St. Thomas Choir Leipzig Box Set

St. Thomas Choir Leipzig box set with 3 titles featuring The St. Thomas Boys Choir. Below are the discs. The first two titles have been covered on this site, and you can get more details by using the links provided. The third title is a documentary that we do not cover.

Bach St. Matthew Passion. 2012. Grade NA.
Bach Mass in B minor. 2014. Grade NA.
Die Thomaner: A Year in the Life of the St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig documentary.

Released 2018. Grade: NA

We have seen the documentary. It’s nicely done, but we don’t cover it on this website. It would be of only mild interest to folks who don’t live in Leipzig or otherwise have a special interest in boys choirs.

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