Saturday, April 11, 2020


JOHANNES PASSION BWV 245
Johann Sebastian Bach
Koor Van De Nederlandse Bachvereniging
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Ton Koopman - conductor

Erato

THE LAST WORDS OF CHRIST
Max Reger - Joseph Haydn - Anton Weber - Jean Sibelius - Dmitri Shostakovich
Petrus Herbert - spoken text
Ebonit Saxophone Quartet
Claron McFadden - voice

Challenge Classics

STABAT MATER
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Alessandro Scarlatti
Gemma Bertagnolli - soprano
Sara Mingardo - contralto
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini - director

Naïve



STABAT MATER
O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater Unigeniti!
Gregorian Chant - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Arvo Pärt - John Browne
Taverner Consort and Choir
Fretwork
Andrew Parrott - director

Virgin Classics

Friday, April 10, 2020


THE COMPLETE NARRATIVE WORKS (for Good Friday)
Heinrich Schütz
Saint Luke Passion, SWV 480
Die sieben Worte unsers lieben Erlösers, SWV 478
Saint John Passion, SWV 481
Saint Matthew Passion, SWV 479

Ars Nova Copenhagen
Concerto Copenhagen

Sirius Viols
Allan Rasmussen - organ
Paul Hillier - director

Dacapo

THE PASSION
According to the Four Evangelists
Robert Kyr
Back Bay Chorale
Back Bay Orchestra
Carole Haber - soprano
Gloria Haymond - alto
William Hite - trombone
David Murray - baritone
Beverly Taylor - director

IODA - New Albion

PASSIO
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
– Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor
– Lynne Dawson - soprano
– Michael George - bass
– David James - counter tenor
– Gordon Jones - baritone
– John Potter - tenor
Catherine Duckett - bassoon
Elizabeth Layton - violin
Melinda Maxwell - oboe
Elisabeth Wilson - cello
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ
Western Wind - choir/chorus
Paul Hillier - conductor

ECM New Series

ST MATTHEW PASSION
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gabrieli Players
Peter Harvey, Susan Bickley, Magdalena Kozena, Stephan Loges,
Deborah York, Mark Padmore, Julia Gooding, James Gilchrist
Paul McCreesh - conductor

Archiv

MISERERE - FESTINA LENTE - SARAH WAS NINETY YEARS OLD
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier - director
Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

ECM New Series

MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK
Anonymous
In Proportional Rhythm
Schola Antiqua
Barbara Katherine Jones, John Blackley - directors

L'Oiseau Lyre Florilegium