‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Sir David Willcocks

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

8:34

Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all."

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

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, 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"

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

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

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

5:20

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

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

1:56

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

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"

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

Lorraine Wood, Michael Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, 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"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

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

2:16

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

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

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

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

5:37

Recit: "And he went away"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, 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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks

4:25

Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

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

2:34

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

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

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"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

7:05

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

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

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"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:57

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

Richard Jackson, Malcolm Arthur, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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, Charles Tunnell, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

0:39

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

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:25

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

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

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"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

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

2:32

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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."

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, 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"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Adam Skeaping, Sir David Willcocks

7:09

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

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

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!"

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

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."

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

2:50

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

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

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Bach Choir

Choir
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

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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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