Prepare to be transported.
This is, IMO, the most stunningly beautiful music for Passion Week ever written. (Sorry, JSB.) This performance is one of my top favorite albums of all time, dare I say better than any Russian choir I've heard perform this piece.
Alexander Grechanonov - Passion Week, Op. 58
Phoenix Bach Choir
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65aDlqi4KQI&list=OLAK5uy_mE8P4-ORpqRcxQtt0qwH2tSUwqRTjG_Tk
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But since you went there, I'll make another possibly controversial statement.
If we're talking Bach, St. John Passion is a better overall work than St. Matthew Passion.