J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two — No.17 Choral: «Ach großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten» · English Baroque Soloists · John Eliot Gardiner · The Monteverdi Choir
Bach, J.S.: St. John Passion
℗ 1986 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 1986-01-01
Producer: Dr. Andreas Holschneider
Producer: Charlotte Kriesch
Producer, Recording Producer, Studio Personnel, Balance Engineer: Karl-August Naegler
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Gregor Zielinsky
Studio Personnel, Editor: Gernot Von Schultzendorff
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Anonymous
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Evangelist (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt, Jesus (baritone)
Barbara Bonney, soprano (Pilates wife)
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter, alto (contralto)
Michael Chance, countertenor (Altus, First witness)
Howard Crook, tenor (Second witness)
Olaf Bär, baritone (Pilate, Peter, High priest I)
Cornelius Hauptmann, bass (Judas, Pontifex)
THE MONTEVERDI CHOIR
Soprano: Donna Deam, Rona Eastwood, Jane Fairfield, Suzanne Flowers, Carol Hall, Susan Hemington Jones, Ruth Holton (Ancillae), Lucinda Houghton, Nicola Jenkin, Jean Knibbs, Rachel Platt, Gill Ross (Ancillae)
Altos: Richard Baker, Julian Clarkson, Patrick Collin, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Peter Nardone, Philip Newton, Christopher Royall, Ashley Stafford
Tenors: Clifford Armstrong, Brian Parsons, Philip Pettifor, Nicolas Robertson, Angus Smith, Paul Sutton, Paul Tindall, Andrew Tusa
Basses: Michael Boswell, Alan Brafield, Stephen Charlesworth, Hans Gabler, James Ottaway, Charles Pott, Richard Savage, Lawrence Wallington
THE LONDON ORATORY JUNIOR CHOIR
Direction: Patrick Russill
Edward Bruggemeyer, Jonathan Hoban, Victoria Hoban, Cornelia La Via, Julia Manning, Sophia Martinez, Sorelle Martinez, Sarah McAdam, Christopher McCarthy, Silvia Montello, Emma Murphy, Emma ONeill, Beth OReilly, Kate OReilly, Luke OReilly, Eamonn Stack, Danielle Williams
The opening of this sonata in D minor, performed by Matthias Havinga for All of Bach, has an uncertain and emphatically andante sound. To the ears of seventeenth and eighteenth-century musicologists the key of D minor represented melancholy, devotion, solemnity and seriousness. Following this tentative start, Bach launches into experimentation, by juggling motifs almost wildly and searching for new keys.
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Matthias Havinga, organist
Organ: Christian Müller, 1738
J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor BWV 232, in a stellar, groundbreaking recording from 1985, using one voice per part and a set of ripieno singers for the forte sections.
Taverner Consort and Players, conducted by Andrew Parrott. Emma Kirkby — soprano, Emily van Evera — soprano, Panito Inconomou — alto (child), Christian Immler — alto (child, nowadays a great bass), Michael Kilian — alto (child), Rogers Covey-Crump — tenor, David Thomas — bass