Bach - St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Karl Richter, 1971) - 19/22

[pattoncommander]

Beautiful..I studied with kurt Hausmann (EH closest to bassoon) for 11 years and have played this Passion...NOT easy parts. They lay very uncomfortable. Shows how a Meister can make it sound so easy.

[ManricdelaVirolla]

Eugen Jochum thought it extremely important to stress the moment of Christ's death by inserting a longish pause after the words "...und verschied" and before the entrance of the low-voice chorale. This pause gives a great dramatism to the moment, but Richter chooses not to use it. In fact, he does not insert pauses at all throughout the performance, and I think it is a pity.

[ozielich]

@ManricdelaVirolla in live recordings... richter does. in recordings... the sound engineers and producers couldn't care less.  but all his live perfs... included a good amount of silence... and ever so dramatically, richter, unlike anyone else... would have the choir sing ever so softly the following chorale. his tokyo 1969 live performance is a beautiful performance of this...

[196tmbtl4947]

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[jjm427]

What asshole would dislike this video?

[bguida1]

@jjm427 I humbly agree

[Timrath]

@jjm427 I would, if I hadn't too much respect for Bach's work.

Richter's interpretations sound like avalanches of sand to me. Coarse, dry and unpleasant. How anyone could prefer Richter to any conductor is beyond me.

[boabysands123]

60. Aria (A & Chorus II) is at 1:44

[theamadecasa68]

Bello... muy bello

[Downbythewater73]

True nightmare...

[123must]

non ci sono parole!

Grazie infinite

[MezzoDiva]

this whole series of video is great! Thank you so much for posting! I've sung this many times...and it is really my favorite recit and aria almost more than the Erbarme dich....Listening makes me want to sing it again...Hamari is amazing as a soprano and mezzo! :)

[Lwood913]

Although I am not religious, this kind of beauty surely shocks me deeply inside!

[artois54]

Julia Hamari war eine wirklich außergewöhnliche Sängerin!

[odedmm]

אלי אלי, למה עזבתני??

[disorian]

This my favorite, actually the first part is the greatest music I've ever heard. (From the beginning 'till 1:45)

[6cuerdas6]

Majestuoso, es imposible permanecer indiferente!!

Gracias mil millones !!

Cesar Amaro