| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 54 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Playing Time |
025458 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Performer |
Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano ; Werner Güra, Nicolas Phan, tenors ; Matthew Brook, baritone ; Stephen Morscheck, Bertrand Grunenwald, basses ; Orchestra de chambre de Paris [i.e. Ensemble orchestral de Paris] ; Christophe Coin, viola da gamba ; with assisting instrumentalists ; Schola Cantorum of Oxford ; Maîtrise de Paris ; John Nelson, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 2011 July Basilique de Saint-Denis, Paris, France. |
| Summary |
John Nelson conducts St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 in the exceptional setting of the Basilica of St Denis. Bach's St Matthew Passion is a monumental musical work: two choirs, two orchestras, four soloists and one narrator embodying Matthew the Evangelist. But beyond the extraordinary mass sonority, it is the dramatic tension of the Passion's narrative that holds the spectators spellbound during this three-hour long oratorio. From affliction to hope, from joy to despondency, St Matthew Passion explores the whole spectrum of human passions and seems to sublimate them in an archetypal musical expression, as shown by the aria "Erbarme dich." Probably the best-known aria of the whole score, "Erbarme dich" expresses admirably the remorse and grief of Peter the Apostle when he "remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, 'Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.' So he went out and wept bitterly" (Matt. 26:75). The melodic lines of the duet made up of the violin and the soloist hint subtly Peter's plea for forgiveness, and eventually, his hope in salvation. The Basilica of St Denis (Saint-Denis, France) offers an exceptional setting which in many respects echoes the monumental architecture of Bach's masterpiece. Eventually, two monuments which seem to lift up the listeners' soul. |
| Language |
Sung in German. |
| Subject |
Oratorios.
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Oratorios. |
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Passion music.
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Passion music. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Narboni, Louise, film director.
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Crowe, Lucy, singer.
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Rice, Christine, singer.
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Güra, Werner, singer.
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Phan, Nicholas, singer.
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Brook, Matthew, singer.
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Morscheck, Stephen, singer.
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Grunenwald, Bertrand, singer.
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Coin, Christophe, instrumentalist.
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Nelson, John, 1941- conductor.
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Container of (work): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Matthäuspassion.
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Idéale Audience International, production company.
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Soli Deo Gloria (Organization), production company.
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Ensemble orchestral de Paris, instrumentalist.
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Schola Cantorum of Oxford, singer.
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Maîtrise de Paris, singer.
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| Added Title |
St. Matthew Passion |
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