Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Leonard Bernstein



  • 1St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 1 Double Chorus: Come, Ye Daughters
  • 2St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 2 Recit.: When Jesus Had Finished (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 3St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 3 Chorale: O Blessed Jesu
  • 4St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 4 Recit.: Then Assembled the Chief Priests (Evangelist)
  • 5St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 5 Double Chorus: Not Upon the Feast
  • 6St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 13 Recit.: Now On the First Day (Evangelist)
  • 7St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 14 Chorus: Where Wilt Thou
  • 8St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 15 Recit.: He Said, "Go Ye Into the City" (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 9St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: Lord, Is It I?
  • 10St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 16 Chorale: Tis I Who Should Be Sharing
  • 11St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 17 Recit.: He Answered Them, and Said (Evangelist, Jesus, Judas)
  • 12St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 18 Accompanied Recit.: - Although My Heart and Eyes O'erflow (Soprano)
  • 13St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 19 Aria: Lord, to Thee My Heart I Proffer (Soprano)
  • 14St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 20 Recit.: And When They Had Sung (Evangelist and Jesus)
  • 15St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorale: Acknowledge Me My Keeper
  • 16St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 22 Recit.: Then Answered Peter (Evangelist, Peter, Jesus)
  • 17St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 23 Chorale: Near Thee Would I Be Staying
  • 18St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 24 Recit.: Then Cometh Jesus With Them (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 19St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 25 Accompanied Recit. and Chorus: O Grief, How Throbs (Tenor, Chorus)
  • 20St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 26 Aria and Chorus: I Would Beside My Lord Be Watching (Tenor, Chorus)
  • 21St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 27 Recit.: And He Went a Little Farther (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 22St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 28 Accompanied Recit.: The Saviour, Low Before His Father Bending (Bass)
  • 23St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 29 Aria: Gladly Would I Be Enduring (Bass)
  • 24St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 30 Recit.: And He Came to His Disciples (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 25St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 31 Chorale: The Will of God Be Alway Done
  • 26St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 32 Recit.: And He Came Again (Evangelist, Jesus, Judas)
  • 27St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 33 Duet and Chorus: Behold, My Saviour Now Is Taken (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)
  • 28St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 34 Recit.: And Behold, One of Them (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 29St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 35 Chorale: O Man, Bewail Thy Grievous Sin!
  • 30St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 36 Solo and Chorus: Ah! Now Is My Saviour Gone (Alto, Chorus)
  • 31St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 37 Recit.: And They That Laid Hold On Jesus (Evangelist, 1st and 2nd Maids, Peter)
  • 32St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: Truly, Thou Also Art One of Them
  • 33St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: And Then Did He Begin to Curse and to Swear (Evangelist, Peter)
  • 1St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 47 Aria: Have Pity, Lord, On Me (Alto)
  • 2St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 53 Chorale: Whate'er May Vex or Grieve Thee
  • 3St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 54 Recit.: Now At That Feast (Evangelist, Pilate)
  • 4St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Double Chorus: Barabbas!
  • 5St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: Then Pilate Said to Them (Evangelist, Pilate)
  • 6St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: Let Him Be Crucified!
  • 7St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 56 Recit.: The Governor Answered (Evangelist, Pilate)
  • 8St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 57 Accompanied Recit.: To All Men Jesu Good Hath Done (Soprano)
  • 9St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 58 Aria: In Love My Saviour Now Is Dying (Soprano)
  • 10St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 59 Recit.: But They Cried Out the More (Evangelist)
  • 11St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: Let Him Be Crucified!
  • 12St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: Then Released He Barabbas (Evangelist)
  • 13St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 60 Accompanied Recit.: O Gracious God (Alto)
  • 14St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 62 Recit.: And Then Did the Soldiers of the Governor (Evangelist)
  • 15St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Double Chorus: We Hail Thee, King of Jews
  • 16St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: And Then They Spat On Him (Evangelist)
  • 17St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 63 Chorale: O Thou, With Hate Surrounded
  • 18St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 64 Recit.: And After They Had Mocked Him (Evangelist)
  • 19St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 69 Accompanied Recit.: Ah, Golgotha! (Alto)
  • 20St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 70 Solo and Chorus: Look Ye, Jesu Waiting Stands (Alto, Chorus)
  • 21St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 71 Recit.: Now from the Sixth Hour (Evangelist, Jesus)
  • 22St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: He Calleth for Elijah
  • 23St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: And Straightaway One of Them Ran (Evangelist)
  • 24St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: Wait, and See If Elijah Cometh to Save Him
  • 25St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: And Again Jesus Cried Aloud (Evangelist)
  • 26St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorale: When I Too Am Departing
  • 27St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 73 Accompanied Recit.: And Then, Behold, the Veil of the Temple (Evangelist)
  • 28St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Chorus: Truly, This Was the Son of God
  • 29St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Recit.: At Eventide There Came a Rich Man (Evangelist)
  • 30St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 74 Accompanied Recit.: At Evening, Hour of Calm and Peace (Bass)
  • 31St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 75 Aria: Make the Clean, My Heart, from Sin (Bass)
  • 32St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 77 Soli and Chorus: And Now the Lord to Rest Is Laid
  • 33St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 78 Double Chorus: In Deepest Grief, Here Sit We Weeping
  • 34Leonard Bernstein Discusses the Musical and Dramatic Stucture of the St. Matthew Passion
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