Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1959/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1959/2016)
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How often a maestro’s return to his Alma Mater results in a pale reflection of previous glories—and how ironic it is that the second attempt often occurs because of the success of the original enterprise. This is certainly so in Karl Richter’s two recordings of the St Matthew Passion, where the freshness and pure theatre of the first, made in 1958, yield to a luxuriant but comparatively sentimental and over-cooked account 18 months before Richter’s death in 1981. Listening to the former in its re-released state is a revelation and it must surely glow as brightly as any great recording landmark of the 1950s. The 32-year-old Richter was at the height of his powers at this time. Committed to the spirit inhabited by his famous predecessor at St Thomas’s and steeped in the intense and resolute Lutheran culture, he exhibits something of an unselfconscious obsession to deliver Bach’s greatest rhetorical drama with profound expression. The scene is appropriately set in the opening chorus which unfolds deeply bowed and long-breathed and yet not so grave and reverential as to become oppressive as it does 20 years later. Similarly, the chorales here are forthright and highly-charged, direct and concentrated as opposed to ponderous and mannered in the later recording. It is hard to know which of the versions employs larger choral forces but, being Richter, neither is short of a full and muscular capacity. The difference, however, is that the earlier recording proffers light touches (try “Wo willst du”, on the first disc, track 14) and a range of clear articulations in the crowd scenes which in the later Munich Bach Choir are obscured by turgid and cloying textures. …

Tracklist:

01. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.1 Chorus I/II: “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen” (09:49)
02. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.2 Evangelist, Jesus: “Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte” (01:03)
03. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.3 Choral: “Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen” (01:09)
04. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.4a Evangelist: “Da versammelten sich die Hohenpriester” (00:36)
05. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.4b Chorus I/II: “Ja nicht auf das Fest” (00:18)
06. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.6 Evangelist: “Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien” (00:33)
07. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.4d Chorus I: “Wozu dienet dieser Unrat” (00:41)
08. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.4e Evangelist, Jesus: “Da das Jesus merkete” (02:06)
09. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.5 Recitative (Alto): “Du lieber Heiland du” (01:05)
10. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.6 Aria (Alto): “Buss und Reu” (05:29)
11. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.7 Evangelist, Judas: “Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer” (00:43)
12. Irmgard Seefried, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.8 Aria (Soprano): “Blute nur, du liebes Herz” (05:24)
13. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.9a Evangelist:”Aber am ersten Tage der süssen Brot” (00:19)
14. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.9b Chorus I: “Wo willst du, dass wir dir bereiten” (00:33)
15. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.9c Evangelist, Jesus: “Er sprach: Gehet hin in die Stadt” (02:14)
16. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.10 Choral: “Ich bin’s, ich sollte büssen” (01:09)
17. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.11 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: “Er antwortete und sprach” (04:23)
18. Irmgard Seefried, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.12 Recitative (Soprano): “Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt” (01:34)
19. Irmgard Seefried, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.13 Aria (Soprano): “Ich will dir mein Herz schenken” (03:56)
20. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.14 Evangelist, Jesus: “Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten” (01:28)
21. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.15 Choral: “Erkenne mich, mein Hüter” (01:19)
22. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.16 Evangelist, Jesus, Petrus: “Petrus aber antwortete” (01:11)
23. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.17 Choral: “Ich will hier bei dir stehen” (01:18)
24. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.18 Evangelist, Jesus: “Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe” (02:32)
25. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.19 Recitative (Tenor, Chorus II): “O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz” (02:07)
26. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.20 Aria (Tenor): “Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen” with Chorus: “So schlafen unsre Sünden ein” (05:23)
27. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.21 Evangelist, Jesus: “Und ging hin ein wenig” (00:55)
28. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.22 Recitative (Bass): “Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder” (01:18)
29. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.23 Aria (Bass): “Gerne will ich mich bequemen” (04:41)
30. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.24 Evangelist, Jesus: “Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern” (01:42)
31. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.25 Choral: “Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit” (01:07)
32. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.26 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: “Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend” (03:09)
33. Irmgard Seefried, Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.27 Aria (Soprano, Alto, Chorus II): “So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen” – Chorus I/II: “Sind Blitze, sind Donner” (05:01)
34. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.28 Evangelist, Jesus: “Und siehe, einer aus denen” (03:20)
35. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part One: No.29 Choral: “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß” (06:47)
36. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.30 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): “Ach nun ist mein Jesu hin” (03:59)
37. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.31 Evangelist: “Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten” (01:04)
38. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.32 Choral: “Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht” (00:51)
39. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.33 Evangelist, Pontifex, Testis I/II: “Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten” (01:27)
40. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.34 Recitative (Tenor): “Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille” (01:14)
41. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.35 Aria (Tenor): “Geduld” (03:44)
42. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.36 Evangelist, Pontifex, Jesus, Chorus I/II: “Und der Hohepriester antwortete” (01:47)
43. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.36c Evangelist: “Da speieten sie aus in sein Angesicht” (00:41)
44. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.37 Choral: “Wer hat dich so geschlagen” (01:00)
45. Antonia Fahberg, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.38a Evangelist, Ancilla I/II, Petrus: “Petrus aber sass draussen im Palast” (00:57)
46. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.46 Chorus II: “Wahrlich, du bist auch einer von denen” – No.46 Evangelist, Petrus: “Da hub er an, sich zu verflugen” (01:40)
47. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.39 Aria (Alto): “Erbarme dich” (07:45)
48. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.40 Choral: “Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen” (01:09)
49. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.41a Evangelist, Judas: “Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohepriester” (01:12)
50. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.41c Evangelist, Pontifex I/II: “Und er warf die Silberlinge in den Tempel” (00:48)
51. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.42 Aria (Bass): “Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder” (03:12)
52. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.43 Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus: “Sie hielten aber einen Rat” (02:49)
53. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.44 Choral: “Befiehl du deine Wege” (01:27)
54. Antonia Fahberg, Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.45 Evangelist, Pilatus, Uxor Pilati, Chorus I/II: “Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit” (02:43)
55. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.46 Choral: “Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe” (01:14)
56. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.47 Evangelist, Pilatus: “Der Landpfleger sagte” (00:15)
57. Irmgard Seefried, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.48 Recitative (Soprano): “Er hat uns allen wohlgetan” (01:18)
58. Irmgard Seefried, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.49 Aria (Soprano): “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” (04:29)
59. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.50 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: “Sie schrieen aber noch mehr” (02:09)
60. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.51 Recitative (Alto): “Erbarm es Gott” (01:00)
61. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.52 Aria (Alto): “Können Tränen meiner Wangen” (08:02)
62. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.53 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: “Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte” (01:17)
63. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.54 Choral: “O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden” (02:58)
64. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.55 Evangelist: “Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten” (01:11)
65. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.56 Recitative (Bass): “Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut” (00:41)
66. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.57 Aria (Bass): “Komm, süsses Kreuz” (06:26)
67. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.58 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: “Und da sie an die Stätte kamen” (03:37)
68. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.58e Evangelist: “Desgleichen schmäheten ihn auch die Mörder” (00:20)
69. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.59 Recitative (Alto): “Ach Golgatha” (01:41)
70. Hertha Töpper, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.60 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): “Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand” (03:51)
71. Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.61 Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus I/II: “Und von der sechsten Stunde an” (02:59)
72. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.62 Choral: “Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden” (02:02)
73. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.63 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: “Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss” (02:33)
74. Ernst Haefliger, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.63c Evangelist: “Und es waren viel Weiber da” (01:33)
75. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.64 Recitative (Bass): “Am Abend, da es kühle war” (02:15)
76. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.65 Aria (Bass): “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” (07:08)
77. Ernst Haefliger, Max Proebstl, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.66 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: “Und Joseph nahm den Leib” (02:53)
78. Irmgard Seefried, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.67 Recitative (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus II): “Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht” (02:29)
79. Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchner Chorknaben, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part Two: No.68 Chorus I/II: “Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder” (06:26)

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