Recorded live from the romanesque church in Alpirsbach, Enoch zu Guttenberg conducts the Neubeuern Choral Society and the Munich Bach Collegium, with soloists Hermann Prey (baritone), Claes-Hkon Ahnjs” (tenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Jard van Nes (alto).

Filmed in 1990, Guttenberg’s assertively individual conducting style unites elements of historical performance techniques with a more traditional mode of expression. The cast features Hermann Prey’s deeply beautiful and poignant Jesus, and a particularly resplendent Margaret Marshall in the soprano arias. The superb band, with magnificent double reeds and a brilliant gamba soloist, is the Bach Collegium of Munich. The filming is very discreet but very effective.