Comapct disc. Parallel titles on container: St. Matthew passion = Passion selon Saint Matthieu = Passio Domini nostri J.C. secundum Matthaeum. Text chiefly by Picander (Christian Friedrich Henrici). Program notes by Albert Clement in Dutch with English, French, and German translations and German text with English, French, and Dutch translations (119 p.) in container. Live recording March 1997, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht. Johannette Zomer, soprano ; Andreas Scholl, countertenor ; Gerd Türk, Hans Jörg Mammel, tenors ; Geert Smits, Peter Kooy, basses ; Choir of the Netherlands Bach Society ; Baroque Orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society ; Boys Choir St. Bavo, Haarlem ; Jos van Veldhoven, conductor. Sung in German.