Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Benedikt Kristjánsson (Evangelist), Krešimir Stražanac (Jesus), Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Isabel Jantschek (soprano), Benno Schachtner (alto), Paul Schweinester (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Friederike Rademann (choreography and artistic direction)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, DVD of the Month
In this choreographed Passion there are two discrete but overlapping layers of action...Bach’s elaborated setting of St Matthew is peculiarly suited to such an approach...The vocal soloists...
Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Benedikt Kristjánsson (Evangelist), Krešimir Stražanac (Jesus), Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Isabel Jantschek (soprano), Benno Schachtner (alto), Paul Schweinester (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Friederike Rademann (choreography and artistic direction)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, DVD of the Month
In this choreographed Passion there are two discrete but overlapping layers of action...Bach’s elaborated setting of St Matthew is peculiarly suited to such an approach...The vocal soloists...
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In its choreographed version of the St. Matthew Passion, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart offers new dimensions to Bach‘s musical drama.
And, for the one hundred schoolchildren who delved into Bach‘s monumental work and learned to dance as an artistic form of self-expression, it was an opportunity to experience the power of his music first hand. The interplay of professional musicians and young amateurs turned into a creative bridge for all involved.
Contents and tracklist
- Benedikt Kristjánsson (Evangelist), Krešimir Stražanac (Jesus), Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Isabel Jantschek (soprano), Benno Schachtner (alto), Paul Schweinester (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
- Gaechinger Cantorey
- Hans-Christoph Rademann, Friederike Rademann (choreography and artistic direction)
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJanuary 2018DVD of the Month
January 2018
In this choreographed Passion there are two discrete but overlapping layers of action...Bach’s elaborated setting of St Matthew is peculiarly suited to such an approach...The vocal soloists are all excellent, fairly extrovert whether in a mode of declamation or confession; Benno Schachtner’s alto and Benedikt Kristjánsson’s Evangelist are most vividly drawn and sung...The gestures are unpretentious...Powerful musical values underpin the enterprise.
