Hermann Scherchen – Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 by Hermann Scherchen (1962/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Hermann Scherchen – Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 by Hermann Scherchen (1962/2023)
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The Passio secundum Joannem or St John Passion (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on 7 April 1724, at Good Friday Vespers at the St. Nicholas Church.

The structure of the work falls in two halves, intended to flank a sermon. The anonymous libretto draws on existing works (notably by Barthold Heinrich Brockes) and is compiled from recitatives and choruses narrating the Passion of Christ as told in the Gospel of John, ariosos and arias reflecting on the action, and chorales using hymn tunes and texts familiar to a congregation of Bach’s contemporaries. Compared with the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion has been described as more extravagant, with an expressive immediacy, at times more unbridled and less “finished”.

The work is most often heard today in the 1739–1749 version (never performed during Bach’s lifetime). Bach first performed the oratorio in 1724 and revised it in 1725, 1730, and 1749, adding several numbers. “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß”, a 1725 replacement for the opening chorus, found a new home in the 1736 St Matthew Passion but several arias from the revisions are found only in the appendices to modern editions.

Tracklist:
1-1. Hermann Scherchen – I. Chorus: “Herr, unser Herrscher” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (10:41)
1-2. Hermann Scherchen – II. Recitative: “Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (03:18)
1-3. Hermann Scherchen – III. Chorale: “O große Lieb, o Lieb ohn’ alle Maße” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:20)
1-4. Hermann Scherchen – IV. Recitative: “Auf daß das Wort erfüllet würde” (Evangelist, Jesus) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:30)
1-5. Hermann Scherchen – V. Chorale: “Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:22)
1-6. Hermann Scherchen – VI. Recitative: “Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:04)
1-7. Hermann Scherchen – VII. Aria: “Von den Stricken meiner Sünden” (Alto) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (05:56)
1-8. Hermann Scherchen – VIII. Recitative: “Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (00:16)
1-9. Hermann Scherchen – IX. Aria: “Ich folge dir gleichfalls” (Soprano) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (03:29)
1-10. Hermann Scherchen – X. Recitative: “Derselbige Jünger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt” (Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (04:10)
1-11. Hermann Scherchen – XI. Chorale: “Wer hat dich so geschlagen” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:31)
1-12. Hermann Scherchen – XII. Recitative: “Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (03:00)
1-13. Hermann Scherchen – XIII. Aria: “Ach mein Sinn” (Tenor) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:48)
1-14. Hermann Scherchen – XIV. Chorale: “Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part One (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:34)
1-15. Hermann Scherchen – XV. Chorale: “Christus, der uns selig macht” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:07)
1-16. Hermann Scherchen – XVI. Recitative: “Da führeten sie Jesum” (Evangelist, Pilatus) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (05:26)
1-17. Hermann Scherchen – XVII. Chorale: “Ach großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:28)
1-18. Hermann Scherchen – XVIII. Recitative: “Da sprach Pilatus zu ihnen” (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:36)
1-19. Hermann Scherchen – XIX. Aria: “Betrachte, meine Seele” (Bass) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:32)
1-20. Hermann Scherchen – XX. Aria: “Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken” (Tenor) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (07:44)
1-21. Hermann Scherchen – XXI. Recitative: “Und die Kriegsknechte flochten” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (03:19)
2-1. Hermann Scherchen – XXII. Recitative: “Pilatus sprach zu ihnen: Nehmet ihr ihn hin” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (03:31)
2-2. Hermann Scherchen – XXIII. Chorale: “Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:58)
2-3. Hermann Scherchen – XXIV. Recitative: “Die Juden aber schrieen und sprachen” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (04:26)
2-4. Hermann Scherchen – XXV. Aria: “Eilt ihr angefochtnen Seelen” (Bass) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (05:05)
2-5. Hermann Scherchen – XXVI. Recitative: “Allda kreuzigten sie ihn” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:34)
2-6. Hermann Scherchen – XXVII. Chorale: “In meines Herzens Grunde, dein Nam” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:04)
2-7. Hermann Scherchen – XXVIII. Rectitative: “Die Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum gekreuziget” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (04:40)
2-8. Hermann Scherchen – XXIX. Chorale: “Er nahm alles wohl in acht” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:40)
2-9. Hermann Scherchen – XXX. Recitative: “Und von Stund’ an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich” (Evangelist, Jesus) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:59)
2-10. Hermann Scherchen – XXXI. Aria: “Es ist vollbracht” (Alto) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (05:32)
2-11. Hermann Scherchen – XXXII. Recitative: “Und neigte das Haupt und verschied” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (00:27)
2-12. Hermann Scherchen – XXXIII. Aria: “Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen” (Bass) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (04:37)
2-13. Hermann Scherchen – XXXIV. Recitative: “Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zeriß” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (00:34)
2-14. Hermann Scherchen – XXXV. Arioso: “Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt” (Tenor) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:24)
2-15. Hermann Scherchen – XXXVI. Aria: “Zerfließe, mein Herz, in Fluten der Zähren” (Soprano) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (08:14)
2-16. Hermann Scherchen – XXXVII. Recitative: “Die Juden aber, dieweil es Rusttag war” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:45)
2-17. Hermann Scherchen – XXXVIII. Chorale: “O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (01:22)
2-18. Hermann Scherchen – XXXIX. Recitative: “Darnach bat Pilatum” (Evangelist) – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (02:38)
2-19. Hermann Scherchen – XL. Chorus: “Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (10:33)
2-20. Hermann Scherchen – XLI. Chorale: “Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein” – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – Part Two (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1962) (04:01)

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