Vox Luminis & Freiburger Barockorchester / Bach. St John Passion

Vox Luminis cast new light on Bach's St John Passion. Together with the Freiburger Baroque Orchestra, they perform the second version of this work and not the familiar third. The ink on the opening and closing choruses in this second version was barely dry when they were first performed on 30 March, 1725. These movements give the Passion a more subdued feel. Different yet familiar.

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