Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin in 2010 was for him “the single most important thing we ever did here”. Critics around the world agreed. They praised the semi-staged “ritualization” by American star-director Peter Sellars, as well as the outstanding musical performances by the soloists, including Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, Thomas Quasthoff and Mark Padmore as the Evangelist.
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Mark Padmore
Evangelist
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Peter Sellars Director · Johann Sebastian Bach Composer
First release April 11, 2010
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German
Release dates
Germany · April 11, 2010
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