Bach St. Matthew Passion Klemperer 1962 Angel 3599 5 LP box set Libretto M-/VG++
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JS Bach St. Matthew Passion Klemperer 1962 Angel 3599 5 LP box with 26 page Libretto M-/VG++
Angel SEL 3599 E/L - US stereo pressing. 5xLPs box set. Libretto supplied with the LP set 1962. Beautiful Libretto 26 page 12"by12" booklet with high quality prints from the National Gallery, London. Also included is an essay on the Passion by William Mann.
Vinyl M- plays superb, Box VG++ some wear on cover only, box is solid. Beautiful sounding album.
- Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
- Conductor – Otto Klemperer
- Orchestra – Philharmonic Orchestra
- Concertmaster – Hugh Bean
- Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
- Chorus – Boys of the Hampstead Baptist Church Choir, Philharmonic Choir
- Directed By – Martindale Sidwell
- Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Geraint Evans, John Carol Case, Otakar Krause
- Bass Vocals – Walter Berry
- Contralto Vocals – Christa Ludwig, Helen Watts
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Janet Baker
- Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Schwarzkopt
- Tenor Vocals – Nicolai Gedda, Peter Pears, Wilfred Brown
The St Matthew Passion (German: Matthäus-Passion) is a Passion, a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander (Christian Friedrich Henrici, a German poet and librettist for many of the canatas which Bach composed in Leipzig). It sets chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (in the Luther Bible) to music, with interspersed chorales and arias. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of classical sacred music.
Review: Klemperer's performance (1962) still stands out as one of the finest ever recorded. Klemperer’s St. Matthew Passion is, by far, the most preferred version (among Herreweghe, Harnoncourt and Gardiner). His very slow tempo allows one to listen to everyone of the instruments from the orchestra and voices from the chorus.
Recorded in the UK from November 21 1960 through November 28 1961. Mfg. in USA.
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