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Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143
Created ? New Year's Day 1709-1711?, Mühlhausen period. Occasion: New Year's Day.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 143.
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Videos with this cantata
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 15 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 143 - Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
Helmut Rilling
Published 3 November 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantaten - (BWV 140), (BWV 143), (BWV 144), (BWV 145)
Hermann Schroeder (1964)
Published 12 March 2019Bach Kantate BWV 143 Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele II, Hermann Schroeder 1964
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 29 June 2018J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 143, BWV 41, BWV 16, BWV 171 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol17 CD1)
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 27 August 2021J. S. Bach - Cantatas:BWV18,BWV143,BWV152,BWV155,BWV161- M. Suzuki (CD 05/55)
Ton Koopman
Published 6 July 2017J. S. Bach – Cantatas BWV 140, 34, 143, 158 – T. Koopman (Vol. 21 CD2)