St. John Passion, BWV 245

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Smithsonian Chamber Players & Kenneth Slowik

St John Passion, BWV 245 is a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig in 1724. The work exemplifies Baroque liturgical style, combining choruses, arias and recitatives with expressive harmonic language and contrapuntal writing, and it occupies a central place in Bach's vocal oeuvre and the Lutheran liturgical tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 1 "Herr, unser Herrscher" (Chorus)
    8:34
  2. 2.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 2 "Jesus ging mit seinem Jüngern" (Evangelista, Jesus, Chorus)
    2:10
  3. 3.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 3 "O große Lieb" (Chorale)
    0:50
  4. 4.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 4 "Auf daß das Wort erfüllt würde" (Evangelista, Jesus)
    1:04
  5. 5.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 5 "Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich" (Chorale)
    0:53
  6. 6.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 6 "Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann" (Evangelista)
    0:44
  7. 7.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 7 "Von den Stricken meiner Sünden" (Aria (Alto))
    5:04
  8. 8.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 8 "Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach" (Evangelista)
    0:13
  9. 9.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 9 "Ich folge dir gleichfalls" (Aria (Soprano))
    3:39
  10. 10.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 10 "Derselbige Jünger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt" (Evangelista, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus)
    2:59
  11. 11.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 11 "Wer hat dich so geschlagen" (Chorale)
    1:39
  12. 12.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 12 "Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden" (Evangelista, Chorus, Petrus, Servus)
    2:07
  13. 13.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 13 "Ach, mein Sinn" (Aria (Tenor))
    2:27
  14. 14.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: First Part: No. 14 "Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück" (Chorale)
    1:16
  15. 15.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 15 "Christus, der uns selig macht" (Chorale)
    1:01
  16. 16.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 16 "Da führeten sie Jesum" (Evangelista, Pilatus, Chorus, Jesus)
    4:02
  17. 17.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 17 "Ach großer König" (Chorale)
    1:42
  18. 18.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 18 "Da sprach Pilatus su ihm" (Evangelista, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus)
    1:54
  19. 19.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 19 "Betrachte, meine Seel" (Arioso (Bass))
    2:39
  20. 20.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 20 "Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken" (Aria (Tenor))
    8:52
  21. 21.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Appendix 1: No. 1/II "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" (Chorale)
    5:18
  22. 22.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Appendix 1: No. 11+ "Himmel reiße, Welt erbebe" (Aria (Bass) with Chorale (Soprano))
    4:14
  23. 23.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Appendix 1: No. 13/II "Zershmettert mich, ihr Felsen und ihr Hügel" (Aria (Tenor))
    4:58
  24. 24.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Appendix 1: No. 19/II "Ach windet euch nicht so, geplagte Seelen" (Aria (Tenor))
    5:18

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 21 "Und die Kriegeknechte flochten eine Krone" (Evangelista, Chorus, Pilatus, Jesus)
    5:37
  2. 3.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 22 "Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn" (Chorus)
    1:04
  3. 4.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 23 "Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen" (Evangelista, Chorus, Pilatus)
    4:00
  4. 5.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 24 "Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen" (Aria (Bass))
    4:00
  5. 6.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 25 "Allda kreuzigten sie ihn" (Evangelista, Chorus, Pilatus)
    2:08
  6. 7.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 26 "In meines Herzens Grunde" (Chorale)
    1:00
  7. 8.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 27 "Die Kriegsknechte aber" (Evangelista, Chorus, Jesus)
    3:40
  8. 9.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 28 "Er nahm alles wohl in acht" (Chorale)
    1:02
  9. 10.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 29 "Und von Stund an" (Evangelista, Jesus)
    1:31
  10. 11.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 30 "Es ist vollbracht" (Aria (Alto))
    5:28
  11. 12.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 31 "Und neiget das Haupt" (Evangelista)
    0:31
  12. 13.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 32 "Mein teurer Heiland" (Aria (Bass))
    4:58
  13. 14.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 33 "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß" (Evangelista)
    0:24
  14. 15.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 34 "Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt" (Arioso (Tenor))
    0:48
  15. 16.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 35 "Zerfließe, mein Herze" (Aria (Soprano))
    6:09
  16. 17.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 36 "Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war" (Evangelista)
    1:57
  17. 18.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 37 "O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn" (Chorale)
    1:01
  18. 19.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 38 "Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathea" (Evangelista)
    2:02
  19. 20.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 39 "Ruht wohlt, ihr heiligen Gebeine" (Chorus)
    7:20
  20. 21.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Second Part: No. 40 "Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein" (Chorale)
    3:05
  21. 22.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Appendix 2: No. 40/II "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" (Chorale)
    4:50

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