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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Live)

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Live)

Ara Berberian, Maureen Forrester, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra, William Warfield, Olga Iglesias, Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
2023
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
3:30:43
No. 1, Chorus. Come, ye daughters, help me lament (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
9:41
No. 2, Recitative. When Jesus then had finished all these sayings (Live)
William Warfield, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
1:00
No. 3, Chorale. Beloved Jesus, what has thou done wrong (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
1:10
No. 4, Recitative. There assembled themselves the high priests and the scribes (Live)
Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra, William Warfield
0:31
No. 5, Chorus. Not upon the feast, lest from It there be an uproar (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
0:15
No. 6, Recitative. When now Jesus visited Bethany and was in the house (Live)
William Warfield, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ernst Haefliger
0:36
No. 7, Chorus. What end serveth all This nonsense? (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
0:28
No. 8, Recitative. But when Jesus noticed This (Live)
William Warfield, Ernst Haefliger, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
2:09
No. 9, Recitative. Beloved Savior thou (Live)
Maureen Forrester, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
1:14
No. 10, Aria. Guilt and pain (Live)
Maureen Forrester, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
5:17
No. 11, Recitative. Then there went one of the twelve (Live)
Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
0:45
No. 12, Aria. Bleed on, dear heart (Live)
Olga Iglesias, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
5:09
No. 13, Recitative. But on the first day of Unleavened Bread (Live)
Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ernst Haefliger
0:22
No. 14, Chorus. Where wilt thou That we prepare the Paschal Lamb (Live)
Paobl Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
0:16
No. 15, Recitative. He said: (Live)
Ernst Haefliger, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, William Warfield, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
2:02
No. 16, Chorale. It Is I. I should atone (Live)
Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
1:17
No. 17, Recitative. He answered to them and said: (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, William Warfield, Ara Berberian
4:34
No. 18, Recitative. Although my heart swims in tears (Live)
Olga Iglesias, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
2:03
No. 19, Aria. I will give my heart to thee (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Olga Iglesias
3:46
No. 20, Recitative. But after the song of praise had been recited (Live)
Pau Casals, William Warfield, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ernst Haefliger
1:27
No. 21, Chorale. Know me, my keeper (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:30
No. 22, Recitative. Peter, however, then answerèd and said to him (Live)
Ara Berberian, Ernst Haefliger, William Warfield, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:20
No. 23, Chorale. I would stand here beside thee (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
3:07
No. 24, Recitative. Then came Jesus with them to a garden, by name Gethsemane (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, William Warfield, Ernst Haefliger
2:33
No. 25, Recitative. O pain! (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
3:32
No. 26, Aria. I will watch beside my Jesus. (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
4:59
No. 27, Recitative. He went on a little, fell down upon his face (Live)
Pau Casals, William Warfield, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
0:56
No. 28, Recitative. The Savior falls down before his father (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ara Berberian, Pau Casals
1:23
No. 29, Aria. I will gladly submit myself (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ara Berberian, Pau Casals
5:42
No. 30, Recitative. And he came to his disciples and found them sleeping (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, William Warfield
1:39
No. 31, Chorale. What my God wills, may It ever befall. (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals
1:25
No. 32, Recitative. And he came and found them once more sleeping (Live)
William Warfield, Pau Casals, Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ernst Haefliger
2:53
No. 33, Duet and Chorus. So Is my Jesus captured now (Live)
Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Maureen Forrester, Olga Iglesias
4:36
No. 34, Recitative. Behold them! (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ara Berberian, William Warfield, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
2:51
No. 35, Choral. O man, bewail your great sin (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals
7:42
No. 36, Aria and Chorus. Ah! My Jesus has gone now (Live)
Maureen Forrester, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
4:47
No. 37, Recitative. But those, however, who had seized Jesus (Live)
Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:16
No. 38, Chorale. The world has judged me deceitfully (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:02
No. 39, Recitative. And although there came there many false witnesses (Live)
