Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

This page lists all recordings of St John Passion, BWV245, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Ainsley, Richardson, Bott, Chance, Agnew & Varcoe

King’s College Cambridge & Brandenberg Consort, Stephen Cleobury

The booklet includes full texts.

Brilliant Classics - 93209

(CD - 2 discs)

£6.49 (£5.52 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Choir of New College Oxford & Collegium Novum, Edward Higginbottom

“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.” Gramophone

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Editor's Choice - June 2003

Naxos - 8557296-97

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Pears, Harper, Hodgson, Tear, Howell, Shirley-Quirk

English Chamber Orchestra, Britten

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Decca - Double Decca - 4438592

(CD - 2 discs)

£9.49 (£8.08 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Rogers Covey-Crump (Evangelist), David Thomas (Jesus), Tessa Bonner, Emily Van Evera (soprano), Caroline Trevor (alto)

Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrot

An outstanding recommendation for those who fancy an intimate but powerfully dramatic view.
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Virgin Veritas - 5620192

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

(inc rare 1725 appendix)

Ainsley, Bott, Chance Richardson, Varcoe

King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury

Regis - RRC2003

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Ensemble Vanitas, Coro della Radio Svizzera, Diego Fasolis

Arts - 475392

(CD - 2 discs)

£10.99 (£9.35 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech, Bert van t'Hoff & Siegfried Schneeweis

Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Warner Classics Das Alte Werk - 2564696444

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

1851 version, arranged by Robert Schumann

Veronika Winter, Elisabeth Scholl, Gerhild Romberger, Jan Kobow, Ekkehard Able & Clemens Heidrich

Rheinische Kantorei & Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max

When Schumann was offered the post of music director in Düsseldorf in 1850, his first main project was to perform the St. John Passion, which had never been presented there, in April 1851: “It is much bolder, more powerful, and more poetic than the St. Matthew. This one seems to me not to be free of diffuseness and to be exceedingly long, but the other – how compact, how thoroughly genial, and of what art!” Robert Schumann