Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion

Thames Chamber Orchestra, The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

78 SONGS • 3 HOURS AND 8 MINUTES • JAN 01 1979

1

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. One: Chorus: "Come, ye Daughters, Share my Mourning"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

08:35

2

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all..."

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:52

3

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "O blessed Jesu.."

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:54

4

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "At that time there assembled the chief priests"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:27

5

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:17

6

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative:"Now when Jesus was in Bethany"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:35

7

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:33

8

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:37

9

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

Alfreda Hodgson, Richard Adeney, Richard Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:03

10

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Aria: "Grief for sin"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

04:52

11

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:41

12

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. One: Aria: "Break in grief"

Felicity Lott, William Bennett, Alexa Turpin, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

05:21

13

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "Now on the first day of the unleavened bread"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:14

14

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "Where, where, where wilt thou...

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:23

15

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recit/Chorus: "He said, Go to one in the city yonder"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:57

16

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "Tis I, whose sins have bound thee..."

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:57

17

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "He answered them and said"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:31

18

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "Although our eyes with tears o'erflow"

Felicity Lott, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:27

19

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

Felicity Lott, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:57

20

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recit: "And after they had sung a hymn together"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:13

21

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:04

22

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Hugh Davies, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:15

23

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:07

24

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:17

25

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "O grief! how throbs this heavy laden breast!"

Neil Jenkins, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:13

26

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. One: Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

Neil Jenkins, Michael Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

05:37

27

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recit: "And he went away"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:51

28

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recit: "The Saviour, low before His father bending"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:09

29

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Aria: "Gladly would I take upon me"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

04:26

30

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:30

31

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Chorale: "O Father, let thy will be done"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:15

32

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, John King, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:34

33

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. One: Duet & Chorus: "Behold, my Saviour Now is Taken"

Felicity Lott, Alfreda Hodgson, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

04:55

34

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1: Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:34

35

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. One: Chorus: "O Man, thy Grievous Sin Bemoan"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

07:05

36

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria/Chorus: "Ah! now is my Saviour gone"

Alfreda Hodgson, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

04:24

37

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "And they that had laid hold on Jesus"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:03

38

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:57

39

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recitative: "Yea, though many lying witnesses came forward"

Michael Pierce, Malcolm Arthur, Robert Tear, Richard Jackson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:23

40

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Neil Jenkins, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:05

41

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria: "Endure, Endure"

Robert Tear, Charles Tunnell, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:46

42

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Richard Jackson, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:44

43

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "And then with one accord they did spit

Robert Tear, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:39

44

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Chorus: "O Lord, who dares to smite Thee"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:55

45

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "Simon Peter sat outside in the court"

Rebecca Moseley-Morgan, Catherine Rogers, Robert Tear, Hugh Davies, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:11

46

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "And then began he to curse and to swear"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:26

47

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria: "Have mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, on me"

Alfreda Hodgson, John Bacon, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

06:44

48

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Chorus: "Lamb of God, I fall before Thee"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:09

49

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

John Shirley-Quirk, John King, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:07

50

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "And he cast the silver pieces down in the temple"

Michael Pierce, Robert Tear, Malcolm Arthur, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:47

51

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. Two: Aria: "Give, O give me back my Lord"

Stephen Roberts, Roger Garland, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

03:36

52

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Paul Hillier, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:18

53

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:15

54

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

Felicity Lott, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Paul Hillier, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:32

55

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Chorus: "O wondrous love, that suffers this correction"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:56

56

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "The governor answered.."

Robert Tear, Paul Hillier, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:16

57

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

Felicity Lott, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:17

58

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

Felicity Lott, Richard Adeney, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

05:14

59

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "But they cried out the more"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:24

60

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "O Gracious God"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:19

61

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

07:46

62

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit,Chorus: "And then did the soldiers..."

Robert Tear, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:30

63

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. Two: Chorus: "O Sacred Head Surrounded"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

02:29

64

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recitative: "And after they had mocked at Him"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:28

65

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recitative: "In truth, to bear the Cross"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:42

66

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria: "Come healing cross"

Stephen Roberts, Adam Skeaping, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

07:09

67

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "And when they came unto the place"

Robert Tear, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:53

68

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "The same was cast in His teeth by the robbers"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:16

69

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

Alfreda Hodgson, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:47

70

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria/Chorus: "See ye! See the Saviour's outstretched hands!

Alfreda Hodgson, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:49

71

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:47

72

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Chorus: "Be near me, Lord, when dying"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

01:45

73

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "And then, behold, the veil..."

Robert Tear, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:06

74

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit: "At evening, hour of calm and peace"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:31

75

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Aria: "Make thee clean, my heart, from sin"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

06:48

76

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 2: Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

Robert Tear, Paul Hillier, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:51

77

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. Two: Recit/Chorus: "And now the Lord to rest is laid"

Felicity Lott, Alfreda Hodgson, Neil Jenkins, Stephen Roberts, The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

02:18

78

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. Two: Chorus: "In Tears of Grief"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Elgar

07:10

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