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| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, cond |
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 (St. John's Passion) |
Classical, Baroque, Choral -w- soloists and orchestra, liturgical, passion observance |
BIS, 1998 |
Written for the Good Friday Vespers service in 1724, and first performed in the St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. It was revised 3 subsequent times, and the version we hear here is the fourth revision from 1749, which is believed to have returned the work to close to what had been written in 1724, albeit with a few instrumentation modifications. It is considered notable that Bach chose this work to revise and perform at this point in time, the last musically active year of his life, especially considering his ongoing projects at the time (the completion of the B minor Mass, the completion of The Art of the Fugue). This passion is considered to be more experimental than the more well-known masterpiece St. Matthew's Passion (which saw very few revisions). It is suggested that Bach most likely appropriated earlier works of his into the piece, possibly including pieces of earlier Passion works (there is at least one Passion, St. Mark's Passion, that is known to have existed and have been lost, but there are also suggestions of possibly two more lost Passions). There are portions of this work which remain in regular use as congregational hymns in various parts of the world. |
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