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Bach: Johannes-Passion - Pygmalion, Pichon

Harmonia Mundi  902774.75

Stereo  (1 hour 55 minutes)

Classical - Vocal

Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist)
Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus)
Ying Fang (soprano)
Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano)
Laurence Kilsby (tenor)
Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Etienne Bazola (baritone)
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon (conductor)


The superlative Pygmalion chorus are at the centre of this new recording of the St John Passion. Their striking presence radiates throughout the work, their exemplary articulation and collective energy moulding the drama and carrying its emotional charge. Raphaël Pichon’s flexible yet precise direction restores its original dramatic arc, instilling the peerless team of soloists with the same demandingly high standards of musical narrative and truth. This Passion wins out through its clarity of gesture and compellingly forceful actualization.

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