by "Thomas Wood" <woodtj1685@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sep 22, 2007 at 09:26 PM
"Dave Pitzer" <dpitzer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I'm ready to purchase a new (for me) recording of the Saint Matthew's
> Passion.
>
> Any reccommendations would be appreciated. I tend to prefer period
> instruments with Bach. I also prefer (by a small margin) all male voices
> for
> the four chorus and solo voices.
If you want all-male voices (both choral and solo) there are few choices:
Harnoncourt's 1970 recording (Teldec), Leonhardt's 1989 recording
(Harmonia
Mundi), and Leusink (1992, Amsterdam Classics). There may be a couple
more.
I have Harnoncourt's on LP: it seems to have held up quite well.
Tom Wood
