All Linn Records SACDs are hybrid and will play in any CD player. Multichannel & Stereo SACD / HDCD Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Passion Bach's last performing version, c.1742 Dunedin Consort & Players John Butt, director Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist Matthew Brook, Jesus CKD313 [3-SACD set] • The Dunedin Consort, under the direction of John Butt, follows its award winning recording of The Messiah (CKD 285) with J.S. Bach's Matthew Passion.   This recording cements the Consort's reputation as a group with particular expertise in Baroque music and performance practice. • The Dunedin Consort has established a reputation for performing familiar works from the Baroque era in ways which shed fresh light on the original performance: this new recording presents the Matthew Passion for the first time with Bach's final revisions of scoring, as performed around 1742 (its most familiar form is the 1736 version). • John Butt and the Dunedin Consort recreate the instrumentation and vocal scoring that Bach employed to deliver a unique and historically informed recording.   Most striking is the use of eight principal voices (four in each of the two choirs). • Matthew Passion, one of Bach's most celebrated choral masterpieces, is an emotional and challenging musical experience delivered with style and insight by the Dunedin Consort. • In 2007, the Dunedin Consort's tenth anniversary year, the group reached a new level of critical acclaim, culminating in the Classic FM Gramophone Award for Messiah in the Baroque Vocal category. This is the only such award presented to a Scottish group in recent years (and the first to an ensemble that is not a Scottish National Company or BBC orchestra) and now gives the Dunedin Consort a truly international reputation. • The Dunedin Consort has won praise for the natural style of their soloists (an authoritative bass and a superb contralto The Guardian) and renown for the virtuosity of the singers. • The Dunedin Consort has appeared at festivals in Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands as well as at the Edinburgh International Festival, has appeared on BBC 2 and BBC 4 television and been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Scotland. DISC ONE: Part One     67:41 DISC TWO: Part Two     50:24 DISC THREE: Part Two Continued     43:11 Full track and cast listing, German libretto and English translation can be found in the accompanying booklet, included in the packaging. SACD, DSD and their logos are trademarks of Sony. Linn Records Super Audio CDs are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading, P.O.Box 609, Greensborough, Vic, 3088 Telephone (03) 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile (03) 9444 6879