Bach: St Matthew Passion
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion
Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Hana Blažiková, Tim Mead / Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
[ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 29 April 2022
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Bach and Pygmalion: the story of a passion, linking the genius of the Thomaskantor to a reflection on inner drama and constantly renewed vocality. This Matthäus Passion marks a major stage in this fifteen-year companionship and testifies to the culmination of their work on Bach, characterised by its precision and humility. Read through the prism of a tragedy in five acts, at once intimate and theatrical, human and metaphysical, the Passion is revealed here in a new light: as a deeply moving and universal epic.
"The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon's essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom and mockery...Pichon's tempos sometimes generate problems either practical or interpretive, but he has the ability to create a musical space where a listener is allowed to ponder rather than being told what to think." BBC Music
"With its glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations, this is a Passion that makes a very definite statement about what this work can communicate in our times." Gramophone April 2022 Recording of the Month
Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Choral
