Matthäus-Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach
The St Matthew Passion, the other major sacred work by Bach after the St John Passion.
Dates
Emmanuelle de Negri | soprano I
Apolline Raï-Westphal | soprano II
William Shelton | alto I
Mathilde Ortscheidt | alto II
Valerio Contaldo | tenor I
Antonin Rondepierre | tenor II
Sebastian Noack | bass I
Felix Schwandtke | bass II
Les Ambassadeurs~La Grande Écurie
Thibault Noally | direction
About
In the interval between the two works, Bach focused on developing his musical experience and brought a number of innovations to his writing. He increased the breadth of the sound as far as possible by adding a third choir and made the recitative more varied. This masterpiece marked the end of a long series of Passions in the history of music. With a few rare exceptions, all later works were not Passions in the liturgical sense as understood by Bach, but paved the way for the oratorio form.
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