162, BWV182 - M.Suzuki (CD 03/55)
Philippe Herreweghe
Published 3 April 2023J. S. Bach - "Weinen, Klagen..." ( BWV 12, 38, 75) - Ph. Herreweghe
Ton Koopman
Published 14 August 2016J. S. Bach – Cantatas: BWV 12, BWV 18, BWV 61 – T. Koopman (Vol.2 CD1)
Vox Luminis
Published 10 January 2023J.S.Bach "ACTUS TRAGICUS - Cantatas BWV 106, 150, 131, 12" (Vox Luminis, Meunier)
Bach-Stiftung
Published 9 May 2020J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Bach-Stiftung workshop
Published 7 May 2020Workshop zur Kantate BWV 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Published 18 October 2020J. S. Bach, "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" BWV 12--Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Goldberg Baroque
Published 17 March 2015Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen BWV 12
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 1 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 12 - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 4 March 2015BWV 12 - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Scrolling)