Johann Sebastian Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra) available on April 18 2018 from Base for 10.49
St Matthew Passion available on August 06 2016 from Amazon for 13.21
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Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Classical Audio
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Product weight is 0.4 lbs.
Passion selon saint Matthieu, BWV 244 (abrégée) - Aria de la Suite n° 3, BWV 1068 - Concerto pour 2 violons, BWV 1010 / Solistes - Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir - Zanglust Boys' Choir - Concertgebouw Orchestra - Direction Willem Mengelberg
This performance is legendary for a number of reasons. Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), the long-time conductor of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra and now known primarily because he was the first champion of Mahler's music outside Austria and Germany, had been conducting a yearly performance of Bach's mighty 'St. Matthew Passion' since 1899. This performance, broadcast over Dutch Radio on Palm Sunday of 1939, was to be his last..
