Telemann: Johannes Passion, TWV 5:30
Catherine Bott (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Reginaldo Pinheiro (tenor -evangelist), Jan Vandercrabben (baritone - Christ), Philip Defrancq (tenor - Peter and Pilate), Geert van Hecke (bass - servant and slave), Klaar Pannier (soprano - maid)
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Patrick Peire
Compared with Bach it’s incredibly jolly and lightweight, but Telemann has his own deft, proto-classical ways of bringing out the story’s pathos, and this airy, gentle performance from Belgian...
Telemann: Johannes Passion, TWV 5:30
Catherine Bott (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Reginaldo Pinheiro (tenor -evangelist), Jan Vandercrabben (baritone - Christ), Philip Defrancq (tenor - Peter and Pilate), Geert van Hecke (bass - servant and slave), Klaar Pannier (soprano - maid)
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Patrick Peire
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Compared with Bach it’s incredibly jolly and lightweight, but Telemann has his own deft, proto-classical ways of bringing out the story’s pathos, and this airy, gentle performance from Belgian...
About
The library of the Brussels Conservatory contains a rich collection of manuscripts with music by Georg Philipp Telemann. One of the most precious manuscripts, marked as W962, contains the music of a St. John Passion, written in 1745 as one out of 46 passions that were composed by Telemann between 1721 and 1767. This fine performance highlights British singers Catherine Bott and Sarah Connolly.
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- Catherine Bott (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Reginaldo Pinheiro (tenor -evangelist), Jan Vandercrabben (baritone - Christ), Philip Defrancq (tenor - Peter and Pilate), Geert van Hecke (bass - servant and slave), Klaar Pannier (soprano - maid)
- Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
- Patrick Peire
Awards and reviews
4th April 2015
Compared with Bach it’s incredibly jolly and lightweight, but Telemann has his own deft, proto-classical ways of bringing out the story’s pathos, and this airy, gentle performance from Belgian forces under Patrick Peire and fine soloists ...is well-suited to the elegant music.
