Oratorio `Johannes-Passion` (1724), BWV 245

Recorded at the Church of All Saints, East Finchley, London (England), April 21-24, 1993.

On Engl. Peter Pears - Evangelist, Gwynne Howell - Jesus, John Shirley-Quirk - Pilate, Heather Harper - soprano, Alfreda Hodgson - alto, Robert Tear - tenor, John Shirley-Quirk - bass. Philip Leger - harpsichord, Timothy Farrell - organ, Kenneth Heath - cello, Andrian Beers - double bass. Continuo realisation - Benjamin Britten. Wandsworth School Boys` Choir. 1972. Translate - Peter Pears, Imogen Holst.

Dunedin Consort / John Butt (direction & harpsichord) / 2012, Edinburg, Greyfriar`s Kirk

John Mark Ainsley (tenor, Evangelist), Stephen Richardson (bass, Jesus), Catherine Bott (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Paul Agnew (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), The Choir of King`s College Cambridge, The Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury, Recording: King`s College Chapel, Cambridge, UK, 18-21.III.1996.

Tenor [Evangelist]: Kurt Equiluz; Bass [Jesus]: Ruud van der Meer; Soprano: Felicity Palmer; Contralto: Birgit Finnila; Tenor [Arias]: Werner Krenn; Bass [Peter, Pilate, Arias]: Philippe Huttenlocher. Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne. Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Recorded: October 1977.

Hellen Kwon, soprano; Ursula Eittinger, mezzo-soprano / alto; Lothar Odinius, tenor (Arias / Evangelist); Wolfgang Newerla, baritone; Peter Lika, bass; Choir and Bach Ensemble of the EuropaChorAkademie, conductor Joshard Daus. Label: Sony Classical.

Julian Prégardien - Evangelist, Tareq Nazmi - Jesus. Simona Brüninghaus - Magd, Andreas Burkhart - Petrus, Andreas Hirtreiter - Diener, Moon Yung Oh - Diener, Krešimir Stražanac - Pilatus. Solisten der Arien und Rezitative: Christina Landshamer - soprano, Ulrike Malotta - contralto, Tilman Lichdi - tenor, Krešimir Stražanac - bass. Concerto Köln. Live recording: München, Herkulessaal der Residenz: 04.-07.03.2015.

James Gilchrist (Evengelista), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ansley Riches (Pilatus) / Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Andrew Kennedu (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass) / Academy of Ancient Music / Choir of the AAM / Richard EGARR (director & harpsichord) / 2013

Anthony Rolfe Jhonson (tenor) – Evangelist, Stephen Varkoe (bass) – Jesus, Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) – Pilate and bass arias, Nancy Argenta (soprano [No. 13]) - Ruth Holton, soprano [Maid] - Gillian Ross, counter-tenor - Michael Chance, tenor [No. 19, 62] - Neill Archer, tenor [Arias] - Rufus Müller, tenor [Servant] - Andrew Murgatroyd, tenor [Servant] - Nicholas Robertson, bass [Peter] - Simon Birchall. Recorded: March 1986, London.

Mark Padmore, Evangelist / Peter Harvey, Christus / Katharine Fuge, soprano / Robin Blaze, counter-tenor / Nicholas Mulroy, tenor / Jeremy Budd, tenor / Matthew Brook, bass / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor / Sunday 24 August 2008, Royal Albert Hall, London.

Monteverdi Choir. Tenor [Evangelist] - Mark Padmore, bass [Jesus] - Hanno Müller-Brachmann, soprano - Joanne Lunn, soprano - Katharine Fuge, contralto - Bernarda Fink, bass [Pilatus] - Peter Harvey. Recorded: March 22, 2003, Königslutter, Germany.

Theo Altmeyer – Evangelist, Franz Crass – Jesus, Kurt Moll – Pontius Pilatus, Elly Ameling (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (alto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Helmut Kühnle – Petrus, Susanne Dürr – Magd, Martin Hermann – Diener. 1969.

1993, From the Basilika Gößweinstein (Wallfahrtskirche Gößweinstein), Pamela Coburn: soprano, Nathalie Stutzmann: mezzo-soprano, Claes Hakon Ahnsjö: tenor (Evangelist), Andreas Scheibner: baritone (Jesus), Tobias Pfülb: bass, (Pilatus), Robert Swensen: tenor, Thomas Quasthoff: bass. Neubeuern Choral Society, Munich Bach Collegium. Video on YouTube.

Tenor (Evangelist) - Kurt Equiluz; Bass (Jesus) - Robert Holl; Boy Soprano - Helmut Wittek; Boy Altos - Panito Iconomou, Christian Immler; Tenor - Thomas Moser; Bass - Anton Scharinger. Tölzer Knabenchor. Rec. Jun 26-30, 1985, Vienna.

Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus Master - Erwin Ortner). Bass [Jesus]: Robert Holl; Soprano [Arias & Ancilla]: Angela Maria Blasi; Contralto [Arias]: Marjana Lipovšek; Tenor [Servus]: Franz Leitner; Bass [Petrus, Pilatus & Arias]: Anton Scharinger. Recorded: October/November 1993, Vienna.

1987.

