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J S Bach - St Matthew Passion | EMI - Triples 5009412

J S Bach - St Matthew Passion

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Label: EMI - Triples

Cat No: 5009412

Barcode: 5099950094127

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 24th September 2007

Contents

Artists

Theo Altmeyer
Franz Crass
Teresa Zylis-Gara
Julia Hamari
Nicolai Gedda
Hermann Prey
Hans Sotin
Siegfried Hartel
Noor Leertouwer
Liselotte Renner
Susanne Durr
Vera Scherr
Consortium Musicum

Conductor

Wolfgang Gonnenwein

Artists

Theo Altmeyer
Franz Crass
Teresa Zylis-Gara
Julia Hamari
Nicolai Gedda
Hermann Prey
Hans Sotin
Siegfried Hartel
Noor Leertouwer
Liselotte Renner
Susanne Durr
Vera Scherr
Consortium Musicum

Conductor

Wolfgang Gonnenwein

About

Bach's St. Matthew Passion was probably written in 1727. Only two of the four (or five) settings of the Passion which Bach wrote have survived; the other is the St. John Passion. The St. Matthew Passion was first performed on either Good Friday 1727 or 1729 in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where Bach was the Kapellmeister. He revised it by 1736, performing it again on March 30, 1736, this time including two organs in the instrumentation.
 
The St. Matthew Passion was not heard outside of Leipzig until 1829, when Felix Mendelssohn performed an abbreviated version of it in Berlin to great acclaim. Mendelssohn's revival of the work brought the music of Bach, particularly the large-scale works, to public and academic attention that still endures today.

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