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Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8
Created 24 September 1724, Leipzig period. Occasion: Trinitatis XVI.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 8.1.
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All of Bach
Published 30 May 2023BWV 8 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato Grote Kerk, Naarden
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 1 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 8 - Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?
Helmut Rilling
Published 3 August 2013Bach J.S. Cantata BWV 8
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 23 February 2018J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 161, BWV 27, BWV 8, BWV 95 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol8 CD2)
Joshua Rifkin
Published 29 January 2016Bach: Cantata BWV 8 "Liebster Gott wenn werd ich sterben" [Rifkin]
Karl Richter
Published 19 August 2013J.S. Bach Cantata Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben? BWV 8
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 29 October 2021J. S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 8, 33, 113 - M.Suzuki - CD 24/55
Minnesota Bach Society
Published 17 April 2016Bach Cantata BWV 8: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?
Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion
Published 9 January 2025Bach Cantata BWV 8 Trinity XVI «Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben» Raphaël Pichon Ensemble Pygmal
SWR Vokalensemble
Published 9 May 2014J.S. Bach: Cantata "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?" BWV 8 [SWR Vokalensemble-H. Zender]
Ton Koopman
Published 13 January 2017J. S. Bach – Cantatas BWV91, BWV107, BWV116, BWV8 – T. Koopman (Vol.12 CD3)