BACH: St. Matthew Passion (Highlights)
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Vocal Music
Budget Periods: Baroque
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach
Directors: Steven Cleobury
Performers: Brandenburg Consort, David Thomas, Emma Kirkby, Jesus College Choir, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, King's College Choir, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Martyn Hill, Michael Chance, Michael George, Roger Covey-Crump
Available: 4
Price: $8.99
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
St. Matthew Passion, BWV244 (Highlights)
King's College Choir, Cambridge
Roger Covey-Crump, tenor-evangelist
Michael George, bass-Jesus
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Michael Chance, alto
Martyn Hill, tenor
David Thomas, bass
Jesus College Choir, Cambridge
(Soprano in ripieno)
Brandenburg Consort (Conductor Roy Goodman)
Directed by Steven Cleobury
20 Tracks (76 mins) of key arias and chorales from Bach's choral masterpiece, first performed on Good Friday 1727
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kommt, ihr Töchter (chorus & chorale) | 6:54 | |
| 2 | Herzliebster Jesu (chorale) | 0:41 | |
| 3 | Buss'' und Reu' (alto aria) | 4:06 |  |
| 4 | Blute nur (soprano aria) | 4:30 | |
| 5 | Ich will dir hier mein Herz schenken (soprano aria)) | 3:20 | |
| 6 | Ich will hier bei dir stehen (chorale) | 0:58 | |
| 7 | Ich will bei meinen Jesu wachen (tenor aria) | 4:59 | |
| 8 | Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder (recit. bass) | 0:53 | |
| 9 | Gerne will ich (bass aria) | 4:07 | |
| 10 | Was mein Gott will (chorale) | 1:02 | |
| 11 | O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross (chorale) | 5:54 | |
| 12 | Erbarme dich (soprano aria) | 6:11 | |
| 13 | Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder! (bass aria) | 2:58 | |
| 14 | Wie wunderbarlich | 0:41 | |
| 15 | Aus Liebe will mein Heiland streben (soprano aria) | 4:38 | |
| 16 | Können Tränen meiner Wängen (alto aria) | 6:51 | |
| 17 | Sehet Jesu hat die Hand (alto aria) | 3:24 | |
| 18 | Mache dich, mein Herze (bass aria) | 6:19 | |
| 19 | Nun ist der Herr (recit bass, tenor, alto, soprano, chorus) | 1:52 | |
| 20 | Wir setzen uns mit Tränennieder (chorus) | 5:32 |
"in the heart-rending aria Erbame dich for soprano and violin obligato, (Kirkby) is restrained, and is truly magnificent...Michael Chamce is indeed fine here, and the aria Können meine Wangen is excellent...orchestra performs admirably, maintaining the correct level of transparency, and staying sufficiently in the background when necessary - during the arias...one of the greatest works of western music...its low price makes it agreat value."
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