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Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, BWV 194
Created 2 November 1723, Leipzig period. Occasion: Consecration of Störmthal church and organ.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 194.2.
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Consecration of Störmthal church and organ
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Helmut Rilling
Published 17 November 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantaten - (BWV 193), (BWV 194)
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 16 November 2018J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 194, BWV 176, BWV 165, BWV 129 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol.27 CD2)
Kurt Thomas (1960)
Published 18 June 2019Bach Kantate BWV194 Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, Kurt Thomas 1957
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 1 October 2021J.S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 194, BWV 119- M. Suzuki (CD 16/55)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Published 20 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 194 - Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest
Ton Koopman
Published 22 November 2016J. S. Bach – Cantatas: BWV 66, BWV 194 – T. Koopman (Vol.9 CD3)