‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Sir David Willcocks

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

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

8:34

Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all."

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

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, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

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, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks

4:52

Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

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

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

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

5:20

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

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

0:13

Chorus: "Where, where, where wilt thou.

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:22

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

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

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

3:30

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

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

3:57

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

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

1:13

Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

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

2:16

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

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

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

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

5:37

Recit: "And he went away"

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

0:50

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks

1:08

Aria: "Gladly would I take upon me"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, 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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

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

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

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

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:57

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

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Sir David Willcocks, Neil Jenkins, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

0:39

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:25

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

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

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

2:32

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson

1:19

Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

7:45

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

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

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"

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, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts

7:09

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

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

3:52

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

2:50

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

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

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
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone
Robert Tear

Tenor

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Sir Edward Elgar

Editing Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance 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

John Shirley-Quirk

Robert Tear

Production

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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