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“When I sang my first Bach St Matthew Passion, it was difficult for me to create the recitative about the death of Judas, because I had the interpretations of many other evangelists in my ear and followed in their footsteps without thinking about it: To portray Judas as a traitor, a coward, a villain. But I didn’t want to do that.” Benedikt Kristjánsson has his own view of the biblical figure who has imprinted himself on the collective memory in the Christian part of the world as the arch-villain. He wants to see him not only as the explicitly negative figure responsible for the death of Jesus, but as someone who played his part in the inevitable path of sacrificing the Messiah and thus in the core of Christian teaching. Kristjánsson also has his own view of one of the greatest stars in music history: Johann Sebastian Bach. He selects individual arias and recitatives to paint his picture of Judas, and indeed succeeds in what is so often fascinating about Bach: He once again appears completely new.

JUDAS Arias and Recitatives by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
1. Aria: Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn
aus / from: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
7:08
2. Recitativo: Ach! ich bin ein Kind der Sünden
aus / from: Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78
2:04
3. Aria: Falscher Heuchler Ebenbild
aus / from: Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei, BWV 179
2:41
4. Recitativo: Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt
aus / from: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55
1:31
5. Aria: Hasse nur, hasse mich recht
aus / from: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76
2:48
6. Aria: Erbarme Dich! Lass die Tränen dich
aus / from: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55
4:58
7. Recitativo: Es mag mir Leib und Geist verschmachten
aus / from: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3
1:09
8. Aria: Sei getreu, alle Pein
aus / from: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
3:55
9. Recitativo: Trinket alle daraus
aus / from: Die Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
1:28
10. Recitativo: Dies ist die Stimme meines Freundes
aus / from: Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154
2:00
11. Aria: Ich halte meinen Jesum feste
aus / from: Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157
5:17
12. Aria: Ich fürchte nicht des Todes Schrecken
aus / from: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183
12:27
13. Aria: Ich traue seiner Gnaden
aus / from: In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97
7:07
Total time: 54:42

 

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