St. John Passion

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir & English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

St John Passion is a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig in 1724. The work interweaves choruses, arias and recitatives with instrumental scoring and chorales, employing intricate counterpoint and dramatic contrasts that mark an important development in the Passion tradition and in Bach's early Leipzig output.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, I. Chorus "Sire, Lord and Master"
    9:58
  2. 2.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, II. Recitative "Jesus went with His disciples" (Evangelist, Jesus)
    2:58
  3. 3.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, III. Chorus "O generous love!"
    1:08
  4. 4.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, IV. Recitative "So that the word might be fulfilled" (Evangelist, Jesus)
    1:16
  5. 5.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, V. Chorus "Thy will be done, o God of love!"
    0:56
  6. 6.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, VI. Recitative "The band then, together with the captain" (Evangelist)
    0:49
  7. 7.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, VII. Aria (Contralto) "To release me from this prison"
    5:33
  8. 8.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, VIII. Recitative "Simon Peter also followed" (Evangelist)
    0:18
  9. 9.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, IX. Aria (Soprano) "I'll follow Thee also"
    4:00
  10. 10.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, X. Recitative "Now that same disciple" (Evangelist, Mary, Peter, Jesus, Servent)
    3:37
  11. 11.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, XI. Chorus "Ah, who would dare to smite Thee?" (Evangelist)
    1:30
  12. 12.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, XII. Recitative "Now Annas sent Him bound"
    2:37
  13. 13.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, XIII. Aria (Tenor) "Ah! take flight away from human sight"
    3:39
  14. 14.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I, XIV. Chorus "Peter, who denied his Lord"
    1:35
  15. 15.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XV. Chorus "Christ, Who gave us life and light"
    1:01
  16. 16.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XVI. Recitative "Then led they Jesus" (Evangelist, Jesus)
    4:53
  17. 17.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XVII. Chorus "Ah, King of Heaven"
    1:59
  18. 18.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XVIII. Recitative "And Pilate said unto Him" (Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus)
    2:23
  19. 19.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XIX. Arioso (Bass) "Look yonder, o my soul"
    3:06
  20. 20.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XX. Aria (Tenor) "Consider, how His body"
    9:27

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXI. And when the soldiers (recitative) et. al.
    6:59
  2. 3.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXII. Thy bonds, o Christ, have set us free (chorale)
    1:14
  3. 4.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXIII. But the Jews cried out and said (recitative) et. al.
    4:40
  4. 5.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXIV. Haste, ye souls (bass aria with chorus)
    5:05
  5. 6.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXV. And there crucified they Him (recitative) et. al.
    2:33
  6. 7.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXVI. Within my heart, o Savior (chorale)
    1:03
  7. 8.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXVII. And then did the soldiers (recitative) et. al.
    4:27
  8. 9.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXVIII. When His life had reached its end (chorale)
    1:25
  9. 10.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXIX. And from that hour (recitative)
    1:49
  10. 11.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXX. The end is nigh! (contralto aria) et. al.
    6:49
  11. 12.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXII. My dearest Savior (bass aria with chorale)
    5:52
  12. 13.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXIII. And then, behold (recitative)
    0:30
  13. 14.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXIV. My heart, behold how all the world (tenor arioso)
    1:03
  14. 15.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXV. With torrents of weeping (soprano aria)
    7:06
  15. 16.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXVI. The Jews, therefore (recitative)
    2:23
  16. 17.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXVII. Help us, Son of God most high (chorale)
    1:10
  17. 18.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXVIII. And after this, Joseph of Arimathea (recitative)
    3:11
  18. 19.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XXXIX. Farewell, o broken, weary body (chorus)
    7:49
  19. 20.
    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part II, XL. Lord Jesus, when we come to die (chorale)
    2:27

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