Bach's Passions have an interesting history. He is credited with five, but only two survive intact, the St John and the St Matthew. The St Mark manuscript was destroyed during a bombing raid in the Second World War, although some music and the text survived, and it has been reconstructed and subsequently recorded. Passion settings appear to have occupied Bach from early on in his career. Some of the material used in the St John Passion dates back to 1714, and it is now believed that Bach reused material from an earlier and now lost Passion. In fact, Bach's endless revisions saw material from the St Matthew Passion being included in the St John, several Sinfonias were added, and then removed, and these in turn provide material for the many incomplete concertos in Bach's catalogue of works. Passions are musical descriptions of the events in the life of Christ, from the entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion. Bach's Johannes Passion is on a smaller scale than it's big brother Matthäus Passion, yet in it's intimate and deeply emotional language it may make an even more profound impression. Recorded on March 1996: the full length CD recording plus the DVD of the same recording, filmed in the famous King's College Chapel in Cambridge. Includes each different '1725' movement as an extra appendix. 'There are fine contributions especially from Stephen Varcoe, and an exceptionally immediate and affecting 'Es ist vollbracht' from Michael Chance.'
2 Part I: Recitative: Jesus Ging Mit Seinen Jungern (Evangelist)
3 Part I: Chorale: O Grosse Lieb (Chorus)
4 Part I: Recitative: Auf Dass Das Wort Erfullet Wurde (Evangelist, Jesus)
5 Part I: Chorale: Dein Will Gescheh, Herr Gott, Zugleich (Chorus)
6 Part I: Recitative: Die Schar Aber Und Der Oberhauptmann (Evangelist)
7 Part I: Aria: Von Den Strikken Meiner Sunden (Alto)
8 Part I: Recitative: Simon Petrus Aber Folgete Jesu Nach (Evangelist)
9 Part I: Aria: Ich Folge Dir Gleichfalls (Soprano)
10 Part I: Recitative: Derselbige Junger War (Evangelist)
11 Part I: Chorale: Wer Hat Dich So Geschlagen (Chorus)
12 Part I: Recitative: Und Hannas Sandte Ihn Gebunden (Evangelist)
13 Part I: Aria: Ach, Mein Sinn, Wo Willt Du Endlich Hin (Tenor)
14 Part I: Chorale: Petrus, Der Nicht Denkt Zuruck (Chorus)
15 Part II: Chorale: Christus, Der Uns Selig Macht (Chorus)
16 Part II: Recitative: Da Fuhreten Sie Jesum - Was Bringet Ihr - Redest Du Das (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus)
17 Part II: Chorale: Ach Grosser Konig (Chorus)
18 Part II: Recitative: Da Sprach Pilatus Zu Ihm - So Bist Du Dennoch - Was Is Wahrheit? (Evangelist, Jesus, Pilatus)
19 Part II: Arioso: Betrachte, Meine Seel (Bass)
20 Part II: Aria: Erwage, Wie Sein Blutgefarbter Rucken (Tenor)
21 Part II: Recitative: Und Die Kriegsknechte Flochten - Sehet, Ich Fuhre - Du Hattest Keine (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus)
22 Part II: Chorale: Durch Dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn (Chorus)
23 Part II: Recitative: Die Juden Aber Schrieen (Evangelist)
24 Part II: Aria: Eilt, Ihr Angefochtnen Seelen (Bass)
25 Part II: Recitative: Allda Kreuzigten Sie Ihn - Was Ich Geschrieden Habe (Evangelist, Pilatus)
26 Part II: Chorale: In Meines Herzens Grunde (Chorus)
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1 Part II: Recitative: Die Kriegsknechte Aber - Lasset Uns Den Nicht Zerteilen - Auf Dass Erfullet Wurde Die Schrift (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)
2 Part II: Chorale: Er Nahm Alles Wohl in Acht (Chorus)
3 Part II: Recitative: Und Von Stund An - Mich Durstet! (Evangelist, Jesus)
4 Part II: Aria: Es Ist Vollbracht (Alto)
5 Part II: Recitative: Und Neigte Das Haupt Und Verschied (Evangelist)
6 Part II: Aria: Mein Teurer Heiland (Bass)
7 Part II: Recitative: Und Siehe Da, Der Vorhang (Evangelist)
8 Part II: Arioso: Mein Herz, Indem Die Ganze Welt (Tenor)
9 Part II: Aria: Zerfliesse, Mein Herze (Soprano)
10 Part II: Recitative: Die Juden Aber (Evangelist)
11 Part II: Chorale: O Hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn (Chorus)
12 Part II: Recitative: Darnach Bat Pilatum (Evangelist)
13 Part II: Chorale: Ruht Wohl, Ihr Heiligen Gebeine (Chorus)
14 Part II: Chorale: Ach Herr, Lass Dein Lieb Engelein (Chorus)
15 Part I: Chorale: O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sunde Gross (Chorus)
16 Part I: Aria: Himmel Reisse, Welt Erbebe (Bass)
17 Part I: Aria: Zerschmettert Mich, Ihr Felsen Und Ihr Hugel (Tenor)
18 Part II: Aria: Ach Windet Euch Nicht So (Tenor)
19 Part II: Chorale: Christe, Du Lamm Gottes (Chorus)
Bach's Passions have an interesting history. He is credited with five, but only two survive intact, the St John and the St Matthew. The St Mark manuscript was destroyed during a bombing raid in the Second World War, although some music and the text survived, and it has been reconstructed and subsequently recorded. Passion settings appear to have occupied Bach from early on in his career. Some of the material used in the St John Passion dates back to 1714, and it is now believed that Bach reused material from an earlier and now lost Passion. In fact, Bach's endless revisions saw material from the St Matthew Passion being included in the St John, several Sinfonias were added, and then removed, and these in turn provide material for the many incomplete concertos in Bach's catalogue of works. Passions are musical descriptions of the events in the life of Christ, from the entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion. Bach's Johannes Passion is on a smaller scale than it's big brother Matthäus Passion, yet in it's intimate and deeply emotional language it may make an even more profound impression. Recorded on March 1996: the full length CD recording plus the DVD of the same recording, filmed in the famous King's College Chapel in Cambridge. Includes each different '1725' movement as an extra appendix. 'There are fine contributions especially from Stephen Varcoe, and an exceptionally immediate and affecting 'Es ist vollbracht' from Michael Chance.'
