Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Leonard Bernstein



  • 1St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 1: Chorus "Come, ye Daughters"
  • 2St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 2: Recitative "When Jesus had Finished"
  • 3St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 3: Chorale "O Blessed Jesus"
  • 4St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 4: Recitative "Then Assembled the Chief Priests"
  • 5St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 5: Chorus "Not Upon the Feast"
  • 6St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 13: Recitative "Now on the First Day"
  • 7St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 14: Chorus "Where wilt Thou"
  • 8St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 15 Recitative "He Said: Go ye into the City"
  • 9St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 15: Chorus "Lord, is it I?"
  • 10St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 16: Chorale "Tis I Who Should be Sharing"
  • 11St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 17: Recitative "He Answered Them, and Said"
  • 12St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 18: Accompanied Recitative "Although my Heart and Eyes o'Erflow"
  • 13St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 19: Aria "Lord, to Thee my Heart I Proffer"
  • 14St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 20: Recitative "And When They Had Sung"
  • 15St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 21: Chorale "Acknowledge Me, My Keeper"
  • 16St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 22: Recitative "Then Answered Peter"
  • 17St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 23: Chorale "Near Thee would I be Staying"
  • 18St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 24: Recitative "Then Cometh Jesus with Them"
  • 19St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 25: Accompanied Recitative "O Grief, How Throbs"
  • 20St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 26: Aria "I Would Beside my Lord be Watching"
  • 21St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 27: Recitative " And he Went a Little Farther"
  • 22St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 28: Accompanied Recitative "The Saviour, Low Before His Father Bending"
  • 23St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 29: Aria " Gladly Would I Be Enduring"
  • 24St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 30: Recitative "And He Came to His Disciples"
  • 25St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 31: Chorale "The will of God be alway done"
  • 26St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 32: Recitative "And He Came Again"
  • 27St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 33: Duet "Behold, my Saviour Now is Taken"
  • 28St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 34: Recitative "And Behold, One of Them"
  • 29St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: No. 35: Chorale "O Man, Bewail thy Grievous Sin!"
  • 30St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 36: "Ah! Now is my Saviour Gone"
  • 31St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 37: Recitative "And They That Laid Hold on Jesus"
  • 32St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 46: Chorus "Truly, Thou Also Art One of Them"
  • 33St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 46: Recitative "And Then Did He Begin to Curse and to Swear"
  • 1St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 47: Aria "Have Pity, Lord, On Me"
  • 2St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 53: Chorale "Whate'er May Vex or Grieve Thee"
  • 3St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 54: Recititative "Now at that Feast"
  • 4St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 54: Double Chorus "Barabbas!"
  • 5St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 54: Recitative "Then Pilate Said to Them"
  • 6St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 54: Chorus "Let Him be Crucified!"
  • 7St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 56: Recitative "The Governor Answered"
  • 8St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 57 Accompanied Recitative "To All Men Jesu Good Hath Done"
  • 9St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 58 Aria "In Love my Saviour Now is Dying"
  • 10St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 59: Recitative "But They Cried Out the More"
  • 11St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 59: Chorus "Let Him Be Crucified"
  • 12St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 59: Recitative "Then Released He Barabbas"
  • 13St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 60: Accompanied Recitative "O Gracious God"
  • 14St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 62: Recitative "And Then Did the Soldiers of the Governor"
  • 15St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 62: Dobule Chorus "We Hail Thee, King of the Jews"
  • 16St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 62: Recitative "And Then They Spat on Him"
  • 17St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 63: Chorale "O Thou, With Hate Surrounded"
  • 18St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 64: Recitative "And After They Had Mocked Him"
  • 19St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 69: Accompanied Recitative "Ah, Golgotha!"
  • 20St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 70: Aria "Look Ye, Jesu Waiting Stands"
  • 21St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 71: Recitiative "Now From the Sixth Hour"
  • 22St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 71: Chorus "He Calleth for Elijah"
  • 23St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 71: Recitiative "And Straightaway One of Them Ran"
  • 24St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 71: Chorus "Wait, And See if Elijah Cometh to Save Him"
  • 25St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 71: Recitative "And Again Jesus Cried Aloud"
  • 26St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 71: Chorale "When I Too Am Departing"
  • 27St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 73: Accompanied Recitative "And Then, Behold, the Veil of the Temple"
  • 28St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 73: Chorus "Truly, This Was the Son of God"
  • 29St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 73: Recitative "At Eventide There Came a Rich Man"
  • 30St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 74: Accompanied Recitative "At Evening, Hour of Calm and Peace"
  • 31St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 75: Aria "Make the Clean, My Heart, from Sin"
  • 32St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 77: Soli and Chorus "And Now the Lord to Rest is Laid"
  • 33St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: 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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