St. Matthew Passion

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 1 “Come, ye daughters”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  7:45
• 2
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 2 “When Jesus had finished” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:58
• 3
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 3 “O blessed Jesu”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:19
• 4
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 4 “Then assembled the chief priests” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:32
• 5
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 5 “Not upon the feast”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:13
• 6
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 13 “Now on the first day” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:15
• 7
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 14 “Where wilt thou”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:17
• 8
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 15 “He said: Go ye into the city” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:53
• 9
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 15 “Lord, is it I?”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:10
• 10
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 16 “’Tis I who should be sharing”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:17
• 11
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 17 “He answered them, and said” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:52
• 12
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 18 “Although my heart and eyes o’erflow” (accompanied recitative: soprano)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:43
• 13
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 19 “Lord, to Thee my heart I proffer” (aria: soprano)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:25
• 14
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 20 “And when they had sung” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:23
• 15
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 21 “Acknowledge me, my Keeper”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:40
• 16
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 22 “Then answered Peter” (recitative: Evangelist, Peter, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:27
• 17
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 23 “Near thee I would be staying”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:53
• 18
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 24 “Then cometh Jesus with them” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:00
• 19
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 25 “O grief, how throbs” (accompanied recitative: tenor)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:07
• 20
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 26 “I would beside my Lord be watching” (aria: tenor)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  5:06
• 21
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 27 “And he went a little farther” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:01
• 22
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 28 “The Saviour, low before his Father bending” (accompanied recitative: bass)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:32
• 23
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 29 “Gladly would I be enduring” (aria: bass)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  4:29
• 24
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 30 “And He came to his disciples” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:43
• 25
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 31 “The will of God be always done”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:36
• 26
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 32 “And He came again” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus, Judas)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:01
• 27
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 33 “Behold, my Saviour now is taken” (duet: soprano and alto)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  4:49
• 28
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 34 “And behold, one of them” (Recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:51
• 29
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 35 “O Man, bewail thy grievous sin!”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  8:41
• 30
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 36 “Ah! Now is my Saviour gone.”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  4:06
• 31
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 37 “And they that laid hold on Jesus” (recitative: Evangelist, 1st and 2nd maids, Peter)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:20
• 32
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 46 “Truly, thou also art one of them”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:10
• 33
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 46 “And then did he begin to curse and to swear” (recitative: Evangelist, Peter)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:30
• CD 2
• 1
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 47 “Have pity, Lord, on me”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  6:37
• 2
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 53 “Whate’er may vex or grieve thee”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:50
• 3
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Now at that feast” (recitative: Evangelist, Pilate)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:48
• 4
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Barabbas!”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:05
• 5
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Then Pilate said to them” (recitative: Evangelist, Pilate)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:16
• 6
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Let him be crucified”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:21
• 7
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 56 “The governor answered” (recitative: Evangelist, Pilate)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:14
• 8
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 57 “To all men Jesu good hath done” (accompanied recitative: soprano)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:30
• 9
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 58 “In love my Saviour now is dying” (aria: soprano)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  5:29
• 10
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 59 “But they cried out the more” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:04
• 11
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 59 “Let him be crucified”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:20
• 12
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 59 “Then released he Barabbas” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:27
• 13
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 60 “O gracious God”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:39
• 14
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 62 “And then did the soldiers of the governor” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:39
• 15
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 62 “We hail Thee, King of the Jews”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:10
• 16
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 62 “And then they spat on Him” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:19
• 17
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 63 “O Thou, with hate surrounded”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:28
• 18
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 64 “And after they had mocked Him” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:24
• 19
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 69 “Ah, Golgotha!”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:34
• 20
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 70 “Look ye, Jesu waiting stands”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:11
• 21
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “Now from the sixth hour” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:26
• 22
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “He calleth for Elijah”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:04
• 23
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “And straightaway one of them ran” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:16
• 24
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “Wait, and see if Elijah cometh to save Him”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:08
• 25
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “And again Jesus cried aloud” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:28
• 26
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 72 “When I too am departing”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:23
• 27
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 73 “And then, behold, the veil of the temple” (accompanied recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:22
• 28
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 73 “Truly, this was the Son of God”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:29
• 29
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 73 “At eventide there came a rich man” (recitative: Evangelist)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  0:43
• 30
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 74 “At evening, hour of calm and peace” (accompanied recitative: bass)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:21
• 31
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 75 “Make thee clean, my heart, from sin” (aria: bass)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  7:08
• 32
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 77 “And now the Lord to rest is laid”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:53
• 33
  The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 78 “In deepest grief, here sit we weeping”

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  9:17
• 34
  Leonard Bernstein discusses the material and dramatic structure of the St. Matthew Passion

  Leonard Bernstein
  16:16

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Release credits

• Adele Addison
  soprano vocals [2.8-9, 2.32, 1.12-13, 1.27]
• Allen Weinberg
  art direction
• Arthur M. Fierro
  producer
• Betty Allen
  alto vocals [1.27, 1.30, 2.1, 2.13, 2.19-20, 2.32]
• Boys’ Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration
  choir vocals [1, 29]
• Charles Bressler
  tenor vocals [2.32, 1.19-20]
• David Lloyd
  tenor vocals [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18, 1.21, 1.24, 1.26, 1.28, 1.31, 1.33, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23, 2.25, 2.27, 2.29]
• Don Hunstein
  photography
• Donald Bell
  bass vocals [1.11, 1.16, 1.22-23, 1.26, 1.31, 1.33, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.30-32]
• John McClure
  producer
• Leonard Bernstein
  conductor [2.1-33, 1.1-33], spoken vocals [34]
• MasterVoices
  choir vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.10, 1.15, 1.17, 1.19-20, 1.25, 1.27, 1.29-30, 1.32, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11, 2.15, 2.17, 2.20, 2.22, 2.24, 2.26, 2.28, 2.32-33]
• New York Philharmonic
  performing orchestra [1.1-33, 2.1-33]
• Pentagram
  design
• Stephen Saper
  engineer
• William Wildermann
  bass vocals [1.2, 1.8, 1.11, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18, 1.21, 1.24, 1.26, 1.28, 2.21]
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  Bernstein Century: St. Matthew Passion

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