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Bach C.P.E. - Johannes-Passion (Joshard Daus) [2004]

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Bach C.P.E. - Johannes-Passion (Joshard Daus) [2004]

Bach C.P.E. - Johannes-Passion (Joshard Daus) [2004]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 414.9 MB
Classical | Label: Capriccio

This is an important document, not least because what is actually captured on these discs is the first performance of this work since 1772. The score is presently housed in the archive of the Berlin Sing-Akademie after its discovery in the Ukraine. C.P.E.’s version of the Christ story is a dynamic one, with plenty of drama and much interaction between the various soloists and the chorus - a chorus that represents the Jews as well as performing the chorales.
C.P.E. has, perhaps rightly, accrued a reputation as being somewhat eccentric, an impression surely gleaned from some of his keyboard works in particular. In the present instance that aspect of his persona is not particularly pronounced although some distinctly jerky lines in the strings in the work’s first aria, track 9, for contralto, ‘Liebster Hand! Ich küsse dich’, remind us just who the composer is. What is in evidence, though, is a remarkably wide expressive vocabulary that he uses at all times appropriately to the situation.
The Johannes-Passion sees C.P.E. indulging in ‘parody’ (i.e. using other composers’ music for his own ends - there was no copyright then, remember). Certainly his model appears to be Telemann’s Johannes-Passion. C.P.E. also turned to a Passion by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel for four of the arias and duets, plus the occasional nod towards his father, J.S. As the booklet notes put it, ‘So far as is known, the two arias ‘Verkennt ihn nicht’ and ‘So freiwillig, ohne Klage’ are the only parts actually composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel himself’!
What matters, of course, is the end result. The devotional chorale that sets the work on its path, ‘Erforsche mich, erfahr mein Herz’ (‘Examine me, prove my heart’) determines the tone. In performance terms, it is true we are not dealing with the Bach-Collegium Japan here, but this is still carefully shaped and balanced singing. These traits are to characterise the choral contributions throughout, right up to the final chorus (‘Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine’; ‘Rest well, ye holy bones’) and the finale Chorale (‘Darum woll’n wir loben’; ‘So let us praise’). As protagonists (as the Jews, mentioned above), the choir seems to relish its involvement in the action.
The Evangelist on this occasion is Icelandic tenor Gunnar Gudbjörnsson (since 1999 on the payroll of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, and Walther in Barenboim’s Teldec Tannhäuser). His voice is pleasing (and nicely suited to this repertoire, on this hearing), his diction excellent and he provides a real highlight of the set in his aria on the subject of Christ’s noble bearing of suffering (CD2, track 2). At a smidgen under ten minutes, this aria represents the longest single movement of the entire piece.
Jochen Kupfer is a fairly well-known name (listed here as a bass), having recorded with Sinopoli (Friedenstag) amongst others (even Suzuki on the BIS cycle of Bach Cantatas). He certainly carries authority as the Saviour, and his aria, ‘Verkennt ihn nicht, den Gott der Götter’ (‘Do not misjudge him, God of Gods’, CD 1 track 19) is a gem (and how the orchestra digs in here, full of life). The arias really do seem to be the highlights of this work.
Soprano Elisabeth Scholl has a pure voice and is eloquent except when her voice hits the higher reaches, where she can become shrill. This can be heard in her extremely sad aria, ‘Unbeflektes Gotteslamm!’ ‘(Unspotted Lamb of God!’, CD 1 track 23), an aria lifted to the heights by the miraculously intertwining violin parts. Alexandra Patersamer has a rich contralto voice that graces ‘Liebste Hand! Ich küsse dich’ (‘Dearest hand! I kiss thee’), leaving one wishing this aria is longer than its 5’41 duration.
The weakest of the soloists comes in the form of Maximilian Schmidt’s rather tremulous Pilatus.
Structurally, perhaps the music on the second disc is marred by too long a stretch of recitative, so that the chorus ‘Oh, ein grosser Todesfall!’ (‘O, a great occasion of death!’) comes as a welcome event. This chorus actually represents a touching meditation on Jesus’ death.
The whole seems admirable paced and balanced orchestrally by Joshard Daus (apparently a Celibidache disciple). The greatest compliment I can pay this performance is that the standard is so high it is difficult to believe it is taken down live. Only the undeniable concentration from first note to last attests to this.
If you are even vaguely curious, I do recommend you hear this work. It contains moments of great beauty as well as operating on a real dramatic trajectory which only serves to emphasise its moments of repose.
Colin Clarke

Performer:
Elisabeth Scholl, Sopran
Alexandra Petersamer, Alt
Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, Tenor
Jochen Kupfer, Bass
Zelter-Ensemble der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin,
Barockorchester Capriccio Basel
Dirigent - Joshard Daus

Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Choral: Erforsche mich, erfahr mein Herz
02. Rezitativ: Da Jesus solches geredet hatte
03. Chor: Jesum von Nazareth
04. Rezitativ: Jesus spricht zu ihnen
05. Chor: Jesum von Nazareth
06. Rezitativ: Jesus antwortete
07. Choral: Was Gott tut, dass ost wohl getan
08. Rezitativ: Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann
09. Aria (Alt): Liebste Hand! Ich küsse dich
10. Rezitativ: Es war aber Kaiphas
11. Choral: Wie wunderbarlich istdoch diese Strafe
12. Rezitativ: Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach
13. Chor: Bist du nicht seiner Jünger einer?
14. Rezitativ: Er verleugnete aber und sprach
15. Chor: Wäre dieser nicht ein Übeltäter
16. Rezitativ: Da sprach Pilatus zu ihnen
17. Chor: Wir dürfen niemand töten
18. Rezitativ: Auf dass erfüllet würde das Wort Jesu
19. Aria (Bass): Verkennt ihn nicht, den Gott der Götter
20. Rezitativ: Und da er das gesagt
21. Chor: Nicht diesen, sondern Barrabam
22. Rezitativ: Barrabas aber was ein Mörder
23. Aria (Sopran): Unbeflecktes Gotteslamm
24. Rezitativ: Da nahm Pilatus Jesum und geißelte ihn
25. Chor: Sei gegrüßet, lieber Judenkönig
26. Choral: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
CD2
01. Rezitativ: Und gaben ihm Backenstreiche
02. Aria (Tenor): So freiwillig, ohne Klage
03. Rezitativ: Da ihn der Hohenpriester un die Diener sahen
04. Chor: Kreuzige!
05. Rezitativ: Pilatus spricht zu ihnen
06. Chor: Wir haben ein Gesetz
07. Rezitativ: Da Pilatus das Wort hörete
08. Chor: Lässest du diesen los
09. Rezitativ: Da Pilatus das Wort hörete
10. Chor: Weg, weg mit dem!
11. Rezitativ: Spricht Pilatus zu ihnen
12. Chor: Wir haben einen König
13. Rezitativ: Da überantwortete er ihn
14. Chor: Schreib nicht, dej Juden König
15. Rezitativ: Pilatus antwortete
16. Chor: Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen
17. Rezitativ: Auf das erfüllet wurde die Schrift
18. Chor: Oh, ein großer Todesfall
19. Rezitativ: Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war
20. Choral: Verbirge mich und schließ mich ein
21. Rezitativ: Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia
22. Duett: Gottversöhner! Sanft im Schlummer
23. Rezitativ: Es was aber an der Stätte
24. Chor: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
25. Choral: Darum woll'n wir loben

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