Friday 30 March 2012

In anticipation of Easter

In anticipation of Easter, here is a wonderful rendition of  "Erbarme Dich" from J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion: 



The Hungarian born mezzo soprano/alt Julia Hamari - now academic voice teacher in Stuttgart - in 1966 made her debut as a soloist in the St. Matthew Passion with Karl Richter in Vienna. This recording is from a later appearance with Richter and the Münchener Bach-Orchester.  

Below is the duet "So ist mein Jesus nun gegangen", where Hamari is joined by soprano Helen Donath, followed by the choir singing "Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden". 




Beautiful, clean voices ideally suited for this music!

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