J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1:
• 1 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 1, Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen 08:12
• 2 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 2, Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte 00:39
• 3 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 3, Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen 00:39
• 4 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 4, Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester und Schriftgelehrten 02:56
• 5 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 5, Du lieber Heiland du 00:54
• 6 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 6, Buß und Reu 03:55
• 7 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 7, Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer 00:39
• 8 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 8, Blute nur, du liebes Herz 04:47
• 9 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 9, Aber am ersten Tage der süssen Brot 02:12
• 10 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 10, Ich bin's, ich sollte büßen 00:41
• 11 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 11, Er antwortete und sprach 02:51
• 12 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 12, Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt 01:17
• 13 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 13, Ich will dir mein Herze schenken 03:17
• 14 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 14, Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten 00:59
• 15 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 15, Erkenne mich, mein Hüter 00:56
• 16 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 16, Petrus aber antwortete und sprach 00:59
• 17 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 17, Ich will hier bei dir stehen 00:51
• 18 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 18, Da kam Jesus mit ihnen 01:48
• 19 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 19, O Schmerz! 01:39
• 20 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 20, Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen 04:53
• 21 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 21, Und ging hin ein wenig 00:39
• 22 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 22, Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder 01:02
• 23 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 23, Gerne will ich mich bequemen 04:05
• 24 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 24, Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern und fand sie schlafend 01:08
• 25 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 25, Was mein Gott will, das gscheh allzeit 00:52
• 26 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 26, Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend 02:22
• 27 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 27, So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen 04:29
• 28 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 28, Und siehe, einer aus denen, die mit Jesu waren 02:03
• 29 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 29, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß 05:57
• St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2:
• 30 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 30, Ach, nun ist mein Jesus hin 03:25
• 31 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 31, Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten 01:02
• 32 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 32, Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht't 00:33
• 33 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 33, Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten 01:07
• 34 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 34, Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille 01:13
• 35 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 35, Geduld, Geduld! Wenn mich falsche Zungen stechen 03:43
• 36 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 36, Und der Hohenpriester antwortete 01:57
• 37 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 37, Wer hat dich so geschlagen 00:37
• 38 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 38, Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast 02:26
• 39 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren Willen 06:18
• 40 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 40, Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen 01:00
• 41 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 41, Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohepriester und die Ältesten des Volks einen Rat 01:48
• 42 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 42, Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder 02:47
• 43 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 43, Sie hielten aber einen Rat und kauften einen Töpfersacker 02:13
• 44 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 44, Befiehl du deine Wege 00:59
• 45 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 45, Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit 02:19
• 46 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 46, Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe 00:38
• 47 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 47, Der Landpfleger sagte 00:16
• 48 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 48, Er hat uns allen wohlgetan 01:12
• 49 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 49, Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben 05:10
• 50 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 50, Sie schrieen aber noch mehr und sprachen 01:49
• 51 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 51, Erbarm es Gott! 01:07
• 52 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 52, Können Tränen meiner Wangen 05:57
• 53 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 53, Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte des Landpflegers Jesum 01:08
• 54 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 54, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden 01:54
• 55 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 55, Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten 00:52
• 56 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 56, Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut 00:38
• 57 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 57, Komm, süßes Kreuz, so will ich sagen 05:42
• 58 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 58, Und da sie an die Stätte kamen 03:27
• 59 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 59, Ach Golgatha, unselges Golgatha! 01:38
• 60 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 60, Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand 02:55
• 61 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 61, Und von der sechsten Stunde an 02:18
• 62 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 62, Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden 01:21
• 63 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 63, Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel 02:52
• 64 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 64, Am Abend, da es kühle war 01:46
• 65 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 65, Mache dich, mein Herze, rein 06:00
• 66 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 66, Und Joseph nahm den Leib 02:35
• 67 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 67, Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht 02:08
• 68 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 68, Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder 05:45
• Total Runtime 02:40:16

