St John Passion discography
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Recordings of the St John Passion are shown as a sortable table of selected notable recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245. The selection is taken from the 241 recordings listed on bach-cantatas as of 2015.
History
The work was first recorded by symphonic choirs and orchestras. From the late 1960s, historically informed performances (HIP) tried to adhere more to the sounds of the composer's lifetime, who typically wrote for boys choirs and for comparatively small orchestras of Baroque instruments, often now called "period instruments". Some scholars believe that Bach used only one singer for a vocal part in the choral movements, termed "one voice per part" (OVPP). On some of these recordings, the solo singer is reinforced in choral movements with a larger orchestra by a ripieno singer (OVPP+R).
Table of selected recordings
The sortable listing is taken mostly from the selection provided by Aryeh Oron on the Bach-Cantatas website.
The information lists for one recording typically:
- Conductor / choir / orchestra, sometimes several choirs
- Soloists in the order Evangelist (tenor), Vox Christi (Voice of Jesus, bass), soprano, alto, tenor (if the tenor arias are performed by a different tenor than the evangelist), bass (if the bass parts are performed by a different bass than the voice of Jesus).
- Label
- Year of the recording
- Choir type
- Large choirs (red background): Bach (choir dedicated to Bach's music, founded in the mid of the 20th century), Boys (choir of all male voices), Radio (choir of a broadcaster), Symphony (choir related to a symphony orchestra)
- Medium-size choirs, such as Chamber choir, Chorale (choir dedicated mostly to church music)
- One voice per part (green background): OVPP or OVPP+R (with ripienists reinforcing the soloists in some chorale movements)
- Orch. type (orchestra type)
- Large orchestras (red background): Bach (orchestra dedicated to Bach's music, founded in the mid of the 20th century), Radio (symphony orchestra of a broadcaster), Symphony
- Chamber orchestra
- Orchestra on period instruments (green background)
| Conductor / Choir / Orchestra | Soloists | Label | Year | Choir type | Orch. type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Günther Ramin[1] Thomanerchor Gewandhausorchester | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Berlin Classics | 1954 | Boys | Symphony | |
| Fritz Lehmann[1] Wiener Singakademie Wiener Symphoniker | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | M+A | 1955 | Chamber | Symphony | |
| Eugen Jochum[2] Bavarian Radio Choir Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Golden Melodram | 1960 | Radio | Radio | |
| David Willcocks[2] King's College Choir Cambridge Philomusica of London | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Decca Records | 1960 | Sung in English | ||
| Fritz Werner[2] Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Erato | 1960 | Chamber | ||
| Karl Richter[2] Münchener Bach-Chor Münchener Bach-Orchester | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Archiv Produktion | 1965 | Bach | Bach | |
| Nikolaus Harnoncourt[2] <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Concentus Musicus Wien | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Teldec | 1965 | Boys | Period | |
| Karl Richter[2] Münchener Bach-Chor Münchener Bach-Orchester | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Melodiya / Ars Nova | 1968 | Bach | Bach | |
| Philippe Herreweghe[3] Collegium Vocale Gent Collegium Vocale Gent | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Harmonia Mundi | 1998 | Period | ||
| Karl Münchinger[4] Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben Stuttgarter Kammerorchester | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Decca | 1974 | Boys | Chamber | |
| Johan van der Meer[4] Groningse Bachvereniging Barockinstrumentalisten | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Groningse Bachvereniging | 1979 | Bach | Period | |
| Helmuth Rilling[5] Gächinger Kantorei Bach-Collegium Stuttgart | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Sony Classical | 1984 | Chorale | Chamber | |
| Sigiswald Kuijken[5] La Petite Bande | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | 1987 | Period | ||
| Philippe Herreweghe[5] Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestre de La Chapelle Royale | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Harmonia Mundi | 1987 | Period | ||
| Karl-Friedrich Beringer[5] Windsbacher Knabenchor Münchener Kammerorchester | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Sony Classical | 1984 | Boys | Chamber | |
| John Eliot Gardiner[5] Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Archiv | 1986 | Period | ||
| Andrew Parrott[3] Taverner Consort and Players | EMI | 1990 | OVPP | Period | ||
| Ton Koopman[3] De Nederlandse Bachvereniging Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Erato | 1993 | Period | ||
| Masaaki Suzuki[3] Bach Collegium Japan Bach Collegium Japan | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | BIS | 1998 | Period | ||
| Simon Rattle[6] RIAS Kammerchor Berlin Philharmonic | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Encore | 2002 | Chamber | Symphony | |
| Jos van Veldhoven[6] De Nederlandse Bachvereniging De Nederlandse Bachvereniging | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Channel Classics | 2004 | Period | ||
| Georg Christoph Biller[6] Thomanerchor Gewandhausorchester | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Rondeau Production ROP 4024/25 | 2007 | Boys | Symphony | |
| John Butt[7] Dunedin Consort | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Linn Records | 2013 | OVPP+R | Period | |
| Richard Egarr[7] Academy of Ancient Music | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | AAM Records | 2014 | OVPP | Period
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Sources
- St. John Passion Commentary, musical examples, list of recordings, and other information on bach-cantatas
