J. S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 77 [17:47]
BWV 164 [16:16]
BWV 33 [22:42]
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt, Germany.
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part One — No.1 Chorus: «Herr, unser Herrscher» · The Monteverdi Choir · English Baroque Soloists · John Eliot Gardiner
Bach, J.S.: St. John Passion
℗ 1986 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 1986-01-01
Producer: Dr. Andreas Holschneider
Producer: Charlotte Kriesch
Producer, Recording Producer, Studio Personnel, Balance Engineer: Karl-August Naegler
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Gregor Zielinsky
Studio Personnel, Editor: Gernot Von Schultzendorff
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Anonymous
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott
Aria (No. 39) from the oratorio Matthäuspassion, BWV 244
Text: Picander (1700-1764)
First performance: probably 11 April 1727, in Leipzig (Thomaskirche)
Delphine Galou, contralto
François-Marie Drieux, solo violin
Les Siècles,
conducted by François-Xavier Roth
Recorded in Summer 2008?
German text:
Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen!
Schaue hier, Herz und Auge weint vor dir bitterlich.
English translation:
Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears!
See here, before you heart and eyes weep bitterly.