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Johannes-Passion BWV 245
Conducted by Peter Schreier

V-5

J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion

Johannes-Passion BWV 245, including 3 arias from the 1725 version of Johannes-Passion BWV 245 A, B, C

Peter Schreier

Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Chorus Master: Gothart Stier) / Staatskapelle Dresden

Tenor [Evangelist, Arias]: Peter Schreier; Bass [Jesus]: Robert Holl; Baritone [Petrus]: Egbert Junghanns; Baritone [Pilatus]: Andreas Scheibner; Tenor [Servant]: Ekkehard Wagner; Soprano [Maid]: Andrea Ihle; Soprano [Arias]: Roberta Alexander; Contralto [Arias]: Marjana Lipovšek; Baritone [Arias]: Olaf Bär

Philips

Feb 1988

2-CD / TT: 125:42

1st recording of Johannes-Passion BWV 245 by P. Schreier. Recorded in Germany.
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V-6

J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion

Johannes-Passion BWV 245, 1739/1749 version

Peter Schreier

Orchestra & Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (Chorus Master: Paolo Vero)

Soprano: Simone Nold; Mezzo-soprano: Elisabeth Wilke; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Tenor: Markus Schäfer; Baritone: Egbert Junghanns; Baritone: Andreas Scheibner
Continuo [Organ & Harpsichord]: Hansjörg Albrecht

Dynamic

Nov 2001

2-CD / TT: 105:05

2nd recording of Johannes-Passion BWV 245 by P. Schreier. Recorded at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy.
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A new JP directed (and featuring) P. Schreier

Riccardo Nughes wrote (July 20, 2002):
The Italian label Dynamic has announced the forthcoming release of a live recording of hte Johannes Passion directed by P.Schreier and featuring him as the Evangelist.
In the shops possibly after the summer, look out!
Details: http://www.dynamic.it/eng/home.php?did=adc85fdcef7279b383b140dd1b4f0dff

Riccardo Nughes wrote (July 21, 2002):
Ops! It's out in the shop just now!

 

Schreier Johannespassion

David Glenn Lebut Jr. wrote (March 4, 2005):
I had just received the Schreier Johannespassion recording I was asking about, and, whilst I found it admirable, it is (Aryeh, I hope you are reading this as well) not as advertised on the Bach Cantatas Website. It is not a recording of the 1724 version of the Johannespassion, but rather another recording of the 1739/1749 revision (which was not heard during Bach's lifetime). Here are the tell-tale indications:

Version 1724 and 1749 (the fifth version Bach wrote and the fourth and final one performed) are almost exactly identical except in two areas:

1.) Instrumentation: in the 1749 version, the Continuo nas an added instrument--the Contrabassoon. Also in the 1749 version, Movements 19, 20, 21 (Coro "Sei gegruesset, lieber Judenkoenig"), and the Coro "Schreibe nicht, der Judenkoenig" are as in the version of 1732. Also Movement 35 has two Violinos con sordino accompanying the Flutes and Oboes.

2.) Text: the B section of Nr. 19 and all of Nr. 20 have new texts. Also, the C part of Nr. 10 and all of Nr. 33 are identical to the version of 1725 as far as the text goes (in other words, they use the excerpts from the Matthäusevangelium rather than the Markusevangelium which the version of 1724 used).

None of the recording in question was at all like the situation mentioned above.

Also, one question:

It mentions in the program guide all the performers except one. They do not mention who played the Keyboard (both Harpsichord and Organ) instrment in the Continuo group. I assume that it was the Chorus Master that they listed, but am not sure.

 


Johannes-Passion BWV 245: Details
Complete Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029 | Complete Recordings sung in English | Recordings of Individual Movements
General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8
Systematic Discussions: Part 1: Mvts. 1-7 | Part 2: Mvts. 6-14 | Part 3: Mvts. 15-20 | Part 4: Mvts. 21-26 | Part 5: Mvts. 27-32 | Part 6: Mvts. 36-40 | Part 7: Summary
Individual Recordings: BWV 245 - F. Brüggen | BWV 245 - S. Cleobury | BWV 245 - P. Dombrecht | BWV 245 - D, Fasolis | BWV 245 - J.E. Gardiner | BWV 245 - E.z. Guttenberg | BWV 245 - N. Harnoncourt-H. Gillesberger | BWV 245 - P. Herreweghe | BWV 245 - E. Higginbottom | BWV 245 - E. Jochum | BWV 245 - E. Kleiber | BWV 245 - P.J. Leusink | BWV 245 - H. Max | BWV 245 - P. McCreesh | BWV 245 - H. Münch | BWV 245 - P. Neumann | BWV 245 - A. Parrott | BWV 245 - P. Pickett | BWV 245 - K. Richter | BWV 245 - H. Rilling | BWV 245 - P. Schreier | BWV 245 - R. Shaw | BWV 245 - K. Slowik | BWV 245 - M. Suzuki | BWV 245 - J.v. Veldhoven
Articles: Saint John Passion, BWV 245 [T.N. Towe] | The Passion of Saint John, BWV 245 [M. Steinberg] | St. John Passion [A. Wong & N. Proctor] | The St. John Passion on stage [U. Golomb] | Literary Origins of Bach’s St. John Passion: 1704-1717 [W. Hoffman] | Bach’s Passion Pursuit [W. Hoffman] | Bach's St. John Passion and its Dramatic History of Origin [M. Maul]



Peter Schreier: Short Biography | Kammerorchester Berlin
Recordings:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | General Discussions | Interview with Schreier [Are Söholt]
Individual Recordings:
BWV 232 - Schreier | BWV 245 - Schreier | BWV 248 - Schreier
Table of recordings by BWV Number


Recordings & Discussions of Other Vocal Works: Main Page | Motets BWV 225-231 | Mass in B minor BWV 232 | Missae Breves & Sanctus BWV 233-242 | Magnificat BWV 243 | Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 | Johannes-Passion BWV 245 | Lukas-Passion BWV 246 | Markus-Passion BWV 247 | Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 | Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Geistliche Lieder BWV 439-507 | AMN BWV 508-523 | Quodlibet BWV 524 | Aria BWV 1127 | Motet BWV 1165=Anh 159




 

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