Annotation Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer leads this live recording of J.S. Bach's oratorio at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 2012. Featuring a double choir comprising the Netherlands Radio Chamber Choir and the Netherlands National Children's Choir, the programme also includes performances by tenor Mark Padmore as the Evangelist and Peter Harvey as Christ. Description This 2012 recording of the most wide spread oratorio by J.S. Bach features Hungarian conductor Iv+�n Fischer with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Fischer's believes the double choir is the essential musical aspect: “You can't do the St. Matthew in an unreligious way. The only approach is from a deep, universally religious feeling.”