Bach, J S - St Matthew Passion, BWV244 (excerpts)

Bach Choir, Faust Chamber Orchestra, David Hill

Barbara Bonney, Ann Monoyois (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (alto), Michael Chance (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor), Olaf Bär (baritone), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass)

Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Seefried, Rossel-Majdan, Patzak, Hoffmann, Klose & Dermota

Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Christa Ludwig (Contralto), Gundula Janowitz (Soprano), Horst Laubenthal (Tenor), Walter Berry (Bass)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Knabenstimmen des Staats- und Domchores, Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Tom Krause (baritone)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass)

Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Dresden Chamber Choir & Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl

Staatskapelle Dresden, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Peter Schreier

Ulla Miilmann (flute), Johannes Soe Hansen (violin), Dorthe Zielke (trumpet), Soren Johannsen (organ), Pelle Gravers Nielsen (oboe)

Gundula Janowitz (soprano)