Markus-Passion BWV 247

Markus-Passion BWV 247

Ref.	BWV 247
German Title	Markus-Passion
Latin Title	Passio secundum Marcum
English Title	St. Mark Passion
French Title	Passion Selon Saint Mark
Event	Passion to be performed on Good Friday
Composed	Leipzig, 1731. Mostly of the music lost, except for 1 movement revised in BWV 248 and 7 movements in original form in cantatas BWV 198 and BWV 54 1^st performance: March 23, 1731 - Leipzig
Text	Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)
Text	German-1 \| English-1
Scoring	?
Scoring	Score
References	BGA: - \| NBA: - \| BC: D 4 \| Zwang: \| First Published:
Commentary	St Mark Passion (Bach) (Wikipedia)
Music
Discussions	October 1999 - June 2001; Week of April 1, 2012

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	General Discussions - Part 1
Markus Passion BWV 247 - conducted by Roy Goodman Markus Passion BWV 247 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Recordings
Complete Recordings

1	J.S. Bach: The Passion According to St. Mark, BWV 247
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - 12 numbers only. Reconstructed from Cantatas BWV 198, BWV 54 and some Chorales by Diethard Hellmann
Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor / Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Soprano: Helen Donath; Alto: Emmy Lisken; Tenor: Georg Jelden
Erato / MHS / Epic		1965	LP / TT: 51:53

2	J.S. Bach / Gustav Adolf Theill: Markuspassion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Gustav Adolf Theill
Gerda Schaarwächter
Johanneskantorei Köln Klettenberg Chor & Orchester
Tenor [Evangelist]: Joachim Calaminus; Bass [Jesus]: Klaus Mertens; Soprano: Jutta Riess; Alto: Hilke Helling; Tenor: Friedhelm Petrovitsch; Baritone: Anton Wassong
Johanneskantorei Köln Klettenberg FP-8001		1982	3-LP / TT: 130:00
Recorded live at Kirche Sankt Bruno, Köln-Klettenberg, Germany. Buy this album at: Johanneskantorei Köln Klettenberg

3	J.S. Bach: Marcus-Passion BWV 247 / [Rekonstruktion: Diethard Hellmann]
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann
Diethard Hellmann
Bachchor & Bachorchester Mainz.
Soprano: Eva Csapò; Alto: Andrea Hellmann; Tenor: Aldo Baldin
Calig-Verlag CAL 30828		P 1983	LP / TT:
Recorded by Südwestfunks Baden-Baden, Germany.

4	J.S. Bach: Passione Secondo San Marco
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann, Stefan Sutkowski & Tadeusz Maciejewski
Joszef Bok
Choir of the Warsaw Chamber Opera (Music Director: Stefan Sutkowski) / Orchestra Sinfonietta di Varsavia
Sopranos: Ewa Ignatowicz & Halina Gorzynska; Contralto: Lidia Juranek; Tenor [Evangelist]: Kazimierz Myrlak; Baritone [Jesus]: Bogumil Jaszkowski; Bass [Petrus]: Edward Kmiciewicz; Bass [Judah]: Andrzej Kowalczyk; Bass [II sommo sacerdote]: Adrian Milewski; Bass [Pilatus]: Stanislaw Glowacki; Soprano [Ancella]: Zofia Witkowska; Tenor [un servo]: Andrzej Petryka
Bongiovanni 2024/25		Aug 20, 1984	2-CD / TT: 81:38
Recorded live at Tempio Malastestiano di Rimini, Italy. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

5	J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion BWV 247
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann.
Peter Schreier
Favorit- und Capellchor Leipzig / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Soprano: Christiane Oelze; Alto: Rosemarie Lang; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Narrator [Evangelist]: Wolf Euba
Philips 465424		Aug 1-3, 1995	CD / TT: 69:10
Recorded at Münster, Heilsbronn, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

6	J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Dr. Simon Heighes.
Roy Goodman
Ring Ensemble of Finland / European Union Baroque Orchestra
Tenor [Evangelist]: Rogers Covey-Crump; Baritone [Jesus]: Gordon Jones; Treble: Connor Burrowes; Alto: David James; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Baritone: Teppo Tolonen Hajo Wienroth (Flute)
Musica Oscura 070970 Brilliant Classics		Mar 25-30, 1996	2-CD / TT: 100:50
Recorded at Chapel of New College, University of Oxford, England. See: Markus Passion BWV 247 - conducted by Roy Goodman Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

