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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Sung in English

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

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Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result...

Penguin Guide, 20103 out of 4 stars

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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Sung in English

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

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Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result...

Penguin Guide, 20103 out of 4 stars

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Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part One (Sung in English)
Work length39:49
"Sire, Lord and Master"
Track length10:00
"Jesus Went With His Disciples"
Track length2:58
"O generous Love!"
Track length1:08
"So That the Word Might Be Fulfilled"
Track length1:16
"Thy Will Be Done, O God Of Love"
Track length00:55
"The Band Then, Together With the Captain"
Track length00:49
"To Release Me From the Prison"
Track length5:33
"Simon Peter Also Followed Jesus From Afar"
Track length00:18
"I'll Follow Thee Also"
Track length3:59
"Now That Same Disciple Was Known Unto the High Priest"
Track length3:37
"Ah, Who Would Dare To Smite Thee?"
Track length1:29
"Now Annas Sent Him Bound Unto the High Priest"
Track length2:37
"Ah! Take Flight"
Track length3:39
"Peter, Who Denied His Lord"
Track length1:31
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two (Sung in English)
Work length1:30:24
"Christ, Who Gave Us Life and Light"
Track length1:04
"Then Led They Jesus From Caiaphas To the Judgement"
Track length4:53
"Ah, King Of Heaven"
Track length1:59
"And Pilate Said Unto Him"
Track length2:23
"Look Yonder, O My Soul"
Track length3:06
"Consider, How His Body"
Track length9:26
"And When the Soldiers Had Plaited a Crown Of Thorns"
Track length7:01
"Thy Bonds, O Christ, Have Set Us Free"
Track length1:14
"But the Jews Cried Out and Said"
Track length4:40
"Haste, Ye Souls Forlorn and Weary"
Track length5:05
"And There Crucified They Him"
Track length2:33
"Within My Heart, O Saviour"
Track length1:03
"And Then Did the Soldiers"
Track length4:27
"When His Life Had Reached Its End"
Track length1:25
"And From That Hour He Took Her Unto His Own Home"
Track length1:49
"The End Is Nigh"
Track length6:49
"My Dearest Saviour, Wilt Thou Answer?"
Track length5:51
"And Then Behold, the Veil Of the Temple Was Rent"
Track length00:29
"My Heart, Behold How All the World"
Track length1:03
"With Torrents Of Weeping"
Track length7:06
"The Jews Therefore, Because It Was the Preparation"
Track length2:23
"Help Us, Son Of God Most High"
Track length1:09
"And After This, Joseph Of Arimethea"
Track length3:10
"Farewell, O Weary, Broken Body"
Track length7:49
"Lord Jesus, When We Come To Die"
Track length2:27

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2010

Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result makes one listen afresh...A superb bargain.
3 out of 4 stars
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