℗ 2023 Archipel
Released March 3, 2023
Duration 3h 30m 06s
Catalogue No. ARPCD0802
Genre Classical (Oratorio)
 

Pablo Casals conducts and plays Bach's St. Matthew Passion Uncut Version

The Festival Casals Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Pablo Casals, Ernst Haefliger, William Warfield, Olga Iglesias, Maureen Forrester, Ara Berberian

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St. Matthew Passion, Bwv 244  
1.1
Pt. 1 - Chorus. Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
9:41
1.2
Recitative. When Jesus , then had finished all these sayings,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
1:00
1.3
Chorale. Beloved Jesus, what has thou done wrong
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:10
1.4
Recitative. There assembled themselves the high priests and the scribes
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
0:31
1.5
Chorus. Not upon the feast, lest from It there be an uproar
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
0:15
1.6
Recitative; When now Jesus visited Bethany and was in the house
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
0:36
1.7
Chorus. What end serveth all This nonsense?
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
0:28
1.8
Recitative. But when Jesus noticed This,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
2:09
1.9
Recitative. Beloved Savior thou,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester
1:14
1.10
Aria. Guilt and pain
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester
5:17
1.11
Recitative. Then there went one of the twelve,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian
0:45
1.12
Aria. Bleed on, dear heart.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Olga Iglesias
5:09
1.13
Recitative. But on the first day of Unleavened Bread
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger
0:22
1.14
Chorus. Where wilt thou That we prepare the Paschal Lamb
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals; Paobl Casals
0:16
1.15
Recitative. He said:
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
2:02
1.16
Chorale. It Is I. I should atone,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:17
1.17
Recitative. He answered to them and said:
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield; Ara Berberian
4:34
1.18
Recitative. Although my heart swims in tears
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Olga Iglesias
2:03
1.19
Aria. I will give my heart to thee
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Olga Iglesias
3:46
1.20
Recitative. But after the song of praise had been recited
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
1:27
1.21
Chorale. Know me, my keeper,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:30
1.22
Recitative. Peter, however, then answerèd and said to him
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian; William Warfield
1:20
1.23
Chorale. I would stand here beside thee;
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
3:07
1.24
Recitative. Then came Jesus with them to a garden, by name Gethsemane
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
2:33
1.25
Recitative. O pain!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
3:32
1.26
Aria. I will watch beside my Jesus.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
4:59
1.27
Recitative. He went on a little, fell down upon his face
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
0:56
1.28
Recitative. The Savior falls down before his father;
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
1:23
1.29
Aria. I will gladly submit myself
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
5:42
1.30
Recitative. And he came to his disciples and found them sleeping
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield
1:39
1.31
Chorale. What my God wills, may It ever befall.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:25
1.32
Recitative. And he came and found them once more sleeping,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield; Ara Berberian
2:53
1.33
Duet and Chorus. So Is my Jesus captured now.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Olga Iglesias; Maureen Forrester; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
4:36
1.34
Recitative. Behold them!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield; Ara Berberian
2:51
1.35
Choral. O man, bewail your great sin;
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
7:42
1.36
Pt. 2 - Aria and Chorus. Ah! My Jesus has gone now.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
4:47
1.37
Recitative. But those, however, who had seized Jesus
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger
1:16
1.38
Chorale. The world has judged me deceitfully
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:02
1.39
Recitative. And although there came there many false witnesses,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Ara Berberian
1:28
1.40
Recitative. My Jesus holds his peace
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger
1:21
1.41
Aria. Forbear, Though deceiving tongues may sting me!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger
4:31
1.42
Recitative. And the high priest then, answering, spake thus to him:
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian; William Warfield; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
2:04
1.43
Recitative. Then did they spit upon his countenance and struck him with their
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
0:46
1.44
Chorale. Who has buffeted thee so,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:16
1.45
Recitative. Peter, meanwhile, sat outside in the court; and there came to him
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Olga Iglesias; Ara Berberian
1:04
1.46
Chorus and Recitative. Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech doth betray thee.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian
2:10
1.47
Aria. Have mercy,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester
8:59
1.48
Chorale. Although I have strayed from thee,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:30
1.49
Recitative. Now when the morning came,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
1:29
1.50
Recitative. And he cast the silvers pieces in the temple,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
1:01
1.51
Aria. Give me back my Jesus!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
3:18
1.52
Recitative. So they took counsel once again and bought
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian; William Warfield
2:28
1.53
Choral. Commend your way,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:36
1.54
Recitative. But upon This feast the governor had the custom of setting free
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian; Olga Iglesias; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
2:44
1.55
Choral. How miraculous indeed Is This punishment!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
1:09
1.56
Recitative. The governor answered
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; Ara Berberian
0:15
1.57
Recitative. He has done good to us all.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Olga Iglesias
1:42
1.58
Aria. Out of love my Saviour Is willing to die,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Olga Iglesias
5:58
1.59
Recitative. They cried again even more and said:
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Ara Berberian
2:14
1.60
Recitative. Have mercy, God!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester
1:37
1.61
Aria. If the tears upon my cheeks can
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester
5:49
1.62
Recitative. And then did the governor's soldiers take Jesus
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
1:21
1.63
Chorale. O head, full of blood and wounds,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
3:52
1.64
Recitative. And after they had mocked him, they removed the robe
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger
1:19
1.65
Recitative. Yea! Gladly Is the flesh and blood in us
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
0:50
1.66
Aria. Come, sweet cross, I will say then:
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
7:42
1.67
Recitative. And when they came unto a place with the name of Golgotha
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
3:52
1.68
Recitative. In like wise also did the murderers mock him,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger
0:26
1.69
Recitative. Ah, Golgotha, hapless Golgotha!
