J.S. Bach
MATTHÄUS-PASSION, BWV 244
performed by
Peter Pears, tenor (Evangelist)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone (Jesus)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano (arias, Pilatus' Weib, Magde)
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (alto arias)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor (arias)
Walter Berry, bass (arias, Petrus)
John Carol Case, baritone (Judas)
Otakar Kraus, baritone (Pilatus, Priester, Hohepriester)
Helen Watts, mezzo-soprano (Magde, Zeugen)
Geraint Evans, baritone (Priester)
Wilfred Brown, tenor (Zeugen)
Philharmonia Choir & Orchestra
(on modern instruments)Otto Klemperer, dir.
Edition [1st edition]: EMI 2001 [EMI 1962]
Recording: Kingsway Hall, London, 1960-61
TT: 223'52''
