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Bach - St. Matthew Passion / Schlick · Wessel · de Mey · Prégardien · Kooy · Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra · Koopman
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ton Koopman, Guy de Mey, Christoph Prégardien, Peter Kooy Barbara Schlick Kai Wessel
Bach - St. Matthew Passion / Schlick ˇ Wessel ˇ de Mey ˇ Prégardien ˇ Kooy ˇ Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra ˇ Koopman
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (38) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (26) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (35) - Disc #3


     
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Unmannered yet moving performance.
07/15/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Perhaps a tad slow in it's overall tempo, but nonetheless a moving performance. What other's may call lifeless I interpret it as Germanic protestant sobriety. Very well recorded."
Very fine indeed
morrow_jb | princeton, nj United States | 12/11/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I imagine this cd will please both the informed Bach scholar and the new listener. It was through this particular recording that I was first introduced to the piece. It conveys well all of the Matthew Passion's magic and power. Though I have heard other recordings (the Gardiner and Britten/Pears recordings, for instance) this cd is still my favorite, a real gem. Interpretation and performance are both of the highest quality. The singing is generally clean - always in tune. More often than not, vibrato is used tastefully as an embellishment, rather than by default. Koopman uses only period instruments at period tuning. The final bass aria "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" is especially beautiful."
Excellent interpretation of a profound sacred work
Michael R. Natal | Connecticut, USA | 03/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The reviewer "marrow jb" is spot on. This is an excellent, cleanly sung, and expressive interpretation of one of Bach's greatest masterpieces. If this rendering is "unemotional" (see other reviews here), I could not imagine bearing through an "emotional" one. Bathetic, overly sentimental singing may make up for poorly composed music, but only detracts from extremely well-written compositions such as this one. Bach's delicate interweaving of text, melody, harmony, and instrumentation needs no exaggeration. Regarding tempo, this rendering is a tad slow but, after all, it is the Passion story. Of all the St. Matthew Passion's I've heard, this remains my favorite."