‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Bach Choir

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

0:51

Chorus: "O blessed Jesu."

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:54

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

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

0:34

Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson

4:52

Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

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

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

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

5:20

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

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

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

1:56

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

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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"

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

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"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

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

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, Neil Jenkins, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Michael Dobson

5:37

Recit: "And he went away"

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

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, 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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

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

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

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

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, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:57

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

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Neil Jenkins, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

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"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:54

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

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

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"

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

6:44

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

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

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, Robert Tear, Paul Hillier, Sir David Willcocks

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson

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."

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

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

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

7:09

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

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

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

2:46

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:44

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

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

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

2:50

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

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

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Bach Choir

Choir
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Simon Eadon

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

RECORD LABEL

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach Choir

Sir David Willcocks

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

Production

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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