Bach: St. John Passion (britten)
Label: DECCA Catalog: 4438592 Format: CD Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten“Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result makes one listen afresh...A superb bargain.” ~ Penguin Guide 2010 Price: $15.98 |