“A unique statement, one that can’t fail to make an impression. Recorded in the sumptuous acoustic of the Jesuitenkirche in Vienna, there’s a detectable flavour of southern European oratorio, ebulliently theatrical, immediate and free-breathing (…). This is the most culturally alert reading in years and a truly original and illuminating experience.” Gramophone

This recording won a Grammy Award of Best Choral Performance and a Diapason d’or de l’année in 2001, and it’s one of the 100 Greatest Recordings from Gramophone: an absolute landmark of Bach’s masterpiece, the Saint Matthew Passion.

Artists

Christoph Prégardien (Evangelist), Matthias Goerne (Jesus), Christine Schafer (soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Bernarda Fink (contralto), Elisabeth von Magnus (contralto), Michael Schade (tenor), Markus Schafer (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Oliver Widmer (bass), Wiener Sängerknaben, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt