4. Bach: Johannes Passion, BWV 245 / John Eliot Gardiner

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Stereo: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750). Johannes Passion, BWV 245. Oratorio for Good Friday. English Baroque Soloists. Monteverdi Choir. Mark Padmore: tenor. Peter Harvey: baritone. Katharine Fuge: soprano. Robin Blaze: countertenor. Nicholas Mulroy: tenor. Jeremy Budd: tenor. Matthew Brook: bass. Dir: John Eliot Gardiner. Originally the St. John Passion was meant to be performed for the first time in the St Thomas church in Leipzig, but due to a last-minute change by a music council ...