Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - June 2003

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Naxos

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8557296-97
(8.557296-97)

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2

Release date:

9th April 2003

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1 hour 49 minutes

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245


Joe Littlewood (treble), James Bowman (alto), James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Beale (tenor), Eamonn Dougan (Pilate), Colin Baldy (bass)

Choir of New College Oxford & Collegium Novum, Edward Higginbottom

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Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245

playHerr, unser Herrscher

playJesus ging mit seinen Jungern

playO gross Lieb, o Lieb ohn alle Masse

playAuf dass das Wort erfullet wurde

playDein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich

playDie Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann

playVon den Strikken meiner Sunden

playSimon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach

playIch folge dir gleichfalls

playDerselbige Junger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt

playWer hat dich so geschlagen

playUnd Hannas sandte ihn gebunden

playAch, mein Sinn, wo willt du endlich hin

playPetrus, der nicht denkt zuruck

playChristus, der uns selig macht

playDa fuhreten sie Jesum von Kaipha

playAch, grosser Konig, gross zu allen Zeiten

playDa sprach Pilatus zu ihm: So bist du dennoch ein Konig?

playBetrachte, meine Seel

playErwage, wie sein blutgefarbter Rukken

playUnd die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone

playDurch dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn

playDie Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen

playEilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen

playAllda kreuzigten sie ihn

playIn meines Herzens Grunde

playDie Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum gekreuziget hatten

playAuf dass erfullet wurde die Schrift

playEr nahm alles wohl in acht

playUnd von Stund an nahm sie der Junger zu sich

playEs ist vollbracht

playUnd neiget das Haupt und verschied

playMein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen

playUnd siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss

playMein Herz, indem die ganze Welt

playZerfliesse, mein Herze

playDie Juden aber, dieweil es der Rusttag war

playO hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn

playDarnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia

playRuht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine

playAch Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein

Gramophone Classical Music Guide

2010

“When you hear the ominous first chorus of Bach's St John Passion sung and played like this, liturgical ritual and visceral human drama make for an unusually intense experience. The bass line pulsates, the boys articulate the words with supreme clarity and the steady speed provides the movement with just the right length – a consideration too often neglected.
Recorded in New College, Oxford, the resident choristers, choral scholars and lay clerks appear to be entirely at ease with the special juxtaposition of quicksilver action and warm reflection which Bach demands in his choruses and chorales.
Edward Higginbottom delivers a palpable sense of narrative, unfussy, as if habit lies at the root of its being. Just listen to the searing choral chromaticisms as Christ is brought before Caiaphas, the startlingly urgent declamations as the crowd bays for blood or the distraught tenderness of James Bowman in 'Es ist vollbracht'.
The Evangelist is the established tenor James Gilchrist, whose alert and straightforward singing makes his performance wholly believable.
Of the current generation of choristers, Joe Littlewood reminds us that English choirboys can sing German music beautifully and convey the emotional essence of the text with maturity and purpose. His 'Ich folge' is a delight.
There's the odd strain in Matthew Beale's testing tenor arias but a pleasing timbre, as indeed there is in John Bernays' proud but unblustering Christus. If there's a general tendency, it's to allow the music to speak in its own time within a relaxed beat. The rest is instinct, experience and letting what will be, be. In such light comes this refreshing and captivating new interpretation.”

Penguin Guide

2010

***

“an outstanding period performance which can stand comparison with any in the catalogue...The choir itself is fresh and bright, singing incisively, with the crowd choruses vividly adding to the drama...Gilchrist is a superb Evangelist, fluent and expressive, and the main quartet of soloists makes a sensitive team.”

Gramophone Magazine

““Edward Higginbottom is one of those rare musicians who can balance projects of genuine popular appeal with the key masterpieces of the choral repertoire. With this Naxos set of the St John Passion he could potentially reach his largest audience yet… especially with the glorious singing of the now world- renowned Choir of New College, Oxford.”

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