New Choral Releases

This weekend, the premiere concert recording of Felix Mendelssohn's arrangement of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, from a new scholarly edition released in 2023. Christopher Jackson leads The Bach Choir of Bethlehem and The Bach Festival Orchestra.

Show Notes

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Felix Mendelssohn: St. Matthew Passion

  • Dann Coakwell, tenor (Evangelist); William Sharp, baritone (Jesus); Clara Rottsolk, soprano; Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano; Isaiah Bell, tenor; Enrico Lagaska, bass
  • The Bach Choir of Bethlehem
  • The Bach Festival Orchestra
  • Christopher Jackson, conductor