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Bach: Easter Oratorio - Magnificat: Ormandy - Bernstein

Magnificat BWV 243 [31:10]

Leonard Bernstein

Schola Cantorum (Director: High Ross) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano I: Lee Venora; Soprano II: Jennie Tourel; Counter-tenor: Russell Oberlin; Tenor: Charles Bressler; Bass: Norman Farrow

Sony Classical

Dec 1959

CD / TT: 72:15

Recorded at CBS 30^th Street Studios, New York City, New York, USA. Other work: Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 conducted by E. Ormandy.
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Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Leonard Bernstein

The Collegiate Chorale & Boys' Choir of The Church of the Transfiguration / New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Tenor [Evangelist]: David Lloyd; Bass [Jesus]: William Wildermann; Tenor: Charles Bressler; Soprano [Arias]: Adele Addison; Mezzo-soprano [Arias]: Betty Allen; Bass-Baritone [Arias, Judas, Peter, Pilate]: Donald Bell; Soprano [1^st Maid]: Barbara Washington; Alto [2^nd Maid]: Estelle Skouras

Sony Classical

Apr 1962

2-CD / TT: 153:16

Sung in English; Omits some movements. Recorded in New York City, NY, USA. Includes discussion of L. Bernstein about the material and dramatic structure of the St. Matthew Passion [16:16].
See: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - conducted by Leonard Bernstein
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