Bach, J S - St Matthew Passion, BWV244

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Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann, Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir & Wiener Sängerknaben, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Reginald Mobley, Eleanor Minney (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Ashley Riches, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (bass) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Benjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Clint van der Linde (baritone), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Toru Kaku (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

Deborah York, Julia Gooding (sopranos), Magdalena Kozená, Susan Bickley (mezzo-sopranos), Mark Padmore - Evangelist, James Gilchrist (tenors), Peter Harvey - Jesus, Stephan Loges (basses) Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Christus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer

James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass), Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord) Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of the AAM

Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist), Matthew Brook (Jesus), Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Cecilia Osmond (Soprano), Clare Wilkinson (Alto), Annie Gill (Alto), Malcolm Bennett (Tenor) & Brian Bannatyne-Scott (Bass) Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt

Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano), Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano), Tim Mead (alto), Matthew White (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor - Evangelist), Julian Podger (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) & Sebastian Noack (bass) The Netherlands Bach Society with Kampen Boys Choir, Jos van Veldhoven

Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore

Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Irmgard Seefried, Hertha Töpper, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Max Proebstl Munich Bach Choir & Orchestra, Karl Richter

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Peter Koves (bass), Agnes Mester (choirmaster), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Judit Nemeth (alto), Janos Remenyi (choirmaster), Ibolya Verebits (soprano) Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Choir, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Geza Oberfrank

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus musicus Wien, Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Regensburg Cathedral Choir (chorus), Tom Sutcliffe (counter-tenor vocals), Nigel Rogers (tenor vocals), Max van Egmond (bass vocals), James Bowman (counter-tenor vocals), Karl Ridderbusch (bass vocals), King's College Choir Cambridge (chorus), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Michael Schopper (bass vocals) Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Peter Schreier (soloist, tenor), Theo Adam (soloist, bass baritone, bass), Annelies Burmeister (alto, soloist), Johannes Künzel (bass, soloist), Adele Stolte (soloist, soprano), Günther Leib (baritone, soloist, bass), Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (soloist, tenor), Gerda Schriever (alto, soloist), Hans-Martin Nau (bass, soloist), Siegfried Vogel (bass, soloist), Erika Wustmann (soloist, soprano), Hermann Christian Polster (bass, soloist), Eva Haßbecker (soloist, soprano), Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Erhard Mauersberger, Rudolf Mauersberger

Elly Ameling (soprano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Peter Pears (tenor), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Heinz Blankenburg (baritone), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), August Messthaler (bass (vocal)), Stuttgart Hymnus Boys Choir, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

Susanna Phillips (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo-soprano), Yusuke Fujii (tenor), Andrew Bogard (bass-baritone), Jessica Beebe (soprano), Margaret Nice (vocals), Jean Bernard Cerin (baritone), Ryan Tibbetts (bass), Jennifer Beattie (mezzo-soprano), Cory O'Niell Walker (tenor) Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Alan Harler

Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Monika Frimmer (soprano), Veronika Winter (soprano), Lena Susanne Norin (alto), Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass) Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max

Abraham Kaplan (director), Stuart Gardner (director), William Wilderman (bass vocal), David Lloyd (tenor), Donald Bell (bass baritone), Adele Addison (soprano), Betty Allen (alto), Boys' Choir of The Church of The Transfiguration, Betty Allen (mezzo-soprano), Collegiate Chorale, William Wildermann (bass vocal), Leonard Bernstein (speaker)

Peter Lika (vocalist), Angelika Kazimierczuk (vocalist), Alison Browner (vocalist), Markus Schäfer (vocalist), Franz-Josef Selig (vocalist), Wilfried Jochens (vocalist), Chorus Musicus, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering

Christoph Prégardien (vocalist), Markus Schäfer (vocalist, soloist), Mechtild Bach (vocalist), Peter Lika (vocalist, soloist), Barbara Schlick (vocalist), Frieder Lang (vocalist), Klaus Mertens (vocalist), Maryse Castets (vocalist), Elzbieta Kalvelage (soloist), Alison Browner (soloist), Wilfried Jochens (soloist), Franz-Joseph Selig (soloist), Chorus Musicus Klön, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering

Peter Schreier (soloist, tenor), Theo Adam (soloist, bass baritone, bass), Adele Stolte (soloist, soprano), Annelies Burmeister (alto, soloist), Gerda Schriever (alto, soloist), Siegfried Vogel (bass, soloist), Erika Wustmann (soloist, soprano), Hermann Christian Polster (bass, soloist), Eva Haßbecker (soloist, soprano), Günther Leib (baritone, soloist), Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Erhard Mauersberger, Rudolf Mauersberger

Benoît Arnould, Alex Potter, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Dorothee Mields (soprano), Matthew Brook (bass), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Marine Fribourg, Sarah Van Mol, Werner Güra (tenor), Valerio Contaldo, Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre de Genève, Maîtrise Musique Ecole du Conservatoire de Lausanne, Petits Chanteurs de la Schola de Sion, Gli Angeli Genève, Stephan Macleod

Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Marga Höffgen (contralto), John van Kesteren (tenor), Walter Berry (bass (vocal)), Leo Ketelaars (bass (vocal)), Agnes Giebel (soprano), Franz Crass (bass (vocal)), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chorus, Boys Chorus Of The St. Willibrord Church, Eugen Jochum

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Karl Forster

Erik Saeden (baritone), Olle Sivall (tenor), Uno Ebrelius (tenor), Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind (soprano), Birgit Scholdberg-Stenberg (alto), Bernhard Sonnerstedt (baritone), Carl Henrik Gillberg (bass), Alvar Cedermark Musikalista Sallskapet, Swedish Radio Boys Choir, Engelbrekt Church Choir, Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Ahlen

Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Judit Nemeth (alto), Peter Koves (bass), Janos Remenyi (choirmaster), Agnes Mester (choirmaster), Ibolya Verebics (soprano) Hungarian Festival Choir, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Geza Oberfrank

Rheinische Kantorei, Franz Liszt Kammerorchester, Hermann Max, Sandor Frigyes

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Ulla Miilmann (flute), Johannes Soe Hansen (violin), Dorthe Zielke (trumpet), Soren Johannsen (organ), Pelle Gravers Nielsen (oboe)

Munchener Bach-Chor, Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

Charles Daniels (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Bethany Seymour, Helen Neeves (sopranos), Sally Bruce-Payne, Nancy Cole (altos), Joseph Cornwell, Julian Podger (tenors), Matthew Brook (basses) Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Peter Seymour