Ara Berberian, Ernst Haefliger, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:28
No. 40, Recitative. My Jesus holds his peace (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
1:21
No. 41, Aria. Forbear, Though deceiving tongues may sting me! (Live)
Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
4:31
No. 42, Recitative. And the high priest then, answering, spake thus to him: (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, William Warfield, Ara Berberian
2:04
No. 43, Recitative. Then did they spit upon his countenance and struck him with their (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
0:46
No. 44, Chorale. Who has buffeted thee so (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:16
No. 45, Recitative. Peter, meanwhile, sat outside in the court; and there came to him (Live)
Olga Iglesias, Ara Berberian, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:04
No. 46, Chorus and Recitative. Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech doth betray thee (Live)
Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Ara Berberian, Ernst Haefliger
2:10
No. 47, Aria. Have mercy (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Maureen Forrester, Pau Casals
8:59
No. 48, Chorale. Although I have strayed from thee (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:30
No. 49, Recitative. Now when the morning came (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
1:29
No. 50, Recitative. And he cast the silvers pieces in the temple (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:01
No. 51, Aria. Give me back my Jesus! (Live)
Ara Berberian, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
3:18
No. 52, Recitative. So they took counsel once again and bought (Live)
Ara Berberian, Ernst Haefliger, William Warfield, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
2:28
No. 53, Choral. Commend your way (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
1:36
No. 54, Recitative. But upon This feast the governor had the custom of setting free (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, Olga Iglesias, Ara Berberian
2:44
No. 55, Choral. How miraculous indeed Is This punishment! (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals
1:09
No. 56, Recitative. The governor answered (Live)
Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ernst Haefliger, Ara Berberian
0:15
No. 57, Recitative. He has done good to us all (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Olga Iglesias
1:42
No. 58, Aria. Out of love my Saviour Is willing to die (Live)
Olga Iglesias, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
5:58
No. 59, Recitative. They cried again even more and said: (Live)
Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ara Berberian
2:14
No. 60, Recitative. Have mercy, God! (Live)
Maureen Forrester, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:37
No. 61, Aria. If the tears upon my cheeks can (Live)
Pau Casals, Maureen Forrester, The Festival Casals Orchestra
5:49
No. 62, Recitative. And then did the governor's soldiers take Jesus (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ernst Haefliger
1:21
No. 63, Chorale. O head, full of blood and wounds (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra
3:52
No. 64, Recitative. And after they had mocked him, they removed the robe (Live)
Ernst Haefliger, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
1:19
No. 65, Recitative. Yea! Gladly Is the flesh and blood in us (Live)
Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Ara Berberian
0:50
No. 66, Aria. Come, sweet cross, I will say then: (Live)
Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals
7:42
No. 67, Recitative. And when they came unto a place with the name of Golgotha (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, The Festival Casals Orchestra
3:52
No. 68, Recitative. In like wise also did the murderers mock him (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
0:26
No. 69, Recitative. Ah, Golgotha, hapless Golgotha! (Live)
Maureen Forrester, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
2:03
No. 70, Aria. See, Jesus hath his hand (Live)
Pau Casals, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Maureen Forrester
3:12
No. 71, Recitative. And from the sixth hour on there was a darkness over all the land (Live)
Ernst Haefliger, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, William Warfield, Pau Casals, The Festival Casals Orchestra
3:17
No. 72, Chorale. When once I must depart (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals
2:14
No. 73, Recitative. And then, behold: The curtain of the temple (Live)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger
3:21
No. 74, Recitative. In the evening, when It was cool (Live)
Pau Casals, Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra
2:27
No. 75, Aria. Make thyself clean, my heart (Live)
Pau Casals, Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra
7:30
No. 76, Recitative. And Joseph took the body and wrapped It (Live)
Ernst Haefliger, Pau Casals, Ara Berberian, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
2:46
No. 77, Recitative. Now the Lord Is brought to rest (Live)
Ara Berberian, Pau Casals, Ernst Haefliger, Olga Iglesias, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Festival Casals Orchestra, Maureen Forrester
2:51
No. 78, Chorus. We sit down in tears (Live)
The Festival Casals Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pau Casals
7:19

3 March 2023 78 Tracks, 3 Hours 30 minutes ℗ 2023 Archipel

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