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Bach: St. John Passion

Kölner Kammerchor, Markus Brutscher, Thomas Laske, Bogna Bartosz, Ruth Holton (soprano), Tom Sol, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

Bach: St. John Passion
The large Baroque organ gives a depth and rich colour to the choruses. A very pure lovely evangelist sound.

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Bach: St. John Passion

Kölner Kammerchor, Markus Brutscher, Thomas Laske, Bogna Bartosz, Ruth Holton (soprano), Tom Sol, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

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The large Baroque organ gives a depth and rich colour to the choruses. A very pure lovely evangelist sound.

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Bach revised his St. John Passion time and again - indeed making it one of his most enigmatic and fascinating compositions. On the 300th anniversary of its world premiere, MDG is reissuing the highly acclaimed recording for the first time in full three-dimensional sound on Super Audio CD for the PREZIOSA series.

Under the direction of Peter Neumann, the Cologne Chamber Choir and Collegium Cartusianum are joined by top-class soloists, with a magnificent Markus Brutscher as the Evangelist, as well as Ruth Holton, Bogna Bartosz, Thomas Laske and Tom Sol, who perform their demanding roles with great poignancy.

The fantastic acoustics of the Bendorf-Sayn Abbey can be experienced with striking naturalness in MDG's legendary 2+2+2audiophile recording, in addition to the spatial layout with the historic Stumm organ at the top of the gallery and singers and instrumentalists positioned below.

St. John Passion positively thrives on its immense, almost opera-like dramatic writing, with individual narratives and crowd scenes that interact so directly with one another. Bach's1725 version surprises with a newly composed opening chorus (later used in his St. Matthew Passion) and several new arias.

  • Release date: 21st Mar 2025
  • Label: MDG
  • Catalogue number: MDG10223516
  • Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 (1725 Version), Part One
Work length38:44
No. 1, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß
Track length6:07
No. 2, Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern
Track length2:29
No. 3, O große Lieb
Track length0:56
No. 4, Auf daß das Wort erfüllet würde
Track length1:09
No. 5, Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich
Track length1:00
No. 6, Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann
Track length0:48
No. 7, Von den Stricken meiner Sünden
Track length4:25
No. 8, Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach
Track length0:16
No. 9, Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten
Track length4:00
No. 10, Derselbige Jünger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt
Track length3:09
No. 11, Wer hat dich so geschlagen
Track length1:52
No. 12, Himmel reiße, Welt erbebe
Track length3:52
No. 13, Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden
Track length2:13
No. 14, Zerschmettert mich, ihr Felsen und ihr Hügel
Track length5:10
No. 15, Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück
Track length1:18
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 (1725 Version), Part Two
Work length1:15:08
No. 1, Christus, der uns selig macht
Track length1:07
No. 2, Da führeten sie Jesum
Track length4:15
No. 3, Ach großer König
Track length1:39
No. 4, Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm
Track length2:05
No. 5, Ach windet euch nicht so
Track length5:29
No. 6, Und die Kriegsknechte
Track length5:50
No. 7, Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn
Track length0:58
No. 8, Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen
Track length4:11
No. 9, Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen
Track length3:48
No. 10, Allda kreuzigten sie ihn
Track length2:11
No. 11, In meines Herzens Grunde
Track length1:17
No. 12, Die Kriegsknechte aber
Track length3:34
No. 13, Er nahm alles wohl in acht
Track length1:09
No. 14, Und von Stund an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich
Track length1:23
No. 15, Es ist vollbracht
Track length4:59
No. 16, Und neiget das Haupt und verschied
Track length0:25
No. 17, Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen
Track length4:43
No. 18, Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß
Track length0:31
No. 19, Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt
Track length0:55
No. 20, Zerfließe, mein Herze
Track length6:44
No. 21, Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war
Track length2:13
No. 22, O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn
Track length1:06
No. 23, Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia
Track length2:09
No. 24, Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
Track length7:29
No. 25, Christe, du Lamm Gottes
Track length4:58

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The large Baroque organ gives a depth and rich colour to the choruses. A very pure lovely evangelist sound.
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