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Recorded live at Pisa Cathedral in 2016, this recording of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, is of a piece with the touring Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recordings released in the early 2000s: it is rich yet lively, sung with precision yet a total sense of commitment in the moment. The singers -- the Monteverdi Choir of 30 with soloists all drawn from the choir, except for Jesus (Stephan Loges) and the Evangelist (James Gilchrist) -- performed from memory, and the feeling that the text is being communicated directly is even greater than is usual with Gardiner. An unusual feature of the recording is that the soloists are not single per part; the soprano solos are taken by no fewer than five different singers. Several (try Hannah Morrison in "Aus liebe") are lovely, and the effect of a space between the congregational chorales and the focus on an individual soloist is fascinating. The hair-trigger alertness of the chorus in the big numbers like "Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden?" is also extremely compelling. Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir offer Bach with the luxury of old-fashioned Romantic versions combined with the agility of historical performance, and they've never done the combination better than they do here.
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Trinity Boys' Choir, Choir - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Reginald L. Mobley, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Reginald L. Mobley, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Jonathan Sells, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Zoë Brookshaw, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - Jonathan Sells, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hannah Morrison, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hannah Morrison, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Alex Ashworth, Performer - James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hugo Hymas, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hugo Hymas, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Ashley Riches, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Ashley Riches, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - Jonathan Sells, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Charlotte Ashley, Performer - Eleanor Minney, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Trinity Boys' Choir, Choir - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Reginald L. Mobley, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Reginald L. Mobley, Performer - Andrew Tortise, Performer - Rupert Reid, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hugo Hymas, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hugo Hymas, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Rupert Reid, Performer - Stephan Loges, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
DISC 2
James Gilchrist, Performer - Alison Hill, Performer - Alex Ashworth, Performer - Angharad Rowlands, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Eleanor Minney, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Jonathan Sells, Performer - Rupert Reid, Performer - Lawrence Wallington, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Alex Ashworth, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Ashley Riches, Performer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Stephan Loges, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - Ashley Riches, Performer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Jessica Cale, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Ashley Riches, Performer - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hannah Morrison, Performer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Hannah Morrison, Performer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
James Gilchrist, Performer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Ashley Riches, Performer - Monteverdi Choir, Choir - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist - Bible, Lyricist
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
Album review
Recorded live at Pisa Cathedral in 2016, this recording of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, is of a piece with the touring Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recordings released in the early 2000s: it is rich yet lively, sung with precision yet a total sense of commitment in the moment. The singers -- the Monteverdi Choir of 30 with soloists all drawn from the choir, except for Jesus (Stephan Loges) and the Evangelist (James Gilchrist) -- performed from memory, and the feeling that the text is being communicated directly is even greater than is usual with Gardiner. An unusual feature of the recording is that the soloists are not single per part; the soprano solos are taken by no fewer than five different singers. Several (try Hannah Morrison in "Aus liebe") are lovely, and the effect of a space between the congregational chorales and the focus on an individual soloist is fascinating. The hair-trigger alertness of the chorus in the big numbers like "Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden?" is also extremely compelling. Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir offer Bach with the luxury of old-fashioned Romantic versions combined with the agility of historical performance, and they've never done the combination better than they do here.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 68 track(s)
- Total length: 02:41:02
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Gardiner, John Eliot
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: SDG
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical Sacred Vocal Music Masses, Passions, Requiems
- Period: Baroque Music
2017 SDG 2017 SDG
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