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Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137
Created 19 August 1725, Leipzig period. Occasion: Trinitatis XII.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 137.
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All of Bach
Published 18 February 2017BWV 137 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Peter Dijkstra Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam
Bach-Stiftung
Published 7 September 2019J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 137 "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Bach-Stiftung workshop
Published 5 September 2019Bach erklärt: Workshop zur Kantate BWV 137 "Lobe den Herren" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Published 2 April 2022J.S. Bach, "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren" BWV 137-Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Günther Ramin (1953)
Published 22 February 2017Bach: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137 - Ramin (1953)
Helmut Rilling
Published 3 November 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantaten - (BWV 136), (BWV 137), (BWV 138), (BWV 139)
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 26 January 2018J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 69a, 35, 137 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol.6 CD1)
Karl Richter
Published 12 August 2013J.S. Bach Cantata Lobe den Herren, den maechtigen Koenig der Ehren BWV 137
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 31 December 2021J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 137, 168, 79, 164- M. Suzuki (CD 40/55)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Published 15 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 137 - Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren
Ton Koopman
Published 19 August 2013J. S. Bach: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (BWV 137) (Koopman)