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester
2:03
1.70
Aria. See, Jesus hath his hand,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Maureen Forrester; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
3:12
1.71
Recitative. And from the sixth hour on there was a darkness over all the land
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; William Warfield; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
3:17
1.72
Chorale. When once I must depart,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Pablo Casals
2:14
1.73
Recitative. And then, behold: The curtain of the temple
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
3:21
1.74
Recitative. In the evening, when It was cool,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
2:27
1.75
Aria. Make thyself clean, my heart,
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian
7:30
1.76
Recitative. And Joseph took the body and wrapped It
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ernst Haefliger; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Ara Berberian
2:46
1.77
Recitative. Now the Lord Is brought to rest.
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; Ara Berberian; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Ernst Haefliger; Maureen Forrester; Olga Iglesias
2:51
1.78
Chorus. We sit down in tears
Johann Sebastian Bach; The Festival Casals Orchestra; Pablo Casals; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
7:19
Archipel presents a rare and exquisite legacy record of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Featuring the legendary cellist and conductor Pablo Casals, this album presents Bach's St. Matthew Passion in its uncut version, offering listeners a chance to experience this masterpiece in its full and unabridged form. With Casals' virtuosic playing and masterful conducting, this album is a testament to the beauty and power of Bach's music.
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-4.09
-9.04 to -0.39
-23.74
-27.89 to -18.71
-20.15
-24.80 to -15.30
12
7 to 14
1
Pt. 1 - Chorus. Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
-4.23-21.83-18.911
2
Recitative. When Jesus , then had finished all these sayings,
-3.10-21.22-17.610
3
Chorale. Beloved Jesus, what has thou done wrong
-3.66-23.49-19.99
4
Recitative. There assembled themselves the high priests and the scribes
-1.97-22.46-18.512
5
Chorus. Not upon the feast, lest from It there be an uproar
-3.09-18.71-15.310
6
Recitative; When now Jesus visited Bethany and was in the house
-2.80-22.07-18.511
7
Chorus. What end serveth all This nonsense?
-5.11-20.19-16.89
8
Recitative. But when Jesus noticed This,
-4.44-23.48-19.511
9
Recitative. Beloved Savior thou,
-4.97-22.87-19.410
10
Aria. Guilt and pain
-2.30-19.97-17.411
11
Recitative. Then there went one of the twelve,
-4.53-25.87-21.712
12
Aria. Bleed on, dear heart.
-5.64-25.00-21.612
13
Recitative. But on the first day of Unleavened Bread
-6.89-24.63-20.99
14
Chorus. Where wilt thou That we prepare the Paschal Lamb
-2.20-20.44-17.210
15
Recitative. He said:
-2.94-23.15-19.412
16
Chorale. It Is I. I should atone,
-4.39-24.29-20.610
17
Recitative. He answered to them and said:
-2.92-23.35-20.012
18
Recitative. Although my heart swims in tears
-3.65-23.61-20.112
19
Aria. I will give my heart to thee
-3.94-22.13-19.011
20
Recitative. But after the song of praise had been recited
-1.74-24.19-20.211
21
Chorale. Know me, my keeper,
-6.27-24.45-20.710
22
Recitative. Peter, however, then answerèd and said to him
-2.67-24.16-20.611
23
Chorale. I would stand here beside thee;
-5.11-25.18-21.812
24
Recitative. Then came Jesus with them to a garden, by name Gethsemane
-3.22-24.99-21.211
25
Recitative. O pain!
