レビュー You might expect that Prts meditative, detached style--with little distinction between consonance and dissonance, or overt emotion--wouldnt wear well through a 70-minute Passion in Latin without even a break between tracks. (Actually, theres just one.) The roles are distinguished only by scoring: the Evangelists narration is taken by four singers and a few instruments in various binations; Pilate is a deliberate tenor; Jesus, a cavernous bass singing very slowly. However, if you listen calmly and attentively, this work will transport you. When Jesus sings (slowly, on a simple five-note scale), It is finished, and the Evangelist quartet intones on a single note, And bowing his head he gave up the spirit, its heartbreaking. The choirs huge crescendo through the final nine-word prayer is stunning. --Matthew Westphal