St Matthew Passion (Complete oratorio)

"...it is without question a performance that I shall want to hear many times over. Strongly recommended."
(Gramophone)

This live recording of Bach's choral masterpiece was warmly praised by Baroque music authority Nicolaus Anderson in his Gramophone review at the time of its first release in 1998:

"This is a St Matthew Passion which should please many readers. Bruggen's interpretation is eloquent, thoughtful in matters of style and expressive content, and it benefits from a textural clarity which few competitors can rival. All aspects of Bach's miraculous score are taken into account. Whether or not, in the end, this is my first choice, I am at the moment uncertain, but it is without question a performance that I shall want to hear many times over. Strongly recommended."
(Gramophone)