Out on 20 March 2026
The superlative Pygmalion chorus are at the centre of this new recording of the St John Passion. Their striking presence radiates throughout the work, their exemplary articulation and collective energy moulding the drama and carrying its emotional charge. Raphaël Pichon’s flexible yet precise direction restores its original dramatic arc, instilling the peerless team of soloists with the same demandingly high standards of musical narrative and truth. This Passion wins out through its clarity of gesture and compellingly forceful actualization.
harmonia mundi
1h55 — 2 CD
Distribution
Soloists
Julian Prégardien, tenor, Evangelista
Huw Montague Rendall, baritone, Jesus
Ying Fang, soprano, Ancilla
Lucile Richardot, alto
Laurence Kilsby, tenor, Servus
Christian Immler, bass, Pilatus
Étienne Bazola, bass, Petrus
Choir
Camille Allérat, Armelle Cardot, Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Eugénie de Padirac, Perrine Devillers, Nadia Lavoyer, sopranos
Philippe Barth, Anaïs Bertrand, Marie Pouchelon, Yann Rolland, altos
Constantin Goubet, Guillaume Gutierrez, François-Olivier Jean, Randol Rodriguez, tenors
Étienne Bazola, Renaud Brès, Ahmed Gomez, Pierre Virly, Emmanuel Vistorky, basses
Orchestra
Sophie Gent (et viole d’amour), Izleh Henry, Sophia Prodanova, Yoko Kawakubo, Yukiko Tezuka, violins 1
Louis Creac’h (et viole d’amour), Sandrine Dupé, Gabriel Ferry, Béatrice Linon, violins 2
Katya Polin, Josèphe Cottet, Marta Páramo, violas
Antoine Touche*, Gulrim Choï, cellos
Thomas de Pierrefeu, double bass
Julien Léonard*, viola da gamba
Georgia Browne, Raquel Martorell Dorta, flutes
Jasu Moisio, Lidewei de Sterck, oboes
Évolène Kiener, bassoon
Robert Percival, contrabassoon
Thibaut Roussel*, theorbo
Ronan Khalil*, harpsichord
Pierre Gallon*, organ
*continuo
Raphaël Pichon, direction