John Eliot Gardiner - Bach: St. Matthew Passion

First vinyl release!

180-gram triple LP

When Sir John Eliot Gardiner, released his first recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion in 1989, it was considered a milestone in style and interpretation and remains so to this day — with his approach to the work as celebrated as his first-class soloists: his great Monteverdi Choir and the splendid Baroque Soloists. Now available on vinyl for the first time since the original release, pressed on 180-gram vinyl taken from the original sources.

Musicians:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Cornelius Hauptman, bass
English Baroque Soloists, (Early Music Ensemble)
Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

St. Matthew Passion BWV 244

Matthaus-Passion

Side 1

Part I: Nos. 1-10

Side 2

Part I: Nos. 11-25

Side 3

Part I: Nos. 26-29 & Part II: Nos. 30-35

Side 4

Part II: Nos. 36-49

Side 5

Part II: Nos. 50-60

Side 6

Part II: Nos. 61-68

Customer Reviews (3.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

poorly engineered posted on 08/12/2022 3 Stars The album could've been a wonderful reproduction of a great performance, and the voices are very clear; however, the engineers botched this one by placing the grooves too close together, consequently there is a post-echo in every track of a recitative (in the left channel, with the post echo in the right channel), which is very audible and very disturbing. The post-echo also shows up every time the first chorus (in the left channel) sings.

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