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Bach: St John Passion
from: Double Decca
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028944385922
Format: Box set
Label: Double Decca
Manufacturer: Double Decca
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Double Decca
Release Date: March 14, 1995
Running Time: 130 minutes
Studio: Double Decca
Sales Rank: 9283
MPN: 443859
Disc 1:- 1 Sire, Lord and Master (chorus) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 2 Jesus went with his disciples - Peter Pears, Gwynne Howell, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 7 O generous love! (chorale) - Peter Pears, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 8 So that the word might be fulfilled - Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 9 Thy will be done, O God of love (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 10 The band then, together with the captain - Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 11 To release me from the prison (contralto aria) - Alfreda Hodgson, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 12 Simon Peter also followed Jesus from afar - Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 13 I'll follow thee also (soprano aria) - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 14 Now that same disciple was known unto the high priest - Jenny Hill, Peter Pears, Russell Burgess, Gwynne Howell, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 15 Ah, who would dare to smite thee? - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 16 Now Annas sent him bound unto the high priest - Peter Pears, Russell Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 19 Ah! take flight (tenor aria) - Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 20 Peter, who denied his Lord (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 21 Christ, who gave us life and light (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 22 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement - Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 27 Ah, King of Heaven (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 28 And Pilate said unto him - Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Gwynne Howell, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 31 Look yonder, o my soul (bass arioso) - Gwynne Howell, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 32 Consider, how his body (tenor aria) - Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Disc 2:- 33 And when the soldiers had plaited a crown of thorns - Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Gwynne Howell, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 40 Thy bonds, O Christ, have set us free - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 41 But the Jews cried out and said - Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 48 Haste, ye souls forlorn and weary (bass aria & ch.) - John Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 49 And there crucified they him - Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 52 Within my heart, O Saviour (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 53 And then did the soldiers - Peter Pears, Gwynne Howell, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 56 When his life had reached its end (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 57 And from that hour he took her unto his own home - Peter Pears, Gwynne Howell, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 58 The end is nigh (contralto aria) - Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 60 My dearest Saviour, wilt thou answer? (bass & ch.) - John Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 61 And then behold, the veil of the temple was rent - Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 62 My heart, behold how all the world (tenor arioso) - Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 63 With torrents of weeping (soprano only) - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 64 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation - Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 65 Help us, Son of God most high (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 66 And after this, Joseph of Arimethea - Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 67 Farewell, O weary, broken body (chorus) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- 68 Lord Jesus, when we come to die (chorale) - Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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The Penguin guide accords this set a Rosette, and previous reviewers on amazon have been very positive. However, I would counsel caution before buying. I agree with the reviewer who mentions intonation problems with the boys choir. More generally, with the reverberant acoustic and large forces, in many contrapuntal choral passages the different musical lines become obscured and muddied - it becomes impossible to hear even a distinct pitch, let alone words, when there are fast semi-quaver's etc.
Peter Pears, of course, divides tastes - a love or loathe kind of tenor. Personally I'm a fan, and his contribution is strong. The biggest problem with this set is the other solo tenor, Robert Tear. Tear has the worst kind of wobbly wide ... Read More:
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Disk 2 was better for me than disk 1. I noticed the boy's choir going sharp on a number of occassions and that's a shame. Always go for a boys choir if you can, but accept they might be more likely to wander off-key...
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In so-justifiably handing out plaudits for this vigorous, vivid, utterly involving performance of Bach's St John Passion, the previous reviewer unaccountably fails to single out the soloist of whom we hear most in it, namely, Peter Pears (arguably the greatest English tenor of the twentieth century).
Let it be noted, therefore, that the control, variety and seemingly-effortless expressiveness that Pears brings to the singing of the Narrator warrants the utmost praise. It is difficult to imagine that it has ever been done as well, or will ever be done better.
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If you are approaching Bach's wonderful Passion settings for the first time,you could not do yourself a bigger favour than to start your voyage of exploration with this quite lovely English language performance of the St.John.Almost nothing is lost in the translation from the German,and indeed this version was so carefully honed through successive performances,that at times it almost seems as though Bach had our native tongue in mind from the very start.
The Decca sound is well up to the standard of the period (1971) and aside from some bumps and thumps in the long opening chorus,it's almost ideally warm and full-bodied.
The musical forces involved are beyond my criticism:Benjamin Britten conducts with the authority and ... Read More:
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