Bach Matthäus-Passion
A beautiful, sensitive, reverent performance. Fischer allows Bach to speak with no unnecessary flourishes. Padmore as the Evangelist is superb, and the other soloists and choirs are near perfect. And of course the Concertgebouw orchestral musicians are absolutely first class.
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Mark Padmore
Evangelist
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Christ
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Maria Espada
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Ingeborg Danz
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Barbara Koselj
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Henk Neven
Bass
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Dick Kuijs Director
First release April 7, 2012 · Produced in Netherlands
Production
ArtHaus
Production
Netherlands
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Original language
English
Release dates
Netherlands · April 7, 2012
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No release date listed for United States.
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