Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Stecher, Academia Jacobus Stainer, Choir & Soloists of the Wilten Boys' Choir

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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Wiltener Sangerknaben, Soloists Of Wiltener Sangerknaben, Academia Jacobus Stainer
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 03, 2022
    • UPC
      881488220322
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HC22032
    • LABEL
      Haenssler Classic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Part I: Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    2. Part I: Recitative: Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte (Evangelist, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    3. Part I: Chorale: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    4. Part I: Recitative and Chorus: Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester (Evangelist, Chorus, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    5. Part I: Recitative: Du lieber Heiland du (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    6. Part I: Aria: Buss und Reu (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    7. Part I: Recitative: Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer (Evangelist, Judas)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Josef Kobinger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    8. Part I: Blute nur, du liebes Herz (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: soloist Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    9. Part I: Recitative and Chorus: Aber am ersten Tage der süssen Brot (Evangelist, Chorus, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer, Clemens Schmid, Hanspeter Niedermair, Simon Lehner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    10. Part I: Chorale: Ich bin's, ich sollte büssen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    11. Part I: Recitative: Er antwortete und sprach (Evangelist, Jesus, Judas)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer, Josef Kobinger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    12. Part I: Recitative: Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: soloist Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    13. Part I: Aria: Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: soloist Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    14. Part I: Recitative: Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten (Evangelist, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    15. Part I: Chorale: Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    16. Part I: Recitative: Petrus aber antwortete und sprach (Evangelist, Petrus, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Victor Dublyanskiy, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    17. Part I: Chorale: Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    18. Part I: Recitative: Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe (Evangelist, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    19. Part I: Recitative and Chorale: O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz (Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Samuel Strobl

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    20. Part I: Aria and Chorus: Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Samuel Strobl

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    21. Part I: Recitative: Und ging hin ein wenig (Evangelist, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    22. Part I: Recitative: Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Matthias Hoffmann

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    23. Part I: Aria: Gerne will ich mich bequemen (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Matthias Hoffmann

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    24. Part I: Recitative: Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern (Evangelist, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    25. Part I: Chorale: Was mein Gott will, das gscheh allzeit (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    26. Part I: Recitative: Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend (Evangelist, Jesus, Judas)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer, Josef Kobinger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    27. Part I: Aria and Chorus: So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    28. Part I: Recitative: Und siehe, einer aus denen (Evangelist, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    29. Part I: Chorale: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    30. Part II: Aria and Chorus: Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin (Alto, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    31. Part II: Recitative: Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten (Evangelist)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    32. Part II: Chorale: Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht' (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    33. Part II: Recitative: Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten (Evangelist, 2 Testes, Pontifex)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Hanspeter Niedermair, Victor Dublyanskiy

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    34. Part II: Recitative: Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Matteo Ivan Rašić

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    35. Part II: Aria: Geduld, Geduld! (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Matteo Ivan Rašić

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    36. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Und der Hohepriester antwortete (Evangelist, Pontifex, Jesus, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Hanspeter Niedermair, Victor Dublyanskiy, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    37. Part II: Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    38. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Petrus aber sass draussen im Palast (Evangelist, Ancilla I, Petrus, Ancilla II, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    39. Part II: Aria: Erbarme dich (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    40. Part II: Chorale: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    41. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohepriester (Evangelist, Judas, Chorus, 2 Pontifices)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Josef Kobinger, Hanspeter Niedermair, Victor Dublyanskiy

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    42. Part II: Aria: Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Matthias Hoffmann

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    43. Part II: Recitative: Sie hielten aber einen Rat (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Norbert Gerhold, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    44. Part II: Chorale: Befiehl du deine Wege (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    45. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger (Evangelist, Pilatus, Uxor Pilati, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: soloist Wilten Boys' Choir, Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Norbert Gerhold

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    46. Part II: Chorale: Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    47. Part II: Recitative: Der Landpfleger sagte (Evangelist, Pilatus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Norbert Gerhold

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    48. Part II: Recitative: Er hat uns allen wohlgetan (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: soloist Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    49. Part II: Aria: Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: soloist Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    50. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Sie schrieen aber noch mehr (Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Norbert Gerhold

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    51. Part II: Recitative: Erbarm es Gott (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Clemens Schmid

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    52. Part II: Aria: Können Tränen meiner Wangen (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Clemens Schmid

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    53. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte (Evangelist, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    54. Part II: Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    55. Part II: Recitative: Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten (Evangelist)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    56. Part II: Recitative: Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Wolfgang Schwaiger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    57. Part II: Aria: Komm, süsses Kreuz (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Wolfgang Schwaiger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    58. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Und da sie an die Stätte kamen (Evangelist, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    59. Part II: Recitative: Ach Golgatha (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    60. Part II: Aria and Chorus: Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (Alto, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    61. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Und von der sechsten Stunde an (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Oliver Sailer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    62. Part II: Chorale: Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    63. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss (Evangelist, Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    64. Part II: Recitative: Am Abend, da es kühle war (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Wolfgang Schwaiger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    65. Part II: Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Wolfgang Schwaiger

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    66. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Und Joseph nahm den Leib (Evangelist, Chorus, Pilatus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: David Kerber, Norbert Gerhold

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    67. Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht (Bass, Chorus, Tenor, Alto, Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Performer: Pascal Ladner, Matteo Ivan Rašić, Victor Dublyanskiy

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher

    68. Part II: Chorale: Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Wilten Boys' Choir, Academia Jacobus Stainer

      Conductor: Johannes Stecher


Recording the St. Matthew Passion with boys’ and young men’s voices is an exceptionally intensive experience. Singing from memory and seeing Jesus’ suffering from the trusting perspective of children leads you to a different conclusion than it would with adult singers. The voices of children and adolescents sound more linear with a lower vibrato amplitude; they are rich in overtones and usually use a shorter phrase length. But children breathe very quickly, and their voices can be applied with virtuosity. Chords sound calm and clean.

The choir and soloists of the Wilten Boys’ Choir and the Academia Jacobus Stainer Orchestra recorded the St. Matthew Passion in the middle of a lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, and were therefore tested daily and stood at a distance from each other in the Saal Tirol of the Congress Center in Innsbruck. The choir and the second orchestra were both further away from the conductor, just as was probably the case with Bach in the former St. Thomas Church with its swallow’s nest organ on a gallery above the triumphal arch. In any case, the St. Matthew Passion was performed in 1736 “mit beyden orgeln” (with both organs) in St. Thomas Church. We studied every recitative, every aria and every chorale as written in Bach’s wonderful handwriting and were amazed, especially in the secco recitatives, by some changes that became apparent for us after reading the meticulously written autograph that was later revised by Bach.