Benedikt Kristjansson, Sergey Malov, Ensemble Continuum
Description
The tenor Benedikt Kristjansson has his own view of the biblical figure of Judas, who has imprinted himself on the collective memory of Christianity as the arch-villain. He wants to see him not only as the explicitly negative figure responsible for Jesus' death, but as someone who played his part in the inevitable path of sacrificing the Messiah and thus in the core of Christian teaching. Kristjansson also has his own view of Johann Sebastian Bach. For his picture of Judas, he has chosen arias and recitatives from his oeuvre.
"The tenor Benedikt Kristjansson gets prime billing, and rightly so; he is magisterial in this creative and superbly paced album that reconfigures the Passion narrative. […] against the tantalising storytelling and emotional sincerity of his instrument, […] Kristjansson is less singer, more musician – and I write that as an entirely good thing" – Gramophone
Tracklisting
Polina Pastirchak, Anke Vondung, Sungmin Song, Milan Siljanov, Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochumer Symphoniker,
Maria Palaska, Yannis Tsanakaliotis, Andreas Nebl, Lee Santana
Daniel Sepec, Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Michael Behringer
Georg Sarkisjan, James Maddox
Sophie Gordeladze, Hector Sandoval, Luca Grassi, Martin Piskorski, Rory Dunne, Cappella Aquileia, T
Anette Maiburg, Emmanuel Ceysson, Ramon Ortega Quero, Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, D
Antje Rux, Lee Santana
Henning Wiegrabe; Capricornus Ensemble Stuttgart
Arianna Art Ensemble
Steven Isserlis
Marie Stockmarr Becker & Ilaria Macedonio
Paolo Pandolfo
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Musica Temprana
