by Johann Sebastian Bach, Theo Altmeyer, Franz Crass, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Julia Hamari, Nicolai Gedda, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin, Siegfried Haertel, Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Consortium Musicum, Wolfgang Gönnenwein · EMI · CD · EAN 0077776258829
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«Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244» presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in a performance conducted by Wolfgang Gönnenwein, released by EMI on three CDs and sung in German.
The recording features the Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, a children’s choir and Consortium musicum. Theo Altmeyer sings the Evangelist and Franz Crass sings Jesus, alongside soloists including Teresa Zylis-Gara, Julia Hamari, Nicolai Gedda and Hermann Prey.
This 1989 edition bears the catalog number CZS 7 62588 2 and reissues the recording made in 1968 in the church in Schwaigern, Germany. The three discs have a total running time of 196 minutes and 33 seconds.
For listeners of sacred music, choral repertoire and Bach’s great vocal works.
