Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 683 Mb | Total time: 161.22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMC 901676.78 | Recorded: 1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 683 Mb | Total time: 161.22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMC 901676.78 | Recorded: 1998
Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental St. Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday in 1727 at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. It is the largest single composition Bach ever wrote, both in terms of length and in terms of instrumental and vocal forces. It requires two choruses, two orchestras, four vocal soloists for the arias and vocal soloists for each of the various character parts. Philippe Herreweghe's 1999 recording of Bach's masterpiece features a stellar cast and was a perennial catalog bestseller.