St. Matthew Passion

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Wiener Akademie Kammerchor & Wiener Kammerorchester & Ferdinand Grossmann

St Matthew Passion is a sacred oratorio (Passion) by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig in 1727. Scored for double choir, double orchestra and soloists, it blends rigorous counterpoint, expressive recitatives and lyrical arias with congregational-style chorales to dramatise the Passion narrative, and represents one of Bach's late sacred works that synthesises his compositional techniques and occupies a central place in Baroque sacred music.

St. Matthew Passion by Bach - album cover

First released: January 1954

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Disc 1

1.
St. Matthew Passion- Part I: Through Recitative Er Antwortete Und Sprach
2.
St. Matthew Passion- Part I: Recitative Wiewohl Mein Herz In Traenen Schwimmt Throught Chorale Was Mein Gott Will

Disc 2

2.
St. Matthew Passion- Part I: From Recitative Und Er Kam Und Fand Sie Aber Schlafend Through Chorale O Mensch Bewein Dein Suende Gross
3.
St. Matthew Passion- Part II: From Chorus Ach Nun Ist Mein Jesus Hin Through Aria Geduld Wenn Mich Falsche Zungen Stechen
4.
St. Matthew Passion- Part II: From Recitative Und Der Hohe Priester Antwortet Throught Recitative Er Hat Uns Allen Wohlgetan

Disc 3

3.
St. Matthew Passion- Part II: From Aria Aus Liebe Will Mein Heiland, Sterben Through Recitative Dessgleichen Schmaehten Ihn
4.
St. Matthew Passion- Part II: From Recitative Ach Golgatha Unsel Ges Golgatha Through End of Work