Overview
A beautiful, sensitive, reverent performance. Fischer allows Bach to speak with no unnecessary flourishes. Padmore as the Evangelist is superb, and the other soloists and choirs are near perfect. And of course the Concertgebouw orchestral musicians are absolutely first class.
Cast
- Mark Padmore as Evangelist
- Peter Harvey as Christ
- Maria Espada as Soprano
- Ingeborg Danz as Mezzosoprano Alto
- Barbara Koselj as Mezzosoprano Alto
- Henk Neven as Bass
- Iván Fischer as Conductor