Cantata BWV 56, 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen'

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Karl Richter / Munich Bach Orchestra and Chorus

1969

Top choice. This work is dramatically in Fischer-Dieskau's wheelhouse. He is very expressive with beautiful tone. Richter's choir is beautifully solemn at the end. Recommended over his earlier mono versions for its maturity.