"What makes Gardiner's St Matthew Passion stand out in the face of stiff competition is, more than anything, his vivid sense of theatre. Bach's score is, after all, a sacred drama and Gardiner..." — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

For three decades Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s first recording of the Bach St Matthew Passion has been a milestone in the catalogue. Deutsche Grammophon is reissuing this masterstroke in a 2-CD brilliant box, replacing the previous 3-CD release.

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  • 1. Come, You Daughters, Help Me Complain
  • 2. Since Jesus Had Finished This Speech
  • 3. Dearest of Jesus, What Have You Done Wrong
  • 4. There the High Priests Gathered
  • 5. You Dear Savior
  • 6. Repentance and Repentance
  • 7. One of the Twelve Went There
  • 8. Just Bleed, Dear Heart
  • 9. But On the First Day of Sweet Bread
  • 10. It's Me, I Should Atone
  • 11. He Answered and Spoke
  • 12. Although My Heart is Swimming In Tears
  • 13. I Want To Give You My Heart
  • 14. And When They Had Spoken the Hymn of Praise
  • 15. Know Me, My Keeper
  • 16. But Peter Answered
  • 17. I Want To Stand Here With You
  • 18. Then Jesus Came With Them To a Court
  • 19. O Pain! Here the Tormented Heart Trembles
  • 20. I Want To Watch Over My Jesus
  • 21. And Went a Little
  • 22. The Savior Comes Down Before His Father
  • 23. I Would Like To Make Myself Comfortable
  • 24. And He Came To His Disciples
  • 25. Whatever My God Wants, That's Always Good
  • 26. And He Came and Found Her Sleeping
  • 27. So My Jesus is Now Caught - Are Lightning, Are Thunder
  • 28. And Behold, One of Them
  • 29. O Man, Weep Deeply For Your Sin
  • 30. Oh Now My Jesus is Gone
  • 31. Those Who Seized Jesus
  • 32. The World Judged Me Deceptively
  • 33. And Although Many False Witnesses Came Up
  • 34. My Jesus is Silent About False Lies
  • 35. Patience! When False Tongues Prick Me

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  • 1. And the High Priest Answered
  • 2. Who Hit You Like That
  • 3. But Peter Sat Outside In the Palace
  • 4. Have Mercy
  • 5. I Left You Right Away
  • 6. In the Morning All the High Priests Stopped
  • 7. Give Me Back My Jesus
  • 8. But They Held Advice
  • 9. You Command Your Way
  • 10. But the Governor Was Used To the Festival
  • 11. How Wonderful is This Punishment
  • 12. The Governor Said
  • 13. He Did Us All Good
  • 14. My Savior Wants To Die For Love
  • 15. You Screamed Some More
  • 16. Have Mercy On God
  • 17. May Tears of My Cheeks
  • 18. Then the Soldiers Took
  • 19. O Head Full of Blood and Wounds
  • 20. And Since They Mocked Him
  • 21. Yes, of Course, the Flesh and Blood Want In Us
  • 22. Come On, Sweet Cross
  • 23. And When They Came To the Place
  • 24. Oh Golgotha
  • 25. See, Jesus Has the Hand
  • 26. And From the Sixth Hour - He Calls Elias - and Soon Ran - St
  • 27. If I Should Ever Part
  • 28. And Behold, the Curtain In the Temple Was Torn - Verily This
  • 29. In the Evening When It Was Cool
  • 30. Make Yourself, My Heart, Pure
  • 31. And Joseph Took the Body - Lord, We Have Thought - Pilate Sp
  • 32. Now the Lord Has Been Brought To Rest - My Jesus, Good Night
  • 33. We Sit Down With Tears