Peter Harvey

Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus Passion - RCO

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Iván Fischer

Bach Matthäus-Passion

Dick Kuijs

Mark Padmore, Peter Harvey

A beautiful, sensitive, reverent performance. Fischer allows Bach to speak with no unnecessary flourishes. Padmore as the Evangelist is superb, and the other soloists and choirs are near perfect. And of course the Concertgebouw orchestral musicians are absolutely first class.