‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Sir David Willcocks

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

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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."

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, 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"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

Alfreda Hodgson, Richard Adeney, Sir David Willcocks, Richard Dobson, 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"

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

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

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

5:20

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

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

0:13

Chorus: "Where, where, where wilt thou.

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:22

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

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

1:56

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

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:56

Recitative: "He answered them and said"

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

3:30

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

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

3:57

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

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

1:13

Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

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

2:16

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

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

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Neil Jenkins, 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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts

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"

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

1:30

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

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

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

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

2:33

Chorus: "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

7:05

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

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

4:23

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, 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"

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Neil Jenkins, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

0:39

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:25

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

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

6:44

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

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

2:32

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

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks

7:45

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

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

1:30

Chorus: "O sacred Head surrounded"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

2:29

Recitative: "And after they had mocked at Him"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

1:28

Recitative: "In truth, to bear the Cross"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

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

7:09

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

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

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Alfreda Hodgson

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

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, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:06

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts

2:31

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

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

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, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Bach Choir

Choir
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Simon Eadon

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

Sir David Willcocks

Bach Choir

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

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Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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