J.S.Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245 - Rilling - CBS Records - 1985
J.S.Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245 - CBS Records - Schreier - Hamari - Dieskau - Auger - Rilling - Bach Collegium Stuttgart
2 CDs | APE + CUE +LOG | Covers+Booklet | 604 MB
A very different recording than well-known Hänssler's from 1993.
2 CDs | APE + CUE +LOG | Covers+Booklet | 604 MB
A very different recording than well-known Hänssler's from 1993.
I have listened to many recordings of the Johannes Passion and find this one to be the very best. Its fluidity, its warmth, weave in and out of the soul the sorrow, yet the hope that we receive by the substitutional death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the cross. Made me think why this first recording with Peter Schreier(Tenor, Evangelist&Arias), Julia Hamari(Alto) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau(Bass) is not available and why did Rilling bother to record a second, far more fragmented and colder - almost HIP (historic instruments performance) version. St. John Passion reflects much more the biblical account of events and its drama than its sister St. Matthew Passion. The result is a work, which, not only because of its expressiveness but also consistency of its structure, can be regarded as the finest piece of baroque music.