7	J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion (BWV 247)
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann.
Hans Gebhard
Tallinn Vanalinna Kammerchor [Chorus Master: Elmo Tiivald) / Tallinna Barock-Orchester (Original instruments at 415)
Soprano: Kaia Urb; Alto: Andris Veismanis; Tenor: Mati Turi
Eres 24		Aug 11, 1996	CD / TT: 48:18
Recorded live at Domkirche Tallinn/Estland. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

8	Bach: St Mark Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Andor Gomme, with recitatives and turbas by Reinhard Keiser [99:41]
Geoffrey Webber
Choir of Gonville & Caius College Canbridge / Cambridge Baroque Camareta
Tenor [Evangelist]: Jeremy Ovenden; Bass [Jesus]: Timothy Mirfin; Soprano [arias]: Ruth Gomme; Alto [arias]: William Towers; Tenor [arias]: James Gilchrist; Tenor [chorale]: Paul Thompson; [Maid]: Abigail Boreham
Gaudeamus / ASV 237		Jun 23-26, 1998	2-CD / TT: 115:41
Recorded at Chapel of Downing College, Cambridge, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

9	J.S. Bach - Johannes H. E. Koch: Markus-Passion BWV 247
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann; Recitatives by Johannes H.E Koch
Mathias Michaely
Ostfälisches Vokalensemble / Südwestdeutsches Barockorchester
Tenor [Evangelist]: Hermann Munkelt; Bass [Christus]: Stefan PD Runge; Soprano: Barbara Cramm; Alto: Birgit Görgner; Tenor: Martin B. Müller; Bass: Karsten Krüger
Prospect 08298		Jul 10-12, 1998	2-CD / TT: 84:33
Recorded at St. Marienberg Helmstedt, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

10	J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - Completion of Bach�s fragments by Rudolf Kelber using recitatives & arias of Markus-Passion by Reinhard Keiser, motives by G.P. Telemann, arias & cantatas by J.S. Bach
Rudolf Kelber
Kantorei St. Jacobi Hamburg / Cythara-Ensemble mit historischen Instrumenten
Tenor [Evagelist]: Henning Kaiser; Bass [Christus]: Felix Speer; Soprano [Ancilla]: Weronika Kaczmarczyk; Counter-tenor [Judas, Pontifex, Miles, Centurio]: Werner Buchin; Tenor [Petrus, Pilatus]: Stephan Zelck Hajo Wienroth (Flute)
Edition Jacobi 14510/11		Mar 29-31 & Nov 29, 1999	2-CD / TT: 110:19
Recorded at Hauptkirche, St. Jacobi, Hamburg, Germany. Buy this album at: Kantorei St. Jacobi

11	Bach: Markus-Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Ton Koopman
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Choir (Chorus Master: Ulrike Grosch) & Boys of the Sacramentskoor Breda (Chorus Master: Mark Timmermans) / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Tenor [Evangelist]: Christoph Prégardien; Bass [Christus]: Peter Kooy; Soprano [Testis 1, Ancilla]: Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Bernhard Landauer; Tenor [Petrus, Judas, Miles, Centurio]: Paul Agnew; Bass [Pontifex, Pilatus, Testis 2]: Klaus Mertens
Erato 80221		Sep 1999	2-CD / TT: 118:23
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland. 1^st recording of Markus-Passion BWV 247 by T. Koopman. See: Markus Passion BWV 247 - conducted by Ton Koopman Buy this album at: Amazon.de

12	J.S. Bach: Markus Passion (1731)
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Ton Koopman
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Choir / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Deborah York; Alto: Bernhard Landauer, Tenors: Christoph Prégardien, Paul Agnew, Basses: Peter Kooy, Klaus Mertens
Challenge		Mar 30, 2000	DVD / TT:
Recorded live at the Chiesa di San Simpliciano, Milano, Italy. 2^nd recording of Markus-Passion BWV 247 by T. Koopman. See: Markus Passion BWV 247 - conducted by Ton Koopman Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk

13	J.S. Bach: Markuspassion BWV 247; Volker Bräutigam: Evangelienmusik (1981)
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction from Trauerode BWV 198 [] Volker Bräutigam: Evangelienmusik (1981), zu Johann Sebastian Bachs Passions Music nach dem Evangelisten Marco []
Christian Pfeifer
Kantorei der Bergkirche / Capella Montana (Concert-master: Karl-Heinz Schultz)
Soprano: Sabine Goetz; Alto: Annette Franz-Riedel; Tenor: Corby Welch; Bass [Jesus]: Johann-Werner Prein, Bass [Pilatus]: John Turley; Bass [Petrus]: Frank Günther; Tenor [Einer]: Guido Degen; Soprano [Magd]: Annette Rahner-Seeliger
Kantorei der Bergkirche		Apr 2, 2000	2-CD / TT:
Recorded live at Bergkirche, Wiesbaden, Germany. Source: Kantorei der Bergkirche

