Bach: St. John Passion | Voces8 and Academy of Ancient Music 

This composition was so ahead of its time. It still is ahead of our time.

One of the Best music human could produce, to Our Lord. He deserves them.

You are the modern Saints. May our Beautiful Lord and his friend JSBach welcome you in his kingdom when you will be called. Thank you so much on behalf of the humanity.❤

Vivat and cheers for our Father J.S.Bach ! Soli Deo Gloriam !

Hypnotic. Entrancing. Mesmerizing. Pretty close to Hallucination...

ありがとうございます！

Bach is quoted to once have said: Handel is the only person I wish to meet before I die and the only person I wish to be if I were not Bach

A beautiful rendering of my preferred Bach "Passion" - this is a dramatic and sensitive interpretation of this wonderful Bach work.

Such an excellent music in such an excellent performance! When I finished the listening I just could think "No matter if I had to die right now, for this would be the last thing I'd have heard in my life". I can´t imagine a better end than the lullaby tone of "Ruht wohl...Ruht wohl, und bringt auch mich zur Ruh´." I am not a believer, so I don't want my sins to be forgiven just before my death in order to reach God in heaven...I just want to listen to music such as this because I´m sure that way I will be able to reach Bach wherever he is...Thanks to all members of AAM for almost two hours of such fine pleasure and delight!!! Soli Bach Gloria

From France a great bravo to Barnaby, the choir and orchester for this very good interpretation (especially the 1st the introduction choir).

This music is absolutely astounding.. Rich melodic speech, harmonies breathtaking orchestration constantly renewed in the use of the stamps of the orchestra, in short a Babylonian sound architecture erected by humble and impetuous interpreters 🎶

From Barnaby Smith and Company, this is a truly authentic, masterful and stunning offering performed to complete perfection! Every instrument, each soloist and heavenly chorus are in tune with one another with such balance, blend and precision that few other versions can compare. To say that I am impressed would stand as an understatement. Congratulations to Maestro Smith and the entire company for giving us this outstanding musical masterpiece!

It’s all excellent but the voice of the erzhaler and his musicality are beyond compare. He’s truly the workhorse of the piece.

Pure love.

No doubt, some of the greatest music ever composed. Thank you,

Thrilling! Performance of magnificence performed with intimacy, wonder, and grandeur. Barnaby's conducting brings to the fore the achingly beautiful passion of chord sequences that seem to hold you in tension for a near eternity. Utter perfection!

Bravo!!!

Beautifull...

Amazing.

Beautiful

Love this performance ❤️

Wonderful!

Lovely!! Thank you so much

Outstanding, Barnaby. So many things I had 'never heard before' in the interpretation.

Well done AAM. Looking forward to it.

Puuuuuhhhh... 🥹🥲 So moving!

Lovely. Lush. Puts one in mind of the early 70's Richter recordings.

Everything exquisite; the conducting, so fluid, magical, mystical..

Impossible to put in words the beautifulness of this kind of musicality.

Cannot wait!

Meraviglia

Wonderful! Uplifting perfection. Thank you.

Einfach nur exzellent

Can I just say I sincerely agree with everybody complementing this exquisite performance and the wonderful performers. This is a very moving and convincing interpretation. By all involved. Admittedly, Andrew Bearden Brown, Christopher Moore and Oscar Golden-Lee are particularly beautiful! In more ways than one. But I have to add … what struck me as well, is the first row of very young listeners on the left isle behind the conductor - some in shorts, and one of them wearing flip flops even (and yes I know it was mid summer, and yes I understand and no, I don’t mind that one bit. On the contrary.) - I find it strangely hopeful that still quite a (happy) few of our young generation are open to this profound and exceptional cultural heritage. I think the presence of these "young'uns" is a strangely beautiful testament to the timeless quality of the music as well as the story.

If I didn't already believe in God, Bach would make me a believer. I had a teacher at the Manhattan School of Music when I was a graduate student there in the 1980's who used to say: "there's no bad Bach; just some that's less great." Most of it IS great!

I love the part where the bases join in the second time in augmentation. It really cool.

A comment indicated that the young people at the front were bored! Not at all - they were lost in the chaos of chords of the music drawing into beautiful unity.. Bored people don’t hold a position. This performance - a joy!

Great performance. Look the faces of the young people at the first line!!

Wonderful music. Thank you.

Very good. Really outstanding. Well done.

