JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

- St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

NICO VAN DER MEEL, tenor (Evangelist)
KRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON, bass (Jesus)
MARIA CHRISTINA KIEHR, soprano (I)
MONA JULSRUD, soprano (II)
CLAUDIA SCHUBERT, contralto (I)
WILKE TE BRUMMELSTROETE, contralto (II)
IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor (I)
TOBY SPENCE, tenor (II)
PETER KOOY, bass (I)
HARRY VAN DER KAMP (II)
NETHERLANDS CHAMBER CHOIR
ORCHESTRA OF THE 18TH CENTURY
conducted by FRANS BRÜGGEN

CD 454 434-2 (3-CD set) DDD
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- Frans Brüggen is considered one of the foremost experts in the performance of 18th and early 19th-century music. In 1981 he founded the Orchestra of the 18th Century, which consists of some 50 members from 16 different countries. His award-winning discography includes works by Purcell, Bach, Rameau, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn.

- "The result is enlivening, especially in the large choral movements where Brüggen shapes the music with sensibility, introducing quite a dynamic range... this account is full of interest, spontaneous, lively and affecting for the apparent naturalness of Brüggen's approach." (Gramophone on Bach's St John Passion)