Bach: Matthaus Passion BWV 244

Bostridge, Ian;
Herreweghe, Philippe;
Güra, Werner;
Scholl, Andreas;
Collegium Vocale Gent;
Henschel, Dietrich;
Rubens, Sibylla;
Selig, Franz-Josef;
Cantate Domino Schola Cantorum;
Collegium Vocale Orchestra

HMC 901676.78

When composing the Passion according to Saint Matthew for the Church of Saint Thomas in Leipzig, Bach had in mind a vast musical architecture, not only in terms of rhetorical organization, but also in terms of the leveling of sound sources ( two choirs, two orchestras…). The success of the company was total: the aspiration towards the absolute, the tumult of the senses which emerge from this mass of sound so balanced, so attentive to represent a tragic event which is at the heart of history, are immeasurable. (pasja Mateuszowa)

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Harmonia Mundi

15-11-1999

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