JS Bach: St Matthew Passion - review

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St Matthew Passion

Academy of Ancient Music

(AAM)

This handsomely presented recording has a particular claim on our attention.

The St Matthew Passion that Bach first performed on Good Friday 1727 was different in a few major respects, and many small ones, from what we usually hear today.

Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music perform this early version with a heightened expressiveness that turns every lingering suspension into a twinge of pain.

The performance is expert, light on its feet, not dogmatic. James Gilchrist is the Evangelist, Matthew Rose sings Jesus and there is a fine quartet of soloists.

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