Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Channel: CCSSA32511

Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.)
See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates.
Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Awards:

BBC Music Magazine

Choral & Song Choice - May 2011

Label:

Channel

Catalogue No:

CCSSA32511

Discs:

2

Release date:

18th April 2011

Barcode:

0723385325116

Medium:

SACD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

25% off Channel Classics

click here for full details

special offer ends 29/05/2013

| Share

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244


Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano), Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano), Tim Mead (alto), Matthew White (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor - Evangelist), Julian Podger (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) & Sebastian Noack (bass)

The Netherlands Bach Society with Kampen Boys Choir, Jos van Veldhoven

SACD - 2 discs

Normally: $33.75

Special: $25.31

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

After the successful ‘collectors item’ releases of the Christmas Oratorio (2003), St. John Passion (2005) and B minor Mass (2007) performed by the Netherlands Bach Society, Channel Classics now releases a new and very special recording of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

Once again, the recording has been made in collaboration with the Catharijne convent Museum of Utrecht, so that this edition of the St. Matthew Passion is accompanied by a richly illustrated text book. This enables the listener to experience the Passion both in music and images. The illustrations are drawn from the unique collection of the Catharijneconvent Museum, which possesses the largest collection of liturgical art in the Netherlands.

According to conductor Jos van Veldhoven ‘there are reasons enough to look at the score in another way than the traditional symmetrical structure. (...) It could very well be a single choir passion based on hierarchy, rather than equality or symmetry (...) I decided to create a spatial arrangement by having a separate stage for each group of musicians, placed some ten metres apart. Some members of the audience even sat between the two choirs, experiencing the dialogue in a very special manner.

The recording was produced during live concerts in April 2010.

playKommt, Ihr Töchter, Helft Mir Klagen

playDa Jesus Diese Rede Vollendet Hatte

playHerzliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verbrochen

playDa Versammlten Sich Die Hohenpriester

playDu Lieber Heiland Du

playBuß Und Reu

playDa Ging Hin Der Zwölfen Einer

playBlute Nur, Du Liebes Herz!

playAber Am Ersten Tage Der Süsen Brot

playIch Bin's Ich Sollte Büßen

playEr Antwortete Und Sprach

playWiewohl Mein Herz In Tränen Schimmt

playIch Wil Dir Mein Herze Schenken

playUnd Da Sie Den Lobgesang Gesprochen Hatten

playErkenne Mich, Mein Hüter

playPetrus Aber Antwortete

playIch Will Hier Bei Dir Stehen

playDa Kamm Jesus Mit Ihnen Zu Einem Hofe

playO Schmerz! Hier Zittert Das Gequälte Herz

playIch Will Bei Meinem Jesu Wachen

playUnd Ging Hin Ein Wenig

playDer Heiland Fällt Vor Seinem Vater Nieder

playGerne Will Ich Mich Bequemen

playUnd Er Kamm Zo Seinen Jüngern

playWas Mein Gott Will, Das G'scheh' Allzeit

playUnd Er Kam Und Fand Sie Aber Schlafend

playSo Ist Mein Jesus Nun Gefangen

playUnd Siehe, Einer Aus Denen

playO Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Groß

playAch! Nun ist mein Jesus hin!

playDie aber Jesum gegriffen hatten

playMir hat die Welt trüglich gericht'

playUnd wiewold viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten

playMein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille

playGeduld!

playUnd der Hohepriester antwortete

playWer hat dich so geschlagen

playPetrus aber saß draußen im Palast

playErbarme dich

playBin ich gleich von dir gewichen

playDes Morgens aber hielten alle Hohenpriester

playGebt mir meinem Jesum wieder

playSie hielten aber einen Rat

playBefiehl du deine Wege

playAuf das Fest aber hatte der Landpleger

playWie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe!

playDer Landpfleger sagte

playEr hat und allen wohlgetan

playAus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben

playSie schrieen aber noch mehr

playErbarm es Gott!

playKönnen Tränen meiner Wangen

playDa nahmen die Kriegsknechte

playO Haupt voll Blut und Wunden

playUnd da sie ihn verspottet hatten

playJa freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut

playKomm, süßes Kreuz

playUnd da sie an die Stätte kamen

playAch, Golgatha, unselges Golgatha!

playSehet, Jesus hat die Hand

playUnd von der sechsten Stunde an

playWenn ich einmal soll scheiden

playUnd siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß

playAm Abend da es kühle war

playMache dich, mein Herze, rein

playUnd Joseph nahm den Leib

playNun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht

playWir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder

BBC Music Magazine

May 2011

*****

“He has two quartets of soloists which also provide Choirs 1 and 2, but adds eight more voices to the first choir so the double choruses are unbalanced, 12 singers pitted against four. It's astonishingly effective...In the crowd choruses, where two choirs echo each other, they are curiously more real for their contrasting timbres... Türk, a fine Evangelist, describ[es] the action vividly but objectively, and leav[es] the emotional outpourings to the arias.”

Classic FM Magazine

July 2011

****

“Veldhoven heigtens the contrasts in Bach's score by adding eight extra singers to the four Choir I soloists, and keeping Choir II a foursome. It's an effective device...Really, though, it's one for lovers of religious art, as the sumptuous booklet is rich with commentary and illustration of passion-related paintings.”

Financial Times

16th April 2011

**

“The performance itself, directed by Jos van Veldhoven, has just what you would expect from a scholarly Dutch ensemble – all the modern trappings of early music practice (nine soloists doubling as chorus, plus eight additional singers) married to the sombre mood of Lutheran tradition.”

Gramophone Magazine

June 2011

“The over-riding sensibility is one stripped of vanity and yet of astute and purposeful coloration, often through startling projection, compelling dynamic control and even rappresentativo-style singing...Gerd Türk is a subtle and excitable communicator, in whom tensions between pure reportage and discipleship are creatively harnessed. Harvey becomes master of all he surveys and the string accompaniments are exquisitely judged”

International Record Review

April 2011

“What makes this performance of the St Matthew Passion not just revolutionary but an absolute must-have for lovers of this music - regardless of whether they like it fat or thin - is the sheer quality of the performance...as a glorious, life-affirming and utterly irresistable piece of music-making, this is in a league of its own. If any recording warrants the 'Outstanding' tag, this does”

Click here for alternative recordings of this work.

Copyright © 2002-13 Presto Classical Limited, all rights reserved.