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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Johannes Chum (Evangelist), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Jesus), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) & Klaus Häger (Pilate, Peter, Judas)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Thomanerchor Leipzig & Thomanerchor Leipzig,...

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
There is some accomplished solo singing, and the part of Christ is taken with...intensity by Hanno Müller-Brachmann...Thomas Quasthoff has a lovely presence

BBC Music Magazine, June 20102 out of 5 stars

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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Johannes Chum (Evangelist), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Jesus), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) & Klaus Häger (Pilate, Peter, Judas)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Thomanerchor Leipzig & Thomanerchor Leipzig,...

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There is some accomplished solo singing, and the part of Christ is taken with...intensity by Hanno Müller-Brachmann...Thomas Quasthoff has a lovely presence

BBC Music Magazine, June 20102 out of 5 stars

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The great orchestra of Bach's own city of Leipzig in a glorious new recording of his choral masterpiece.

Played on modern instruments, Chailly’s Bach beautifully demonstrates that vivid, stylistically aware performance is not the exclusive preserve of period instrument ensembles.

Distinguished German vocal soloists, including acclaimed bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, rise gloriously to the challenges of Bach’s exalted score.

The choir parts are thrillingly sung by two of Germany's most celebrated boys' choirs - the Thomanerchor Leipzig and the Tölzer Knabenchor.

On 2 CDs (most recordings are on 3 CDs).

Released for Easter 2010.

Part of a trio of Bach releases that also includes the Brandenburg Concertos (January 2010) and Christmas Oratorio (November 2010).

Artists

Johannes Chum (Evangelist), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Jesus), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) & Klaus Häger (Pilate, Peter, Judas)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Thomanerchor Leipzig & Thomanerchor Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Work length2:39:36
No.1 Chorus I / II: "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"
Track length5:39
No.2 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte"
Track length0:43
No.3 Choral: "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen"
Track length0:43
No.4 Evangelist, Chorus I / II, Jesus: "Da versammelten sich die Hohenpriester"
Track length3:07
No.5 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du"
Track length0:50
No.6 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu"
Track length4:06
No.7 Evangelist, Judas: "Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer"
Track length0:37
No.8 Aria (Soprano): "Blute nur, du liebes Herz"
Track length4:09
No.9 Evangelist, Jesus:"Aber am ersten Tage der süssen Brot"
Track length2:13
No.10 Choral: "Ich bin's, ich sollte büssen"
Track length0:45
No.11 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Er antwortete und sprach"
Track length3:14
No.12 Recitative (Soprano): "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt"
Track length1:15
No.13 Aria (Soprano): "Ich will dir mein Herz schenken"
Track length3:29
No.14 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten"
Track length1:20
No.15 Choral: "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"
Track length0:53
No.16 Evangelist, Jesus, Petrus: "Petrus aber antwortete"
Track length1:11
No.17 Choral: "Ich will hier bei dir stehen"
Track length0:56
No.18 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe"
Track length1:47
No.19 Recitative (Tenor, Chorus II): "O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz"
Track length1:35
No.20 Aria (Tenor, Chorus II): "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen"
Track length4:39
No.21 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und ging hin ein wenig"
Track length0:44
No.22 Recitative (Bass): "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder"
Track length0:58
No.23 Aria (Bass): "Gerne will ich mich bequemen"
Track length4:11
No.24 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern"
Track length1:14
No.25 Choral: "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit"
Track length0:56
No.26 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend"
Track length2:32
No.27 Aria (Soprano, Alto, Chorus II): "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen" - Chorus I / II: "Sind Blitze, sind Donner"
Track length4:22
No.28 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und siehe, einer aus denen"
Track length2:32
No.29 Choral: "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"
Track length5:22
No.30 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Ach nun ist mein Jesu hin"
Track length3:42
No.31 Evangelist: "Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten"
Track length1:04
No.32 Choral: "Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht"
Track length0:42
No.33 Evangelist, Pontifex, Testis I / II: "Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten"
Track length1:10
No.34 Recitative (Tenor): "Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille"
Track length1:02
No.35 Aria (Tenor): "Geduld! Wenn mich falsche Zungen stechen"
Track length3:30
No.36 Evangelist, Pontifex, Jesus, Chorus I / II: "Und der Hohepriester antwortete"
Track length2:07
No.37 Choral: "Wer hat dich so geschlagen"
Track length0:56
No.38 Evangelist, Ancilla I / II, Petrus, Chorus II: "Petrus aber sass draussen im Palast"
Track length2:32
No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
Track length5:45
No.40 Choral: "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen"
Track length1:02
No.41 Evangelist, Judas, Chorus I / II, Pontifex I / II: "Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohepriester"
Track length1:51
No.42 Aria (Bass): "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder"
Track length2:54
No.43 Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus: "Sie hielten aber einen Rat"
Track length2:12
No.44 Choral: "Befiehl du deine Wege"
Track length1:03
No.45 Evangelist, Pilatus, Uxor Pilati, Chorus I / II: "Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit"
Track length2:31
No.46 Choral: "Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe"
Track length0:44
No.47 Evangelist, Pilatus: "Der Landpfleger sagte"
Track length0:16
No.48 Recitative (Soprano): "Er hat uns allen wohlgetan"
Track length1:07
No.49 Aria (Soprano): "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"
Track length4:43
No.50 Evangelist, Chorus I / II, Pilatus: "Sie schrieen aber noch mehr"
Track length1:52
No.51 Recitative (Alto): "Erbarm es Gott"
Track length0:55
No.52 Aria (Alto): "Können Tränen meiner Wangen"
Track length7:12
No.53 Evangelist, Chorus I / II: "Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte"
Track length1:03
No.54 Choral: "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
Track length2:02
No.55 Evangelist: "Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten"
Track length0:56
No.56 Recitative (Bass): "Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut"
Track length0:37
No.57 Aria (Bass): "Komm, süsses Kreuz"
Track length5:29
No.58 Evangelist, Chorus I / II: "Und da sie an die Stätte kamen"
Track length3:32
No.59 Recitative (Alto): "Ach Golgatha"
Track length1:27
No.60 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand"
Track length3:04
No.61 Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus I / II: "Und von der sechsten Stunde an"
Track length2:36
No.62 Choral: "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden"
Track length1:24
No.63 Evangelist, Chorus I / II: "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss"
Track length2:46
No.64 Recitative (Bass): "Am Abend, da es kühle war"
Track length1:49
No.65 Aria (Bass): "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"
Track length5:52
No.66 Evangelist, Chorus I / II, Pilatus: "Und Joseph nahm den Leib"
Track length2:33
No.67 Recitative (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus II): "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht"
Track length2:27
No.68 Chorus I / II: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"
Track length5:05

