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Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212
Created 30 August 1742, Leipzig period. Occasion: Birthday of Carl Heinrich von Dieskau.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 212.
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Bach-Stiftung
Published 24 August 2019J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 212 "Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Bach-Stiftung workshop
Published 22 August 2019Bach erklärt: Workshop zur Kantate BWV 212 "Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Helmut Rilling
Published 30 November 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Weltliche Kantaten - (BWV 212), (BWV 213)
Kay Johannsen
Published 14 December 2014J.S. Bach, Kantate BWV 212 „Mer han en neue Oberkeet" („Bauernkantate“) | Kay Johannsen
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 18 December 2020J.S. Bach - The Secular Cantatas: BWV 212, BWV 209, BWV 203 - M. Suzuki (CD 07/10)
Ton Koopman
Published 6 October 2016J. S. Bach - Cantatas: BWV 212, BWV 205 - T. Koopman (Vol.5 CD3)