Cantata Information
Passio secundum Matthaeum, BWV 244
Created 11 April 1727, Leipzig period, Occasion: Good Friday or Passionis Domini, Mendelssohn's performance of the Matthaeus Passion, Mendelssohn's performance of the Matthaeus Passion.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 244.1.
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The oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands. Founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Bach's St Matthew Passion on Good Friday, and has performed the work annually since then. In honour of the 100th birthday in 2021, the Society started publishing a new and freely accessible recording every two weeks, including HD video of all works of JS Bach on YouTube, under the title All of Bach. Content in English and Dutch.
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A collective group of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by Craig Smith. It was created specifically to perform the complete cycle of over 200 sacred cantatas of J. S. Bach in the liturgical setting for which they were intended, an endeavor twice completed and a tradition which continues today. Has both notes on cantatas and translated librettos.
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Videos with this cantata
Karl Richter (1971)
Published 28 March 2024Bach, Matthäus Passion BWV 244 Karl Richter
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 7 April 2023J. S. Bach- St. Matthew Passion (LIVE 2016) - J. E. Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 26 January 2023J.S.BACH - St. Matthaus Passion BWV 244 CD3-5 (John Eliot Gardiner)
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Published 17 June 2022Bach: St Matthew Passion | Thomanerchor Leipzig, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Andreas Reize
Ivan Fischer, Concertgebouworkest
Published 27 March 2021Bach - St. Matthew Passion - Iván Fischer | Concertgebouworkest
Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion
Published 23 April 2020Bach: Matthäus passion, sacred oratorio, BWV 244 | Raphaël Pichon & Ensemble Pygmalion
Kay Johannsen
Published 10 April 2020J.S. Bach, Matthäuspassion BWV 244 | Kay Johannsen
Ton Koopman
Published 19 April 2019MATTHAUS PASSION
Philippe Herreweghe
Published 11 January 2019Bach Matthäus Passion St Matthew BWV 244 Philippe Herreweghe
La Petite Bande
Published 17 March 2017Johann Sebastian Bach, Matthaus Passion, Live 1989
Otto Klemperer (1961)
Published 11 March 2017Bach: Matthäus Passion BWV 244 / St Matthew Passion (recording of the Century: Otto Klemperer)
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1954)
Published 7 July 2014J.S. Bach ""Matthäus-Passion"" Furtwängler Wien 1954
Herbert von Karajan (1973)
Published 8 May 2014Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Karajan)
All of Bach
Published 19 April 2014St Matthew Passion performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and the Kampen Boys Choir conducted by Jos van Veldhoven Grote Kerk, Naarden
Ton Koopman
Published 29 March 2014Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, Part 2 - Ton Koopman (HD 1080p)
Ton Koopman
Published 28 March 2014Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, Part 1 - Ton Koopman (HD 1080p)
Philippe Herreweghe
Published 4 March 2014Bach St Matthew Matthäus Passion BWV 244, Herreweghe YouTube
Gustav Leonhardt
Published 30 June 2013Bach Matthew Passion Leonhardt - jhs
Willem Mengelberg (1939)
Published 16 January 2013Bach - BWV244 St. Matthew Passion (Willem Mengelberg, 1939, slightly abridged)