Bach, J S - St. John Passion - Butt, John
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Dunedin Consort / John Butt
This is the premiere recording of J.S. Bach's John Passion heard for the first time within its original liturgical context.
This recording marks the return of Dunedin Consort's star-studded cast including, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook, Robert Davies, Joanne Lunn and Clare Wilkinson.
Director John Butt has given listeners an interpretation that will provide a refreshing outlook on this masterpiece and will show the John Passion in a completely new light.
The Consort recreate the context of a passion performance during Bach's time at Leipzig; the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir (directed by James Grossmith) and a congregational choir of amateur singers perform motets and chorales from an original Leipzig hymn book and John Butt takes centre stage to perform organ preludes on the Collins organ at Greyfriar's Kirk in Edinburgh, where the recording took place.
'No performance could better justify small-scale Bach than this convincing marriage of scholarship and inspiration.' BBC Music Magazine (on J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor)
'The playing and the singing is outstanding, undoubtedly enhanced by John Butt's scholarly and revelatory handling of the score.' The Observer (on J.S. Bach: Matthew Passion)
The Dunedin Consort has established a reputation as the finest single-part period performance choir currently performing, under the direction of prize-winning Bach specialist John Butt O.B.E.
The multi-award-winning Dunedin Consort has won praise for the natural style of its soloists and renown for the virtuosity of its singers.
Since receiving a Gramophone Award in 2007, Dunedin Consort has continued to receive accolades: Esther was voted one of the 'Top 10 Classical Albums of 2012' by The Times, 2011 saw them included in
Gramophone's 'Twenty Greatest Choirs' list and its recording of Bach's Matthew Passion was named Building A Library: First Choice by BBC Radio 3 - CD Review.
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