‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Thames Chamber Orchestra

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

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."

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:54

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:17

Recitative:"Now when Jesus was in Bethany"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

4:52

Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

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

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

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

5:20

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

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

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

1:56

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:56

Recitative: "He answered them and said"

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

3:30

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

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

3:57

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

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

1:13

Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

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

2:16

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

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

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

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

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"

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:08

Aria: "Gladly would I take upon me"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts

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"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

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

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

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

2:33

Chorus: "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

7:05

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

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

4:23

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

1:02

Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:57

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

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Neil Jenkins

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

0:39

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

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:25

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

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

6:44

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

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

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

2:32

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

1:19

Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

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

7:09

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

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

3:52

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

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

2:46

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:44

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

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

3:06

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

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

2:31

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

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

2:50

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

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

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Bach Choir

Choir
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Sir Edward Elgar

Editing Engineer
Sir David Willcocks

Liner Notes
Chris Christodoulou

Photography
Darren Rumney

Creative Director
Eric Gill

Cover Art
Stanley Webb

Liner Notes

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach Choir

Sir David Willcocks

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

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Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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