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mayhap ([personal profile] mayhap) wrote2007-04-08 08:36 pm
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  • Current Music: No. 1, Chorus I/II: "Kommt, Ihr Töchter, Helft Mir Klagen" - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Sympho
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Happy bunny day, everyone

I just realized that these are still on my server, so everyone can enjoy the most divine Easter music ever written: Bach's St. Matthew Passion, recorded by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra directed by Sir Georg Solti.

The libretto with facing English translation

No. 68, Chorus I/II: "Wir Setzen Uns Mit Tränen Nieder" -- 7.6 MB (160 kbps MP3). If you download only one song today, make it this one!

Disc 1 -- 68.6 MB (160 kbps MP3s, zipped)

Disc 2 -- 59.4 MB

Disc 3 -- 73.8 MB
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[identity profile] coercedbynutmeg.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Georg Solti - best conductor ever. I look for his version of almost everything there is.
mayhap: sheet music with text Anyone can take the harmony if they will only leave us the counterpoint (counterpoint)

[personal profile] mayhap 2007-04-09 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
This principle has never done me wrong so far.

[identity profile] vagabondsal.livejournal.com 2007-04-10 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Where have you been lately, ma'am? >:O!

Wir Setzen Uns...

(Anonymous) 2007-04-12 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I was trying to play it on the piano from memory when I found your site. One of the most beautiful pieces ever written.

Go well

Louie the Crow
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