Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028941978929 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon Number Of Discs: 3 Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon Release Date: October 25, 1990 Sales Rank: 53906 Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Rating: - Wonderful
Thanks to Bach for this creation. Thanks to Director, Orchestra and Vocalists for the execution. Thanks to Internet and Amazon to allow me to find back this release I was hit from listening my father's vinil just 25 year ago.
Good experience to everybody.
Rating: - A Moving Performance In The Traditional Grand Manner
Karajan's recording of Bach's St. Matthew Passion is definitely a competitor for the famous Klemperer version. Ultimately Klemperer prevails but that doesn't mean Karajan is far behind. This is a very moving, devotional approach to Johann Sebastian Bach which has been mostly lost in the period instrument and period style era. Karajan's tempos are somewhat faster than Klemperer, which is a good thing, although the sheer monumentality of Klemperer is also breathtaking. The cast on the Klemperer recording is even more impressive than Karajan's great cast. The choirs in both versions are well placed and trained, finally it falls on the conductor to make it work and Herbert von Karajan does Bach's great music proud.
This performance will most likely infuriate period instrument fans for sure and they will stick to their beloved John Eliot Gardiner and perhaps Philippe Herreweghe whose latest recording is probably ... Read More
Rating: - I listen to it every day
I wanted to reply to the reviewer who said "The tenor sound tends to jump out of the choir, which does not blend well as a whole." In the track "O Mensh," I loved the way Karajan emphasized the inner tenor voice. It seemed to me that in that passage the tenors were singing very effectively, with intense energy. I am not an expert on singing; I am a brass and string player, so maybe I don't have the ears to discriminate perfect singing. Decide for yourself.
The same reviewer said, "There is little drama here. The opening movement is a case in point. It has neither the sheer monumentality of Klemperer, nor the urgency of Gardiner." I wondered if we were listening to the same recording.
I listen to it every day when driving to work. I recently bought a car whose stereo that had more bass than my old car, and even though the bass was on only half way, The first track's bass sounded louder outside ... Read More
Rating: - Incredibly moving
I strongly encourage you to listen to this recording objectively, eliminating from mind any prejudices you might have against Karajan and the assumption that this music should only be played in a "period" style. If you do so, I hope (nay, expect) you will be as pleased with this recording as I was. I cannot listen to the closing chorus, or the chorale after the death of Jesus, without tears welling up in my eyes. With this recording, Karajan is the anti-Gardiner par excellence (though Gardiner hadn't come on the scene yet in 1973, my point is clear I hope). Occasionaly the execution is a bit on the muddy side (more due to the, at that time, somewhat less than ideal Wiener Singverein than anything else), but the devotion, the spirituality, and the sheer drama is always present. The soloists are excellent, both vocally and characterization-wise. Fischer-Dieskau is overpowering as Christ, conveying nobility and suffering ... Read More
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