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Special offer. JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion

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The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom...

BBC Music Magazine, May 20224 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Special offer. JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom...

BBC Music Magazine, May 20224 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Bach and Pygmalion: the story of a passion linking the genius of the Thomaskantor to a reflection on inner drama and constantly renewed vocality.

This Matthäus Passion marks a major stage in this fifteen- year companionship and testifies to the culmination of their work on Bach, characterised by its precision and humility.

Read through the prism of a tragedy in five acts, at once intimate and theatrical, human and metaphysical, the Passion is revealed here in a new light: as a deeply moving epic exploring the very heart of Lutheran spirituality.

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Prima parte
Work length1:05:35
Nr.1. Chorus I & II "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"
Track length7:03
Nr.2. Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length0:37
Nr.3. Choral "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen"
Track length0:44
Nr.4. Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester (Evangelista)
Track length3:03
Nr.5. Recitativo "Du lieber Heiland du"
Track length0:58
Nr.6. Aria "Buß und Reu"
Track length3:45
Nr.7. Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer (Evangelista, Judas)
Track length0:37
Nr.8. Aria "Blute nur, du liebes Herz"
Track length3:58
Nr.9. Aber am ersten Tag der süßen Brot (Evangelista)
Track length2:11
Nr.10. Choral "Ich bin's, ich sollte büßen"
Track length0:49
Nr.11. Er antwortete und sprach (Evangelista, Jesus, Judas)
Track length3:01
Nr.12. Recitativo "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt"
Track length1:11
Nr.13. Aria "Ich will dir mein Herze schenken"
Track length3:02
Nr.14. Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length0:58
Nr.15. Choral "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"
Track length1:11
Nr.16. Petrus aber antwortete (Evangelista, Petrus, Jesus)
Track length0:56
Nr.17. Choral "Ich will hier bei dir stehen"
Track length1:10
Nr.18. Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length1:45
Nr.19. Recitativo a doi Cori "O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz"
Track length1:48
Nr.20. Aria a doi Cori "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen"
Track length4:26
Nr.21. Und ging hin ein wenig (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length0:39
Nr.22. Recitativo "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder"
Track length0:49
Nr.23. Aria "Gerne will ich mich bequemen"
Track length4:31
Nr.24. Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length1:12
Nr.25. Choral "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit"
Track length1:07
Nr.26. Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend (Evangelista, Jesus, Judas)
Track length2:28
Nr.27. Aria a doi Cori "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen"
Track length3:53
Nr.28. Und siehe, einer aus denen (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length2:12
Nr.29. Choral " O Mensch, bewein' dein Sünde groß"
Track length5:31
Bach, J S: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Seconda parte
Work length1:35:16
Nr.30. Aria "Ach! nun ist mein Jesus hin"
Track length3:53
Nr.31. Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten (Evangelista)
Track length1:07
Nr.32. Choral "Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht' "
Track length0:50
Nr.33. Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten (Evangelista, Testis I & II, Pontifex)
Track length1:15
Nr.34. Recitativo "Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille"
Track length1:12
Nr.35. Aria "Geduld, Geduld!"
Track length3:18
Nr.36. Und der Hohepriester antwortete (Evangelista, Pontifex, Jesus)
Track length1:54
Nr.37. Choral "Wer hat dich so geschlagen"
Track length0:52
Nr.38. Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast (Evangelista, Ancilla I & II, Petrus)
Track length2:29
Nr.39. Aria "Erbarme dich"
Track length6:18
Nr.40. Choral "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen"
Track length1:32
Nr.41. Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohenpriester (Evangelista, Judas)
Track length1:40
Nr.42. Aria "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder"
Track length2:47
Nr.43. Sie hielten aber einen Rat (Evangelista, Pilatus, Jesus)
Track length2:23
Nr.44. Choral "Befiehl du deine Wege"
Track length1:14
Nr.45. Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger (Evangelista, Pilatus, Uxor Pilatus, Chorus I & II)
Track length2:24
Nr.46. Choral "Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe"
Track length0:43
Nr.47. Der Landpfleger sagte (Evangelista, Pilatus)
Track length0:23
Nr.48. Recitativo "Er hat uns allen wohlgetan"
Track length1:05
Nr.49. Aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"
Track length4:54
Nr.50. Sie schrieen aber noch mehr (Evangelista)
Track length1:50
Nr.51. Recitativo "Erbarm es Gott"
Track length0:52
Nr.52. Aria "Können Tränen meiner Wangen"
Track length6:30
Nr.53. Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte (Evangelista)
Track length1:11
Nr.54. Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
Track length2:12
Nr.55. Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten (Evangelista)
Track length1:17
Nr.56. Recitativo "Ja! freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut"
Track length0:41
Nr.57. Aria "Komm, süßes Kreuz"
Track length5:37
Nr.58. Und da sie an die Stätte kamen (Evangelista)
Track length3:29
Nr.59. Recitativo "Ach, Golgatha, unsel'ges Golgatha"
Track length1:23
Nr.60. Aria "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand"
Track length3:00
Nr.61. Und von der sechsten Stunde (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length2:13
Nr.62. Choral "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden"
Track length1:36
Nr.63. Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß (Evangelista)
Track length3:11
Nr.64. Recitativo "Am Abend da es kühle war"
Track length1:52
Nr.65. Aria "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"
Track length5:24
Nr.66. Und Joseph nahm den Leib (Evangelista)
Track length2:57
Nr.67. Recitativo "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht"
Track length1:54
Nr.68. Chorus I & II "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"
Track length5:54

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

May 2022

The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom and mockery...Pichon’s tempos sometimes generate problems either practical or interpretive, but he has the ability to create a musical space where a listener is allowed to ponder rather than being told what to think.
4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

April 2022

With its glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations, this is a Passion that makes a very definite statement about what this work can communicate in our times.

15th April 2022

Amid so many accounts of the St Matthew Passion over the years that have reached for the stars with sweeping, operatic drama, Pichon’s deliberately does the opposite...Shorn of any pretentions, one of the most emotive stories ever told re-emerges with focus and clarity.
David Smith
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