Awards and reviews

June 2010

There is some accomplished solo singing, and the part of Christ is taken with...intensity by Hanno Müller-Brachmann...Thomas Quasthoff has a lovely presence
2 out of 5 stars

2011 edition

very recommendable indeed. The balance is excellent, as is immediately shown in the opening double chorus...and there is an ideally wide range of dynamics between soloists and chorus, so the effect is very real, with a fine bloom on the solo voices...Chailly's pacing is freshly resilient and the refined orchestal playing often has the lightest touch.

4th April 2010

Chailly has assimilated a historically informed performing style, but his interpretation bristles with drama, thanks to the gripping narrative of his Evangelist, Johannes Chum...Yet it is the contribution of the two choirs, and Chailly’s devoted conducting, that make the issue special
4 out of 5 stars

27th March 2010

Here’s Bach’s great Easter Passion straight from Bach’s heartland, Leipzig, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, St Thomas’s Boys Choir, and an ease of delivery that can come only when you breathe in the composer every day. Conducting, Chailly lets the music speak.
4 out of 5 stars

The Independent on Sunday 19th December 2010

The Leipzig Gewandhausorchester's brilliant sound dances in Riccardo Chailly's jubilant recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. The choral singing is lithe from the Dresdner Kammerchor. Bass Konstantin Wolff leads a well-balanced and characterful quintet of vocal soloists, with soprano Carolyn Sampson sounding peach-sweet in her arias...A joy from start to finish.

The Independent on Sunday 4th April 2010

Riccardo Chailly's new recording nods to the weight of tradition yet the purposeful, rosy, Victorian bloom of his orchestra is lightly applied. Tempi are fleet, lilting; the attack of the local boys' choirs sharp and delicate; the voices of the soloists cool and direct.
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