(original: , English: "I have enough" or "I am content"), , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for bass in Leipzig in 1727 for the Feast (Purification of Mary) and first performed it on 2 February 1727. In a version for soprano, , possibly first performed in 1731, the part of the obbligato oboe is replaced by a flute. Part of the music appears in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. The cantata is one of the most recorded and performed of Bach's sacred cantatas. The opening aria and so-called "slumber aria" are regarded as some of the most inspired creations of Bach.

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in his fourth year in Leipzig for the feast Purification of Mary. The prescribed readings for the feast day were taken from the book of Malachi, "the Lord will come to his temple" (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the purification of Mary and the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, including Simeon's canticle Nunc dimittis (), on which the libretto is based. In previous years Bach had composed two cantatas concentrating on Simeon's canticle, , in 1724 and the chorale cantata on Martin Luther's paraphrase of the canticle, , in 1725. More than in these earlier works, the text of Ich habe genug stresses the desire to escape earthly misery and be united with Jesus. in 1983 with Helmuth Rilling. In 1966, Janet Baker was the soloist in a recording conducted by Yehudi Menuhin.

  • J. S. Bach: Cantata No. 82 – Ich habe genug, Walter Susskind, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hans Hotter, Columbia (unissued) 1948
  • Bach: Kantaten BWV 56 & 82, Karl Ristenpart, Kammerorchester Karl Ristenpart, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Archiv Produktion 1951
  • Bach Cantatas No. 56 & 82, Geraint Jones, The Geraint Jones Orchestra, Gérard Souzay, His Master's Voice 1959
  • Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. Bach Vol. 18, Fritz Werner, Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, Barry McDaniel, Erato 1964
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 56 & 82, John Shirley-Quirk, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Decca 1965
  • Bach: Two Solo Cantatas: Cantata BWV 169, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben; Cantata BWV 82a, Ich habe genug, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Janet Baker, EMI 1966
  • J. S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 56 & 82 Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1969
  • Bach: Cantatas (BWV 56, 4, 82) Frans Brüggen, Max van Egmond, Sony 1977
  • Die Bach Kantate Vol. 4, Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hänssler 1983
  • J. S. Bach: Solokantaten, Hans Stadlmair, Münchener Kammerorchester, Josef Loibl, Schwann Musica Sacre 1984
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 202 · 82a · 199, Dominique Debart, L'Ensemble de Basse-Normandie, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Rudolphe 1986
  • J. S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 56, 82, 158, Olaf Bär, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Peter Schreier (dir.), EMI 1991.
  • J. S. Bach: Cantates pour basse, Philippe Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale, Peter Kooy, Harmonia Mundi, 1991.
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 82 · 49 · 58, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Klaus Mertens, Accent 1993
  • J. S. Bach: Wedding Cantatas BWV 82, 202, 210, Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music, Decca, 1996.
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Feast of Purification of Mary, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Peter Harvey, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16, Ton Koopman, Klaus Mertens, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Antoine Marchand 2001
  • Bach Cantatas BWV 82 and 199, Craig Smith, Emmanuel Music, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nonesuch, 2002
  • Bach Cantatas, Rainer Kussmaul, Berliner Barock Solisten, Thomas Quasthoff, Deutsche Grammophon, 2004
  • Bach: Kantaten · Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 158, BWV 56, Michael Schneider, La Stagione, Gotthold Schwarz, Capriccio 2006
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 38 (Solo Cantatas) – BWV 52, 55, 82, 58, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Peter Kooy, BIS 2006
  • German Baroque Cantatas, Stephan MacLeod (singer and conductor), Gli Angeli Genève, Sony Classical 2007
  • Bach Cantatas for Bass BWV 82/158/56/203 Ryo Terakado, il Gardellino, Dominik Wörner. Passacaille 2013
  • J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 82, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, , Netherlands Bach Society, All of Bach 2014
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 54, 82 & 170, Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo, Hyperion 2017

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References

Cited sources

  • BWV 82 – "Ich habe genug": English translation, Emmanuel Music
  • Ich habe genug, BWV 82: performance by the Netherlands Bach Society (video and background information)
  • BWV 82 Ich habe genug: English translation, University of Vermont
  • BWV 82 Ich habe genug: text, scoring, University of Alberta