‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Thames Chamber Orchestra

Chorus: "Come, ye daughters, share my mourning"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

8:34

Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all."

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

0:51

Chorus: "O blessed Jesu."

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:54

Recitative: "At that time there assembled the chief priests"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:17

Recitative:"Now when Jesus was in Bethany"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

0:34

Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

Richard Adeney, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Richard Dobson

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

4:52

Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

Alexa Turpin, William Bennett, Dame Felicity Lott, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

5:20

Recitative: "Now on the first day of the unleavened bread"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

0:13

Chorus: "Where, where, where wilt thou.

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:22

Recit/Chorus: "He said, Go to one in the city yonder"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

1:56

Chorus: "Tis I, whose sins have bound thee."

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:56

Recitative: "He answered them and said"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

3:30

Recitative: "Although our eyes with tears o'erflow"

Michael Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Lorraine Wood, Dame Felicity Lott

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

Lorraine Wood, Dame Felicity Lott, Sir David Willcocks, Michael Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:57

Recit: "And after they had sung a hymn together"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk, Sir David Willcocks

1:13

Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Hugh Davies, John Shirley-Quirk

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

2:16

Recitative: "O grief! how throbs this heavy laden breast!"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Neil Jenkins

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

Michael Dobson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Neil Jenkins

5:37

Recit: "And he went away"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

0:50

Recit: "The Saviour, low before His father bending"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:08

Aria: "Gladly would I take upon me"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

4:25

Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

1:30

Chorale: "O Father, let thy will be done"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

John King, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

2:34

Duet:Chorus: "Behold, my Saviour now is taken"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Dame Felicity Lott

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:33

Chorus: "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

7:05

Aria/Chorus: "Ah! now is my Saviour gone"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson

4:23

Recit: "And they that had laid hold on Jesus"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:02

Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:57

Recitative: "Yea, though many lying witnesses came forward"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Richard Jackson, Michael Pierce, Malcolm Arthur, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Neil Jenkins

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

Charles Tunnell, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

Recit/Chorus: "And then with one accord they did spit

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Bach Choir

0:39

Chorus: "O Lord, who dares to smite Thee"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:54

Recit/Chorus: "Simon Peter sat outside in the court"

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

1:11

Recit: "And then began he to curse and to swear"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, John Shirley-Quirk

1:25

Aria: "Have mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, on me"

Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Bacon

6:44

Chorus: "Lamb of God, I fall before Thee"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

John King, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

1:07

Recit: "And he cast the silver pieces down in the temple"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Malcolm Arthur, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Michael Pierce

0:46

Aria: "Give, O give me back my Lord"

Roger Garland, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Paul Hillier, John Shirley-Quirk

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Dame Felicity Lott, John Shirley-Quirk, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Paul Hillier

2:32

Chorus: "O wondrous love, that suffers this correction"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Paul Hillier, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

Dame Felicity Lott, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Richard Adeney, Dame Felicity Lott

5:13

Recit/Chorus: "But they cried out the more"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:19

Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson

7:45

Recit,Chorus: "And then did the soldiers."

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:30

Chorus: "O sacred Head surrounded"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:29

Recitative: "And after they had mocked at Him"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:28

Recitative: "In truth, to bear the Cross"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, Adam Skeaping

7:09

Recit/Chorus: "And when they came unto the place"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Bach Choir

3:52

Recit: "The same was cast in His teeth by the robbers"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood

1:47

Aria/Chorus: "See ye! See the Saviour's outstretched hands!

Bach Choir, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

2:46

Chorus: "Be near me, Lord, when dying"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:44

Recit/Chorus: "And then, behold, the veil."

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

3:06

Recit: "At evening, hour of calm and peace"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:31

Aria: "Make thee clean, my heart, from sin"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

Paul Hillier, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

2:50

Recit/Chorus: "And now the Lord to rest is laid"

Bach Choir, Alfreda Hodgson, Dame Felicity Lott, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Neil Jenkins

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Bach Choir

Choir
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Sir Edward Elgar

Editing Engineer
Sir David Willcocks

Liner Notes
Darren Rumney

Creative Director
Eric Gill

Cover Art
Stanley Webb

Liner Notes
Chris Christodoulou

Photography

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Sir David Willcocks

Bach Choir

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

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Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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