J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor BWV 232, in a stellar, groundbreaking recording from 1985, using one voice per part and a set of ripieno singers for the forte sections.
Taverner Consort and Players, conducted by Andrew Parrott. Emma Kirkby — soprano, Emily van Evera — soprano, Panito Inconomou — alto (child), Christian Immler — alto (child, nowadays a great bass), Michael Kilian — alto (child), Rogers Covey-Crump — tenor, David Thomas — bass

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John Eliot Gardiner — English Baroque Soloists — Monteverdi Choir
Period Instruments

Nancy Argenta: Soprano I
Patrizia Kwella: Soprano II
Charles Brett: Alto
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson: Tenor
David Thomas: Bass

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J. S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 139 [17:29]
BWV 163 [14:29]
BWV 52 [14:55]
BWV 140 [25:25]
Soprano: Gillian Keith [BWV 139, BWV 52]
Soprano: Susan Hamilton [BWV 163, BWV 140]
Alto: Hilary Summers
Tenor: William Kendall
Bass: Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage.
Winchester Cathedral, England.

J. S. Bach
Cantatas
BWV 61 [15:06]
BWV 62 [19:33]
BWV 36 [30:26]
Soprano:Joanne Lunn
Counter-tenor: William Towers
Tenor: Jan Kobow
Bass: Dietrich Henschel
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
St. Maria im Kapitol, Köln, Germany.
Volume 13 CD 1

J. S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 109 [25:11]
BWV 38 [16:29]
BWV 98 [13:20]
BWV 188 [23:40]
Soprano:Joanne Lunn
Counter-tenor: William Towers
Tenor: Paul Agnew
Bass: Gotthold Schwarz
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England
Volume 11 Cd 2

J. S. Bach
Christmas Cantatas
BWV 91 [16:02]
BWV 121 [18:04]
BWV 40 [14:32]
BWV 110 [22:16]
Sopranos: Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn;
Counter-tenors: Robin Tyson, William Towers
Tenor: James Gilchrist
Bass: Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY, USA.
Volume 14

Johan Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Concentus Musicus Wien
Peter Schreier — Tenor
Robert Holl — Bass
Soloists of the Tolzer Knabenchor
Chorusmaster: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Fisrt Part: Cantatas No 1 — 3

J.S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 148 [16:13]
BWV 114 [24:12]
BWV 47 [21:47]
Motet BWV 226 [7:47]
Soprano: Katharine Fuge
Altos: Frances Bourne [BWV 148], Charles Humphries [BWV 114] Counter tenor: Robin Tyson [BWV 47]
Tenor: Mark Padmore
Bass: Stephan Loges
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
Allhelgonakyrkan, Lund, Sweden.
Volume 9 CD 1

J. S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 138 [17:03]
BWV 99 [16:43]
BWV 51 [16:29]
BWV 100 [21:02]

Soprano: Malin Hartelius
Counter-tenor: William Towers
Tenor: James Gilchrist
Bass: Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen, Germany.
www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Gardiner-Rec2.htm

J. S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 162 [16:08]
BWV 49 [25:42]
BWV 180 [22:48]
Soprano: Magdalena Kožená
Alto: Sara Mingardo
Tenor: Christoph Genz
Bass: Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Genova, Italy
Volume 11 CD 1