Info for J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan made their first recording of the St Matthew Passion in March 1999. Twenty years later, in April 2019, it was time once again, as the singers and players gathered in the Concert Hall of the Saitama Arts Theater in Japan. ‘A profound joy’ is how Masaaki Suzuki describes his emotion at the opportunity to record Bach’s great fresco of Christ’s Passion for a second time. And this time, he and his ensemble have brought with them into the concert hall a profound and collective familiarity with Bach’s choral music, after having recorded more or less all of it in the meantime, including the complete sacred cantatas. For his Evangelist, Suzuki has selected the young German tenor Benjamin Bruns, making his first appearance on BIS. Among the other soloists are familiar names including Carolyn Sampson, Dam

Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

Masaaki Suzuki
Since founding Bach Collegium Japan in 1990, Masaaki Suzuki has established himself as a leading authority on the works of Bach. He has remained their Music Director ever since, taking them regularly to major venues and festivals in Europe and the USA and building up an outstanding reputation for the expressive refinement and truth of his performances. In addition to working with renowned period ensembles, such as Collegium Vocale Gent and Philharmonia Baroque, he is invited to conduct modern instrument orchestras in repertoire as diverse as Britten, Fauré, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Stravinsky. Last season saw his debut appearances with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Melbourne Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, while engagements for 2012/2013 include return visits to the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Verbier Festival and his debuts with the New York Philharmonic and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart.

Suzuki’s impressive discography on the BIS label, featuring Bach’s complete works for harpsichord and his interpretations of Bach’s major choral works and sacred cantatas with Bach Collegium Japan (of which he has already completed over fifty volumes of a project to record the complete series) have brought him many critical plaudits – the Times has written: “it would take an iron bar not to be moved by his crispness, sobriety and spiritual vigour”. In 2010, Suzuki and his ensemble were awarded both a German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik) and a Diapason d’Or de l’Année for their recording of Bach motets, which was also honoured in 2011 with a BBC Music Magazine Award.

Highlights of last season with Bach Collegium Japan included a European tour incorporating concerts at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts and Paris Salle Pleyel amongst others, and culminating with a performance of the St Matthew Passion at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig where Suzuki was presented with the 2012 Leipzig Bach Prize. This season sees the group in residence at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht and Bremen Musikfest.

Masaaki Suzuki combines his conducting career with his work as organist and harpsichordist. Born in Kobe, he graduated from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music with a degree in composition and organ performance and went on to study harpsichord and organ at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam under Ton Koopman and Piet Kee. Founder and head of the early music department at the Tokyo University of the Arts, he is currently Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum.

Suzuki was decorated with ‘Das Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik’ from Germany in April 2001, Bremen Musikfest Award 2011, and Bach Medal 2012 by the city of Leipzig in June 2012.

Bach Collegium Japan
was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki, its inspirational Music Director, with the aim of introducing Japanese audiences to period instrument performances of great works from the baroque period. Comprised of both baroque orchestra and chorus, their activities include an annual concert series of Bach’s cantatas and a number of instrumental programmes.

They have acquired a formidable international reputation through their acclaimed recordings of the major choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the BIS label; this season sees the triumphant conclusion of their recorded cycle of the complete Church Cantatas, a huge undertaking comprising over fifty CDs initiated in 1995. Their recent recording of Bach Motets was honoured with a German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik), Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2010 and also in 2011 with a BBC Music Magazine Award.

Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have shared their interpretations across the international music scene with performances in venues as far afield as Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York and Seoul, and at major festivals such as the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. In 2010 the ensemble celebrated their 20th anniversary with a series of special concerts in Tokyo, and last season included performances at the Musikfest Bremen as well as appearances at New York’s Lincoln Center where Masaaki Suzuki and the choir were invited to collaborate with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to open its Bach Variations Festival. This season they undertake their first visit to the New Zealand International Arts Festival and embark upon another major European tour during which they bring Bach’s St John Passion and a Cantata programme to cities such as Barcelona, Lyon, Paris and Toulouse.

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