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Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184
Created 30 May 1724, Leipzig period. Occasion: Whit Tuesday.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 184.2.
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Bach-Stiftung
Published 22 October 2018J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 184 "Erwünschtes Freudenlicht" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Bach-Stiftung workshop
Published 22 October 2018Workshop zur Kantate BWV 184 "Erwünschtes Freudenlicht" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Published 29 January 2022J. S. Bach, "Erwünschtes Freudenlicht" BWV 184--Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 19 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 184 - Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
Helmut Rilling
Published 29 May 2012JS Bach Cantata BWV184 Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 4 August 2016Bach: "Erwünschtes Freudenlicht", cantata BWV 184. Gardiner
Julian Wachner
Published 1 June 2020Bach Kantate BWV 184 Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, Kantate zum 3.Pfingsttag, Julian Wachner 2016
La Petite Bande
Published 13 September 2019J. S. Bach - The Complete Liturgical Year in 64 Cantatas - S. Kuijken (CD 10/19)
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 15 October 2021J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 184, 173, 59, 44 - M.Suzuki (CD 20/55)
Ton Koopman
Published 21 May 2013J. S. Bach: Erwünschtes Freudenlich (BWV 184) (Koopman)