4. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48: No. 96a, O Selig, Wer Dies Glaubt
5. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 2b, To The Cross Our Lord Is Bound
6. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 3b, When Jesus At The Table Sitting
7. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 4b, Take, Eat, This Is My Body
8. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 5b, The God, Whom Th’heav’n And Heav’n Of Heavens
9. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 6b, He Took The Cup
10. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 7b, This Is My Blood Of The New Testament
11. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 9b, As The Hart Pants After Pure Streams
12. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 10b, And When They Had Sung A Hymn
13. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 11b, Should The Whole World At Once Forsake You
14. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 12b, Th'event Is Certain... I Will Smite The Shepherd
15. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 13b, But I Will Still Be Firm
16. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 14b, How Sorrowful
17. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 15b, The Heavy Load Of Sins Oppress Me
18. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 21b, Here Watch With Me
19. Brockes-Passion, Hwv 48 (Excerpts Sung In English): No. 62b, Behold The Love Of God Towards Us
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This release celebrates the 300th anniversary of Handel's great Brockes-Passion: a long-neglected masterpiece by this most brilliant composer. Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music are joined by a stellar line-up of soloists in this recording, the culmination of two years of scholarly research. To create it's new edition of the score (Handel's original being long-lost), the Academy of Ancient Music assembled a team of scholars and musicologists from the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King's College London and more, to work alongside Music Director Richard Egarr and editor Leo Duarte. Consulting 15 manuscript sources from 11 collections in 5 countries, they have produced the most substantial edition of this work yet, including as appendices extra movements and Charles Jennens' partial English translation in their world premiere recordings. A deluxe 220-page album booklet accompanies this release, featuring new contemporary artworks inspired by Handel's Brockes-Passion, full notes, the first contemporary publication of the original Kurrentschrift text alongside the modern German libretto and a brand new English translation, several additional articles, details of other composer's take on Brockes' visceral libretto, and much more. This album is perhaps the most definitive guide to this astonishing work yet published. Soprano Elizabeth Watts takes the limelight as the Daughter of Zion, with tenor Robert Murray and bass-baritone Cody Quattlebaum as Evangelist and Christ respectively. They are joined by Tim Mead as Judas, Gwilym Bowen as Peter, and Ruby Hughes, Rachael Lloyd, Nicky Spence and Morgan Pearse as Faithful Souls, amongst others. The Academy of Ancient Music, and the Choir of AAM, recorded this new release around a 300th anniversary performance on Good Friday 2019 at London's Barbican Hall. The Academy of Ancient Music's exploration and re-discovery of Handel's Brockes-Passion has been a fascinating journey of discovery that is only the beginning, in the modern era, for this major work of Handel's. "A gruesomely graphic work to break Bach's monopoly" (Financial Times)