Johannes-Passion album assessment – Pygmalion are razor intelligent in theatrical new recording
Bach never got right here closer to writing an opera than he did with the St John Passion. The leaner cousin of the extra colossal St Matthew, it responds to incisive conducting and singers with a nostril for drama, both of which this new recording possesses in spades.Raphaël Pichon tears into the meat-grinding opening refrain ...
