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Work: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

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ComposerBach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
PeriodBaroque
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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BudapestThe Day of Listening 6.

© Bálint Hrotkó
Bach, Strauss R.
Concerto Budapest; Miklós Sebestyén; Dorottya Láng; Adriána Kalafszky; Bálint Maróth

TokyoBach’s Matthäus-Passion Conducted by Ton Koopman

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Ton Koopman; Tilman Lichdi; Maki Mori; Maarten Engeltjes; Klaus Mertens

New York CityMonteverdi Choir and Masaaki Suzuki

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
English Baroque Soloists; Masaaki Suzuki; Monteverdi Choir; Nick Pritchard; Florian Störtz; Carolyn Sampson
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Emelyanychev leads the SCO in Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Maxim Emelyanychev © Christopher Bowen
An autumn St Matthew Passion in Edinburgh underplays the drama and wallows in the reverence.
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Bach to basics: The AAM performs the St Matthew Passion

The Academy of Ancient Music © Benjamin Ealovega
A claim was made not to authenticity, but merely to “a chance to hear the work anew”.
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Immersive Bach: St Matthew Passion at Deutsche Oper Berlin

St Matthew Passion © Marcus Lieberenz
Benedikt von Peter's new staging of Bach's St Matthew Passion premieres at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, under Alessandro De Marchi. But despite the good synergy between director and conductor and a first-rate vocal ensemble, the production falls somewhat flat.
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NaardenBach's St Matthew Passion

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Jos van Veldhoven; Nederlandse Bachvereniging; Kampen Boys Choir; Benjamin Hulett; Andreas Wolf

NaardenBach’s St Matthew Passion

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Masaaki Suzuki; Nicholas Mulroy; Stephan MacLeod; Miku Yasukawa; Alison Lau
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