Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Description
Bach revised his St John Passion time and again - indeed making it one of his most enigmatic and fascinating compositions. On the 300th anniversary of its world premiere, MDG is reissuing the highly acclaimed recording for the first time in full three-dimensional sound on Super Audio CD for the PREZIOSA series.
Under the direction of Peter Neumann, the Cologne Chamber Choir and Collegium Cartusianum are joined by top-class soloists, with a magnificent Markus Brutscher as the Evangelist, as well as Ruth Holton, Bogna Bartosz, Thomas Laske and Tom Sol, who perform their demanding roles with great poignancy.
The fantastic acoustics of the Bendorf-Sayn Abbey can be experienced with striking naturalness in MDG's legendary 2+2+2audiophile recording, in addition to the spatial layout with the historic Stumm organ at the top of the gallery and singers and instrumentalists positioned below.
St. John Passion positively thrives on its immense, almost opera-like dramatic writing, with individual narratives and crowd scenes that interact so directly with one another. Bach's1725 version surprises with a newly composed opening chorus (later used in his St. Matthew Passion) and several new arias.
Tracklisting
Steffen Schleiermacher
Ma'alot Quintett, Trio Roseau
Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Stephen Marchionda
Christian Euler, Paul Rivinius
Caterva Musica, Erdal Akkaya
Leipzig String Quartet
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford; Mark Williams
Suzanne Jerosme; Eleonora Bellocci; Marie-Eve Munger; Grace Durham; Magdalena Pluta; NovoCanto; The
Joyful Company of Singers; Ascolta; Gavin Roberts; Christine Hankin; Imogen Barford; Finchley Child
Ensemble Dragma; Ensemble Peregrina; Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett
Carolina Ullrich; Elvira Bill; Marie Henriette Reinhold; Sung Min Song; Angelo Pollak; Jonas Muolle
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Reinoud Van Mechelen; A Nocte Temporis; Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Veronika Loy; Tamara Ivanis; Paula Kranjc; Leto Krizanic Zorz; Michael Kofler; Thomas Oberleitner;
