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

James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Neal Davies (Christus), Sophie Bevan (soprano/Ancilla), Iestyn Davies (alto), Ed Lyon (tenor arias), Toby Ward (Servus), Benedict Kearns (Petrus), Roderick Williams (bass arias/Pilatus)

Academy of Ancient Music & King's College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Cleobury has assembled an unassailable team of soloists, whose powerful insights gild Neal Davies’s Jesus, a characterisation of immense presence and authority. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: KGS0018
Label: Kings College
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

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

Work length34:39

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Academy of Ancient Music, Ensemble of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Ed Lyon, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Benedict Kearns, Toby Ward

Herr, unser Herrscher (Chorus) [Live]

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Jesus ging mit seinem Jungern (Recitative) [Live]

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O grosse Lieb (Chorale) [Live]

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Auf dass das Wort erfullet wurde (Recitative) [Live]

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Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich (Chorale) [Live]

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Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann (Recitative) [Live]

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Von den Stricken meiner Sunden (Aria) [Live]

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Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach (Recitative) [Live]

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Ich folge dir gleichfalls (Aria) [Live]

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Derselbige Junger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt (Recitative) [Live]

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Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Chorale) [Live]

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Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden (Recitative) [Live]

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Ach, mein Sinn (Aria) [Live]

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Petrus, der nicht denkt zuruck (Chorale) [Live]

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

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Academy of Ancient Music, Ensemble of King's College, Cambridge, Ed Lyon, Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Stephen Cleobury, James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, Neal Davies

Christus, der uns selig macht (Chorale) [Live]

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Da fuhreten sie Jesum (Recitative) [Live]

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Ach grosser Konig (Chorale) [Live]

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Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm (Recitaitve) [Live]

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Betrachte, meine Seel (Arioso) [Live]

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Erwage, wie sein blutgefarbter Rucken (Aria) [Live]

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Und die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone (Recitative) [Live]

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Durch dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn (Chorale) [Live]

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Die Juden aber schrieen und sprachen (Recitative) [Live]

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Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen (Aria) [Live]

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Allda kreuzigten sie ihn (Recitative) [Live]

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In meines Herzens Grunde (Chorale) [Live]

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Die Kriegsknechte aber (Recitative) [Live]

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Er nahm alles wohl in acht (Chorale) [Live]

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Und von Stund an nahm sie der Junger (Recitative) [Live]

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Es ist vollbracht (Aria) [Live]

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Und neiget das Haupt (Recitative) [Live]

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Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen (Aria) [Live]

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Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss (Recitative) [Live]

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Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt (Arioso) [Live]

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Zerfliesse, mein Herze (Aria) [Live]

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Die Juden aber, dieweil es der Rusttag war (Recitative) [Live]

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O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn (Chorale) [Live]

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Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia (Recitative) [Live]

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uht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (Chorus) [Live]

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Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein (Chorale) [Live]

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Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge are joined by the Academy of Ancient Music in Bach’s much-loved St John Passion. Captured live in 2016 during Easter celebrations at the College, it features an all-star line-up of soloists who are renowned for their handling of the repertoire, including King’s alumnus James Gilchrist as The Evangelist and Neal Davies, Cardiff Singer of the World prize-winner, as Jesus.

The St John Passion presents the dramatic narrative with a concentrated sense of urgency, in contrast to the vast proportions of the St Matthew Passion. Many of the arias are deeply reflective and expressive, none more so than ‘Es ist vollbracht!’, in which the countertenor and the viola da gamba weave their melodies in a most beguiling way. The Choir’s recent release of the Duruflé Requiem was nominated for the 2017 International Classical Music awards, while 'Hymns from King’s', a collection of popular hymns arranged by Stephen Cleobury, was chosen by John Suchet as a Classic FM ‘Album of the Week’.

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May 2017

Cleobury has assembled an unassailable team of soloists, whose powerful insights gild Neal Davies’s Jesus, a characterisation of immense presence and authority.

May 2017

'Herr und Herrscher' is delineated impeccably, with the AAM's graceful strings and perfectly balanced oboes giving nuanced support to the choir. James Gilchrist's compassionate Evangelist, Roderick Williams's animated 'Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen', Iestyn Davies's sublime 'Es ist vollbracht! and Sophie Bevan's lithesome 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze' will be sufficient reasons alone to persuade many of us to pick up a copy.

18th April 2017

Stephen Cleobury has been conducting this work for decades, and knows what he is doing when it comes to shaping Bach’s great phrases. The orchestra respond to him very well…and make a beautiful sound…the soloists are excellent

Classical Music July 2017

Gilchrist’s Evangelist is poised and clear, Davies’ Christ often unbearably moving. Of the other voices, Sophie Bevan and Roderick Williams stand out, which choral and orchestral contributions are apt and beautifully executed; Cleobury’s direction and dramatic timing are exemplary

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