Heinrich Schütz: St Matthew Passion & Fili mi Absalon (Audio CD)

UPC: NCD 60103

Overview

Newport Classic presents Heinrich Schütz’s seminal St Matthew Passion paired with the dramatic motet Fili mi Absalon. Under Johannes Somary’s authoritative direction, the Amor Artis Chorale and The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble bring Baroque authenticity to these works. Grayson Hirst serves as the Evangelist, John Ostendorf as Jesus, and a stellar solo cast retell the Passion narrative with vivid rhetorical power. Recorded in pristine DDD stereo in 1988, this 64‑minute program captures Schütz’s expressive text setting and early Protestant idiom.

Product Features

• Format: CD, Stereo (DDD)
• Label & Catalogue: Newport Classic – NCD 60103
• Country of Release: United States
• Release Year: 1988
• Genre: Classical / Baroque Sacred Music
• Total Running Time: 64:01

Track Listing

Fili mi Absalon (5:45)

1. Sinfonia / Recitative / Air – 2:39
2. Sinfonia / Recitative / Air – 3:06

St Matthew Passion (58:16)

1. Introitus – 3:47
2. Da das Jesus merkte – 2:35
3. Er sprach – 1:49
4. Er antwortet – 4:54
5. Da kam Jesus – 3:13
6. Und er kam – 2:36
7. Da traten sie – 4:06
8. Und der Hohenpriester – 2:54
9. Petrus aber saß – 1:12
10. Da hub er an – 3:39
11. Sie hielten aber – (choral entry)
12. Auf das Fest – 2:17
13. Pilatus sprach – 2:01
14. Da gab er ihnen – 1:44
15. Und speieten ihn – 3:16
16. Und es wurden – 2:01
17. Desgleichen – 2:37
18. Und bald lief – 3:01
19. Und es waren – 4:05
20. Pilatus sprach – 3:45

Publishers and Artists

• Composer: Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
• Conductor: Johannes Somary
• Chorale: Amor Artis Chorale
• Ensemble: The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble (Ben Peck, Director)
• Evangelist: Grayson Hirst
• Jesus: John Ostendorf
• Caiaphas/Pilate/Witness: William Sharp
• Peter/Witness: Daniel Pincus
• Judas: Jeffrey Dooley
• Pilate’s Wife/Maids: Andrea Matthews
• Baroque Organ: Johannes Somary
• Recording: DDD Digital Master Recording, 1988

• Ensembles & Soloists:

  • Amor Artis Chorale
  • The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble (Ben Peck, Director)
  • Grayson Hirst – Evangelist
  • John Ostendorf – Jesus (bass‑baritone)
  • William Sharp – Caiaphas/Pilate/Witness
  • Daniel Pincus – Peter/Witness
  • Jeffrey Dooley – Judas
  • Andrea Matthews – Pilate’s Wife/Maids
• Continuo: Johannes Somary – Baroque Organ
• Conductor: Johannes Somary

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