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Handel: Brockes-Passion

Robert Murray, Cody Quattlebaum, Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes, Tim Mead, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence

Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

Handel: Brockes-Passion

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This formidably well-documented project is matched by a comparably sympathetic performance, Egarr paces the piece unhurriedly, recognising Handel’s often vivid responses to Brockes’s graphic...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20195 out of 5 stars

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Handel: Brockes-Passion

Robert Murray, Cody Quattlebaum, Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes, Tim Mead, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence

Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

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Awards:

This formidably well-documented project is matched by a comparably sympathetic performance, Egarr paces the piece unhurriedly, recognising Handel’s often vivid responses to Brockes’s graphic...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20195 out of 5 stars

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This release celebrates the 300th anniversary of Handel's great Brockes-Passion: a long-neglected masterpiece by this most brilliant composer. Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music are joined by a stellar line-up of soloists in this recording, the culmination of two years of scholarly research. To create its new edition of the score (Handel's original being long-lost), the Academy of Ancient Music assembled a team of scholars and musicologists from the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King's College London and more, to work alongside Music Director Richard Egarr and editor Leo Duarte. Consulting 15 manuscript sources from 11 collections in 5 countries, they have produced the most substantial edition of this work yet, including as appendices extra movements and Charles Jennens' partial English translation in their world premiere recordings. A deluxe 220-page album booklet accompanies this release, featuring new contemporary artworks inspired by Handel's Brockes-Passion, full notes, the first contemporary publication of the original Kurrentschrift text alongside the modern German libretto and a brand new English translation, several additional articles, details of other composer's take on Brockes' visceral libretto, and much more. This album is perhaps the most definitive guide to this astonishing work yet published. Soprano Elizabeth Watts takes the limelight as the Daughter of Zion, with tenor Robert Murray and bass-baritone Cody Quattlebaum as Evangelist and Christ respectively. They are joined by Tim Mead as Judas, Gwilym Bowen as Peter, and Ruby Hughes, Rachael Lloyd, Nicky Spence and Morgan Pearse as Faithful Souls, amongst others. The Academy of Ancient Music, and the Choir of AAM, recorded this new release around a 300th anniversary performance on Good Friday 2019 at London's Barbican Hall. The Academy of Ancient Music's exploration and re-discovery of Handel's Brockes-Passion has been a fascinating journey of discovery that is only the beginning, in the modern era, for this major work of Handel's. "A gruesomely graphic work to break Bach's monopoly" (Financial Times)

