Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 679. Today and tomorrow the St Matthew Passion in its version from 1727, by the Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Richard Egarr.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (version 1727)
Part 1:
nos. 1 Kommt, Ihr Tochter, Helft Mir Klagen (Chorus)
until 38 Jesum Lass Ich Nicht Von Mir (Chorus)
Evangelist – James Gilchrist (tenor). Jesus – Matthew Rose (bass). Pilate – Ashley Riches (bass). Elizabeth Watts (soprano). Sarah Connolly (alto). Thomas Hobbs (tenor). Christopher Maltman (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of the AAM conducted by Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
(3 CD JS Bach – St Matthew Passion, AAM: AAM004, 2015)
