BACH -MATTHÄUS -PASSION -DUETT (Spran, Alt) - Richter "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen!"

[MaritaAlin]

Wooooooooonderful!

[2ndwar]

Impressive, the art in its essence! Awesome Karl Richter performances. Impressionante, a arte em sua essencia! Desempenho impecável de Karl Richter, desde 1981, o mundo ficou menos luminoso e o barroco, um tanto pálido!]

[mremile72]

i love how karl richter actually conducts with the correct 1-2-3 strokes of the baton to produce the strict perfect timing of the sind blitze sind donner, and how he doesn't overact with his conducting, he just does the job- AND VERY WELL :)

[lousyfication]

So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen. Lasst ihn, haltet, bindet nicht!

Mond und Licht ist vor Schmerzen untergangen,

weil mein Jesus ist gefangen. Lasst ihn, haltet, bindet nicht!

Sie führen ihn, er ist gebunden. Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden. Eröffne den feurigen Abgrund, o Hölle, zertrümmre, verderbe, verschlinge, zerschelle mit plötzlicher Wut den falschen Verräter, das mördrische Blut!

[joaoluizbh]

Absolutety awesome. Stunning and bewitching. This is the rigorous perfection of Bach. Art. There is no doubt.

[joaoluizbh]

Absolutamente impressionante. Estonteante. Essa é a perfeição rigorosa de Bach. Arte. Não há dúvida.

[y4t4l0ck]

Are there any better versions? If so i would like to know ... highly doubting the possibility...

[louisianab22]

Excellent duo et le choeur chantant sans partition! Bravo!

[FloripanoBR]

Thumbs up if somehow the alto scared a little!

[tommieboy1657]

Karl Richter is the one who has awakened my interest in Bach's music. And I'll always be thankful to him for introducing me into this world :)

Donath and Hamari do a wonderful job. Their voices blend very well!

[kltoh1974]

Think the duet is too slow and draggy. Not sure if it's on purpose to show the sudden momentum pick up by the chorus.

[AlexosAndros]

@flbnice Soli Deo Gloria was his inspiration i believe!

[angelsarke]

The haunting face of Julia Hamari, the awe-invoking music and the sacred mysteries at their heart - an experience beyond the physical.

[alipitogen]

Are those reeds in the intro in tune with each other and the chosen nature?

[rosinlr]

There is such a dramatic contrast between the singers' facial expression...Donath looks like she's trying to win a beauty contest, constantly smiling through such a deadly serious text. Drives me nuts. The singing is absolutely sublime, though, and if you wanna hear 'Baroque Style' there's plenty of it. I prefer to hear women who sound like women and not 12 year old boys.

[nganir]

@rosinlr - agree. Richter's stoicism is equally absurd. Given the material he was dealing with, he had to have worked really hard at that....

[pila406]

So FAR from the baroque style.... Awful IMHO

watch?v=Sb3ZJFCEw4Q

[TheGijsbos]

no the mattheus passion has to be Deutsch!

[P1B1U1H1]

Does Mr. Richter wear a toupee?

[annapaloma44]

When I am listening I could be with God and Jesus with all my soul and heart annapaloma

[annapaloma44]

When I am listening I could be with God and Jesus with all my soul and heart

[sightscreen66]

Well, to my mind Richter's dramatisation of Bach is a thoroughly worthwhile contribution to the Bach landscape. Yes, I'm sure that Bach academics will find much to criticise, but Richter has contributed a lot to my appreciation of Bach and for that I will be always thankful.

[heidjan]

Hamari sings great here, the total piece of music it great. it's a pity though that the C flutes aren't wooden ones it make big difference, those flutes of steel sound a lot sharper, wood sound nicer and smoother

[starbreez3]

I think this is SOOOO rigid, too much technique, too much precision, way too perfect, lacks the emotion.

[SapientiaEtFortuna]

wonderful!

[starbreez3]

Ok the duet was awesome, so much emotion on it.

