J. S. Bach - Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 (1/4)

For the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Poet unknown.
2 July 1723, Leipzig

1. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
2. Gebenedeiter Mund! (at 4:36)

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling, Director

Soprano: Arleen Augér;
Altos: Gabriele Schreckenbach, Helen Watts;
Tenors: Kurt Equiluz, Lutz-Michael Harder;
Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

Text:
1. Chorus (S, A, T, B)
Heart and mouth and deed and living
Must for Christ their witness offer
Without fear and falsity
That he God and Savior is.

2. Recit. (T)
O thou most blessed voice!
Now Mary makes her spirit's deepest feelings
Through thanks and praising known;
She undertakes alone
To tell the wonders of the Savior,
All he in her, his virgin maid, hath wrought.
O mortal race of men,
Of Satan and of sin the thrall,
Thou art set free
Through Christ's most comforting appearance
From all this weight and slavery!
But yet thy voice and thine own stubborn spirit
Grow still, denying all such kindness;
Remember that the Scripture saith
An awesome judgment shall thee strike!

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[JoEbYX]

Absolutely the best performance of the Gebenedeiter Mund I have ever heard.

[AlseidesGaldiola]

Amazing rendering, plenty of passion. The chorus is very crisp. Thanks for this video.

[gjc82071]

Beautiful. I always liked Bach, but after I bought his Complete Works CD's, I discovered so much new (at least to me) music. He did so much. I am still discovering "new" works.