St. Matthew Passion

by Johann Sebastian Bach; Adele Addison, Betty Allen, David Lloyd, Charles Bressler, William Wildermann, Donald Bell, MasterVoices, Boys’ Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 1 “Come, ye daughters”7:45
  2. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 2 “When Jesus had finished” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)0:58
  3. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 3 “O blessed Jesu”1:19
  4. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 4 “Then assembled the chief priests” (recitative: Evangelist)0:32
  5. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 5 “Not upon the feast”0:13
  6. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 13 “Now on the first day” (recitative: Evangelist)0:15
  7. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 14 “Where wilt thou”0:17
  8. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 15 “He said: Go ye into the city” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)1:53
  9. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 15 “Lord, is it I?”0:10
  10. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 16 “’Tis I who should be sharing”1:17
  11. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 17 “He answered them, and said” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)3:52
  12. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 18 “Although my heart and eyes o’erflow” (accompanied recitative: soprano)1:43
  13. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 19 “Lord, to Thee my heart I proffer” (aria: soprano)3:25
  14. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 20 “And when they had sung” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)1:23
  15. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 21 “Acknowledge me, my Keeper”1:40
  16. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 22 “Then answered Peter” (recitative: Evangelist, Peter, Jesus)1:27
  17. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 23 “Near thee I would be staying”1:53
  18. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 24 “Then cometh Jesus with them” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)2:00
  19. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 25 “O grief, how throbs” (accompanied recitative: tenor)3:07
  20. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 26 “I would beside my Lord be watching” (aria: tenor)5:06
  21. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 27 “And he went a little farther” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)1:01
  22. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 28 “The Saviour, low before his Father bending” (accompanied recitative: bass)1:32
  23. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 29 “Gladly would I be enduring” (aria: bass)4:29
  24. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 30 “And He came to his disciples” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)1:43
  25. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 31 “The will of God be always done”1:36
  26. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 32 “And He came again” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus, Judas)3:01
  27. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 33 “Behold, my Saviour now is taken” (duet: soprano and alto)4:49
  28. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 34 “And behold, one of them” (Recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)1:51
  29. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part I, no. 35 “O Man, bewail thy grievous sin!”8:41
  30. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 36 “Ah! Now is my Saviour gone.”4:06
  31. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 37 “And they that laid hold on Jesus” (recitative: Evangelist, 1st and 2nd maids, Peter)1:20
  32. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 46 “Truly, thou also art one of them”0:10
  33. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 46 “And then did he begin to curse and to swear” (recitative: Evangelist, Peter)1:30

CD 2

  1. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 47 “Have pity, Lord, on me”6:37
  2. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 53 “Whate’er may vex or grieve thee”1:50
  3. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Now at that feast” (recitative: Evangelist, Pilate)0:48
  4. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Barabbas!”0:05
  5. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Then Pilate said to them” (recitative: Evangelist, Pilate)0:16
  6. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 54 “Let him be crucified”0:21
  7. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 56 “The governor answered” (recitative: Evangelist, Pilate)0:14
  8. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 57 “To all men Jesu good hath done” (accompanied recitative: soprano)1:30
  9. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 58 “In love my Saviour now is dying” (aria: soprano)5:29
  10. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 59 “But they cried out the more” (recitative: Evangelist)0:04
  11. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 59 “Let him be crucified”0:20
  12. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 59 “Then released he Barabbas” (recitative: Evangelist)0:27
  13. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 60 “O gracious God”1:39
  14. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 62 “And then did the soldiers of the governor” (recitative: Evangelist)0:39
  15. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 62 “We hail Thee, King of the Jews”0:10
  16. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 62 “And then they spat on Him” (recitative: Evangelist)0:19
  17. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 63 “O Thou, with hate surrounded”3:28
  18. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 64 “And after they had mocked Him” (recitative: Evangelist)2:24
  19. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 69 “Ah, Golgotha!”1:34
  20. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 70 “Look ye, Jesu waiting stands”3:11
  21. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “Now from the sixth hour” (recitative: Evangelist, Jesus)1:26
  22. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “He calleth for Elijah”0:04
  23. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “And straightaway one of them ran” (recitative: Evangelist)0:16
  24. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “Wait, and see if Elijah cometh to save Him”0:08
  25. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 71 “And again Jesus cried aloud” (recitative: Evangelist)0:28
  26. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 72 “When I too am departing”2:23
  27. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 73 “And then, behold, the veil of the temple” (accompanied recitative: Evangelist)1:22
  28. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 73 “Truly, this was the Son of God”0:29
  29. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 73 “At eventide there came a rich man” (recitative: Evangelist)0:43
  30. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 74 “At evening, hour of calm and peace” (accompanied recitative: bass)2:21
  31. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 75 “Make thee clean, my heart, from sin” (aria: bass)7:08
  32. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 77 “And now the Lord to rest is laid”2:53
  33. The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew, BWV 244: Part II, no. 78 “In deepest grief, here sit we weeping”9:17
  34. Leonard Bernstein discusses the material and dramatic structure of the St. Matthew Passion16:16