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Brockes Passion HWV 48
Work length2:34:51
No. 1, Symphonia
Track length3:54
No. 2, Mich vom Strikke meiner Sünden zu entbinden
Track length4:47
No. 3, Als Jesus nun zu Tische saße
Track length0:31
No. 4, Das ist mein Leib
Track length0:56
No. 5, Der Gott, dem alle Himmelskreise
Track length2:17
No. 6, Und bald hernach nahm er den Kelch und dankte
Track length0:14
No. 7, Das ist mein Blut im neuen Testament
Track length0:59
No. 8, Gott selbst, der Brunnquell alles Guten
Track length1:56
No. 9, Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte
Track length1:10
No. 10, Drauf sagten sie dem Höchsten Dank
Track length0:32
No. 11, Wir wollen alle eh' erblassen
Track length0:34
No. 12, Est ist gewiß... Weil ich den Hirten schlagen werde
Track length1:25
No. 13, Aufs wenigste will ich
Track length0:56
No. 14, Mein Vater, mein Vater!
Track length2:10
No. 15, Mich drückt der Sünden Zentnerlast
Track length0:59
No. 16, Ist's möglich, ist's möglich
Track length2:13
No. 17, Sünder, schaut mit Furcht und Zagen
Track length1:37
No. 18, Die Pein vermehrte sich mit grausamen Erschüttern
Track length1:08
No. 19, Brich, mein Herz, zerfließ in Tränen
Track length5:31
No. 20, Ein Engel aber kam vor den gestirnten Bühnen
Track length0:35
No. 21, Erwachet doch!
Track length1:56
No. 22, Und eh' die Rede noch geendigt war
Track length0:14
No. 23, Greift zu, schlagt tot!
Track length0:57
No. 24, Und der Verräter hatte dieses ihnen zum Zeichen lassen dienen
Track length0:17
No. 25, Er soll uns nicht entlaufen
Track length0:27
No. 26, Nimm, Rabbi, diesen Kuß von mir
Track length0:13
No. 27, Gift und Glut, Strahl und Flut
Track length1:28
No. 28, Steck nur das Schwert an seinen Ort
Track length1:11
No. 29, O Weh, sie binden ihn mit Strikk und Ketten!
Track length0:38
No. 30, Wo flieht ihr hin? Verzagte, bleibt!
Track length0:42
No. 31, Nehmt mich mit, verzagte Scharen
Track length4:21
No. 32, Und Jesus ward zum Palast Caiphas'
Track length1:12
No. 33, Was Bärentatzen, Löwenklauen
Track length2:50
No. 34, Dies sahe Petrus an
Track length1:19
No. 35, Ich will versinken und vergehn
Track length0:43
No. 36, Drauf krähete der Hahn
Track length0:35
No. 37, Welch ungeheurer Schmerz bestürmet mein Gemüt!
Track length0:38
No. 38, Heul, du Schaum!
Track length2:17
No. 39, Doch wie, will ich verzweifelnd untergehn?
Track length0:26
No. 40, Schau, ich fall' in strenger Buße
Track length2:40
No. 41, Ach, Gott und Herr
Track length0:58
No. 42, Als Jesus nun, wie hart man ihn verklagte
Track length1:10
No. 43, Er hat den Tod verdient!
Track length0:09
No. 44, Erwäg, ergrimmte Natternbrut
Track length4:22
No. 45, Die Nacht war kaum vorbei
Track length1:17
No. 46, Meine Laster sind die Strikke
Track length2:24
No. 47, O, was hab'ich verfluchter Mensch getan!
Track length0:33
No. 48, Laßt diese Tat nicht ungerochen
Track length1:48
No. 49, Unsäglich ist mein Schmerz
Track length0:58
No. 50, Die ihr Gottes Gnad' versäumet
Track length2:03
No. 51, Wie nun Pilatus Jesum fragt
Track length0:19
No. 52, Bestrafe diesen Übeltäter
Track length0:12
No. 53, Hast du den kein Gehör?
Track length0:26
No. 54, Sprichst du den auf dies Verklagen
Track length2:35
No. 55, Pilatus wunderte sich sehr
Track length0:32
No. 56, Nein, diesen nicht
Track length0:18
No. 57, Was fang ich den mit eurem sogenannten König an?
Track length0:06
No. 58, Weg, weg! Laß ihn kreuzigen
Track length0:23
No. 59, Wie er nun sah
Track length0:14
No. 60, Besinne dich, Pilatus, schweig, halt ein!
Track length0:38
No. 61, Dein Bärenherz ist felsenhart
Track length0:51
No. 62, Drauf zerreten die Kreigsknecht ihn hinein und riefen
Track length0:26
No. 63, Ich seh' an einen Stein gebunden den Eckstein
Track length1:14
No. 64, Drum, Seele, schau mit ängstlichem Vergnügen
Track length2:01
No. 65, Den Himmel gleicht
Track length2:38
No. 66, Wie nun das Blut mit Strömen von ihm rann
Track length0:24
No. 67, Die Rosen krönen sonst der rauhen Dornen Spitzen
Track length1:58
No. 68, Verwegner Dorn, barbar'sche Spitzen!
Track length0:59
No. 69, Laß doch diese herbe Schmerzen
Track length4:33
No. 70, Die zarten Schläfen sind bis ans Gehirne
Track length0:38
No. 71, Jesu, dich mit unsern Seelen zu vermählen
Track length2:03
No. 72, Drauf beugten sie aus Spott vor ihm die Knie
Track length0:09
No. 73, Ein jeder sei ihm untertänig!
Track length0:49
No. 74, Ja, scheueten sich nicht
Track length0:06
No. 75, Schäumest du, du Schaum der Welt
Track length1:59
No. 76, Worauf sie mit dem Rohr
Track length0:14
No. 77, Bestürzter Sünder, nimm in acht des Heilands Schmerzen!
Track length0:59
No. 78, Heil der Welt, dein schmerzlich Leiden
Track length3:22
No. 79, Wie man ihm nun genug Verspottung
Track length0:32
No. 80, Eilt, ihr angefocht'ne Seelen
Track length1:44
No. 81, Ach Gott, ach Gott!
Track length1:10
No. 82, Soll mein Kind, mein Leben sterben
Track length2:15
No. 83, Und er trug selbst sein Kreuz
Track length0:37
No. 84, Es scheint, da den zerkerbten Rükken
Track length2:20
No. 85, Wie sie nun an die Stätte
Track length0:22
No. 86, Hier erstarrt mein Herz und Blut
Track length1:10
No. 87, O Anblick, o entsetzliches Gesicht!
Track length1:21
No. 88, O Menschenkind
Track length0:31
No. 89, Sobald er nun gekreuzigt war
Track length0:30
No. 90, Pfui! Seht mir doch den neuen König an!
Track length0:24
No. 91, Und eine dicke Finsternis
Track length0:17
No. 92, Was Wunder, daß der Sonnen Pracht
Track length2:16
No. 93, Dies war zur neunten Stund'
Track length1:11
No. 94, Mein Heiland, Herr und Fürst!
Track length1:57
No. 95, Drauf lief ein Kriegsknecht hin
Track length0:31
No. 96, O Donnerwort! O schrecklich Schreien!
Track length3:14
No. 97, Sind meiner Seelen tiefe Wunden
Track length3:11
No. 98, O Großmut!
Track length0:17
No. 99, Brich, brüllender Abgrund
Track length3:26
No. 100, Ja, ja, es brüllet schon in unterird'schen Grüften
Track length1:21
No. 101, Wie kommt's, daß da der Himmel weint
Track length2:01
No. 102, Bei Jesus' Tod und Leiden
Track length1:41
No. 103, Mein' Sünd' mich werden kränken sehr
Track length0:50
No. 104, Wisch ab der Tränen scharfe Lauge
Track length5:18
No. 105, Ich bin ein Glied an deinem Leib
Track length0:59
No. 1a, Symphonia. Grave e staccato - No. 1b, Symphonia. Adagio e staccato
Track length2:53
No. 11a, Wir alle wollen eh' erblassen
Track length1:37
No. 71a, Jesu, dich mit unsern Seelen
Track length2:06
No. 96a, O selig, wer dies glaubt
Track length0:33
Brockes-Passion, HWV 48 (Excerpts Sung in English)
Work length17:55
  • Cody Quattlebaum (bass-baritone)
No. 2b, To the Cross Our Lord Is Bound
Track length2:36
No. 3b, When Jesus at the Table Sitting
Track length0:29
No. 4b, Take, Eat, This Is My Body
Track length0:57
No. 5b, The God, Whom th’Heav’n and Heav’n of Heavens
Track length2:16
No. 6b, He Took the Cup
Track length0:14
No. 7b, This Is My Blood of the New Testament
Track length0:59
No. 9b, As the Hart Pants After Pure Streams
Track length1:07
No. 10b, And When They Had Sung a Hymn
Track length0:29
No. 11b, Should the Whole World at Once Forsake You
Track length0:36
No. 12b, Th'Event Is Certain... I Will Smite the Shepherd
Track length1:26
No. 13b, But I Will Still Be Firm
Track length0:55
No. 14b, How Sorrowful
Track length2:09
No. 15b, The Heavy Load of Sins Oppress Me
Track length0:27
No. 21b, Here Watch with Me
Track length1:51
No. 62b, Behold the Love of God Towards Us
Track length1:24

