{"product_id":"richter-bach-st-matthew-passion-1958-paco126","title":"RICHTER Bach: St. Matthew Passion (1958) - PACO126","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBACH \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSt. Matthew Passion, BWV \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e244\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recording, 1958\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 3hr 18:41    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eIrmgard Seefried \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003esoprano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAntoine Fahberg \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003esoprano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHertha Töpper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ealto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eErnst Haefliger \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003etenor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eKieth Engen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ebass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMax Proebstl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ebass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDietrich Fischer-Dieskau \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ebass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMunich Bach Choir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMunich Bach Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eKarl Richter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fMusicWeb International Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fUnquestionably the finest of his interpretations of the work on disc ... those new to this classic recording will enjoy the sympathetic restoration here.578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eKarl Richter played the harpsichord in the 1950 recording of excerpts\nfrom the Mass in B Minor directed in Leipzig by Günther Ramin. Ramin\nheld the same position at St Thomas that Bach had done. That Richter\nabsorbed much from his eminent but now somewhat overshadowed teacher\nseems self-evident from the famous studio recording Richter gave of the\nMass in 1961, a cornerstone of the LP library. The stylistic lineage is\nperhaps even more clear from the recordings both men made of the St\nMatthew Passion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ramin’s was severely abridged with many\nomissions – some, indeed many, standard Leipzig ‘cuts’ at the time -\nwhich enables the work to fit on two CDs. Made in 1941 with the St\nThomas Choir, the Gewandhaus Orchestra and some of Germany’s leading\nsingers, it remains a remarkable document. It’s clear from the approach\nadopted by Richter in his famous recording of 1958 that the expressive\nbalances and stylistic approach explored by Ramin had been securely\npassed on – tight rhythms but with relaxed tempos (sometimes very\nrelaxed) with crisp, small ensembles, and a richly warm emotional\nengagement. His opening chorus which, remarkably enough, is slower than\nMengelberg’s is also a full minute slower than – but expressively\ncongruent with – Ramin’s 1941 reading. Thus it is for much of this 1958\nrecording, one that by common consent eclipses the other studio and\nvideo recordings Richter left behind. With a more appropriate sense of\narticulation and a roster of first-rank soloists largely in fresh voice\nthis is unquestionably the finest of his interpretations of the work on\ndisc and one that still stands comparison with most others of the LP\nera.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Ernst Haefliger he had one of the great Evangelists on\ndisc and the enormous advantage of Fischer-Dieskau’s bass solos. Irmgard\nSeefried is a splendid soprano, though not always quite ideally steady,\nand Hertha Töpper the reliable alto. His well-drilled Munich\ninstrumental and choral forces are resilient and attentive to his\ndemands, some of which can be rigorous and indeed onerous, when it comes\nto certain tempi decisions. But all these decisions are far preferable\nhere than in later recordings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As Pristine’s Andrew Rose\nobserves in his brief producer’s note, this early stereo was excellently\nrecorded. Light ‘warming’ of the sound has been judiciously applied and\nsome reverberation too: this won’t be to all tastes, and certainly not\nthose who prefer more of a facsimile of the original sound – in which\ncase one of the many reissues, not least DG’s own, will be the preferred\noption. However those new to this classic recording will enjoy the\nsympathetic restoration here.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eJonathan Woolf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusicWeb International, June 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO126.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarl Richter's 1958 Munich St. Matthew Passion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A revelation .. a monumental achievement” - The Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Richter's classic 1958 St . Matthew Passion is a fabulous\ndemonstration of just how good some of the earliest commercial stereo\nrecordings of the late 1950s could sound. It appears on the Pristine\nlabel almost by chance - chosen as listening material whilst testing new\nLP replay equipment, I was so drawn into the music that I couldn't help\nbut let it run, and run. All eight sides of it demonstrated to me how\nmuch superior the best vinyl pressings of the pre-CD era sound by\ncomparison to almost every modern \"vinyl revival\" LP I've heard thus\nfar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus I had marvellous source material from which to work: XR\nremastering has served to \"warm up\" the sound, as well as dusting off\nthe upper-end cobwebs, whilst the tape hiss which has bothered listeners\nto earlier reissues has been all but eliminated. 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