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Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180
Created 22 October 1724, Leipzig period. Occasion: Trinitatis XX.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 180.
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Bach-Stiftung
Published 22 October 2018J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 180 "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Bach-Stiftung workshop
Published 15 July 2011Werkeinführung zur Kantate BWV 180 von J.S. Bach (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 18 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 180 - Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
Helmut Rilling
Published 11 November 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantaten - (BWV 179), (BWV 180), (BWV 181)
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 6 April 2018J. S. Bach - Cantatas: BWV162, BWV49, BWV180 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol. 11 CD1)
Karl Richter
Published 2 November 2019BCA149 BWV180 Cantata for 20th Sunday after Trinity Richter 1977-78
La Petite Bande
Published 1 November 2019J S Bach The complete liturgical year in 64 cantatas S Kuijken CD 17 /19
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 5 November 2021J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 180,122, 96 - M. Suzuki (CD 26/55)
Paul McCreesh
Published 3 May 2012J.S. Bach / Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180 (McCreesh)
Ton Koopman
Published 8 December 2016J. S. Bach – Cantatas: BWV 180, BWV 130, BWV 134a – T. Koopman (Vol.10 CD3)