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

Christmas 2019

This formidably well-documented project is matched by a comparably sympathetic performance, Egarr paces the piece unhurriedly, recognising Handel’s often vivid responses to Brockes’s graphic text and drawing from them deeply felt, contrasting emotions. From among a uniformly strong solo cast, Elizabeth Watts’s Daughter of Zion, a reflective conscience of the work, Robert Murray (Evangelist) and Ruby Hughes (Faithful Soul)…are especially rewarding.
5 out of 5 stars

May/June 2020

Every vocalist is very good to excellent; top honors go to Elizabeth Watts as the finest Daughter of Zion on disc, a role to which Handel allots about 40 per cent of the score. Robert Murray and Cody Quattlebaum are scarcely less fine as the Evangelist and Jesus...This recording not only receives my highest possible recommendation; I confidently predict that it will be a landmark that finally places the Brockes Passion in the standard repertory, alongside Messiah and the two Bach Passions.

November 2019

From the French-style opening tableau, the only extended chorus in the work, Egarr and his responsive forces hardly put a foot wrong. The superb playing and singing of the AAM go beyond mere notions of good Handelian style, while all the soloists ‘live’ their roles with operatic vividness. The words – overly sentimental or brutal for modern taste – always matter.

4th October 2019

The recording uses a new performing edition of the score by oboist and musicologist Leo Duarte (who along with leader Bojan Čičić also contributes some ravishing obbligatos)...If Bach lays the narrative burden squarely on the shoulders of his Evangelists, Handel and Brockes present it from all angles...The young tenor Gwilym Bowen, as Peter, emerges as one of the most exciting voices on the set; the other stand-out new voice here is American bass-baritone Cody Quattlebaum as a very human Jesus.
Katherine Cooper

4th October 2019

Please welcome this exciting Brockes-Passion, in such a vibrant and luxurious recording...Egarr’s lively band, eloquent soloists and well-chiselled chorus are almost uniformly thrilling, as is the material…Nearly every personage is intensely human: an ideal match with Handel’s genius for presenting character conflicts in music...Peter’s agony is particularly well caught by the tenor Gwilym Bowen, while the humanity of Cody Quattlebaum’s Jesus is never in doubt.
5 out of 5 stars
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