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Johannes Passion - Herr, unser Herrscher

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Uploaded by on Jul 15, 2006

Beautiful? No, this is Bach's music.

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  • Stormy tempo and not understandable details are important to correctly recall the passion, what was quickly over just before anybody could understand what was really going on.

    The right tempo is faster than the emotion of the audience. It is right not to give room for the audience to catch all the details during the performance. The understanding comes later in mind.

    Passion was an unexpected storm between two fronts: what the mankind was expected, and what the Lord gave to the mankind.

  • this tempo is exactly right - it highlights the sturm und drang effect that late Bach works were designed to express. the tempo highlights the intense pathos of this opening movement -- lines of imitative polyphony blended together into a single dark stormy swirl of emotions.

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  • @timolobo Because the conductor really understood this music.

    You probably think it's too fast, but that's just because you're used to certain other recordings.

    Personally, I prefer being flexible and listening to radically different interpretations that reveal aspects not touched by conventional interpretations. It's a question of whether one wants to have a broad or a narrow horizon.

  • I instantly thought the tempo was too fast. The singers can barely get through it. The running time says it all at 90s faster than usual. I have heard much better versions

  • Really difficult to decide tempo Herr unser herscher. Many pro contra. Fast tempo..... i feel great energi like God destroy everything bad energie. But Philippe Herreweghe also very greatttt , slow version make powerful spiritual energie. Better we play sometimes fast version and anotherday slow version

  • Fantastic

  • wer hockt da im Puplikum?

  • Gardiner is the BEST (along with Herreweghe)

  • Why is the tempo so fast?

  • as much as I like slow tempos in this piece. Richter for instance, I do love the intensity here! Who are the performers? I think it's sublime. Tempo is an interpretative tool.... The conductor gets through. I however wish to know who they are and where are they performing?

  • Much too fast. It seems the conductor still had another appointment this very evening.

  • Viel zu schnell. Warum hat es denn der Dirigent so eilig? Hatte er noch einen Termin an diesem Abend?

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