Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Bach: St Matthew Passion / Gardiner, Rolfe Johnson, Et Al . Release Date: 10/20/1989 . Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) . Catalog #: 427 648 . Spars Code: DDD . Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach . Performer: Barbara Bonney, Ann Monoyios, Anne Sofie von Otter, Howard Crook, ... Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner . Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir . Number of Discs: 3 . Recorded in: Stereo . Length: 2 Hours 37 Mins. Works on This Recording: 1. Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244 by Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Ann Monoyios (Soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Howard Crook (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Olaf Bär (Baritone), Cornelius Hauptmann (Bass), Andreas Schmidt (Baritone), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir Period: Baroque Written: Circa 1727; Leipzig, Germany Date of Rec

John Eliot Gardiner's reading of the Matthew Passion is conceived and executed on the highest level, an example of period practice that is unlikely to be bettered any time soon. The performance as a whole vibrates with life: soloists are first-rate, and wonderfully well chosen for their respective parts, and the work of chorus and orchestra is exemplary. The recording, made in 1988 in the spacious ambience of Snape Maltings (England), is well balanced and exceptionally vivid. --Ted Libbey