But the choir was really weak.

[bachkirche]

Richter's recordings are dramatic and beautiful, but if you want to hear Bach performed in a more "authentic" manner (the way it was likely performed in Bach's time) Harnoncourt or Rifkin is a better choice. 

[fgbowen]

Awesome awesome awesome -

Stunning!

Absolutely.

Thank you for uploading this.

fgbowen

[pianomags]

How on earth does one small, fine-boned alto create suchan enormous sound? In awe.

[silverbud]

@flbnice

Most of the composers? Who?

The great ones I know have composed hundreds of great works.

[farwesternsky]

@flbnice Gorgeous, isn't it? About his inspiration- Bach was a professing Christian, and often wrote prayers before and after composing his works. A lot of his compositions are about Christian themes, such as this work or Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, or the Magnificat. When I hear Bach's music, I feel like I get a glimpse of the glory and magnificence of God.

[rosinlr]

The soprano has a lovely voice but smiles inappropriately considering the text and is really distracting to me.

I'm a mezzo, so can tell instantly when a man is singing; even the best of them sound artificial to my ear...like circus freaks...it doesn't matter to me how "lovely" they sound. If you like them, fine...the sound just leaves me cold.

[amabeline]

Tak więc mój Jezus został pojmany. Puśćcie Go! Zostawcie! Nie wiążcie Go! Księżyc i światło, Zgasły z żalu, Ponieważ mój Jezus został pojmany. Puśćcie Go! Zostawcie! Nie wiążcie Go! Oni prowadzili Go, On jest związany.

[amabeline]

So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen. Laßt ihn! haltet! bindet nicht! Mond und Licht Ist vor Schmerzen untergangen, Weil mein Jesus ist gefangen. Laßt ihn! haltet! bindet nicht! Sie führen ihn, er ist gebunden.

[erikschtman]

So nice to hear a woman singing alto. If I have to sit through another Bach concert with a countertenor singing the alto solo, I'm going to go postal.

[charpini]

what is the problem with a counter tenor? it must be the visual one, get over it

[erikschtman]

My problem with a countertenor is the hollow, plastic sound. Unless you're deaf, you know that a countertenor doesn't sound like a woman. I'm not sure what the "visual one" you refer to is.

[charpini]

well, that a matter of opinion and your are entitled to have yours different than mine, the visual one I mean with looking at a man and you hear a total different voice that you would expect, that also is important and plays a big roll in the whole acceptance.

I myself like it and I love Heandel's music specially written for them ( women in that time were not supposed to sing on stage)

Philippe Jaroussky is one of my favorites.

I go every year to Naarden to see the Passion, Daniels performed

[charpini]

For your information I go every year to the Matteaus Passion in Naarden Holland, mostly it's a counter tenor like Daniels who performs I really do love it, the antique instruments and the voice from that time in that church makes that experience totally complete.

[erikschtman]

My MATTER OF OPINION is that I like the sound of a woman better than a countertenor. The FACT is that they sound different, even an unusually musical countertenor such as David Daniels or Tyler Wayne.

[erikschtman]

I'll have to check my history books to see if any of Handel's music was debuted by NON-surgically-altered male sops and altos, the sound of which, my reading tells me, differed greatly from that of castrati. My reading also tells me that Bach's music was always debuted by female sops and altos, though a better researcher might correct me on that. Either way, the current fad of replacing every mezzo and alto with a countertenor has worn very thin with me.

[charpini]

they were not, remember Farinelli ?

[emalag999]

what i like the most is the edition of the video.. it's really like hitchcock and kubrick fighting for shots.

[Marzziooo]

@emalag999 For me too!

[Antillektuell]

is it really "gefrangen" or "gefangen" ?????

[piranha341]

Gefangen, English translation 'imprisoned', Dutch translation 'gevangen'

[andantino100]

I wish only Bach could have heard his magnificent music played this way in his lifetime!!!

[lawndog214]

Absolutely brilliant!

