A choice between the CD releases discussed in the Klassieke Zaken (Classical Matters) magazine, a programme in collaboration with the Vereniging Klassieke Zaken (Classical Matters Association).
Music associated with Easter.
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
1. Mattheus Passion (excerpts).
Edwin Rutten. Nicolaus Harnoncourt.
[Warner Classics 0825646308057]
2. Matthäus-Passion.
Karina Gauvin, soprano. Gerhild Romberger, mezzo.
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor. Julian Prégardien, evangelist. Michael Nagy, baritone.
Karl-Magnus Frederikson, Jesus.
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Regensburger Domspatzen. Concerto Köln led by Peter Dijkstra
[BR Klassik 900508]
3. Actus Tragicus ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’, BWV 106.
Hannah Morrison, soprano. Meg Bragle, mezzo soprano. Nicolas Mulroy, tenor. Peter Harvey, bass. The Monteverdi Choir. The English Baroque Soloists led by John Eliot Gardiner.
[Soli Deo Gloria SDG 719]
