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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Name: Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
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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...

He has two quartets of soloists which also provide Choirs 1 and 2, but adds eight more voices to the first choir so the double choruses are unbalanced, 12 singers pitted against four. It's astonishingly... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 18th Apr 2011
Catalogue No: CCSSA32511
Label: Channel
Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

May 2011

Choral & Song Choice

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This release includes a digital booklet

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Peter Harvey, Gerd Türk
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven

Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen

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Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte

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Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen

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Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester

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Du lieber Heiland du

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Buß und Reu

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Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer

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Blute nur, du liebes Herz!

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Aber am ersten Tage der Süßen Brot

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Ich bin’s, ich sollte büßen

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Er antwortete und sprach

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Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt

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Ich will dir mein Herze schenken

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Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten

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Erkenne mich, mein Hüter

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Petrus aber antwortete

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Ich will hier bei dir stehen

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Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe

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O Schmerz! Hier zittert das gequälte Herz

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Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen

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Und ging hin ein wenig

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Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder

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Gerne will ich mich bequemen

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Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern

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Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh’ allzeit

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Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend

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So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen

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Und siehe, einer aus denen

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O Mensch, bewein’ dein Sünde groß

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Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin!

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Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten

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Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht’

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Und wiewold viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten

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Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille

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Geduld!

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Und der Hohepriester antwortete

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Wer hat dich so geschlagen

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Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast

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Erbarme dich

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Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen

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Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohenpriester

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Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder

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Sie hielten aber einen Rat

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Befiehl du deine Wege

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Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger

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Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe!

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Der Landpfleger sagte

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Er hat uns allen wohlgetan

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Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben

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Sie schrieen aber noch mehr

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Erbarm es Gott!

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Können Tränen meiner Wangen

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Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte

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O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden

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Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten

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Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut

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Komm, süßes Kreuz

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Und da sie an die Stätte kamen

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Ach, Golgatha, unselges Golgatha!

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Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand

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Und von der sechsten Stunde an

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Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden

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Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß

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Am Abend da es kühle war

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Mache dich, mein Herze, rein

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Und Joseph nahm den Leib

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Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht

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Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder

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After the successful ‘collectors item’ releases of the Christmas Oratorio (2003), St. John Passion (2005) and B minor Mass (2007) performed by the Netherlands Bach Society, Channel Classics now releases a new and very special recording of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

Once again, the recording has been made in collaboration with the Catharijne convent Museum of Utrecht, so that this edition of the St. Matthew Passion is accompanied by a richly illustrated text book. This enables the listener to experience the Passion both in music and images. The illustrations are drawn from the unique collection of the Catharijneconvent Museum, which possesses the largest collection of liturgical art in the Netherlands.

According to conductor Jos van Veldhoven ‘there are reasons enough to look at the score in another way than the traditional symmetrical structure. (...) It could very well be a single choir passion based on hierarchy, rather than equality or symmetry (...) I decided to create a spatial arrangement by having a separate stage for each group of musicians, placed some ten metres apart. Some members of the audience even sat between the two choirs, experiencing the dialogue in a very special manner.

The recording was produced during live concerts in April 2010.

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The Netherlands Bach Society with Kampen Boys Choir, Jos van Veldhoven

Reviews

May 2011

He has two quartets of soloists which also provide Choirs 1 and 2, but adds eight more voices to the first choir so the double choruses are unbalanced, 12 singers pitted against four. It's astonishingly effective...In the crowd choruses, where two choirs echo each other, they are curiously more real for their contrasting timbres... Türk, a fine Evangelist, describ[es] the action vividly but objectively, and leav[es] the emotional outpourings to the arias.

July 2011

Veldhoven heigtens the contrasts in Bach's score by adding eight extra singers to the four Choir I soloists, and keeping Choir II a foursome. It's an effective device...Really, though, it's one for lovers of religious art, as the sumptuous booklet is rich with commentary and illustration of passion-related paintings.

16th April 2011

The performance itself, directed by Jos van Veldhoven, has just what you would expect from a scholarly Dutch ensemble – all the modern trappings of early music practice (nine soloists doubling as chorus, plus eight additional singers) married to the sombre mood of Lutheran tradition.

June 2011

The over-riding sensibility is one stripped of vanity and yet of astute and purposeful coloration, often through startling projection, compelling dynamic control and even rappresentativo-style singing...Gerd Türk is a subtle and excitable communicator, in whom tensions between pure reportage and discipleship are creatively harnessed. Harvey becomes master of all he surveys and the string accompaniments are exquisitely judged

April 2011

What makes this performance of the St Matthew Passion not just revolutionary but an absolute must-have for lovers of this music - regardless of whether they like it fat or thin - is the sheer quality of the performance...as a glorious, life-affirming and utterly irresistable piece of music-making, this is in a league of its own. If any recording warrants the 'Outstanding' tag, this does

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

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