[alwinder60]

.....and I agree with ruizdechavez,I have some recordings of Richter and always liked them the best!,thank you!

[alwinder60]

I am not religious,but this music would turn anybody around!

[lefekir]

The text bove should read: "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen"

[ruizdechavez]

Thank you for the correction.

[Triviumisi]

why that fucking much vibrato? bach music is such genious music! why blithing this music?

[feetje2008]

Don't forget to place this recording in the sixties. Singing techniques were different than nowadays and vibrato was much more common,These days baroque music is often sung as plain as possible. But not always nicer. This recording has such great intensity. Beautiful voices.

[jenson7720]

@feetje2008 Yes i do prefer baroque music to be sung on full voice rather than changing the tone to a whiter thiner one...Just sing it!

[piranha341]

Wat mooi om te horen! Geweldig, in 1 woord.

[fredkhambatta]

who's the conductor ?

[ruizdechavez]

Karl Richter

[fredkhambatta]

thank u !

[lefekir]

The incomparable Karl Richter - fredkhambatta

[edysonurieldiaz]

Una obra de arte de Bach.

DUO( soprano, contra-alto)

Así es hecho preso mi Jesús.

La luna y las estrellas

se han ocultado a causa de su dolor,

pues mi Jesús ha sido hecho preso,

ya le llevan maniatado

CORO

[operaandy]

Julia Hamari's voice is so haunting here.

[waeman]

I heard better performances !

[565543549]

Me too.

[amabeline]

Behold, my Savior now is taken,

Moon and Star,

Have for grief the night forsaken,

Since my Savior now is taken.

They lead Him hence;

with cords they bind Him

Chorus:

Loose Him! Leave Him! Bind Him not!

[ruizdechavez]

Here is other version, that I like more:

Behold, my Jesus now is taken,

Leave him, halt, bind him not!

Moon and stars have for grief hidden

their faces,

Since my Jesus now is taken.

Leave him, halt, bind him not!

They lead him away, he is bound

[amabeline]

Is better...

[amabeline]

Tak więc mój Jezus został pojmany.

Puśćcie Go! Zostawcie! Nie wiążcie Go!

Księżyc i światło,

Zgasły z żalu,

Ponieważ mój Jezus został pojmany.

Puśćcie Go! Zostawcie! Nie wiążcie Go!

Oni prowadzili Go, On jest związany.

[amabeline]

So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen.

Laßt ihn! haltet! bindet nicht!

Mond und Licht

Ist vor Schmerzen untergangen,

Weil mein Jesus ist gefangen.

Laßt ihn! haltet! bindet nicht!

Sie führen ihn, er ist gebunden.

[ahern112]

This sort of vibrato doesn't simply question the point of vibrato - to elaborate and ornament - but hinders any other expressivity intelligible to listeners. The whole idea of the crescendo over tied notes presupposes the use of vibrato only at the tail end of the note, not slathered universally like too much mayonnaise.

[camilocuesta]

perharps you think this is a Verdi Opera, but is not. For me this kind of interepretation is the very well suited for baroque music.

[mclaire12]

enough-!!!

[AhmadAshi]

vielen Dank!!!!!

[aleiv]

Bellissimo!!! Grazie

[ruizdechavez]

I have this recording in LP since 1983, but this video appear in 2008. It was a great surprise when I found it. Thanks for your comment.

[whomakemefeel]

Remarkable duett and genius wrok of Bach who create such brilliant piece indeed

[AniaJedrzejow]

już kocham ten utwór, bez zobowiązań

[Roman100075]

Thanks for the nice upload - but please change the description to "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen". Thanks again

[newhotmailit]

unbeatable purity. love the drammatic perfection and determination of the solits and the conducter as well. thx

[divaclarita]

I love how both soloists are singing with full, operatic voices. The Mezzo has such a rich voice. I love it.

[silentmurr]

Sehr schöne Aufnahme. Vielen Dank.

Very nice recording. Thank you.