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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 / Remastered **Listen to our full latest mastering update (2023)** : 🎧 Qobuz Apple Music (soon) 🎧 Amazon Music Tidal 🎧 Deezer Spotify 🎧 Youtube Music SoundCloud 🎧 Naspter, Pandora, Anghami, LineMusic日本, Awa日本, QQ音乐 … St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 00:00 No. 1, Chorus: Kommt, Ihr Töchter Helft Mir Klagen, Chorale: O Lamm Gottes, Unschuldig (Chor I & II, Orchester I & II, Ripieno) 11:44 No. 47, Aria: Erbame Dich (Alt, Solo Violin, Orchester I) 19:06 No. 75, Aria: Mache Dich, Mein Herze, Rein (Bass, Orchester I) 29:27 No. 78, Chorus: Wir Setzen Un Smit Tränen Nieder (Chor I & II, Orchester I & II) Complete Remastered edition (Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 by Otto Klemperer) available on: Qobuz (Hi-Res 24/96), Apple Music (soon), Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer, Spotify, Youtube Music...: Sopran : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Alt : Christa Ludwig Tenor : Peter Pears / Nicolai Gedda Bariton : Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Bass : Walter Berry Philarmonia Choir and Boys of Hampstead Parish Church Choir Wilhelm Pitz ( Choir Master / Chef de Choeur) Director : OTTO KLEMPERER Recorded in 1961 New mastering in 2023 by AB for CMRR 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : ❤️ If you like CMRR content, please consider membership at our Patreon. Thank you :) I surrender my life. —John 10:17. Imagine what the last day of Jesus’ earthly life was like. Roman soldiers beat him mercilessly. (Matt. 26:52-54; John 18:3; 19:1) They use a special whip that rips strips of flesh from his body. Later, they load a heavy beam on his lacerated back. Jesus begins to drag the stake to the place of execution, but soon a bystander is conscripted to carry it for him. (Matt. 27:32) When Jesus arrives at the place where he will die, his executioners nail his hands and his feet to the stake. The weight of Jesus’ body tears at the nail wounds. His friends grieve and his mother weeps, but the Jewish rulers mock Jesus. (Luke 23:32-38; John 19:25) One agonizing hour follows another. His heart and lungs become strained, and his breathing becomes more difficult. With his dying breath, he utters one last triumphant prayer. He then bows his head and surrenders his life. (Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 10:18; 19:30) It was truly a slow, painful, humiliating way to die! The Son of man came . . . to give his life as a ransom in exchange for many. —Mark 10:45. What is the ransom? The price Jesus paid to buy back what Adam lost. (1 Cor. 15:22) Why do we need the ransom? Because Yahweh’s standard of justice as set out in the Law required that a life be given for a life. (Ex. 21:23, 24) Adam lost his perfect human life. To satisfy God’s justice, Jesus sacrificed his perfect human life. (Rom. 5:17) He thus becomes an “Eternal Father” to all those who exercise faith in the ransom. (Isa. 9:6; Rom. 3:23, 24) Jesus was willing to sacrifice his life because of his great love for his heavenly Father and for us. (John 14:31; 15:13) Moved by that love, he was determined to keep his integrity to the end and to accomplish his Father’s will. Jesus did so by remaining faithful until his death. As a result, Yahweh’s original purpose for mankind and for the earth will be fulfilled. This is an anthology version, not only because of the dazzling cast of singers, but also because of the density, the breath, the conviction and the deep emotion of Klemperer's direction and of the participants in general, up to the sumptuous Philharmonia choir. From the very first notes of the introduction, with its vast architecture, we are plunged into the tragic and painful dimension of the drama of universal scope that is to follow, reinforced by the dotted rhythm of the basso continuo that inexorably hammers out the announcement of Christ's future sufferings. A special mention for Peter Pears' evangelist, committed and poignant, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's magnificent Jesus, of a tone accuracy and a sovereign nobility. © Qobuz / GG “Once a time of adaptation has passed, one succumbs to listening to his St. Matthew Passion whose orchestral thickness would be unthinkable today, but testifies to a fervor, an intensity and a vocal luxury (Pears, Fischer-Dieskau, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Gedda, Berry!) remained unequaled by any baroqueist“ (Classica, July 2015) Johann Sebastian Bach PLAYLIST (reference recordings):
