This monumental St Matthew Passion is hailed as the greatest setting of the Passion story in western music, but surprisingly it was not until almost 100 years after its premiere that Bach’s music got the recognition it deserved. Browse: Bach, J S - St Matthew Passion, BWV244 This page lists all recordings of St Matthew Passion, BWV244 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Longing For Sweet Death: St. Gallen’s Bach, Vol. Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,000 expert reviews, features, awards and blog articles. It contains superb singing, in particular from Matthias Goerne as Christ, who is compelling, and Bernarda Fink, who delivers a charming ‘Erbarme dich mein Gott’ – as indeed does Andreas Scholl in Philippe Herreweghe’s version. JS Bach St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Benjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson & Aki Matsui (sopranos), Damien Guillon & Clint van der Linde (altos), Makoto Sakurada & Zachary Wilder (tenors), Christian Immler & Toru Kaku (basses); Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki BIS BIS-2500 163.14 mins (2 discs) These are some of my best f. Can’t even wait till all my friends get here! Find out more about the best versions, and listen and download your favourites. This St. Matthew is for me the best recording I've ever heard. Today on the podcast we sit down. And someone earlier in the group was asking for the "best" recordings of the Passions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is a musical icon for the Christian world but at the same time expresses feelings common to the whole of humanity. 78 tracks (223:35). Serge Koussevitzky conducted a performance on Good Friday 1937, sung in English. The first OVPP recording appeared in 2003, conducted by Paul McCreesh. The St Matthew Passion tells the story of the last days of Jesus. He was, by now, working as a … Showing 1 - 10 of 129 results The selection is taken from the 253 recordings listed on bach-cantatas as of 2015, beginning with a recording from 1939 by a symphony orchestra and choir to match. In 1970 the first HIP recording appeared, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The broad tempi taken in the opening chorus, ‘Kommt, ihr Töchter’, set the scene for a performance of great intensity. 22. Critics around the world agreed. And we’re back! Recordings > BACH: ST MATTHEW PASSION; BACH: ST MATTHEW PASSION. Matthew Passion” is bursting with drama, pictorial instrumentation, arias, theatrical sequences and sheer emotion, which must have been a wild experience for the parishioners three centuries ago at services in Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, where it was performed. These performances would … Download 'Symphony No.6 in G major Opus 116 (2)' on iTunes. Louis Spohr Masaaki Suzuki on returning to Bach's St Matthew Passion Thursday, February 13, 2020 The Director of Bach Collegium Japan has made a second recording for BIS of the great work. Sung in English. Here’s, Bach: Compositions, children, biography and more facts, New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim, New Releases: Bach with Zhu Xiao-Mei and Emmanuel Despax, New releases: 'Bach Stories' and Mozart with the LSO Wind, Smooth Classics at Seven with John Brunning, Download 'Symphony No.6 in G major Opus 116 (2)' on iTunes, Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s tempi may be brisk at times, but his is a refreshing and moving reading. Every year for Good Friday Vespers, a Passion would be performed in one of Leipzig’s two principal (Lutheran) churches, St. Thomas and St. Nicholas. The information lists for one recording typically: Revised by Elgar & Atkins. Smooth Classics at Seven with John Brunning J.S. Beginning in the late 1960s, historically informed performances paved the way for recordings with smaller groups, boys choirs and ensembles playing period instruments, taken to an extreme in recordings using only one voice on a vocal part. By contrast, other recordings are more agile. In our age of period instruments and historically-informed performance, you wouldn’t necessarily turn to the Berlin Philharmonic and the progressive Sir Simon for a top-quality St Matthew Passion. It’s our only non period-instrument contender and features A-list singers from the 1960s, including Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Peter Pears – the latter is clearly caught at the top of his game. After that it was not performed again until its revival in Berlin in 1829 by Mendelssohn, which marked a renaissance of Bach’s sacred vocal music. No orchestra has a greater pedigree in Bach-performance than the Leipzig Gewandhaus and, since becoming its Music Director, Riccardo Chailly has proved an enthusiastic advocate of the music of his illustrious predecessor. ... St Matthew Passion is his most extended work and is supremely rewarding to study, rehearse and perform. Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded the greatest musical genius of all time. Find out more about the best versions, and listen and download your favourites. Following its premiere, it received two subsequent performances in 1736 and the 1740s. Browse: Search results for: 'bach st matthew passion' Skip search recommendations. What's the best recording of Bach's monumental choral work, the St Matthew Passion? The great Klemperer recording for EMI. 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