Cantata No. 19 "Es Erhub Sich Ein Streit" / No. 40 "Dazu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes" / No. 50 "Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft"

This recording was released in 1967 by the Musical Heritage Society, a label founded to provide mail-order access to classical recordings that were often overlooked by major commercial labels. The album features three of J.S. Bach's sacred cantatas, which were composed for specific liturgical days in the Lutheran calendar. These works represent the mature Bach style, blending complex choral textures with introspective arias, and are performed here by the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn and the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester under the direction of Fritz Werner.

Fritz Werner was a German conductor known for his mid-century interpretations of Baroque vocal music, particularly the works of Bach. His collaboration with these specific ensembles was characterized by a commitment to the liturgical context of the music rather than the evolving performance practices of the period. This particular release served to bring these mid-1960s German radio and studio productions to a wider international audience through the Musical Heritage Society's subscription model, making sophisticated Baroque choral repertoire accessible to domestic record collectors during the height of the LP era.