We're having our second go at Stephen Rosolack's edition of Schütz' St. Matthew Passion, which arrived 3 years ago with a long errata sheet for the choral movements only (to which I add p61, m1, Bass: GEF SDS should read GFG SDS). I'm wondering how fine a comb I should take to the recitatives, where I've already noticed "and spit on him" instead of "spat" (p. 46). Has anyone out there already gone over this? The 'original' of the German recits is not as straightforward as one might imagine; see IMSLP for a drastically concise overview of Arnold Mendelssohn's preface.

In the meantime, I only _think_ I've got the answer to my own question about the lectionary's short form: The CCH ("read only the part in brackets") has a closing bracket after 27:66, but I suppose one infers a bracket at the beginning (26:14) as well. Or is there another starting place? Schütz of course sets more of the Gospel than is required, beginning with 26:1, the preparation for the Passover. We'll see if Fr. wants the deluxe version (you might have sold that rehearsal time and spent...)