14	J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in reconstruction by Johannes H.E Koch
Udo Witt
Kammerorchester und Chorgemelnschaft des Duisburg-Nord
Soprano: Judith Hoff; Alto: Claudia-Constanze Nagorsnik; Tenor: Markus Heinrich; Baritone: Christian Palm; Bass: Matthias Zangerle
Kantorei Hamborn		Apr 21, 2000 (Good Friday)	2-CD / TT:
Recorded live at Friedenskirche, Hamborn, Germany. Buy this album at: Kantorei Hamborn

15	Bach: Markus-Pasjonen BWV 247
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann
Edward Higginbottom
Norsk Barokkorkester
Narrator: Svein Tindberg; Sopranos: Helena Ek, Tone Wik; Alto: Marianne Beate Kielland; Tenor: Johan Lindroth; Alto: Maria Slattin; Tenor: Geir Arne Andeassen; Basses: Johannes Weisser, Nils Arne Helgerød
Kirkelig Kulturverksted (Diskos) FXCD-261		Mar 2002	CD / TT: 73:40
The text from the Gospel is narrated in Norwegian by Svein Tindberg. Recorded at Kirkelig Kulturversted I samarbeid med Vårt Land. Buy this album at: Kirkelig Kulturverksted \| Music from Norway

16	J.S. Bach: Markuspassion BWV 247
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - in a reconstruction by Volker Bräutigam
David Timm & Volker Bräutigam
Leipziger Vocalensemble & Cantores Lipsienses / Leipziger Barockorchester
Tenor [Evangelist]: Hermann Oswald; Bass [Jesus]: Wolf-Matthias Friedrich; Soprano: Ulrike Staude; Alto: Klaudia Zeiner; Tenor: Martin Petzold; [Magd]: Ulrike Lange; Tenor [Petrus, Einer]: Matthias Schubotz; [Hoher Priester]: Andreas Göhler; [Pilatus]: Florian Heidecke
Raum Klang 2307		Apr 5, 2003	2-CD / TT: 84:49
Recorded live at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany. Buy this album at: Leipziger Vocalensemble

17	J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247
Neithard Bethke
?
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?		2003	2-CD / TT?
Source: Neithard Bethke Website

18	J.S. Bach / Joh. H.E. Koch: Markus-Passion
Markus-Passion BWV 247 - reconstructed from fragments by Diethard Hellmann, Recitative & Turbachöre by Johannes H.E Koch
Ingo Schulz
Ölberg-Chor / Instrumental-Ensemble
Soprano: Inés Villanueva; Counter-tenor: Peter Rehkop; Tenor: Christian Mücke; Baritone: Burkhard v. Puttkamer; Baritone: Tobias Müller-Kopp
Music Art 27		Apr 2, 2004	2-CD / TT:
Recorded live at Emmaus-Kirche, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.de \| Emmaus-Kirche

19	J.S. Bach: Markuspassion BWV 247
Markus-Passion BWV 247
Alois Koch
Chor und Vokalensemble des Collegium Musicum Luzern
T. Schuler; Alto: Stefania Huonder; P. Steiner
Collegium Musicum Luzern		? (between 1982-2002)	CD / TT:
Source: Collegium Musicum Luzern \| Alois Koch Website

Recordings of Individual Movements

M-1	Bleibt, ihr Engel, bleibt bei mir - J.S. Bach : Arien und Kantaten [C-2]
Aria for Tenor Mein Tröster ist nicht mehr bey mir from Markus-Passion BWV 247 []
Hajo Wienroth
Le Chardon
Tenor: Markus Brutscher; Hajo Wienroth (Traversflute); Mark Baigent (Oboe)
Lunaris CD		2008	CD / TT:
Buy this album at: Le Chardon

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (November 2000 - July 2009)
Thanks to contributors: Bradley Lehman (September 2003)

Markus-Passion BWV 247: Recordings | General Discussions: Part 1 | BWV 247 - R. Goodman | BWV 247 - T. Koopman

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