Felix Koch, Neumeyer Consort, Gutenberg-Kammerchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Markus-Passion, Fassung von 1744 (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 87:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Christophorus | CHR77423 | Recorded: 2017
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 87:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Christophorus | CHR77423 | Recorded: 2017
Bach’s lost St Mark Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday 1731 and a second time in 1744 in a revised version. Though Bach's music is lost, the libretto by Picander is still extant, and from this, the work can to some degree be reconstructed. Unlike Bach's earlier existing passions (St John Passion and St Matthew Passion), the Markus-Passion is probably a parody – it recycles previous works. Which of his own works Bach may have taken for his St Mark Passion led to numerous speculations. Differently from further reconstructions the Frankfurt musicologist Prof. Karl Böhmer used the revised Picander text from 1744 which schedules one Aria and a chorale more than the 1731 version. Other parts have been revised and complemented.