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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Saint John Passion
1.
Chorus Herr, unser Herrscher
7:43
2.
Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern...
2:18
3.
Chorale O große Lieb,
0:49
4.
Evangelist, Jesus Auf daß das Wort erfüllet würde...
4:03
5.
Choralee Dein Will gescheh!
0:47
6.
Evangelist Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann...
0:42
7.
Aria (alto) Von den Stricken
4:02
8.
Evangelist Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesus...
0:13
9.
Aria (soprano) Inv folge dir gleichfalls
3:05
10.
Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus Der selbige Jünger...
3:18
11.
Chorale Wer hat dich so geschlagen
1:59
12.
Evangelist, Chorus, Petrus, Servus Und Hannas sandte...
1:59
13.
Aria (tenor) Ach, mein Sinn
2:49
14.
Chorale Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück
0:58
15.
Chorale Christus, der uns selig macht
0:53
16.
Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus Da führeten sie Jesum...
4:02
17.
Chorale Ach großer König
1:13
18.
Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm
1:57
19.
Arioso (bass) Betrachte, meine Seel
2:31
Solo:Joshua Hopkins bass
20.
Aria (tenor) Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbte Rücken
8:08
21.
Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus Und die Kriegsknechte...
5:26
22.
Chorale Durch dein Gefängnis
0:47
23.
Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus Die Jüden aber schrieen...
3:48
24.
Aria (bass solo; soprano, alto tenor) Eilt, ihr angefochtnen
3:39
Tyler Duncan, bass; S.Mercer, soprano; K.McCarthy, alto; C. Daniels, tenor
25.
Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus Allda kreuzigten sie ihn...
2:02
26.
Chorale In meines Herzens Grunde
0:55
27.
Evangelist, Chorus, Jesus Die Kriegsknechte aber...
3:43
28.
Chorale Er nahm alles wohl in acht
0:54
29.
Evagelist, Jesus Und von Stund an...
1:30
30.
Aria (alto) Es ist vollbracht!
4:27
31.
Evangelist Und neiget das Haupt...
0:26
32.
Aria (bass) with Chorale Mein teurer Heiland
3:59
Tyler Duncan, bass
33.
Evanglist Und siehe da, der Vorhang...
0:25
34.
Arioso (tenor) Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt
0:50
35.
Aira (soprano) Zerfließe, mein Herze
6:04
36.
Evagelist Die Jüden aber...
2:07
37.
Chorale O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn
0:58
38.
Evagelist Darnach bat Pilatum...
2:05
39.
Chorus Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
5:58
40.
Chorale Ach Herre, laß dein lieb Engelein
1:37
96:29
Solo:Monica Huggett director & violin
Solo: Charles Daniels Evangelist, tenor
Solo: Shannon Mercer soprano
Solo: Matthew White alto
Solo: Jacques-Olivier Chartier tenor
Solo: Tyler Duncan Pilatus, bass
Solo: Joshua Hopkins Jesus, bass
Orchestra: Portland Baroque Orchestra
Choral: Cappella Romana
Notes
Monica Huggett has produced numerous best-selling and acclaimed recordings for Avie, notably the Grammy®-nominated Bach Orchestral Suites (AV 2171) which made the Top 10 of the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart. This ear-opening version which – Monica claims – restored Suite No. 2 to its original instrumentation, placing the solo line with oboe rather than the more commonly-heard flute. She makes a similar case with her new recording of the St. John Passion, placing oboes where we typically hear flutes, arguing convincingly that Bach’s original score was produced during his early years working in Leipzig where flutes were unavailable to him.
Once again, Monica is aided and abetted by baroque oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz, who states, “The omission of flutes gives the St. John Passion a less galante feel for Bach’s music that developed in the mid-18th century and restores a trim sound, in line with most orchestral music of the time. It retains, however, an undeniable richness of orchestration owing to the uncommon string instruments in the arias.”
Monica continues, “There have been many scholarly discussions about the forces originally used for the St. John Passion, including the suggestion of performing it with one voice or instrument to a part. The most satisfying performances in my personal experience have been those involving a small chorus matched with a small orchestra. I have chosen, therefore, to have about an equal number of instrumentalists alongside a group of twelve singers capable of both solo and consort singing, as Bach would have had in Leipzig.”
Monica leads the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the fourth-largest period-instrument ensemble in the US, where she has been Artistic Director since 1995. Joining the orchestra is Portland-based choir Cappella Romana and baroque specialist, English tenor Charles Daniels as the Evangelist.
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Reviews
“… a clean reading that, despite being on the pacy side, feels informed with a certain spirituality. The players of the Portland Baroque Orchestra give a stylish account of themselves. The Evangelist, Charles Daniels, delivers his lines with authority and intense dramatic involvement …”
The Sunday Times – 11 March 2012
“…This is a 'compact', contained, close and appropriately intimate account...There is less declamation, more narration. Although there are places where the singing has to be described as imperfect, on the whole it's convincing and pleasing...Jacques-Olivier Chartier is spontaneous, alive and with every effort to be 'real' and immediate, rather than oratorical.”
MusicWeb-International.com – May 2012
“…Charles Daniels proves a communicative and consistently musical narrator...in the choruses this is audibly a small choir rather than an augmented consort. The chorales are given a detail-heavy presentation, with run-ons, dynamics and articulations carefully worked out.”
International Record Review – July/August 2012
“…Charles Daniels weaves his narration with beguiling eloquence and Tyler Duncan sings 'Eilt, ihr angefochten' with poised agility...Huggett's astonishingly quick pace for the opening chorus 'Herr, unser Herrscher' does not prohibit a smooth line from Cappella Romana”
Gramophone magazine – March 2012
Performance **** Recording ****
"... a distinctive contribution to the St John Passions on disc. "
George Pratt - BBC Music magazine - Awards Issue 2012
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