Again a collection of Easter Passion Music, from The Middle Ages to The 20th Century,
brought together by the members Cadfael, Cunctator and DutchPublisher.
We wish you all an enjoyable time!
Planctus Mariae - Music of Holy Week
from the Late Middle Ages
ensemble für frühe musik augsburg
Recorded 1994
Label: Christophorus CHR 77147
La voce della passione
Passion chants between the
Middle Ages & Sicilian folklore
Noemi La Terra, Lamentori di Montedoro
Ensemble Donnafugata
Recorded March & October 2013
Label: Raumklang RK 3301
Heinrich Isaac (c1450-1517)
Missa Paschalis, with organ verses
by Hans Buchner (1483-1538)
Cantus Modalis, Rebecca Stewart - direction
Recorded 2012/13
Label: ambitus amb 96 965
Ludovico G. da Viadana (1564-1645), Franc. Soler (c1625-1688),
Carlo D. Cossoni (1623-1700), Giovanni P. Cima (c1570-1622),
Giovanni F. Sances (1600-1679), Giovanni M. Asola (c1532-1609),
Gerolamo Ballione (1575-1608)
In Musica Veritas
Recorded 2011
Label: Ad Vitam Records AV 120315
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Historia de Auferstehung, SWV 50
And other vocal works
La Chapelle Rhénane
Benoit Haller - direction
Recorded July 2007
Label: K617 K617199
Guillaume Bouzignac (1587-1643)
Jean de La Ceppede (1548-1623)
Jean Gilles (1668-1705)
Lamentations - Holy Week in Provence
Schola Cantorum of Boston, Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
Recorded 1994
Label: Warner Classics/Apex 2564 60151 2
Johann Valentin Meder (1649-1719)
Passionsoratorium nach Matthäus
Die Kölner Akademie, Orchester Damals und Heute
Gerd Türk, Dorothee merkel and other soloïsts
Michael Alexander Willens - direction
Published in 2006
Label: Raumklang RK 2506
François Couperin (1668-1733)
Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)
Leçons de Ténèbres
Emma Kirkby, Agnès Mellon - soprano,
Charles Medlam - bass viol,
Terence Charlston - organ
Recorded 2005
Label: BIS CD-1575
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Easter Cantatas
Johanna Winkel - soprano, Georg Poplutz - tenor,
Margot Oitzinger - alto, Peter Kooij - bass
Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Recorded November 2020
Label: CPO 555 425-2
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
St John Passion (BWV 245)
Ch. Daniels (Evangelist) - tenor, Joshua Hopkins (Jesus) - bass
Shannon Mercer - soprano, Matthew White - alto, Jacques-Olivier Chartier - tenor, Tyler Duncan - bass
Cappella Romana, Portland Baroque Orchestra - Monica Huggett
Recorded 2011
Label: AVIE AV2236
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Passio secundum Johannem, BWV 245, Version II (1725)
Kölner Kammerchor & soloïsts
Collegium Cartusianum
Peter Neumann - direction
Recorded October 1999
Label: MDG 332 0983-2 (2CD)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Markus-Passion BWV 247, fassung von 1744
Gutenberg Kammerchor, various soloïsts
Neumeyer Consort
Felix Koch - direction
Recorded March 2017
Label: Christophorus CHR 77423 (2CD)
Francesco Feo (1691-1761)
Gennaro Manna (1715-1779), Gaetano Manna (1751-1804),
Lux in tenebris - Liturgy and devotion in 18th century Naples
Silvia Frigato, soprano
Talenti Vulcanici, Emanuele Cardi - direction
Recorded 2015
Label: Arcana A437
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775)
Della Passione di Gesù Cristo
L'addorata Divina Madre
Symphonica Ensemble & soloïsts
Daniele Ferrari - direction
Recorded March 2005
Label: Naxos 8.570254
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Stabat Mater
Salve Regina for soprano
Salve Regina for contralto
Dorothea Röschmann - soprano
David Daniels - countertenor
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Virgin Classics 0946 3 63340 2 8 (2006)
Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795)
Carl Friedrich Gessel (1724-1793)
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714)
Cantatas
Dorothee Mields, Klaus Mertens and other soloists
Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein
Ludger Rémy - direction
Recorded April 1998
Label: CPO 999 650-2
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
1840 version for flute & string quartet (F.A. Barbieri)
Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres - traverso
Ensemble La Spagna (period instruments)
Recorded November 2019
Label: brilliant Classics BC 96659
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)
Stabat mater in f minor
Symphony in D major
Natalia Melnik - sopran, marta Benackova - alt
Prager Kammerorchester and -chor
Václav Neumann - direction
Recorded April 1993
Label: Orfeo C 324941 A
Ferdinando Paër (1771-1839)
La Passione di Gesù Cristo
Valentina Coladonato - soprano, Valentina Kutzarova - mezzo-soprano, Enea Scala - tenor, Alvaro Lozano, baritone
Coro La Stagione Armonica, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Sergio Balestracci - direction
Recorded 2011
Label: CPO 777 698-2
Ferdinando Paër (1771-1839)
Oratorio Il Santo Sepolcro
Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble & soloïsts
Franz Hauk - direction
Recorded September 2008
Label: Naxos 8.572492
Hungarian Passion Music
of Liszt, Kodaly, Mosonyi, Lisznyay
Liszt Ferenc Chorus
Jan Raas - organ
Peter Scholcz - direction
Recorded July 1993
Label: Emergo EC 3964-2
Charles Wood (1866-1926)
St Mark Passion
Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jonathan Vaughn - organ
Daniel Hyde - direction
Recorded January 2008
Label: Naxos 8.570561
Good Friday in Jerusalem
Medieval Byzantine chants
Capella Romana
Alexander Lingas - direction
Recorded February 2013
Label: CR 413
James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Seven last Words from the Cross
Choir Polyphony, James Vivian - organ
Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Layton - direction
Recorded July 2003, April 2004
Label: Hyperion SACD67460