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