Johann
Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
Program
notes by Eric Chafe (Cantata Singers)
Program
notes by David Gordon (from his Web site)
Article
by Bernard D. Sherman (from Early Music America)
(on historically informed performance practice, with reviews of selected
recordings)
German text and English
translation (PDF)
CD
Recordings
Historically
informed (following Baroque performance
practice):
John Eliot
Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque
Soloists, Archiv (1988)
Recording
info. at Deutsche Grammophon (with audio clips)
Nikolaus
Harnoncourt, Arnold Schönberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Teldec
(2000)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Nikolaus
Harnoncourt, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra & Chorus, Knabenchor
der Kathedrale St Bavo, Haarlem, Teldec (1985)
(Out of print)
Philippe
Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent, Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino, Harmonia
Mundi (1998) (includes interactive CD-ROM)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Philippe
Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale Chorus & Orchestra, Collegium Vocale
Gent, Choeur D’enfants “In Dulci Jubilo,” Harmonia Mundi
(1984)
(Out of print)
Erhard
& Rudolf Mauersberger, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor Leipzig,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Classics/Berlin Classics (1970)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Paul McCreesh,
Gabrieli Players, Archiv (19) (one voice per part)
Recording
info. at Deutsche Grammophon (with audio clips)
Helmuth
Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart,
Hänssler (1994)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Johannes
Somary, Ambrosian Singers, Desborough School Boys’ Choir, English
Chamber Orchestra, Vanguard (1977)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Masaaki
Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Bis (1999)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Modern
(“traditional”) (not informed by modern scholarship
on Baroque performance practice):
Otto Klemperer,
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Boys of Hampstead Parish Church
Choir, EMI (1961)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Recording
info. at CDConnection.com (with audio clips)
Fritz Lehmann,
Großer Chor des Berliner Rundfunks, Boys’ Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orhestra, Vox/Pantheon/Music & Arts/Dante
(1949)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Karl Richter,
Munich Bach Choir & Orchestra, Munich Choir Boys, Deutsche Grammophon
(1958)
Recording
info. at Deutsche Grammophon (with audio clips)
Georg Solti,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Glen Ellyn Children’s
Chorus, London (1987)
Recording
info. at Amazon.com
Mögens
Wöldike, Shottenstrift Boys Choir, Wiener Kammerchor, Vienna State
Opera Orchestra, Vanguard Classics, 1959
Recording
info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
CD Reviews
by
Teri Noel Towe at Bach Cantatas Web site
(critical discography of recordings up to 1989)
by
Bernard D. Sherman
(article on performance practice and reviews of selected recordings)
by
David Hurwitz at ClassicsToday (Herreweghe 1998)
by
David Hurwitz at ClassicsToday (Herreweghe 1984)
by
David Hurwitz at ClassicsToday (Suzuki)
by
Michael Jameson at Classics Today (Klemperer)
by
Michael Jameson at Classics Today (Richter)
by
Graeme Kay at BBC (McCreesh)
by
Brian Robins at Andante (Herreweghe 1998, 1984)
by
Raymond Tuttle at Classical Net (Suzuki)
discussion
of Wöldike recording on bach-cantatas.com
Composer’s Biography
BaroqueMusic.org
Web site
Grove
Concise Dictionary of Music
OnlineClassical.org
Web site
Timothy
A. Smith’s Web site