J.S Bach - St John Passion
Recorded live at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 28 July 2000.
Concert on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the death of J.S.Bach One of the greatest musical treatments of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ receives a performance that is musically precise and stylistically close to what we now know of Bach's ideals.
The Bach Collegium Japan has been regarded for some years now as a real discovery among baroque ensembles specialising in the performance of sacred music from the Baroque.
Masaaki Suzuki - a former Ton Koopman-student - who conducts and plays the harpsichord, is a complete and thorough musician, deeply involved in the emotional overtones of the music as well as technical questions of tempo, balance, and phrasing.


Picture Format: NTSC - 16:9 anamorphic
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo ? Dolby Digital 5.1 ? DTS 5.1
Region Code: 0
Subtitles: English, German, French
Booklet Notes: English, German, French
Running Time: 117 mins