Collegium Vocale Gent - Bach: Matthaus-Passion (St Matthew Passion) BWV 244 /Bostridge * Selig * Rubens * Scholl * Gura * Henschel * Collegium Vocale * Herreweghe (+CD-Rom)
|
List Price: Our Price: $44.97 You Save: $23.01 (34%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy Used: from $44.95 (click here) Category: Music CD See more new music releases 
|
|---|
Canadian Music Store
Free Music Notes for Bach: Matthaus-Passion (St Matthew Passion) BWV 244 /Bostridge * Selig * Rubens * Scholl * Gura * Henschel * Collegium Vocale * Herreweghe (+CD-Rom)
Free Music Review: DEFINITIVE
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes, I know there's not much of a chance of anybody reading this, but I just feel I have to voice my sentiments. so here: Know the feeling when you THINK you know a musical work inside out and then comes along something else, something that makes it twist and turn anew in your insides, and burn and hurt and make you sigh with beauty and longing? well, thats the case here. No more to add! (except - way to go, Ian! - and Philippe, certainly...)Free Music Review: A monument in Bach recording history
Hit: 5 Stars
Finally, a recording of the Passion that dances! Herreweghe's recording should now be the benchmark by which all Bach recordings should be compared. No longer shall the continual argument of authenticity and performance practice limit the performance of Bach's music to mere scholastic rhetoric. Herreweghe most graciously remembers that all baroque music was some form of dance (try dancing to Klemperer's recording and you'll see what I mean) and that the rhythmic impulse in Bach's music is just as important as any harmony, melody or counterpoint. You will be hard pressed to find a more alive, soulful recording of Bach anywhere else. Imagine the intense drama and rich sonority of great conductors such as F?rtwangler and Klemperer, but without the suffocating and brutal self-flagellation. Herreweghe has found a way in which Bach can both breathe and explode at the same time. This recording is now the highlight of my extensive collection, and looks to be for a long time.Free Music Review: a matter of predilection
Hit: 5 Stars
"Come you daughters, help me lament..." bawls the choir at the genesis of the beautiful polyphonic structure of one of the most complex musical art pieces ever : in this performance, their cries must sound almost exactly the way they sounded the first time - in Johann Sebastian Bach's mind. This performance is challenging: it's sharp authentic approach (although relatively moderated) can sometime be considered too cold, and this performance is particularly rationalistic. It works perfectly in most cases, yet coming to some Arias (like `Erbarme dich, mein Gott' , arguably the most beautiful, touching melody ever written in Western music) it may be disturbing to emotional listeners. The text is clearer than ever, and Ian Bostridge, which is the main innovation of this performance, is exquisite - and even though not a Baroque specialist - can be highly moving (just try staying with arid eyes after he sings : `Mein Gott warum hast du mich verlassen?' - `God, why have you forsaken me?').
The soloists are also very good, Andreas Scholl being a disappointment - he is still exciting and flawless, yet for some reason lackluster.
Choirs and orchestras are immaculate.
In my opinion, it is an `authoritative' performance, but there are so many performances of the St. Matthew Passion. all of are prestige productions recruiting the finest craftsmen of Music, some of them appear in more than one (Andreas School, e.g.), that personal taste should be the prominent voice.
The oh-so lavish package includes a very informative CD-ROM - it IS very good, yet somewhat commericalized (I can not explain the reason the St. Matthew Passion suddenly turned unto a brand in front of my eyes!) .
Free Music Review: St. Matthew Passion CD review
Hit: 4 Stars
I am 65 years of age and have loved the music of J.S. Bach since my college days at SMSU in Springfield,Mo. The St. Matthew Passion is my favorite choral work of Bach,s. This CD represents a fresh interpretation of this masterpiece. The singing is excellent as is the blalance and blend of the chorus. In general; however, I find the tempi somewhat too fast in general for my taste. Thus far, I have not found a better rendishion of this work than the one recorder on Palm Sunday in 1939 by the Concertgebeou Orchestra. It is so moving.Free Music Review: what a wonderful cd
Hit: 5 Stars
i just can't stop listening to this wonderful cd's. all is excellent. and it's far more better than gardiner in archiv. the choir is more intimate and the soloists are all in excellent performance. i can't see any more better recording of st.matthew passion than this.