Denis Fodor wrote:

>Not here.  Back in Bach's day the socially correct role of women was
>pretty much limited to Kinder, Kueche, Kirche.  For a HIP band striving
>for historical correctness, today's political correctness must, alas,
>be superseded.  Such is the stuff of music's wonderful agony.

The thing is that Bach's music needs the cleanness to it that requires a
voice without vibrato.  It should be possible to use female soloists but
only people like Emma Kirkby.  But I can't really fault the boy soloist
in the King Recording - he hits every note perfectly.

David Stewart
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