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title: "Bach: St. Matthew Passion"
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# Bach: St. Matthew Passion

**Brand:** johann sebastian bachjohn eliot gardinermonteverdi choirenglish baroque soloistslondon oratory junior singersanthony rolfe johnsonandreas schmidtbarbara bonneyann monoyiosanne sofie von otter
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- **What is this?** Bach: St. Matthew Passion by johann sebastian bachjohn eliot gardinermonteverdi choirenglish baroque soloistslondon oratory junior singersanthony rolfe johnsonandreas schmidtbarbara bonneyann monoyiosanne sofie von otter
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## Description

Product Description          Bach: St Matthew Passion / Gardiner, Rolfe Johnson, Et Al . Release Date: 10/20/1989 . Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) . Catalog #: 427 648 . Spars Code: DDD . Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach . Performer: Barbara Bonney, Ann Monoyios, Anne Sofie von Otter, Howard Crook, ... Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner . Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir . Number of Discs: 3 . Recorded in: Stereo . Length: 2 Hours 37 Mins. Works on This Recording: 1. Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244 by Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Ann Monoyios (Soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Howard Crook (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Olaf Bär (Baritone), Cornelius Hauptmann (Bass), Andreas Schmidt (Baritone), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir Period: Baroque Written: Circa 1727; Leipzig, Germany Date of Rec             .com          John Eliot Gardiner's reading of the Matthew Passion is conceived and executed on the highest level, an example of period practice that is unlikely to be bettered any time soon. The performance as a whole vibrates with life: soloists are first-rate, and wonderfully well chosen for their respective parts, and the work of chorus and orchestra is exemplary. The recording, made in 1988 in the spacious ambience of Snape Maltings (England), is well balanced and exceptionally vivid. --Ted Libbey

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A close second to Robert Shaw/Telarc, but ...
  

*by T***4 on Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2011*

I sing tenor in a local community chorus. When we are about to begin rehearsals of a choral work I haven't done before, I get a recording of it. I generally look to Robert Shaw on Telarc first because it has been my experience that I can hear the voices clearly and even understand the words.There are some I haven't found: the Mahler 2nd Symphony, Schumann: Scenes From Goethe's Faust and Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ.When we began the St. Matthew Passion, I did not find a Telarc recording. There must over 50 recordings of it but no Telarc. I read review after review. I finally asked our director, David Chase: John Gardiner, he said.The performance is exciting, the soloists are very good. But the words are not as clear as I know they could be. The chorus, at times sounds a brittle. Particularly when the children's choir is singing.Having a large and very powerful sound system means I don't have to push it very hard to get realistic levels (100 to 105 dB SPL. The Mahler is very impressive). 95% of the time the Gardiner recording is very good. My thought is there may have been too many microphones so the consonant sounds are not as crisp as they could be.However, the exciting performance makes up for it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    My new favorite recording; such vitality and clarity.
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020*

Recorded and sung with such clarity and vitality. This has become my new favorite version, if at times a little fast for my liking. But it keeps moving at a pace and is such a joy to listen to. Superb soloists - without exception.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    It's still the Gold Standard
  

*by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2013*

In this age when every early music conductor -- and many others for that matter -- attempt this Mount Everest of Bach's compositions. Eliot Gardiner's reading of the score with all its deep religious feeling and drama, always leaves me in tears no matter how many times I hear it. Whether you are motivated by this ultimate religious event, or by Bach's setting of it, or both, I don't believe a finer recording of it exists, that is except perhaps, in paradise.

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