La Petite Bande
Johannes Passion BWV 245
- Type SACD hybrid
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917254525
- Catalog number CC 72545
- Release date 02 March 2012
About the album
"During Bach’s lifetime there were four different performances, each time with new modifications, some in response to the circumstances at the time, others influenced by which musicians and instruments he then had at his disposal. However Bach experimented to the greatest degree with the second version, dating from 1725: for instance, he used a different opening chorus (which was later to become the closing chorus of the first part of the St Matthew Passion, a work yet to be composed at this stage) and a couple of other arias near the end of the work. For the later performances he reverted to his first version from 1724, albeit with some differences in instrumentation. For instance, in the final version he includes a bassono grosso, but no one knows for certain which instrument he had in mind; possibly a 16-foot bassoon, i.e. a contrabassoon, a veritable chimney pot two metres in length. However, he scored this instrument in combination with the delicate sound of the lute and two violas d’amore, of all things! I cannot believe that Bach would opt for such an instrument in this passage; an 8-foot bassoon is more likely and the term bassono grosso probably indicates this more modern type of instrument rather than the earlier dulcian, although the latter had not totally fallen out of fashion at the time. However, I would not venture a definite opinion as to what bassono grosso means in this context. So we did not use this instrument: this was yet another reason to stick with the first version, since it raises fewer uncertain issues. Nevertheless, there are still various grey areas involved. Even prior to the first performance, before making the individual orchestral parts, Bach began to write out the score in fine calligraphy, a task he did not complete; and this score deviates in some aspects from the orchestral material used in the actual performance. The process of determining the most probable historical truth continues to have elements reminiscent of a detective novel; anyway, it will never be possible to clarify certain details." - Sigiswald Kuijken
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11First Part Chorus: Herr, unser Herrscher
09:31 -
12First Part Recitative: Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern - Chorus: Jesum von Nazareth - Recitative: Jesus spricht zu ihnen
02:07 -
13First Part Chorale: O große Lieb
00:41 -
14First Part Recitative: Auf dass das Wort erfüllet würde
01:02 -
15First Part Chorale: Dein Will gescheh
00:47 -
16First Part Recitative: Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann
00:41 -
17First Part Aria: Von den Stricken meiner Sünden
05:05 -
18First Part Recitative: Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu
00:12 -
19First Part Aria: Ich folge dir gleichfalls
03:23 -
110First Part Recitative: Derselbige Jünger
02:45 -
111First Part Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen
01:27 -
112First Part Recitative: Und Hannas sandte ihn - Chorus: Bist du nicht seiner Jünger einer? - Recitative: Er leugnete aber und sprach
02:03 -
113First Part Aria: Ach, mein Sinn
02:34 -
114First Part Chorale: Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück
01:01 -
21Second Part Chorale: Christus, der uns selig macht
01:01 -
22Second Part Recitative: Da führeten sie Jesum von Kaipha vor das Richthaus - Chorus: Wäre dieser nicht ein Übeltäter
03:46 -
23Second Part Chorale: Ach, großer König
01:20 -
24Second Part Recitative: Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm - Chorus: Nicht diesen, sondern Barrabam! - Recitative: Barrabas aber war ein Mörder!
01:46 -
25Second Part Arioso: Betrachte, meine Seel
02:20 -
26Second Part Aria: Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken
07:31 -
27Second Part Recitative: Und die Kriegsknechte flochten - Chorus: Sei gegrüßet, lieber Judenkönig - Recitative: Und gaben ihm
05:22 -
28Second Part Chorale: Durch dein Gefängnis
00:45 -
29Second Part Recitative: Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen - Chorus: Lässest du diesen los - Recitative: Da Pilatus das Wort hörete
03:55 -
210Second Part Chorus & Aria: Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen
03:57 -
211Second Part Recitative: Allda kreuzigten sie ihn - Chorus: Schreibe nicht: der Jüden König - Recitative: Pilatus antwortet
01:53 -
212Second Part Chorale: In meines Herzens Grunde
00:55 -
213Second Part Recitative: Die Kriegsknechte aber - Chorus: Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen - Recitative: Auf dass erfüllet würde
03:23 -
214Second Part Chorale: Er nahm alles wohl in acht
01:00 -
215Second Part Recitative: Und von Stund an
01:13 -
216Second Part Aria: Es ist vollbracht
05:10 -
217Second Part Recitative: Und neigte das Haupt
00:22 -
218Second Part Chorus & Aria: Mein teurer Heiland
04:17 -
219Second Part Recitative: Und siehe da
00:28 -
220Second Part Aria: Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt
00:45 -
221Second Part Aria: Zerfließe, mein Herze
06:46 -
222Second Part Recitative: Die Jüden aber
01:57 -
223Second Part Chorale: O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn
01:00 -
224Second Part Recitative: Darnach bat Pilatum
01:49 -
225Second Part Chorus: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
07:19 -
226Second Part Chorale: Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein
01:43