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Even if the concept belongs more to the 1960s of the 20th Century, the St John Passion can really be considered as a "work in progress". Or rather: there does not exist a version of St John which is at once complete, definitive, authentic and dated (or at least datable); whereas, notably, a sumptuous manuscript of the St Matthew Passion, signed by the Cantor, has survived... St John exists in four different forms: a first from 1724, of which only a few parts have been recovered. A second, fairly complete version from 1725 exists, whose opening and closing choirs, as well as a number of arias, have been changed from the version of the year prior. A third from 1739 is surely authentic, but very partial. A fourth and final version exists dating from 1746/1749 - the dates are unclear; it is this final version which has been recorded here, although the "normal" score which has been performed for decades is a concoction by the Neue Bach Gesellschaft, whose editors have taken the ten first numbers from the 1739 version, and the remainder from the 1746/49 version and also from the first version... A real cocktail. This recording is based on the 1749 version, which itself revisits certain aspects of... the first version from 1724! To be sure, there are a number of differences in terms of instrumentation, the order of the numbers; some airs are there, others not. By way of comparison, the Mainz Bach Orchestra and Ralf Otto have added, at the end of the album, the supplementary numbers which figure in the 1725 version, which Bach never re-wrote until the end of his life. A fascinating juxtaposition. © SM/Qobuz
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St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Peter Laenger, Producer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Stephan Schellmann, Engineer - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Gerhild Romberger, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Julia Kleiter, Artist, MainArtist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Daniel Sans, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra - Victoria Braum, Artist - Erik Reinhardt, Artist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Daniel Sans, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernd Sucké, Artist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Daniel Sans, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Wagner, Artist - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Wagner, Artist - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Matthias Winckhler, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Daniel Sans, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Wagner, Artist - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Wagner, Artist - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Matthias Winckhler, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christian Wagner, Artist - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
DISC 2
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Peter Laenger, Producer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Stephan Schellmann, Engineer - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Yorck Felix Speer, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Gerhild Romberger, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Matthias Winckhler, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Daniel Sans, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Julia Kleiter, Artist, MainArtist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Joachim Held, Artist - Hille Perl, Artist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (1725 Version) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Peter Laenger, Producer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Stephan Schellmann, Engineer - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Matthias Winckhler, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Daniel Sans, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2 (1725 Version) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Daniel Sans, Artist, MainArtist - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ralf Otto, Conductor - Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Artist - Sabine Bauer, Artist - Mainz Bach Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mainz Bach Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Album review
Even if the concept belongs more to the 1960s of the 20th Century, the St John Passion can really be considered as a "work in progress". Or rather: there does not exist a version of St John which is at once complete, definitive, authentic and dated (or at least datable); whereas, notably, a sumptuous manuscript of the St Matthew Passion, signed by the Cantor, has survived... St John exists in four different forms: a first from 1724, of which only a few parts have been recovered. A second, fairly complete version from 1725 exists, whose opening and closing choirs, as well as a number of arias, have been changed from the version of the year prior. A third from 1739 is surely authentic, but very partial. A fourth and final version exists dating from 1746/1749 - the dates are unclear; it is this final version which has been recorded here, although the "normal" score which has been performed for decades is a concoction by the Neue Bach Gesellschaft, whose editors have taken the ten first numbers from the 1739 version, and the remainder from the 1746/49 version and also from the first version... A real cocktail. This recording is based on the 1749 version, which itself revisits certain aspects of... the first version from 1724! To be sure, there are a number of differences in terms of instrumentation, the order of the numbers; some airs are there, others not. By way of comparison, the Mainz Bach Orchestra and Ralf Otto have added, at the end of the album, the supplementary numbers which figure in the 1725 version, which Bach never re-wrote until the end of his life. A fascinating juxtaposition. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
- Total length: 02:11:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ralf Otto
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
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