-1.92-23.75-20.414
26
Aria. I will watch beside my Jesus.
-4.45-23.75-20.412
27
Recitative. He went on a little, fell down upon his face
-9.04-27.89-23.411
28
Recitative. The Savior falls down before his father;
-4.03-24.02-21.013
29
Aria. I will gladly submit myself
-1.88-23.51-20.313
30
Recitative. And he came to his disciples and found them sleeping
-2.63-23.34-19.513
31
Chorale. What my God wills, may It ever befall.
-3.70-19.31-16.610
32
Recitative. And he came and found them once more sleeping,
-3.47-24.64-20.413
33
Duet and Chorus. So Is my Jesus captured now.
-1.93-23.42-19.813
34
Recitative. Behold them!
-4.08-27.21-22.814
35
Choral. O man, bewail your great sin;
-6.86-26.68-23.612
36
Pt. 2 - Aria and Chorus. Ah! My Jesus has gone now.
-2.96-23.28-20.013
37
Recitative. But those, however, who had seized Jesus
-4.29-24.25-20.613
38
Chorale. The world has judged me deceitfully
-2.08-21.96-18.911
39
Recitative. And although there came there many false witnesses,
-3.90-23.67-20.413
40
Recitative. My Jesus holds his peace
-4.73-22.25-19.210
41
Aria. Forbear, Though deceiving tongues may sting me!
-2.73-22.78-20.012
42
Recitative. And the high priest then, answering, spake thus to him:
-1.55-23.68-20.014
43
Recitative. Then did they spit upon his countenance and struck him with their
-3.31-24.26-20.311
44
Chorale. Who has buffeted thee so,
-6.08-25.73-22.812
45
Recitative. Peter, meanwhile, sat outside in the court; and there came to him
-1.67-24.24-20.512
46
Chorus and Recitative. Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech doth betray thee.
-1.51-24.62-19.711
47
Aria. Have mercy,
-6.51-27.16-23.813
48
Chorale. Although I have strayed from thee,
-5.49-23.33-19.510
49
Recitative. Now when the morning came,
-2.81-22.77-18.712
50
Recitative. And he cast the silvers pieces in the temple,
-4.21-22.76-18.210
51
Aria. Give me back my Jesus!
-4.59-22.01-18.911
52
Recitative. So they took counsel once again and bought
-4.48-24.88-20.914
53
Choral. Commend your way,
-6.48-24.06-20.810
54
Recitative. But upon This feast the governor had the custom of setting free
-0.39-22.06-18.112
55
Choral. How miraculous indeed Is This punishment!
-5.62-22.83-19.69
56
Recitative. The governor answered
-8.93-26.75-22.711
57
Recitative. He has done good to us all.
-3.92-22.71-19.011
58
Aria. Out of love my Saviour Is willing to die,
-4.52-24.07-20.612
59
Recitative. They cried again even more and said:
-4.58-23.17-19.512
60
Recitative. Have mercy, God!
-5.82-24.88-21.212
61
Aria. If the tears upon my cheeks can
-4.15-24.54-21.714
62
Recitative. And then did the governor's soldiers take Jesus
-4.37-23.86-19.912
63
Chorale. O head, full of blood and wounds,
-4.80-24.95-20.112
64
Recitative. And after they had mocked him, they removed the robe
-7.52-26.69-22.312
65
Recitative. Yea! Gladly Is the flesh and blood in us
-5.13-26.28-22.712
66
Aria. Come, sweet cross, I will say then:
0.00-21.87-19.114
67
Recitative. And when they came unto a place with the name of Golgotha
-1.53-22.14-18.414
68
Recitative. In like wise also did the murderers mock him,
-3.45-24.02-18.37
69
Recitative. Ah, Golgotha, hapless Golgotha!
-7.47-25.54-22.011
70
Aria. See, Jesus hath his hand,
-5.35-24.29-21.612
71
Recitative. And from the sixth hour on there was a darkness over all the land
-1.79-22.97-18.711
72
Chorale. When once I must depart,
-5.93-25.69-22.411
73
Recitative. And then, behold: The curtain of the temple
-4.85-23.96-20.312
74
Recitative. In the evening, when It was cool,
-2.27-22.72-19.811
75
Aria. Make thyself clean, my heart,
-3.01-22.47-19.513
76
Recitative. And Joseph took the body and wrapped It
-2.55-23.94-20.313
77
Recitative. Now the Lord Is brought to rest.
-6.53-27.88-24.813
78
Chorus. We sit down in tears
-5.38-24.18-20.812

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