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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion

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The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom...

BBC Music Magazine, May 20224 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom...

BBC Music Magazine, May 20224 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Bach and Pygmalion: the story of a passion linking the genius of the Thomaskantor to a reflection on inner drama and constantly renewed vocality.

This Matthäus Passion marks a major stage in this fifteen- year companionship and testifies to the culmination of their work on Bach, characterised by its precision and humility.

Read through the prism of a tragedy in five acts, at once intimate and theatrical, human and metaphysical, the Passion is revealed here in a new light: as a deeply moving epic exploring the very heart of Lutheran spirituality.

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Work length2:40:51
Prima parte Nr.1. Chorus I & II "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"
Track length7:03
Prima parte Nr.2. Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length0:37
Prima parte Nr.3. Choral "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen"
Track length0:44
Prima parte Nr.4. Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester (Evangelista)
Track length3:03
Prima parte Nr.5. Recitativo "Du lieber Heiland du"
Track length0:58
Prima parte Nr.6. Aria "Buß und Reu"
Track length3:45
Prima parte Nr.7. Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer (Evangelista, Judas)
Track length0:37
Prima parte Nr.8. Aria "Blute nur, du liebes Herz"
Track length3:58
Prima parte Nr.9. Aber am ersten Tag der süßen Brot (Evangelista)
Track length2:11
Prima parte Nr.10. Choral "Ich bin's, ich sollte büßen"
Track length0:49
Prima parte Nr.11. Er antwortete und sprach (Evangelista, Jesus, Judas)
Track length3:01
Prima parte Nr.12. Recitativo "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt"
Track length1:11
Prima parte Nr.13. Aria "Ich will dir mein Herze schenken"
Track length3:02
Prima parte Nr.14. Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length0:58
Prima parte Nr.15. Choral "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"
Track length1:11
Prima parte Nr.16. Petrus aber antwortete (Evangelista, Petrus, Jesus)
Track length0:56
Prima parte Nr.17. Choral "Ich will hier bei dir stehen"
Track length1:10
Prima parte Nr.18. Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length1:45
Prima parte Nr.19. Recitativo a doi Cori "O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz"
Track length1:48
Prima parte Nr.20. Aria a doi Cori "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen"
Track length4:26
Prima parte Nr.21. Und ging hin ein wenig (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length0:39
Prima parte Nr.22. Recitativo "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder"
Track length0:49
Prima parte Nr.23. Aria "Gerne will ich mich bequemen"
Track length4:31
Prima parte Nr.24. Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length1:12
Prima parte Nr.25. Choral "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit"
Track length1:07
Prima parte Nr.26. Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend (Evangelista, Jesus, Judas)
Track length2:28
Prima parte Nr.27. Aria a doi Cori "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen"
Track length3:53
Prima parte Nr.28. Und siehe, einer aus denen (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length2:12
Prima parte Nr.29. Choral " O Mensch, bewein' dein Sünde groß"
Track length5:31
Seconda parte Nr.30. Aria "Ach! nun ist mein Jesus hin"
Track length3:53
Seconda parte Nr.31. Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten (Evangelista)
Track length1:07
Seconda parte Nr.32. Choral "Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht' "
Track length0:50
Seconda parte Nr.33. Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten (Evangelista, Testis I & II, Pontifex)
Track length1:15
Seconda parte Nr.34. Recitativo "Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille"
Track length1:12
Seconda parte Nr.35. Aria "Geduld, Geduld!"
Track length3:18
Seconda parte Nr.36. Und der Hohepriester antwortete (Evangelista, Pontifex, Jesus)
Track length1:54
Seconda parte Nr.37. Choral "Wer hat dich so geschlagen"
Track length0:52
Seconda parte Nr.38. Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast (Evangelista, Ancilla I & II, Petrus)
Track length2:29
Seconda parte Nr.39. Aria "Erbarme dich"
Track length6:18
Seconda parte Nr.40. Choral "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen"
Track length1:32
Seconda parte Nr.41. Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohenpriester (Evangelista, Judas)
Track length1:40
Seconda parte Nr.42. Aria "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder"
Track length2:47
Seconda parte Nr.43. Sie hielten aber einen Rat (Evangelista, Pilatus, Jesus)
Track length2:23
Seconda parte Nr.44. Choral "Befiehl du deine Wege"
Track length1:14
Seconda parte Nr.45. Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger (Evangelista, Pilatus, Uxor Pilatus, Chorus I & II)
Track length2:24
Seconda parte Nr.46. Choral "Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe"
Track length0:43
Seconda parte Nr.47. Der Landpfleger sagte (Evangelista, Pilatus)
Track length0:23
Seconda parte Nr.48. Recitativo "Er hat uns allen wohlgetan"
Track length1:05
Seconda parte Nr.49. Aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"
Track length4:54
Seconda parte Nr.50. Sie schrieen aber noch mehr (Evangelista)
Track length1:50
Seconda parte Nr.51. Recitativo "Erbarm es Gott"
Track length0:52
Seconda parte Nr.52. Aria "Können Tränen meiner Wangen"
Track length6:30
Seconda parte Nr.53. Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte (Evangelista)
Track length1:11
Seconda parte Nr.54. Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
Track length2:12
Seconda parte Nr.55. Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten (Evangelista)
Track length1:17
Seconda parte Nr.56. Recitativo "Ja! freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut"
Track length0:41
Seconda parte Nr.57. Aria "Komm, süßes Kreuz"
Track length5:37
Seconda parte Nr.58. Und da sie an die Stätte kamen (Evangelista)
Track length3:29
Seconda parte Nr.59. Recitativo "Ach, Golgatha, unsel'ges Golgatha"
Track length1:23
Seconda parte Nr.60. Aria "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand"
Track length3:00
Seconda parte Nr.61. Und von der sechsten Stunde (Evangelista, Jesus)
Track length2:13
Seconda parte Nr.62. Choral "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden"
Track length1:36
Seconda parte Nr.63. Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß (Evangelista)
Track length3:11
Seconda parte Nr.64. Recitativo "Am Abend da es kühle war"
Track length1:52
Seconda parte Nr.65. Aria "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"
Track length5:24
Seconda parte Nr.66. Und Joseph nahm den Leib (Evangelista)
Track length2:57
Seconda parte Nr.67. Recitativo "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht"
Track length1:54
Seconda parte Nr.68. Chorus I & II "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"
Track length5:54

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

May 2022

The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom and mockery...Pichon’s tempos sometimes generate problems either practical or interpretive, but he has the ability to create a musical space where a listener is allowed to ponder rather than being told what to think.
4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

April 2022

With its glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations, this is a Passion that makes a very definite statement about what this work can communicate in our times.

15th April 2022

Amid so many accounts of the St Matthew Passion over the years that have reached for the stars with sweeping, operatic drama, Pichon’s deliberately does the opposite...Shorn of any pretentions, one of the most emotive stories ever told re-emerges with focus and clarity.
David Smith
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