Bach - St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Karl Richter, 1971) - 6/22

[1hakon]

Der Wechsel zwischen Chor und Evangelist ist genial. Zu simpel ausgedrückt für einen Musikwissenschaftler, aber das ist nebensächlich.

[al1936ful]

Where was this filmed? It looks like a very modern building.

[prtom2707]

O Schmerz!!!!

[olympicrange]

Such dramatic pacing. If you appeared before most conductors today and sang it that way, they'd be all over you to speed it up. No-one seems to realize that if you skim over the text, you lose the depth of the piece. Perhaps there is a "middle-ground" regarding performance practice and tempi-- but this music clearly was not written to be chirped. Present day tempi in a baroque acoustical setting would be mud.

[codonauta]

Excellent version the Matthew Passion.

[jeanpaul20012]

Zu großer besetzung von Chor und Orchester.

[Gert2230]

@jeanpaul20012 : dafür ist Karl Richter bekannt :)

[tommieboy1657]

I like number 19 very much. And it's genious with that double bass. Very nice