Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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Brüggen bases this performance on the 1724 original version - retaining noticeably brisk tempos for the concluding chorus and chorale as though already party to the message of Easter...Beyond... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Feb 2011
Catalogue No: GCD921113
Label: Glossa
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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Markus Schäfer (tenor), Thomas Oliemans (baritone), Michael Chance (countertenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Pierre-Guy Le Gall White (tenor), Jon Etxabe-Arzuaga Groenland (baritone), Bart Oenema (bass), Guido Groenland (baritone), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam, Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Part I: Chorale: Herr, unser Herrscher (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Jesus ging mit seinen Jungern (Evangelist) - Wen suchet ihr? (Evangelist, Jesus) - Jesum von Nazareth! (Chorus)

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Part I: Chorale: O grosse Lieb (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Auf dass das Wort erfullet wurde (Evangelist, Jesus) - Strecke dein Schwert in die Scheide! (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Part I: Chorale: Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann (Evangelist)

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Part I: Aria: Von den Strikken meiner Sunden (Alto)

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Part I: Recitative: Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach (Evangelist)

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Part I: Aria: Ich folge dir gleichfalls (Soprano)

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Part I: Recitative: Derselbige Junger war (Evangelist) - Bist du nicht dieses Menschen Junger einer? (Chorus) - Ich bin's nicht! - (Evangelist, Magd, Petrus)

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Part I: Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Chorus)

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Part I: Recitative: Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden (Evangelist) - Ich bin nicht - Sahe ich dich (Evangelist, Petrus, Deiner) - Bist du nicht (Chorus)

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Part I: Aria: Ach, mein Sinn, wo willt du endlich hin (Tenor)

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Part I: Chorale: Petrus, der nicht denkt zuruck (Chorus)

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Part II: Chorale: Christus, der uns selig macht (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Da fuhreten sie Jesum - Was bringet ihr - Redest du das (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus) - Ware dieser nicht ein (Chorus)

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Part II: Chorale: Ach grosser Konig (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm - So bist du dennoch - Was is Wahrheit? (Evangelist, Jesus, Pilatus) - Nicht diesen (Chorus)

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Part II: Arioso: Betrachte, meine Seel (Bass)

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Part II: Aria: Erwage, wie sein blutgefarbter Rucken (Tenor)

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Part II: Recitative: Und die kriegsknechte flochten - Sehet, ich fuhre - Du hattest keine (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus) - Sei gegrubet (Chorus)

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Part II: Chorale: Durch dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Die Juden aber schrieen (Evangelist) - Sehet, das ist euer Konig! (Evangelist, Pilatus) - Lassest du diesen los (Chorus)

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Part II: Aria: Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen (Bass) - Eilt - Wohin? (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Allda kreuzigten sie ihn - Was ich geschrieden habe (Evangelist, Pilatus) - Schreibe nicht (Chorus)

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Part II: Chorale: In meines Herzens Grunde (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Die Kriegsknechte aber - Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen - Auf dass erfullet wurde die Schrift (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)

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Part II: Chorale: Er nahm alles wohl in acht (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Und von Stund an - Mich durstet! (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Part II: Aria: Es ist vollbracht (Alto)

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Part II: Recitative: Und neigte das Haupt und verschied (Evangelist)

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Part II: Aria: Mein teurer Heiland (Bass) - Jesu, der du warest tot (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Und siehe da, der Vorhang (Evangelist)

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Part II: Arioso: Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt (Tenor)

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Part II: Aria: Zerfliesse, mein Herze (Soprano)

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Part II: Recitative: Die Juden aber (Evangelist)

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Part II: Chorale: O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn (Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Darnach bat Pilatum (Evangelist)

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Part II: Chorale: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (Chorus)

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Part II: Chorale: Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein (Chorus)

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One of the many delights coming from Frans Brüggen’s distinguished career has been the understanding which he brings to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach – such as here with the St. John Passion – whether on the concert platform or on record. Brüggen’s cultured feeling for Bach’s musical structures as much as for its style and expressive content permits a textural clarity enjoyed by few of his directing colleagues. A special wealth of experience in the music of Bach has also been gained by the members of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century across the three decades of its existence and as part of its regular concert series (there have now been over a hundred of these tours!) and with a concentrated opportunity to focus on one work, Bach’s masterpiece was performed and recorded in Spring 2010.

Also of special note on this new recording is the presence of a solo group comprising both distinguished and rising talents, led by Markus Schäfer as the Evangelist and Thomas Oliemans as Jesus, and with Michael Chance and Marcel Beekman singing arias together with the added luxury of the present-day 'Bach bass' par excellence in Peter Kooij and the radiant-voiced Carolyn Sampson. Choral support comes from the Cappella Amsterdam, also present (as was Peter Kooij) on another of Frans Brüggen’s recent revisitings for Glossa and The Grand Tour of the glories of Bach’s choral music, the B minor Mass.

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June 2011

Brüggen bases this performance on the 1724 original version - retaining noticeably brisk tempos for the concluding chorus and chorale as though already party to the message of Easter...Beyond praise...is Carolyn Sampson whose two arias are utterly spell-binding, and at an almost dangerously slow tempo, the alto and gamba 'Es ist vollbracht' entwinings of Michael Chance and Rainer Zipperling hang plangently in the air, an epiphany of unassuageable grief

June 2011

This 'live' recording will gladden the heart of anyone who is weary of the small-scale, one-to-a-part performances that have become fashionable in recent years. Cappella Amsterdam numbers only 24 singers but they produce plenty of decibels when required...Schäfer paces his recitatives well, his tone reminiscent of Peter Schreier's...Carolyn Sampson dispatches her two arias in style.

April 2011

This is a most moving performance. It is beautifully conducted by Franz Brüggen, unfolding with a natural expressiveness that is never short on drama but avoid the slash-and-burn vigour of some other period-instruments versions...Schäfer is a most involving story-teller - this is a really vibrant narrative, but he creates urgency without reosting to any expressive extremes...This is a very special recording

Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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