1997.03.25 & 28 – St Matthew Passion, Salzburg: McNair, von Otter, Schreier, Macco, Mattei
Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion
25 and 28 March 1997
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
Sylvia McNair (soprano)
Anne Sofie von Otter (alto)
Peter Schreier (Evangelist and tenor)
Simon Keenlyside (Jesus)
Andreas Macco (baritone)
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Swedish Radio Choir
Tölzer Knabenchor
Berliner Philharmonic
Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion
What the critics say
Der Standard, 27th March 1997 (Peter Cossé)
Discreet Praise of God
St. Matthew Passion as Easter present in Salzburg
…Simon Keenlyside’s tenderly and well sung Jesus was biblically above all doubt….
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