Bach: St. John Passion
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Performer: Hermann PreyPerformer: Keith Engen
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Karl Richter
Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra
Orchestra: M?nchner Bach-Chor
Performer: Evelyn Lear
Performer: Ernst Haefliger
Performer: Ernst Hafliger
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-02-11
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 1. Chorus: Herr, unser Herrscher
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 2-6. Recitative (evangelist, Jesus) and Chorus
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 7. Chorale: O grosse Lieb
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 8. Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus): Auf dass das Wort erfullet wurde
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 9. Chorale: Dein Will gescheh
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 10. Recitative (evangelist): Die Schar aber
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Betrayal and Capture : 11. Aria (Cantralto): Von den Stricken meiner Sunden
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 12. Recitative (Evangelist): Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 13. Aria (Soprano): Ich folge dir gleichfalls
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 14. recitative (Evangelist, Maid, Peter, Servant): Derselbige Juenger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 15. Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 16. -18. Recitative (Evangelist, Peter, Servant) and Chorus
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 19. Aria (Tenor): Ach, mein Sinn
- Johannes - Passion: Part One : Denial : 20. Chorale: Petrus, der nicht denkt zuruck
- Johannes - Passion: Part Two : Interrogation and Flagellation : 21. Chorale: Christus, der uns selig macht
- Johannes - Passion: Part Two : Interrogation and Flagellation : 22. -26. Recitative (Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus) and Chorus
- Johannes - Passion: Part Two : Interrogation and Flagellation : 27. Chorale: Ach gosser Konig
- Johannes - Passion: Part Two : Interrogation and Flagellation : 28.-30. Recitative (Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus) and Chorus
- Johannes - Passion: Part Two : Interrogation and Flagellation : 31. Arioso (BAss): Betrachte, mein Seel
- Johannes - Passion: Part Two : Interrogation and Flagellation : 32. Aria (Tenor): Erwage, wie sein blutgefarbter Rucken
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Condemnation and Crucifixion : 33. -39. REcitative (Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus) and Chorus
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Condemnation and Crucifixion : 40. Chorale: Durch dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Condemnation and Crucifixion : 41.-47. Recitative (Evangelist, Pilate) and Chorus
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Condemnation and Crucifixion : 48. (Bass with Chorus): Eilt, ihr angefochtnen seelen-Wohin
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Condemnation and Crucifixion : 49-51. Recitative (Evangelist, Pilatus) and Chorus
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Condemnation and Crucifixion : 52. Chorale: In meines Herzens Grunde
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : The Death of Jusus : 53. - 55. Recitative (Evangelist, Jesus) and Chorus
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : The Death of Jusus : 56. Chorale: Er nahm alles wohl in acht
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : The Death of Jusus : 57. Recitative (Evangelist-Jesus):Und von Stund and
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : The Death of Jusus : 58. Aria (Contralto): Es ist vollbracht
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : The Death of Jusus : 59. Recitative (Evangelist):Und neigte das Haupt
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : The Death of Jusus : 60. Aria (Bass) with Chorale: Mein teurer Heiland-Jesu, der warest tot
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 61. REcitiative (Evangelist): Und siehe da, der Vorhang
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 62. Arioso (Tenor): Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 63. Aria (Soprano): Zerfliesse, mein Herze
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 64. Recitative (Evangelist): Die Juden aber
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 65. Chorale: O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 66. Recitative (Evangelist): Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 67. Chorus: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
- Johannes-Passion: Part Two : Burial : 68. Chorale: Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein
Free Music Notes for Bach: St. John Passion
Free Music Review: The Best "Traditional" St. John Passion Available
Hit: 5 Stars
In his day, Karl Richter was considered a Bach "specialist." We accord that title nowadays, if at all, to purveyors of period performance practice--and rightly so. But there's something to be gained by appreciating earlier conceptions of how this music should go. If you favor a more "traditional" approach to Bach's sacred music, featuring a large chorus, modern instruments and "operatic"-style singers, then you can't do better than Richter's 1964 account of the St. John Passion.
There are few Bach performances on record as compelling as this. Richter's direction evinces a profound understanding of how Bach's theological convictions informed his musico-dramatic treatment of the Passion story. He paces the sacred drama to perfection, particularly in the great trial scene that constitutes the central panel of Part II, in which he allows the intensity to build inexorably as the principal "characters" (the turba being one of them) act out their preordained roles, as in a Greek tragedy. I know of no other conductor who highlights Bach's text-painting so insightfully in such sections as the turba "Wir haben keinen K?nig," the chorale "In meinen Herzens Gr?nden" or the chorus of Roman centurians casting lots for Jesus' robe (to cite just three among many such instances). Richter's most impressive moment, however, comes at the very end of the piece, with his gradually intensifying, then near-apocalyptic account of "Ach, Herr, lass' dein lieb' Engelein." Once heard, never forgotten.
Richter's noble conception of this work would be ineffectual if he didn't have first-rate musicians to work with. But he does. The Munich Bach Choir, as usual, cover themselves in glory. For such a large group their rhythmic articulation and diction are phenomenal, as is their capacity for realizing the contrasting "affects" inscribed in the various chorale settings interspersed throughout the work. The instrumental ensemble responds with extraordinary precision and ?lan to Richter's often challenging tempos and careful highlighting of textural detail; obbligati are rendered with expressive phrasing and considerable virtuosity. Among the vocal soloists, Haefliger is a rivetingly dramatic narrator and Herman Prey a warmly human (if occasionally stentorian) Christus. If Lear and T?pper are less than idiomatic Bach singers, they project the texts of their arias with passionate conviction, and that counts for more, in the end, than stylistic accuracy. In the Bass arias, Keith Engen sings expressively, if a bit heavily; "Eilt, ihr angefocht'nen Seelen" is particularly eloquent.
This inexpensive double-CD set is superbly remastered, conveying an even more vivid impression than the original LP's (which I still cherish in their beautifully emroidered Archiv Production box). The acoustic, though roomy, is warm and relatively flattering to the voices.
A mandatory acquisition for "traditionalists" and any listener who is curious about the legacy of this outstanding Bach interpreter.
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