Version 1725. Soprano - Sibylla Rubens. Alto - Andreas Scholl. Evangelist & Arias - Mark Padmore, tenor, basse - Sebastian Noack. Jesus - Michael Volle, basse. Pilatus - Sebastian Noack, basse. Petrus - Dominik Worner, bass. Servus - Malcolm Bennett, tenor. Ancilla - Cecile Kempenaers, soprano. 2001.

Le Concert Étranger Ensemble / Tenor [Evangelist]: Vincent Lièvre-Picard; Bass [Jesus]: Tomáš Král; Sopranos: Maïlys de Villoutreys, Chantal Santon-Jeffery; Altos: Lucile Richardot, Leandro Marziotte; Tenors: David Munderloh, Stéphen Collardelle; Bass [Pilatus]: Nicolas Brooymans / Itay Jedlin / Recorded & filmed live at Abbatiale, Festival d`Ambronay 2014, France.

Nederlands Radio Koor (Chorus Master - Anton Krelage). Tenor [Evangelist]: Ernst Haefliger; Bass [Jesus]: Walter Berry; Soprano [Arias, Ancilla]: Agnes Giebel; Contralto [Arias]: Marga Höffgen; Tenor [Arias, Servus]: Alexander Young; Bass [Arias, Petrus, Pilatus]: Franz Crass. Recorded: June 1967, Amsterdam.

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Chorus Master - Kurt Prestel). Contralto - Marga Höffgen, tenor - John van Kesteren, bass - Kieth Engen. Recorded: April 1, 1960, Munich.

Christoph Pregardien (Tenor) - Evangelist, Harry van der Kamp (Bass) - Jesus, Barbara Schlick (Soprano), Rene Jacobs (Altus), Nico van der Meel (Tenor), Max van Egmond (Bass). Chor & Orchester der La Petite Bande. Recorded: February & April 1987, Haarlem, Holland.

Evangelist - Ian Bostridge, Christ - Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicholas Mulroy, Roderick Williams - Pilate. Recorded: April 10-13, 2013, London.

Uta Graf - soprano, Marga Höffgen - mezzo-soprano, Julius Patzak - tenor, Gerard Souzay - baritone, Walter Berry - bass. Wiener Singakademie - Hans Gillesberger. Recorded: April 6, 1955, Vienna.

TRINITY CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA. Recorded live at Trinity Cathedral, Portland (Oregon), USA, March 31, 1996.

Lothar Odinius tenor (Evangelista, No.13),
Christian Immler bass (Jesus, Nos 11b, 32),
Ditte Andersen soprano (Ancilla, No.9),
Lenneke Ruiten soprano (No.35),
Delphine Galou alto (No.30),
David Hansen alto (No.7),
Colin Balzer tenor (Servus, Nos 20, 24, 34),
Valerio Contaldo tenor (No.13b),
Felix Speer bass (Petrus, Pilatus, No.19)

Recorded on April 2014 at the Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon, France

Taverner Consort and Players. 1990.

Agnes Giebel, Marga Hoffgen, Ernst Hafliger, Franz Kelch, Hans-Olaf Hudemann, Erich List (flute), Helmut Boehme(flute), Willy Gerlach (oboe), Peter Fischer (oboe, oboe d`amore), Johann Wagner (oboe da caccia), Fritz Hunger (oboe da caccia), Fritz Handschke (viola d`amore), Hans Drechsel (viola d`amore), Walter Gerwig (lute), Alwin Bauer (cello), Konrad Siebach (double bass), Gernot Schwickert (harpsichord), Hannes Kastner (organ).Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester.1949. Eterna Collection.2005.

1964.

Michael Schade – Tenore (Evangelista), Matthias Goerne – Basso (Christus), Juliane Banse – Soprano, Ingeborg Danz – Alto, James Taylor – Tenore, Andreas Schmidt – Basso, Gächinger Kantorei, Sabine Goetz – Ancilla, Alexander Efanov – Servus, David Stingl – Petrus. 25-29.03.1996.

Peter Schreier - Tenor (Evangelist), Robert Holl - Bas (Jesus), Roberta Alexander - Sopran (Arien), Marjana Lipovsec - Alt (Arien), Olaf Bar - Bariton (Arien), Egbert Junghanns - Bariton (Petrus), Andreas Scheibner - Bariton (Pilatus), Ekkehard Wagner (Servus), Andrea Ihle - Sopran (Ancilla). 1988, Dresden.

1979.

Peter de Groot - countertenor, Charles Daniels - tenor, Bas Ramselaar - bass. Netherlands Bach Society. 2004, Amsterdam.

Raphael Höhn (Evangelist) - tenor, Myriam Arbouz - soprano, Maria Valdmaa (Maid) - soprano, Daniël Elgersma - contralto, Marine Fribourg - contralto, Gwilym Bowen - tenor, Guy Cutting (Servant) - tenor, Felix Schwandtke (Jesus) - bass, Drew Santini (Peter) - bass, Angus Mc Phee (Pilate) - bass. Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 11th 2017 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMf9XDQBAaI

2010, Grand Séminaire de Montréal

Friedericke Sailer (soprano); Marga Hoffgen (alto); Helmut Krebs (tenor/Evangelist); Franz Kelch (bass/Jesus); Hermann Werdermann (bass/Petrus, Pilatus) / Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra / con. Fritz Werner / 1960, Ilsfeld, Germany