Bach, J S - St John Passion, BWV245
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedIan Bostridge (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Iestyn Davies (countertenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Polyphony, Stephen Layton
this new recording's credentials border on the unassailable...Layton's pacing is compelling - there's no mistaking the gambling fever as the soldiers cast lots for Christ's garment...[Neal Davies]... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th February 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Robin Tritschler, Krešimir Stražanac, Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Stephan Gähler, Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Philipp Kaven, Magdalena Podkościelna, Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Herreweghe’s unswerving focus is evident from the opening chorus, whose elemental summons is exactingly calibrated, dark-grained and resolute…Schmitt’s Evangelist narrates with exemplary pacing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 22nd February 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Zachary Wilder, James Gilchrist, Damien Guillon, Hana Blažiková, Christian Immler, Yusuke Watanabe
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki directs a performance of dramatic urgency and probing vision. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th October 2020, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedWerner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...
Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Bach: St. John Passion
RecommendedNick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
the wonder is that in the circumstances the performance emerges so taut, dramatically focused, and exactingly crafted...singing off-score, his choir doesn’t so much relay the narrative as inhabit... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 26th February 2022, Record of the Week
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Recommendedcontains 2 DVDs and Blu-ray disc
Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Roderick Williams (Jesus)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Sellars (director)
Sellars is an intrinsically 'musical' director...Williams's Christ all but steals the show - even alongside tenor Mark Padmore whose Evangelist fearlessly interrogates as well as interprets... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedGerd Türk (Evangelist), Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano), Yoshie Hida (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Bach seems to have performed his St John Passion on four Good Fridays during his tenure as Thomaskantor at Leipzig. However, he continued to make significant revisions right up to the last performance... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2011, First Choice
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Mark Padmore (Evangelist/tenor arias), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Jesus), Peter Harvey (Pilatus/bass arias), Joanna Lunn (soprano - 'Ich folge dir gleichfells'), Katharine Fuge (soprano - Ancilla and 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze'), Bernarda Fink (alto), Julian Clarkson (Petrus), Robert Murray (Servus I),...
To borrow a phrase used more than one by Gardiner, his is a reading which lives viscerally in the 'here and now'...throughout, the Monteverdi Choir is typically alert and tautly-sprung. Crowd... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedSung in English
Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Patrizia Kwella (soprano), David James (alto), Ian Partridge (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Michael George (bass), William Kendall (bass)
The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers
2 CDs
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