Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Format: Facsimile Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9783761824948 Size: 9.6 x 14.8 inches Pages: 205 Urtext / Critical Edition Description "I have never experienced such silence or seen an audience moved in this way." Felix Up to the present day there has scarcely been a work in the history of music which has fascinated listeners and performers more than Bach's "St Matthew Passion". Originally composed for Vespers on Good Friday, and even longer in duration than the "St John Passion", it reconstructs the story of Christ's Passion with immense musical, emotional and spiritual intensity. And so, this monumental and complex composition has come to rank amongst the high points of Western culture. for good reason the "rediscovery" of Johann Sebastian Bach's music began in 1829 with the performance of this work by Felix and the Berlin Singakademie. The autograph manuscript is regarded as one of Bach's most beautiful – the fair copy demonstrates the importance he attached to the careful