(Part 1) 00:00 1: Chor - Herr, unser Herrscher 09:25 2: Rezitativ und Chor - Jesus ging mit seinen Jungern 11:49 3: Choral - O grosse Lieb', o Lieb' ohn' alle Masse 12:36 4: Rezitativ - Auf dass das Wort erfullet wurde 13:37 5: Choral - Dein Will' gescheh', Herr Gott 14:28 6: Rezitativ - Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann 15:11 7 Arie - Von den Stricken meiner Sunden 20:11 8: Rezitativ - Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach 9: Arie - Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten 23:57 10: Rezitativ - Derselbige Junger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt 26:49 11: Choral - Wer hat dich so geschlagen 28:33 12: Rezitativ und Chor - Und hannas sandte ihn gebunden 30:35 13: Arie - Ach, mein Sinn, wo willst du endlich hin 33:09 14: Choral - Petrus, der nicht denkt zuruck (Part 2) 34:29 15: Choral - Christus der uns selig macht 35:37 16: Rezitativ und Chor - Da fuhreten sie Jesum von Kaiphas 39:39 17: Choral - Ach grosser Konig, gross zu allen Zeiten 41:19 18: Rezitativ und Chor - Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm: 'So bist du dennoch ein Konig'? 43:17 19: Arioso - Betrachte meine Seel' 45:50 20: Arie - Erwage, wie sein blutgefarbter Rucken 54:19 21: Rezitativ und Chor - Und die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone 59:54 22: Choral - Durch dein Gefangnis, Gottes Sohn 1:00:57 23: Rezitativ und Chor - Die Juden aber schrieen 1:04:54 24: Arie mit Chor - Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen 1:08:39 25: Rezitativ und Chor - Allda kreuzigten sie ihn 1:10:46 26: Choral - In meines Herzens Grunde 1:11:54 27: Rezitativ und Chor - Die Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum 1:15:12 28: Choral - Er nahm alles wohl in acht 1:16:27 29: Rezitativ - Und von Stund' an nahm sie der Junger zu sich 1:17:52 30: Arie - Es ist vollbracht! 31: Rezitativ - Und neiget das Haupt und verschied 1:23:24 32: Arie mit Chor - Mein teurer Heiland 1:27:53 33: Rezitativ - Und siehe da, der Vorhang in Tempel zerriss 34: Arioso - Main Herz, indem die ganze Welt 1:29:13 35: Arie - Zerfliesse, mein Herze 1:36:05 36: Rezitativ - Die Juden aber, dieweil es der Rusttag war 1:38:17 37: Choral - O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn 1:39:20 38: Rezitativ - Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia 1:41:09 39: Chor - Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine 1:49:02 40: Choral - Ach Herr, Iass dein lieb Engelein

300 y. anniversary today !

The tenor soloist at the beginning is very, very cute...

Wonderful! AAM one of the best orchestras in the world. High level, beatiful sound

Leipzig didn't know what they had when they had it.

20:22 oh no...

20:30

I've asked Eric Whitacre to compose a vocal arrangement of Ravel's Bolero for you to perform it.

TO GOD ALONE BE ALL THE GLORY.

20:22 lmoa

It is not just beautiful music, it is a faith song, a faith that had been shown by Bach. I think Bach would the listener not just involved when listened to his music, but challenged them to get to know who he believes in. Just consider about this: how it be possible a man composed so consitently sacred music, through his lifetime? I think it is not just that Bach work in church, but rather it is about the faith, the faith that God had given to him. So guys, just think and consider to have the same faith with Bach, when you listen to his music like this, include his cantatas.

what fell down?

What are those 14-stringed instruments like large violins?

#handel ? lol

Glad that kid at 12:24 got a front row seat! Sheesh.

@5:02 Oboes having a laugh? Beautiful sound at the start though, with flutes doubling

Normalerweise klingt Schütz in kleinen 1:1 Besetzungen etwas dürftig; hier nicht, was die Klasse von Voces8 ausmacht.

Soprano soloists nailed their solos as did Jesus/ bass. Andrea especially was amazing for that solo. Who was the evangelist? Awesome job there. Chorales were lovely. Rest was disappointing. Too slow in general, too legato, tuning issues I assume were due to summer heat. Somehow missed the obvious choices musically.

Diese Musik und der Anblick der jungen Leute in der ersten Reihe ist eine solche Dissonanz, daß es kaum zu ertragen ist! Sie wirken wie Leute, denen man Eintrittskarten geschenkt hat, die sich aber eigentlich für diese Musik herzlich wenig interessieren! Sie sitzen da, vollkommen gelangweilt, da können auch erklärende Worte nichts dran ändern!

It seems to be too hard to follow the tempi Johann Sebastian Bach wrote. Like in the bass aria "Eilt, eilt, our angefochtnen Seelen." It is played well too fast. Disappointing performance!!!

Best parts Herr under Herrscher, Ach mein Sinn, Von den Stricken meiner Sunden, Es ist vollbracht.

Performance is great. The orchestra is dressed uniformly so why not the choir?

Thanks from USA... wonder what happened to those young people sitting in the front row??? They looked bored and dressed like they were going to the beach. Too bad someone isn't teaching them to appreciate a little culture..... their loss

Excellent performance, lousy recording

Looks like they're playing Ai Generated instruments

What a dissonance between the music and the ragged mob of the audience!