‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Thames Chamber Orchestra

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

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

8:34

Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all."

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

0:51

Chorus: "O blessed Jesu."

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:54

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

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:17

Recitative:"Now when Jesus was in Bethany"

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:34

Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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"

Sir David Willcocks, Dame Felicity Lott, William Bennett, Alexa Turpin, 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.

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:22

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

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

1:56

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:56

Recitative: "He answered them and said"

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

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"

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

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"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

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

2:16

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

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

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, 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"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

4:25

Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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

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

2:34

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

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

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

1:02

Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:57

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

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Richard Jackson, 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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:25

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

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

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"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

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

2:32

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

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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."

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

1:30

Chorus: "O sacred Head surrounded"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:29

Recitative: "And after they had mocked at Him"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

1:28

Recitative: "In truth, to bear the Cross"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

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

7:09

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

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

3:52

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

Robert Tear, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, 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."

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

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"

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

2:50

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

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

Editing Engineer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance 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

Bach Choir

Sir David Willcocks

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

Production

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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