Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (complete oratorio recorded in 2017)
$65.00
Low Stock
add to cart
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (complete oratorio recorded in 2017)
Benedikt Kristjánsson, Krešimir Stražanac, Gerlinde Sämann, Isabel Jantschek, Benno Schachtner, Paul Schweinester / Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christop
[ Accentus DVD / 2 DVD ]
Release Date: Sunday 25 February 2018
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Suitable for General Audiences
In its choreographed version of the St. Matthew Passion, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart offers new dimensions to Bach's musical drama.
And, for the one hundred schoolchildren who delved into Bach's monumental work and learned to dance as an artistic form of self-expression, it was an opportunity to experience the power of his music first hand. The interplay of professional musicians and young amateurs turned into a creative bridge for all involved.
"In this choreographed Passion there are two discrete but overlapping layers of action...Bach's elaborated setting of St Matthew is peculiarly suited to such an approach...The vocal soloists are all excellent, fairly extrovert whether in a mode of declamation or confession; Benno Schachtner's alto and Benedikt Kristjánsson's Evangelist are most vividly drawn and sung...The gestures are unpretentious...Powerful musical values underpin the enterprise." Gramophone DVD of the Month January 2018
