‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Sir David Willcocks

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

8:34

Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all."

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

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks

0:34

Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

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"

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

5:20

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

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

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"

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

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, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

3:30

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

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

3:57

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

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

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

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

2:16

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

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

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

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

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"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts

4:25

Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

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

1:30

Chorale: "O Father, let thy will be done"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

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

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

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

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"

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

4:23

Recit: "And they that had laid hold on Jesus"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks

1:02

Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:57

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

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Neil Jenkins

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

0:39

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

Bach Choir, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

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

2:32

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks

1:19

Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson

7:45

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

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

1:30

Chorus: "O sacred Head surrounded"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

2:29

Recitative: "And after they had mocked at Him"

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:28

Recitative: "In truth, to bear the Cross"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

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

7:09

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

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

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, Michael Dobson, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

3:06

Recit: "At evening, hour of calm and peace"

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:31

Aria: "Make thee clean, my heart, from sin"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

2:50

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

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

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Bach Choir

Choir
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing 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

Sir David Willcocks

Bach Choir

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

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Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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