If you can get any of the old Bach Guild recordings (they usually feature Viennese performers) go for them! Not HIP, sometimes a bit "romantic," but often quite powerful. Some of the old German Kantate label recordings are also worth a gander, as are Karl Richter's. Avoid at all cost the abysmal Harnoncourt recordings--apart from the voice of Kurt Equiluz they have little to recommend themselves. Aaron J. Rabushka [log in to unmask]