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Bach - St Matthew Passion [Hybrid SACD, SACD, Box set]

Dunedin Consort Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Performer: John Butt, director, Susan Hamilton - soprano, Cecilia Osmond - soprano, Annie Gill - alto, et al.
  • Orchestra: Dunedin Consort
  • Conductor: John Butt
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Audio CD (10 Mar 2008)
  • Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Hybrid SACD, SACD, Box set
  • Label: Linn
  • ASIN: B001355OUW
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,675 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Matthew Passion (Bach's Last Performing Version) (101 Tracks On 3 CD's) - Johann Sebastian Bach

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For the many fans of the Consort's award-winning Messiah,the release of another Handel album is welcome news and Acis and Galatea does not disappoint! Classic FM Magazine named the recording 'Opera & Vocal Disc of the Month'.In addition to awarding the recording five stars the magazine also stated...the freshness with which they sing radiates joy throughout the entire score.This adds to the numerous recommendations and outstanding reviews that the double award-winning group have received for their recording of this pastoral entertainment by Handel. Gramophone magazine also named the recording 'Disc of the Month' and it was named the First Choice Recommendation by CD Review's Building a Library on BBC Radio 3,described as a vivacious performance brimming with sheer happiness. In 2012 the recording was named one of the 5 Essential Works by Johann Sebastian Bach' by BBC Music Magazine.Album of the Month,Utterly magical... rival Handel sets will have to be special indeed to top,or even to approach,this.Gramophone.Opera & Vocal Disc of the Month,The freshness with which they sing radiates joy throughout the entire score.(five stars)Classic FM Magazine.CD of the Week,Wonderfully intimate reading.The Observer.[An]outstanding new recording...warmly recommended.International Record Review. Recording of the Month,Already a strong contender for the 2009 Recording of the Year.MusicWeb International.Handel fans rejoice-a definitive Acis and Galatea at last!(five stars)Audiophile Audition. Such radiant music-making is an ideal hors d'oeuvre for the upcoming Handel year.(five stars)Financial Times.

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3SACD Final Performing Version C.1742//Dunedin Consort/Butt

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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A vivid reflection of Butt's Bach scholarship 23 Mar 2008
Format:Audio CD
John Butt is a respectable Bach scholar and he has done a great deal of work with regard to Bach's vocal scoring in the two Passions. Here for the second time on record (I think) he has used the OVPP (one voice per part) for his performance of St Matthew Passion. Six concertists, Jesus, Evangelist and two soprano repienists constitute the entire vocal force. It works brilliantly to convey both senses of intimacy and austerity in Bach's score. This is matched by Butt's fluid pacing of the music and the performer's lucid diction (no operative singing style here) and the result is a most refreshing and natural sounding Matthew Passion that I have heard in years. Highly recommended as an alternative to usual HIP recordings of this music such as Herreweghe's, Gardiner's, or even the more self-consciously dramatic McCreesh (the first OVPP recording).
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Supreme playing and singing . . . 14 April 2008
By Tommy
Format:Audio CD
The sheer quality and accuracy of instrumental playing is quite wonderful on this recording - slightly superior even to the already supremely high standards for Gardiner or Suzuki. The solo singing is also notable for incredibly accurate intonation - in particular from the very firm Bass/Baritone of Matthew Brook, in my opinion the finest Jesus I have heard in any recording. The house-style here is period singing of the sort that eschews vibrato to a very large extent. Clearly the idea of one-per-part in the choir will put buyers off. I can only urge that any Bach fans who are not doctrinaire about 1-p-p give this recording a try - the benefits in clarity in the big contrapuntal numbers are immense, and to my ears the chorales are more interesting and human when I can hear individual voices rather than a blended choir sound. Paul McCreesh's version of the Matthew Passion is also 1-p-p and is very fine also in parts and keenly dramatic but, as the previous reviewer hints, he adopts some extreme tempos and has some mannered touches.

At the moment this would be my desert island Matthew Passion despite how good Gardiner and Suzuki both are. I have no "authentic/period" axe to grind and found that the slight changes to instrumentation in this recording (it claims rather self-importantly to be the first recording of Bach's 1742 version) were too minor to notice - apart from the presence of a Harpsichord in the opening chorus. The reason to buy this set is not due to it being authentic but because it features the most exquisite playing and singing.

Critical reaction in the press, at least that I have read, was somewhat lukewarm in comparison to the accolades heaped on the Dunedin consort's Handel Messiah (many critics do still have a 1-p-p vs larger choir axe to grind). Don't let that put you off, this is very special indeed. The recorded sound is also extremely clear and of the highest modern standards.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Dunedin Consort's Bach St Matthew Passion 11 April 2009
Format:Audio CD
Top quality performance and recording. Choir sound particularly good - singing and playing full of energy and impact. Soloists good. Highly recommended - must be among the top St Matthew Passion recordings available.
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