‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Sir David Willcocks

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."

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:54

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

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"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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"

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

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.

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:22

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

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

3:30

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

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

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

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, 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"

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John King, John Shirley-Quirk

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

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

2:33

Chorus: "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, 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"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

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"

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Neil Jenkins, Sir David Willcocks

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

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"

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

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"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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"

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Paul Hillier, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, 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."

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

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, Michael Dobson, Lorraine Wood, Sir David Willcocks

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

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."

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

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"

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, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Adam Skeaping

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

2:46

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

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

1:44

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

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

3:06

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, 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"

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

2:50

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

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

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

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
Sir Edward Elgar

Editing Engineer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Ivor Atkins

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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