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Sebastiani, J: Matthäus Passion

Colin Balzer, Christian Immler, Ina Siedlaczek, Nathan Medley, Jason McStoots, Jonathan Woody

Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Stephen Stubbs, Paul O’Dette

Sebastiani, J: Matthäus Passion
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The music is lyrical and flowing throughout, with strings supporting the role of Jesus and a consort of viols accompanying the Evangelist- given an admirable performance, full of pathos and...

International Piano, September/October 20184 out of 5 stars

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Sebastiani, J: Matthäus Passion

Colin Balzer, Christian Immler, Ina Siedlaczek, Nathan Medley, Jason McStoots, Jonathan Woody

Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Stephen Stubbs, Paul O’Dette

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The music is lyrical and flowing throughout, with strings supporting the role of Jesus and a consort of viols accompanying the Evangelist- given an admirable performance, full of pathos and...

International Piano, September/October 20184 out of 5 stars

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Johann Sebastiani's name no doubt will be familiar only to a few certified music experts. Born in Weimar in 1622, Sebastiani spent a good many years of his life in Konigsberg, where he arrived around 1650 and later was appointed court chapel master. He composed countless occasional works as well as a St. Matthew Passion (1672) – a welcome addition to CPO's picture of Lutheran church music and a work closing a gap in the history of Passion settings between Heinrich Schutz and Johann Sebastian Bach. Stephen Stubbs, Paul O'Dette, and their Boston Early Music Festival Chamber & Vocal Ensemble have fond memories of Bremen, where they have recorded in the radio broadcast hall on various occasions and produced Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Baroque opera La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers, for which they won a Grammy Award in 2015. Their current release featuring Johann Sebastiani's St. Matthew Passion pays tribute to Konigsberg's music culture and to the composer who was one of its central representatives.

Contents and tracklist

Sebastiani, J: St Matthew Passion
Work length1:05:20
  • Jonathan Woody (bass-baritone), Nathan Medley (countertenor), Colin Balzer (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Jason McStoots (tenor), Ina Siedlaczek (soprano)
  • Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
  • Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs
No. 1, Symphonia und Chor
Track length1:09
No. 2, Und es begab sich
Track length2:53
No. 3, O Welt, ich muß dich lassen
Track length0:43
No. 4, Wahrlich, ich sage euch
Track length5:08
No. 5, Gott sei gelobet
Track length0:43
No. 6, Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten
Track length2:16
No. 7, Vater unser im Himmelreich
Track length0:55
No. 8, Und nahm zu sich Petrum - Symphonia
Track length2:52
No. 9, Dein Will gescheh
Track length0:56
No. 10, Und er kam und fand sie aber alle schlafend
Track length7:08
No. 11, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
Track length1:02
No. 12, Da speieten sie aus in sein Angesicht
Track length0:28
No. 13, Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast
Track length2:23
No. 14, Erbarm dich mein
Track length1:27
No. 15, Sinfonia à 4
Track length0:39
No. 16, Des Morgens aber
Track length1:28
No. 17, Führ uns, Herr, in Versuchung nicht
Track length0:56
No. 18, Aber die Hohenpriester
Track length5:47
No. 19, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
Track length1:03
No. 20, Da aber Pilatus sahe
Track length2:46
No. 21, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
Track length1:04
No. 22, Und indem sie hinausgingen
Track length4:17
No. 23, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott
Track length0:54
No. 24, Und von der sechsten Stunde an
Track length1:19
No. 25, Herr, meinen Geist befehl ich dir
Track length0:39
No. 26, Etliche aber, die da stunden
Track length1:04
No. 27, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
Track length1:00
No. 28, Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß in zwei Stück
Track length1:22
No. 29, Denn es waren viel Weiber da
Track length1:59
No. 30, O Traurigkeit!
Track length3:19
No. 31, Es war aber allda Maria Magdalena
Track length2:03
No. 32, Dank sei dem Herren
Track length0:30
No. 33, Was soll ich, liebster Jesu du
Track length3:08

Awards and reviews

September/October 2018

The music is lyrical and flowing throughout, with strings supporting the role of Jesus and a consort of viols accompanying the Evangelist- given an admirable performance, full of pathos and drama. The vocalists and chamber ensemble of the Boston Early Music Festival give a dedicated and skilful
performance of this very interesting work.
4 out of 5 stars

March 2019

Sebastiani's Passion is a fine and intriguing work which deserves to be much better known.
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