Matthaus-Passion : Biller / Gewandhaus Orchestra, Thomanerchor, Landshammer, Kahle, Lattke, Mertens, etc (2012)(2DVD)

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
Live at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, 04/2012

St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Georg Christoph Biller, conductor

Christina Landshamer (Soprano)
Stefan Kahle (Alto)
Wolfram Lattke (Tenor)
Martin Lattke (Tenor)
Klaus Mertens (Bass)
Gotthold Schwarz (Bass)

The renowned St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig, which boasts J. S. Bach as a former cantor, celebrates its 800th anniversary with an extraordinary interpretation of the St. Matthew Passion. The Guardian praised how “the harmonic lines interwove with a transcendence that can only be achieved through living, eating and working together”. This Accentus Music production is the only audio-visual release of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, performed by the choir for which it was written, in St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, where the composer worked and is buried. ( Accentus Music )

Running Time: 163:58