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Johannes-Passion BWV 245
Conducted by Eugen Jochum |
SJP on “eloquence” |
Ehud Shiloni wrote (November 22, 2001):
Here is a delicacy I recently picked-up:
There is an apparently new budget series going by the name "eloquence" which re-issues older recordings by DG+Decca+Philips Classics including several by JSB.
I bought a single CD with highlights of the SJP from a Philips recording originally issued in 1967, conducted by Eugen Jochum.
It features the Netherland Radio Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - probably as non-HIP as you can get, but what a performance! Luckily not only Arias and Choruses are featured but also two trial scenes [nos. 21 and 23] which give you the chance to hear the phenomenally powerful evangelist Ernst Haefliger - stunning! The other soloists are very good to excellent - Walter Berry [Jesus], Agnes Giebel [s], Marga Hoffgen [a] and Franz Crass [b]. Only the tenor Alexander Young was sub-par [to my own taste].
The tempos are measured, and especially the chorals are very slow, but even to my HIP-trained ears the overall effect is very convincing. An important feature is the great sound of the recording – surprisingly clear for its "age", and with the full and rich sound of large scale forces, supported by what I believe is a "full size" organ in the continuo, it all combines to a very "lush" and strong projection. There are hardly any liner notes, so I cannot say for sure, but my guess is that the recording took place at the Concertgebouw Hall with its incredibly good accoustics – the recording certainly does sound that good.
Highly recommended! |
Aryeh Oron wrote (November 28, 2001):
< Ehud Shiloni wrote: Here is a delicacy I recently picked-up: There is an apparently new budget series going by the name "eloquence" which re-issues older recordings by DG+Decca+Philips Classics including several by JSB.
I bought a single CD with highlights of the SJP from a Philips recording originally issued in 1967, conducted by Eugen Jochum. >
There is a cheap complete recording of this SJP on Philips Duo series
467173-2 (2-CD, coupled with Cantata BWV 140 conducted by Raymond Leppard).
< It features the Netherland Radio Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - probably as non-HIP as you can get, but what a performance! Luckily not only Arias and Choruses are featured but also two trial scenes [nos. 21 and 23] which give you the chance to hear the phenomenally powerful evangelist Ernst Haefliger - stunning! The other soloists are very good to excellent - Walter Berry [Jesus], Agnes Giebel [s], Marga Hoffgen [a] and Franz Crass [b]. Only the tenor Alexander Young was sub-par [to my own taste]. >
IMHO, Haefliger is even better in his recording of SJP with Karl Richter (1964), more peneterating, more heart-rending
< The tempos are measured, and especially the chorals are very slow, but even to my HIP-trained ears the overall effect is very convincing. An important feature is the great sound of the recording – surprisingly clear for its "age", and with the full and rich sound of large scale forces, supported by what I believe is a "full size" organ in the continuo, it all combines to a very "lush" and strong projection. There are hardly any liner notes, so I cannot say for sure, but my guess is that the recording took place at the Concertgebouw Hall with its incredibly good accoustics – the recording certainly does sound that good. >
Indeed. It was recorded in Concergebouw Amsterdam.
< Highly recommended! >
Agree. |
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Johannes-Passion BWV 245 :
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| Recordings of Individual Movements
General Discussions:
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| Part 2
| Part 3
| Part 4
| Part 5
| Part 6
| Part 7
| Part 8
Systematic Discussions:
Part 1: Mvts. 1-7
| Part 2: Mvts. 6-14
| Part 3: Mvts. 15-20
| Part 4: Mvts. 21-26
| Part 5: Mvts. 27-32
| Part 6: Mvts. 36-40
| Part 7: Summary
Individual Recordings:
BWV 245 - F. Brüggen
| BWV 245 - S. Cleobury
| BWV 245 - P. Dombrecht
| BWV 245 - D, Fasolis
| BWV 245 - J.E. Gardiner
| BWV 245 - E.z. Guttenberg
| BWV 245 - N. Harnoncourt-H. Gillesberger
| BWV 245 - P. Herreweghe
| BWV 245 - E. Higginbottom
| BWV 245 - E. Jochum
| BWV 245 - E. Kleiber
| BWV 245 - P.J. Leusink
| BWV 245 - H. Max
| BWV 245 - P. McCreesh
| BWV 245 - H. Münch
| BWV 245 - P. Neumann
| BWV 245 - A. Parrott
| BWV 245 - P. Pickett
| BWV 245 - K. Richter
| BWV 245 - H. Rilling
| BWV 245 - P. Schreier
| BWV 245 - R. Shaw
| BWV 245 - K. Slowik
| BWV 245 - M. Suzuki
| BWV 245 - J.v. Veldhoven
Articles:
Saint John Passion, BWV 245 [T.N. Towe]
| The Passion of Saint John, BWV 245 [M. Steinberg]
| St. John Passion [A. Wong & N. Proctor]
| The St. John Passion on stage [U. Golomb]
| Literary Origins of Bach’s St. John Passion: 1704-1717 [W. Hoffman]
| Bach’s Passion Pursuit [W. Hoffman]
| Bach's St. John Passion and its Dramatic History of Origin [M. Maul]
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