Jonathan Ellis wrote of McCreesh:

>Even though he has recorded the most spectacular and musically satisfying
>Messiah ever.  If this doesn't make him THE "Handel Conductor" then I don't
>know what does.

I love McCreesh's Messiah too but I also love Gardiner's and Pinnock's (to
name a few).  I don't think McCreesh recorded so much Handel, or did he?
Gardiner did an awesome lot opf oratorios and operas.  But you have a point
here - if someone performs two major pieces at such a high level he should
be mentioned in this context.

Philip