As an add on to Len's comments above regarding Heinrich Schutz, I'd like to recommend the Ars Nova Copenhagen recordings on deCapo. There is a boxed set of the Johannes, Lukas, and Matthias Passions, along with the Christmas and Resurrection histories, and finally Die Seben Worte. https://www.amazon.com/Schutz-Narrative-Ars-Nova-Copenhagen/dp/B005MJDVWI/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=music&a... $25 for the set, and these have pretty much become my standby recordings for these works. They are sonically and artistically superb in my opinion. Also the Vox Luminis recording of Musicalishche Exequeien on Ricercar is in the same league. https://www.amazon.com/Musicalische-Exequien-Schutz/dp/B004S7ZZ5Q/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&...
If works such as these are of interest, and you aren't familiar with the works of Heinrich Schutz, it would be hard to do better than to start with these recordings. My love and respect for Schutz is deep. But he is more of an acquired taste, I suppose.
If works such as these are of interest, and you aren't familiar with the works of Heinrich Schutz, it would be hard to do better than to start with these recordings. My love and respect for Schutz is deep. But he is more of an acquired taste, I suppose.