Les Voix Baroques, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Alexander Weimann - Bach: Johannes-Passion (2012)
Artist: Les Voix Baroques, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Alexander Weimann
Title: Bach: Johannes-Passion
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: ATMA
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 1:46:34
Total Size: 460 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Bach: Johannes-Passion
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: ATMA
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 1:46:34
Total Size: 460 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
On the spectrum of performance forces used in Bach Passions, this version of the Passion According to John is at the opposite end from the gargantuan, but the effect produced by the Montréal-based Les Voix Baroques and Arion Baroque Ensemble is anything but small. Alexander Weimann leads a choir of 12 (which includes all the soloists but the Evangelist) and an orchestra of fewer than two dozen, and creates a sound that can be intimate or grandly powerful. The orchestra, which features violas d'amore, gamba, lute, transverse flutes, and oboes d'amore -- instruments that contribute a slightly archaic flavor -- is exceptionally colorful and provides nuanced timbral variety and exquisite clarity of detail, enhanced by the very fine balance of the recording. The soloists and chorus sing with glowing, vibrant intensity. Most of the 12 members, besides those with named solo roles, have solo arias and there is not a weak link among them. The group's tone is rich and full, and its articulation is crisp and subtly inflected. Jan Kabow brings a heroic, substantial, supple tenor to the role of the Evangelist. Stephan MacLeod has an oaken bass and is magisterial but warmly personal as Jesus; it's a splendid characterization. Tenor Lawrence Wiliford's lovely "Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken" and soprano Agnes Zsigovics' shimmering, mostly wind-accompanied solo, "Zerfliesse, mein Herze," are among the highlights of the album. Weimann's tempos overall are brisk and give the performance urgency (it is about ten minutes faster than the average version), but he allows the moments of chaste ethereality to unfold with serene spaciousness. Atma's pristine sound allows the purity of Bach's score to shine, but also offers plenty of amplitude when the music's grandeur calls for it. Highly recommended.
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 1. Choral. Herr, unser Herrscher
2. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 2a. Rec. Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern / No. 2b. Coro. Jesum von Naz
3. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 3. Choral. O große Lieb
4. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 4. Rec. Auf dass das Wort erfüllet würde
5. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 5. Choral. Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich
6. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 6. Rec. Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann
7. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 7. Aria. Von den Stricken meiner Sünden
8. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 8. Rec. Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach
9. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 9. Aria. Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigenschritten
10. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 10. Rec. Derselbige Jünger war dem Hahenpriester bekannt
11. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 11. Choral. Wer hat dich so geschlagen Mein Heil
12. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 12a. Rec. Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden / No. 12b. Coro. Bist du ni
13. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 13. Aria. Ach, mein Sinn
14. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 1. No. 14. Choral. Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück
Disc: 2
1. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 15. Choral. Christus, der uns selig macht
2. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 16a. Rec. Da führeten sie Jesum / No. 16b. Coro. Wäre dieser nicht e
3. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 17. Choral. Ach großer König
4. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 18a. Rec. Der sprach Pilatus zum ihm / No. 18b. Coro. Nicht diesen,
5. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 19. Arioso. Betrachte, meine Seel
6. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 20. Aria. Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken
7. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 21a. Rec. Und die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone / No. 21b. Coro.
8. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 22. Choral. Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn
9. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 23a. Rec. Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen / No. 23b. Coro. Läss
10. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 24. Aria. Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen
11. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 25a. Rec. Allda kreuzigten sie ihnen / No. 25b. Coro. Schreibe nicht
12. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 26. Choral. In meines Herzens Grunde
13. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 27a. Rec. Die Kriegsknechte aber / No. 27b. Coro. Lasset uns den nic
14. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 28. Choral. Er nahm alles wohl in acht
15. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 30. Aria. Es ist vollbracht!
16. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 31. Rec. Und neiget das Haupt
17. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 32. Aria. Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen
18. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 33. Rec. Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß
19. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 34. Arioso. Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt
20. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 35. Aria. Zerfließe, mein Herze
21. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 36. Rec. Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war
22. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 37. Choral. O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn
23. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 38. Rec. Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia
24. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 40. Choral. Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein
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