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Offer,Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Charles Daniels (Evangelist), Joshua Hopkins (Christus/'Betrachte, meine Seele'), Tyler Duncan (Pilatus/'Eilt, eilt'), Shannon Mercer (soprano), Matthew White (countertenor), Jacques-Olivier Chartier (tenor arias)

Portland Baroque Orchestra & Cappella Romana, Monica Huggett

The opening chorus is the animated - and fastest - I've heard on disc, and the crowd can hardly wait to interrupt the Evangelist in the trial scene. Charles Daniels's narration is focused on... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: AV2236
Label: Avie
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

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Bach, J S: Saint John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. I

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Charles Daniels, Shannon Mercer, Matthew White, Jacques-Olivier Chartier, Tyler Duncan, Joshua Hopkins, Cappella Romana
Portland Baroque Orchestra
Monica Huggett

"Herr, unser Herrscher" (Chorus)

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"Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern" (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)

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"O große Lieb" (Chorale)

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"Auf daß das Wort erfüllet würde...." (Evangelist)

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"Dein Will gescheh!" (Chorale)

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"Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptman..." (Evangelist)

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"Von den Stricken" (Aria)

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"Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesus" (Evangelist)

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"Ich folge dir gleichfalls" (Aria)

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"Servus Der Selbige Jünger..." (Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus)

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"Wer hat dich so geschlagen" (Chorale)

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"Und Hannas sandte..." (Evangelist, Chorus, Petrus, Servus)

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"Ach, mein Sinn" (Aria)

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"Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück" (Chorale)

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Bach, J S: Saint John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. II

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Charles Daniels, Shannon Mercer, Matthew White, Jacques-Olivier Chartier, Tyler Duncan, Joshua Hopkins, Cappella Romana
Portland Baroque Orchestra
Monica Huggett

"Christus, der uns selig macht" (Chorale)

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"Da führeten sie Jesum..." (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus)

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"Ach großer König" (Chorale)

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"Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus)

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"Betrachte, meine Seel" (Arioso)

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"Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbte Rücken" (Aria)

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"Und die Kriegsknechte..." (Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus)

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"Durch dein Gefängis" (Chorale)

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"Die Jüden aber schrieen..." (Evangelist, Chorus)

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"Eilt, ihr angeofochtnen" (Aria)

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"Allda kreuzigten sie ihn..." (Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus)

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"In meines Herzens Grunde" (Chorale)

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"Die Kriegsknechte aber..." (Evangelist, Chorus)

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"Er nahm alles wohl in acht" (Chorale)

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"Und von Stund an..." (Evangelist, Jesus)

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"Es ist vollbracht!" (Aria)

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"Und neiget das Haupt..." (Evangelist)

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"Mein teurer Heiland" (Aria, Chorale)

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"Und siehe da, der Vorhang..." (Evangelist)

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"Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt" (Arioso)

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"Zerfließe, mein Herze" (Aria)

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"Die Jüden aber..." (Evangelist)

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"O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn" (Chorale)

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"Darnach bat Pilatum..." (Evangelist)

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"Ruht wohl, ihr heiligem Gebeine" (Chorus)

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"Ach Herre, Iaß dein lieb Engelein" (Chorale)

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Monica Huggett directs the Portland Baroque Orchestra, 12-voice choir Cappella Romana, and tenor Charles Daniels as the Evangelist, in an ear-opening version of J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion.

Monica Huggett has produced numerous best-selling and acclaimed recordings for Avie, notably the Grammy®-nominated Bach Orchestral Suites (AV2171) which made the Top 10 of Billboard’s Traditional Classical Chart. This remarkable version which – Monica claims – restored Suite No. 2 to its original instrumentation, placing the solo line with oboe rather than the more commonly-heard flute. She makes a similar case with her new recording of Bach’s St. John Passion, placing oboes where we typically hear flutes, arguing convincingly that Bach’s original score was produced during his early years working in Leipzig where flutes were unavailable to him.

Once again, Monica is aided and abetted by baroque oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz, who states, “The omission of flutes gives the St. John Passion a less galante feel for Bach’s music that developed in the mid-18th century and restores a trim sound, in line with most orchestral music of the time. It retains, however, an undeniable richness of orchestration owing to the uncommon string instruments in the arias.”

Monica continues, “There have been many scholarly discussions about the forces originally used for the St. John Passion, including the suggestion of performing it with one voice or instrument to a part. The most satisfying performances in my personal experience have been those involving a small chorus matched with a small orchestra. I have chosen, therefore, to have about an equal number of instrumentalists alongside a group of twelve singers capable of both solo and consort singing, as Bach would have had in Leipzig.”

Monica leads the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the fourth-largest period-instrument ensemble in the US, where she has been Artistic Director since 1995. Joining the orchestra is Portland-based choir Cappella Romana and baroque specialist, English tenor Charles Daniels as the Evangelist.

Reviews

May 2012

The opening chorus is the animated - and fastest - I've heard on disc, and the crowd can hardly wait to interrupt the Evangelist in the trial scene. Charles Daniels's narration is focused on meaning rather than vocal lyricism, and the harpsichord accompaniment emphasises the theatrical quality of his role...a distinctive contribution to the St John Passions on disc.

March 2012

Charles Daniels weaves his narration with beguiling eloquence and Tyler Duncan sings 'Eilt, ihr angefochten' with poised agility...Huggett's astonishingly quick pace for the opening chorus 'Herr, unser Herrscher' does not prohibit a smooth line from Cappella Romana

July/August 2012

Charles Daniels proves a communicative and consistently musical narrator...in the choruses this is audibly a small choir rather than an augmented consort. The chorales are given a detail-heavy presentation, with run-ons, dynamics and articulations carefully worked out.

May 2012

This is a 'compact', contained, close and appropriately intimate account...There is less declamation, more narration. Although there are places where the singing has to be described as imperfect, on the whole it's convincing and pleasing...Jacques-Olivier Chartier is spontaneous, alive and with every effort to be 'real' and immediate, rather than oratorical.

11th March 2012

a clean reading that, despite being on the pacy side, feels informed with a certain spirituality. The players of the Portland Baroque Orchestra give a stylish account of themselves. The Evangelist, Charles Daniels, delivers his lines with authority and intense dramatic involvement

Offer,Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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