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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Werner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...

Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016 More…

Release Date: 25th Mar 2016
Catalogue No: HMC802236/37
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

25th March 2016
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Finalist 2016
International Classical Music Awards

2017

Winner - Baroque Vocal

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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Sunhae Im, Johannes Weisser, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Benno Schachtner, Johannes Schendel, Werner Güra
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor
René Jacobs

Pt. 1: 1. Chorus "Herr, unser Herrscher" (Exordium)

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Pt. 1: 2a. Rezitativ "Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern über den Bach Kidron" (Evangelist, Jesus) - 2b. "Jesum von Nazareth!" (Turba) - 2c. "Jesus spricht zu ihnen" (Evangelist, Jesus) - 2d. "Jesum von Nazareth!" (Turba) - 2e. "Jesus antwortete" (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Pt. 1: 3. Choral " O große Lieb, o Lieb ohn' alle Maße"

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Pt. 1: 4. Rezitativ " Auf daß das Wort erfüllet würde" (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Pt. 1: 5. Choral "Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich"

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Pt. 1: 6. Rezitativ "Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann " (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Pt. 1: 7. Arie "Von den Stricken meiner Sünden"

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Pt. 1: 8. Rezitativ "Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach" (Evangelist)

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Pt. 1: 9. Arie "Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten"

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Pt. 1: 10. Rezitativ "Derselbige Jünger" (Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus)

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Pt. 1: 11. Choral "Wer hat dich so geschlagen"

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Pt. 1: 12a. Rezitativ and Chorus "Und Hannas standte ihn gebunden" (Evangelist) - 12b. "Bist du nicht seiner Jünger einer?" (Turba) - 12c. "Er Leugnete aber und prach" (Evangelist , Petrus, Servus)

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Pt. 1: 13. Arie "Ach, mein Sinn, wo willst du endlich hin"

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Pt. 1: 14. Choral "Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück"

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Pt. 2: 15. Choral "Christus, der uns selig macht"

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Pt. 2: 16a. Rezitativ and Chorus "Da führeten sie Jesum von Kaiphas vor das Richthaus" (Evangelist, Pilatus) - 16b. "Wäre dieser nicht ein Übeltäter" - 16c. "Da sprach Pilatus zu ihnen" (Evangelist , Pilatus) - 16d. "Wir dürfen niemand töten" (Turba) - 16e. "Auf

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Pt. 2: 17. Choral"ch großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten"

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Pt. 2: 18a. Rezitativ and Chorus"Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus) - 18b. "Nicht diesen, sondern Barrabam!" (Turba) - 18c. "Barrabas aber war ein Mörder!" (Evengelist)

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Pt. 2: 19. Arioso (Baβ): "etrachte, meine Seel, mit ängstlichem Vergnügen"

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Pt. 2: 20. Arie "Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken"

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Pt. 2: 21a. Rezitativ and Chorus "Und die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone von Dornen" (Evangelist) - 21b. "Sei gegrüßet, lieber Jüdenkönig!" (Turba) - 21c. "Und gaben ihm Backenstreiche" (Evangelist, Pilatus) - 21d. "Kreuzige, Kreuzige" (Turba) - 21e. "Pilatus

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Pt. 2: 22. Choral "Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn"

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Pt. 2: 23a. Rezitativ and Chorus "Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen" (Evangelist) - 23b. "Lässest du diesen los" (Turba) - 23c. "Da Pilatus das Wort hörete" (Evangelist, Pilatus) - 23d. "Weg, weg mit dem" (Turba) - 23e. "Spricht Pilatus zu ihnen" (Evangelist)

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Pt. 2: 24. Arie (Baβ)- Chorus "Eilt ihr angefochtnen Seelen - Wohin?"

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Pt. 2: 25a. Rezitativ and Chorus " Allda kreuzigten sie ihn" (Evangelist) - 25b. " Schreibe nicht: der Jüden König" (Turba) - 25c. "Pilatus antwortet" (Evangelist, Pilatus)

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Pt. 2: 26. Choral " In meines Herzens Grunde"

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Pt. 2: 27a. Rezitativ and Chorus "Die Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum gekreuziget hatten" (Evangelist) - 27b. "Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen" (Turba) - 27c. "Auf daß erfüllet würde die Schrift (Evangelist)

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Pt. 2: 28. Choral "Er nahm alles wohl in acht"

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Pt. 2: 29. Rezitativ "Und von Stund an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich" (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Pt. 2: 30. Arie "s ist vollbracht!"

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Pt. 2: 31. Rezitativ "Und neiget das Haupt und verschied" (Evangelist, Jesus)

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Pt. 2: 32. Arie (Baβ) "Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen" - Choral "Jesu, der du warest tot"

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Pt. 2: 33. Rezitativ "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß" (Evangelist)

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Pt. 2: 34. Arioso (Tenor): " Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt"

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Pt. 2: 35. Arie "Zerfließe, mein Herze"

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Pt. 2: 36. Rezitativ "Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war" (Evangelist)

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Pt. 2: 37. Choral "O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn

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Pt. 2: 38. Rezitativ "Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia (Evangelist)

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Pt. 2: 39. Chorus "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine"

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Pt. 2: 40. Choral "Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein"

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Recording of the Week, Bach's St John Passion from René Jacobs

25th March 2016

David reviews René Jacobs' first recording of Bach's St John Passion.

Bach revised his 'Johannes-Passion' regularly: he returned to it over a period of 26 years, from 1724 until his death. It is the version hallowed by tradition, established by the Kantor a year before his death, that is presented on these CDs. However, the 1725 version, equally outstanding musically, has also been recorded complete and can be downloaded as a bonus in high-resolution sound. Comparison of the two versions reveals the underlying meaning of this matchless 'Passion'.

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Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Staats-& Domchor Berlin, René Jacobs

Reviews

June 2016

Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout, sometimes as a quartet, sometimes with the ripieno choir, affording total unity across the arc of the drama…Evangelist Werner Güra sings with authority

CD Review 19th March 2016

It’s a beautifully recorded version.

June/July 2016

Soloists, choir and ensemble are all excellent, and the distribution of soloists and choir in the first and final choruses is unusual and interesting … the choir and orchestra are perfectly together.

June 2016

Jacobs picks singers to suit his purpose, and all here show a controlled expressive ardency that never allows the performance’s emotional coherence to slip. Werner Güra’s Evangelist is both elegant and immediate, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin are typically excellent, and while the RIAS Chamber Choir is not as coolly blended an ensemble as some, who says it has to be in a piece where personal involvement counts for so much

July 2016

Güra is a most effective Evangelist.

25th March 2016

An immediate, natural-feeling Passion – no showy heroics or histrionics from Jacobs, who has sometimes been known to push the boat out and court controversy in his operatic productions. Here he simply offers a well-thought-out, intelligently-paced and balanced re-telling of the story, clearly and committedly performed, allowing the music and the theology to assume centre stage.

The results are predictably dramatic, and the narrative is gripping thanks to Werner Güra’s commanding interpretation of the Evangelist.

3rd April 2016

a powerful and individual reading...He favours strongly profiled rhythms, chorales with end-of-line pauses, and full-throated singing from the RIAS Chamber Choir (16 singers, augmented for the chorales).

New York Times 15th December 2016

Every phrase of this riveting Passion sounds as if it has been thought through from scratch, whether in the elaborate way in which Mr. Jacobs varies the number of singers in his choirs, or in the ebb and flow of his tempos.

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